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Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, spoke on the history of mountaineering on March 27 at Montana State University. The co-author of Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, Isserman was invited to speak by the university's department of history and philosophy.

Dr. Christian Christensen '88 who is an orthopedic surgeon at the Lexington Clinic in Kentucky, recently published a study comparing operative times and hospital stays in obese patients and non-obese patients. Dr. Christensen was a physics major at Hamilton, as well as a member of the soccer team and Theta Delta Chi. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University.

Two Hamilton seniors, Austin Hawkins and Kenyon Laing, have been awarded prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for 2009-10. They were among 40 national winners of the Fellowships. This year, 177 finalists competed on the national level, after their institutions nominated them in the autumn. Each fellow receives $28,000 for a year of travel and exploration outside the U.S.

Hamilton College led 2-1 after the first inning but eventually dropped a 19-4 decision against St. Olaf College in a non-conference game played at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla., on March 26.

Hamilton College won the first game with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning and the Continentals went on to sweep a doubleheader against Kalamazoo College at Lake Myrtle Park in Auburndale, Fla., on March 25.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper at the 6th Annual Walter Rodney Symposium held at the Atlanta University Center on March 20 under the central theme "Genderizing Political Activism." His paper, "Gender Relations and Issues in a Political Movement: Reflections of a Male Activist," drew on his experience as a member of Working People's Alliance (WPA) of Guyana while that organization was centrally involved in the Guyanese opposition movement.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brent Rodriguez Plate gave a public lecture at the College of Charleston on March 19. The lecture, "Blasphemous Events: The Human Body Meets the Visual Arts," is a continuation of the research he began with his 2006 book Blasphemy: Art that Offends. While in Charleston Plate also guest lectured in a class on "Religion and Film."

Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Eglute Trinkauske spoke as an invited lecturer for the Religion and the Natural Environment class at Syracuse University on March 26. She presented "Seeing the Swarming Dead: of Mushrooms, Trees, and Bees," a talk focused on the continuation of indigenous tradition in Lithuania.

Hamilton students volunteering at a Habitat for Humanity site in Winston-Salem, N.C., were featured in a news clip on WFMY news, a local CBS affiliate. The students were shown doing interior painting at the Habitat Re-store because rain prevented them from working outside that day. Will Gowen '11 was interviewed and said he was happy to say "I did something helpful on my time off."

The Hage Building on Genesee Street in Utica which is owned by J.K. Hage '72 was featured in the Utica Observer Dispatch. According to the article: As the sun came out in Utica Thursday, the lights turned off in the lobby.... And that's exactly what was supposed to happen. "I couldn't have timed that better if I'd paid someone," said owner J.K. Hage, who recently remodeled the circa-1950 building to include the latest in "green" technology.