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Through October snow, mud, rain and unseasonably cold weather, the Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) hosted its annual 46 Peak Weekend on Oct. 9-11. The goal of the weekend is to have one Hamilton student or community member reach the summit of every one of the Adirondacks’ 46 Peaks. With more than 100 participants, this year the club came close with a grand total of 38 peaks. The weather made hiking difficult due to extreme mud and snow that covered the ground.

A number of well-known speakers - experts in a variety of fields - will be visiting Hamilton to present lectures in upcoming weeks. When classes resume after Fall Recess on Monday, Oct. 19, Dr. Arlene Blum, director of the Green Science Policy Institute, will present a lecture about the risks of chemical flame retardants.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, has been named co-editor (along with Herman Schwartz, University of Virgina) of the International Political Economy Yearbook Series for the term 2010-2014. The series is sponsored by the International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association and is published by Lynne Rienner Press.

Many adventurous spirits were stimulated on Oct. 8 as Andrew Pape ’11 showed photos and described his 2178.3 mile trek along the Appalachian Trail, also known as the AT. Pape began the trail in Georgia on Feb. 28 and completed it in Maine on July 23. Averaging 16 to 17 miles a day, Pape was among the ambitious 15-20 percent of people who set out to complete the trek and successfully finish it.

Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics, gave six lectures at four universities in New Zealand -- the University of Auckland, Victoria University in Wellington, University of Canterbury in Christchurch, and Otago University in Dunedin -- in September and October.

Masaaki Kamiya, associate professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, presented a paper titled "EPP, D-linking and Grammaticality Judgments" at the Mid-America Linguistics Conference at the University of Missouri at Columbia on Oct. 9 and 10. He collaborated with Akemi Matsuya of Takachiho University, Tokyo.

Grace Stadnyk '10 attended the Women in Math in New England conference at Smith College on Sept. 26 where she gave a talk titled "Towers of Hanoi Groups and Their Limit Spaces." The talk was based on research on fractal analysis that she conducted this summer at the University of Connecticut.

Frank Anechiarico ’71, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, published an article titled, “Protecting Integrity at the Local Level: The Role of Anticorruption and Public Management Networks,” in the current issue of the journal Crime, Law, and Social Change.

Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman and Burgess Professor of French Roberta L. Krueger published their article "Utica Greens: Central New York's Italian-American Specialty" in the Summer 2009 edition of Gastronomica, The Journal of Food and Culture. Based on interviews with local residents, the article traces the history and significance of one of Utica's signature dishes. This article is based on a paper Krueger and Guttman gave last year at the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery.

Associate Professor of French Joseph Mwantuali was invited by the Maysles Institute to give a talk on Oct. 8 in Harlem, N.Y. This Harlem-based community organization is hostiing a month-long awareness campaign about the Congo. It includes a series of film screenings accompanied by special events, panel discussions and performances about the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.