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Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash Jonathan Lash Gives Q & A with CEO of The Nature Conservancy
Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash was interviewed by Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, in an ongoing series about sustainability and the environment.
Grant to Support Animal Communication Research Grant to Support Animal Communication Research
The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation has awarded a grant of $10,000 to Hampshire College to support research into the role of environmental change in the evolution of animal communication.
Nancy Hanson Redefining College Dining
When Hampshire College students return to campus this fall, they will be welcomed back to a totally changed approach to food on campus.
http://sites.hampshire.edu/educatingforchange/2013/06/10/transforming-lawns-into-meadows/ Educating for Change: Transforming Lawns into Meadows
If picturing a New England college campus in their minds, many people would see wide expanses of close-cropped lawn. Here at Hampshire College, sustainability-minded students had a different image.

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Upcoming Events
Rita Edelman June 20-August 15: Rita Edelman's A Vanished World
Hampshire College presents new work by Hadley artist Rita Edelman in a one-person exhibition titled A Vanished World.
Aug. 30: Edward Humes, Author of Garbology Aug. 30: Edward Humes, Author of Garbology
Edward Humes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of a dozen nonfiction books, will speak at Hampshire College on Friday, August 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Crown Center.
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Faculty News and Notes
Michael Klare 'The Third Carbon Age'
Author and Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael Klare blogs for the Huffington Post about energy and economics in the climate-change era.
Salman Hameed 'Urdu floating at the edge of our Solar System'
Salman Hameed, associate professor of integrated science and humanities, writes for writes about Voyager 1 for the Express Tribune.
Architecture of Mountains Film Professor Gives New Life to Filmmaker's Work
At Hampshire College, film professor Abraham Ravett and his students give a second life to filmmaker Tom Joslin’s 1970s footage.
Michael Lesy Professor Michael Lesy Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
Hampshire College professor Michael Lesy receives a Guggenheim Fellowship for work on his newest book project, Looking Backward: Images of the World, 1900-1910.
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Alumni News
Maud Daudon Maud Daudon 73F’s “Triple Bottom Line”
Maud Daudon 73F has a resume that’s hard to beat. She has been the chief financial officer of the Port of Seattle, the president and CEO of an employee-owned investment bank, and the deputy mayor and chief of staff for the city of Seattle.
Alum published in computational biology Alum Published in Computational Biology
Katherine Mott 08F
was recently published in Plos: Computational Biology as second author for the article ‘Activity Dependent Degeneration Explains Hub Vulnerability in Alzheimer's Disease.’
Julia Buntaine 06F Alum Starts New Interdisciplinary Online Magazine
Alum Julia Buntaine 06F is founder and editor-in-chief of a new online magazine, SciArt in America, dedicated to the intersections of art and science.
 person with camera Tanja Hollander 90F and the Art of Friendship
Alum and photographer Tanja Hollander 90F travels the world to meet and photograph all of her Facebook friends.
Roger Sherman Roger Sherman 73S Creates Series for PBS on Israeli Cuisine
Filmmaker Roger Sherman 73S and chef Michael Solomonov are producing a television series for PBS exploring Israel through its food.
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Student News
 Luna Goldberg 12F Museum Intern Luna Goldberg 12F Opens “Little Boxes”
Hampshire College student Luna Goldberg 12F is interning with the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, this summer.
Maggie Hart Division III Spotlight
All Hampshire students complete advanced academic work on an independent project during their final year in college. View just a few of the outstanding Division III projects completed by students in the 2013 graduating class.
book Tibetan Monks Studying at Hampshire
For the past few years, three Buddhist monks have been at Hampshire College experiencing and enjoying a culture very different than their own.
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Hampshire College
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Amherst, MA 01002
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