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Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman discussed mountaineering on March 8 at the University of Michigan’s Mountaineering Culture Studies Group meeting. He was joined by Stewart Weaver of the University of Rochester with whom he co-authored the award-winning book Fallen Giants:  A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extreme (2008). Isserman and Weaver talked about the origin and evolution of their own work, as well as the future of mountaineering.

The Hamilton College Choir is on the road for its annual spring break tour, this year visiting cities in the Midwest. The 64-members are directed by G. Roberts Kolb, professor of music and director of choral music at Hamilton since 1981. The choir will perform in Chicago on March 12; Plymouth, Minn., on March 13; Evanston, Ill., on March 14; and Cleveland on March 16.  The annual home concert is scheduled for Friday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Wellin Hall.  

Stephen J. Wright, a senior geosciences major, presented a poster titled “2011:  A Comparison of Tornado Events in Dixie Alley and Upstate New York,” at the 37th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference held in Rutland, Vt., on March 2-4.

Professor of History Shoshana Keller just published a review of Jorn Happel's book, Nomadische Lebenswelten und zarische Politik: Der Aufstand in Zentralasien 1916, in the journal Slavic Review.

Hamilton will host the first Mobile Learning Summit on Friday, March 16, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Building.  Presented in partnership with the New York State Association for Computers and Technologies in Education (NYSCATE), the summit will include discussions, presentations and workshop sessions spanning the mobile technologies within the K-20 educational continuum.

The Muslim Students Association (MSA) and the College chaplaincy recently unveiled Hamilton College’s new Muslim prayer room. Located on the second floor of the Chapel, the prayer room is the first space on campus that MSA has been able to call its own.

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Jessica Burke presented at the Twentieth Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages and Films at Stetson University in DeLand, Fla., on March 3.

Joyce M. Barry, visiting assistant professor of women’s studies, participated in a panel discussion during the annual Association of American Geographers conference in New York City on Feb 27.

The Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center noted its 25th birthday on March 6 with a festive celebration at the Center in KJ. Writing Center director Sharon Williams, Center assistant Dori Critelli, Writing Center tutors, students and faculty gathered for cupcakes and refreshments.

Professor of French John C. O'Neal was interviewed, along with several other international scholars of Swiss philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, for a special issue of L'Hebdo magazine.