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The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture at Hamilton College in Clinton announces its “Masculinities” film series for January – March 2003. Screenings are free and open to the public. All films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson 109 (Red Pit). For more information, contact the Kirkland Project at 315-859-4288.

Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu organized a session for the 2003 American Economic Association's annual meeting titled "Documenting Relationships Between Health, Wealth and Income."

Bill Delaney,’73, was featured in a Boston Globe article that highlights Delaney’s most recent career move, transitioning from television to radio. The former CNN correspondent began co-hosting the noon news show, “Here and Now,” on Boston’s WBUR-FM (90.9). Delaney commented on the changes occurring in television news; “they want everything in smaller and smaller bits…at a time when I think people need longer and longer bits to understand what’s going on.”

Director of the Jazz Archive Monk Rowe gave a talk at the 30th annual conference of the International Association for Jazz Education. The conference, "Jazz — Crossing All Borders," was held Jan. 8-11 in Toronto, Canada.

Brett Mandel, a 1991 graduate of Hamilton College is the director of financial and policy analysis for the Philadelphia City Controller's Office. But he's also an author and baseball fan, whose latest book is Is This Heaven? The Magic of the Field of Dreams (Diamond Communications, $24.95). Is This Heaven? looks at the remarkable appeal that draws some 75,000 people a year to visit the baseball diamond on Becky and Don Lansings' Iowa farm, where the movie Field of Dreams was filmed in 1989. Mandel is featured in a January 7 article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Evan Smith, a 1987 graduate of Hamilton College, was featured in a Dallas Morning News article (Jan. 5, 2003), "Native Texan via Queens." Smith, named editor of the magazine in 2000, majored in government and wrote for The Spectator while he was at Hamilton.

To RSVP, please call the Office of Alumni Programs toll-free at 866.729.0314 or email Jackie Thompson at jdthomps@hamilton.edu Location: Chicago, IL; The Mid-Day Club

Distinguished Speakers: Bill Dill (Bates '51), Retired President, Babson College JoAnn Gora (Vassar '66), Chancellor, UMass-Boston Fred Lawrence (Williams '77), Professor of Law, Boston University Harold Wingood (Bowdoin '79), Dean of Admissions, Clark University

Boston Alumni Networking Reception: Sales & Marketing Tuesday, February 4, 2003 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The Union Club of Boston 8 Park Street 617-227-0589 $20 per person, alumni only ***Due to limited space there will be NO on-site or walk-in registrations. *This event is for Hamilton alumni only.* Please RSVP by Wednesday, January 22nd to secure your spot.

Distinguished Speakers: George Baker, Jr. (Hamilton ‘74) , Partner, Williams & Jensen, P.C., specializing in energy, environment and natural resources Emelie East (Trinity ’94) , Executive Vice President, McBee Strategic Consulting Nick Gess (Bowdoin ‘77), Bingham Consulting Group/Bingham McCutchen Notable Past Experiences: Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice; Director, Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of Justice. Diane Thompson (Vassar ‘73) , Development Officer, Pew Charitable Trust Notable Past Experiences: Former Partner at Foreman and Heidepriem; Chief of Staff for Senator Barbara Mikulksi; Counsel for National Organization for Women..