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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).

Hamilton College rowed in the Hobart/William Smith College Challenge on the Canal Regatta in Geneva, N.Y., on Oct. 4.

Hamilton College rowed in the Hobart/William Smith College Challenge on the Canal Regatta in Geneva, N.Y., on Oct. 4.

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the New York City Program Katheryn Doran and the Hamilton in NYC students visited the Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 6. They saw Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature Scott MacDonald's film exhibition and talk celebrating the publication of his 2008 book, Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor.

"Write on: Maurice Isserman," an interview of history professor Maurice Isserman, appeared on the Viewpoints page of the Observer-Dispatch, on Sunday, Oct. 5. On the same day, The New York Times Book Review listed Fallen Giants, Isserman's new book, co-authored with University of Rochester history professor Stewart Weaver, as an "editors' pick" of the week.

Robert S. Bloomer, Jr., a member of Hamilton's class of 1950, was honored as the College's Volunteer of the Year by the Alumni Association during a Fallcoming Weekend  luncheon on Oct. 3. Mark Rice '73, president of the Alumni Association, presented Bloomer with the award.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh exhibited three pieces from the Sweetest Battle and Seeing Stars series in Beautiful Losers at the Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, Ga. The gallery is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote economic enrichment in rural communities through the arts. The show was curated by the co-founders of shotgun-review.com, Joseph del Pesco and Scott Oliver, and ran from Sept. 11 through Oct. 4.

What happens when environmental damage affects not only public health, but the religious practices of an entire culture? This was the question addressed by David Haberman and Kelly Alley in Monday's panel discussion titled "A Flood of Opportunity: Polluted Sacred Rivers and Religious Environmentalism in India." 

Hamilton College placed eighth out of 16 teams in Hamilton's own fall invitational, which was held on Oct. 4 and 5.