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Alysha Ras 22F

Documenting Hampshire: Graduating Student Photographer Alysha Ras 22F Reflects on Her Experience

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Karim Barrett 23F performing in their play, Heaven's Door

Karim Barrett 23F Explores Queer Identity Through Theater and Afrofuturism

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Mia Sullivan F22 smiling with her hands cupping her face.

Mia Sullivan F22 Digs Into Hampshire’s Outdoor Past

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John Sanbonmatsu

John Sanbonmatsu 80F Publishes Book on the Ethics of Eating Meat

The alum discusses how anti-nuke activism at Hampshire set the stage for a lifetime of questioning harmful ideologies and led to his groundbreaking research and scholarship within the field of critical animal studies.

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Interim President Jennifer Chrisler in her office

Jennifer Chrisler Appointed Interim President of Hampshire College

The Hampshire College Board of Trustees announced that, beginning July 1, Vice President for Institutional Support Jennifer Chrisler will assume the role of interim president upon President Ed Wingenbach’s departure to serve as president of the American College of Greece.

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Brivele

Stefanie Brendler 00F on Music, History, and Resistance

Brivele, a Seattle-based duo known for their genre-defying fusion of Yiddish song, labor ballads, and folk-punk, has a new album that channels voices of resistance from the past and the present, reimagining old melodies and censored texts with haunting vocal harmony and revolutionary spirit.

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Hampshire Changemakers

Hampshire College prepares you comprehensively for the world. And the world looks to our graduates for leadership in hundreds of fields.

Lupita Nyong'o

Lupita Nyong'o 03F

Oscar-winning actress of 12 Years a Slave, model, and writer

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Jon Krakauer

Jon Krakauer 72F

Mountaineer and bestselling author of Under the Banner of Heaven

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Hampshire College alum Ian Spalter

Ian Spalter 94F

Tech and design pro, currently head of Instagram Japan

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Rhys Ernst

Rhys Ernst 01S

Filmmaker and coproducer of Amazon's Golden Globe-winning show Transparent

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