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The art department celebrated the opening celebration of the newly refurbished Dunham Senior Art Studio on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The studio was painted and divided into individual work spaces for painting and photography majors. The event was attended by President Joan Stewart and Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo, art students and  the art faculty.

Jazz bassist and vocalist Esperanza Spalding will perform with her band on Saturday, Oct. 11, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. All seating is general admission. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit www.hamiltonpa.org.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series will present a production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet by the Berkshires' acclaimed Shakespeare & Company on Friday, Oct. 10, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for senior citizens and $5 for students. All seating is general admission. For tickets or more information, call the box office at 859-4331 or visit www.hamiltonpa.org.

Cazenovia College came from behind to post a five-set victory against visiting Hamilton College in a non-conference match played at the Schneeweiss Athletic Center on Oct. 7.

Associate Professor of English Doran Larson recently published two stories and an essay. "Tango" appears in the current issue of Stone Canoe and "Cha Cha" was published in the current issue of New Madrid. An essay, "The Prison Industrial Literary Complex," appears in the current issue of The Minnesota Review, and serves to introduce three essays and one story from the men in Larson's class inside Attica prison.

Helena Maria Viramontes, award-winning author of several works of fiction, including Under the Feet of Jesus, will read from her work on Thursday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Hamilton College Fillius Events Barn. The reading is in celebration of Hispanic History Month and co-sponsored by the Kirkland Endowment, Diversity Initiatives and the Dean of Faculty. It is free and open to the public, and will be followed by a book signing.

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer was quoted in a TIME magazine online article on Wednesday, Oct. 8, that addressed the effect of the current financial crisis on higher education. In "Colleges Getting Hit by the Credit Crunch," Hamilton was credited as having planned ahead "to accommodate a growing number of college students ... [that] will allow the university to maintain its full financial aid program."

Hamilton College participated in the 5th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT5) at the University of Macau in June. It was co-sponsored by the University of Macau and Hamilton's President's Office, Dean's Office and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was quoted in a front page story in The Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday, Oct. 8. In "Fed makes boldest move yet," an article that discussed the Federal Reserve's decision to buy short-term debt directly from the largest U.S. corporations, Owen observed that if other economic indicators were looking more positive, the Fed would not be taking such dramatic steps.

Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori published an essay titled "North American Research in Japanese Modernism" (in Japanese: "Hokubei ni okeru Nihon modanizumu kenkyu") in Showa Literary Studies (Showa bungaku kenkyu: Number 57, 2008). Until recently, only certain types of Japanese literary texts produced under the influence of Western high modernism were considered modanizumu bungaku (modernist literature).