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Joe Lewis ’75 is performing at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 4 p.m. The performance, Three Black Bungalows reunites Joe Lewis, Marion Cowings, and David Wells in songs of love, resistance, and poverty. The show is free and open to the public.

Haley Peltz ’12 performed at Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge, Mass., on Jan. 12. Accompanied by local jazz musicians Dan Fox (bass), Joe Reid (piano), and Miki Matsuki (drums), Peltz built the show around songs by female composers.

Jamaica’s Prime Minister, The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, recently awarded alumnus Arthur Williams ’16 with the Youth Award for Excellence in the International Achievement category, acknowledging Williams’ accomplishments while at Hamilton and in the years following his graduation.

How College Works, co-authored by Daniel Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, and Christopher Takacs ’05, was recently released in paperback by Harvard University Press.

Over winter break, student leaders from the Career Center led a career immersion trip of 17 first-year students, sophomores, and juniors to New York City. The students were divided into three industry tracks: law, art, and publishing. Each track visited two sites where Hamilton alumni hosted them, and the group had lunch with younger alumni who work in the city.

Twenty-five students returned to campus a week early over winter break for the Levitt Leadership Institute, an intensive program designed to help students develop, practice, and employ leadership skills in whatever discipline they pursue. Originally created by Ambassador Prudence Bushnell and Christine Powers, the program is now led by Susan Mason, former Education Studies department director, with subject matter experts and student leaders.

Roger Paas ’67 recently completed his multi-volume edition “The German Political Broadsheet, 1600-1700” with the release of Volume 14 (index volume). Published by Harrassowitz Verlag in Wiesbaden, Germany, Paas’ work reproduces over 5,000 broadsheets (early newspapers) produced during the European warfare of the 17th century.

Hamilton will present an honorary degree to its most celebrated hockey player, Guy Hebert '89, during the weekend marking the 100th anniversary of hockey on College Hill and in Clinton.

Drew Oestreicher ‘93 has been promoted to senior vice president at Spinnaker Trust. Oestreicher has worked with high net worth clients for 25 years helping them achieve their financial goals.

Jim Eisenberg '98 has joined Preti Strategies as policy advisor of their Public Affairs Firm. The former chief of staff and chief policy advisor to the Massachusetts Speaker, Eisenberg has served in public affairs since 1999.