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Since 1970, we've been transforming how college works and (re)defining how progress is made. Known as the original disruptors of higher education, we've scrapped generic models of learning, empowering you to address urgent issues, be unbounded in your studies, and entrepreneurial in your academic journey.
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At Hampshire, you're guided by esteemed and expert faculty members as you pursue your individual questions, generate original research, and prepare to make lasting impact.
Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes
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Documenting Hampshire: Graduating Student Photographer Alysha Ras 22F Reflects on Her Experience
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A Weekend of Celebration: Hampshire’s 55th Anniversary and Family & Friends
Campus was bustling during the weekend of October 17–19, with more than 500 visitors. Guests attended open houses, lectures, panels, screenings, parties, and reunions. Along with the campus community, everyone celebrated the College’s 55 years of innovative, unconventional, and progressive higher education.
Jennifer Chrisler Selected to Lead the College’s Next Bold Chapter
Hampshire College has appointed Jennifer Chrisler as its ninth president. An accomplished higher education administrator and leader, LGBTQIA+ advocate and non-profit executive, Chrisler’s 30+ year career has spanned the fields of private and public education, electoral politics, and national public policy advocacy.
Cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F Recognized as 2025 MacArthur Fellow
Pearce is a cartographer who foregrounds Indigenous understandings of land and place in maps that visualize Native Peoples’ knowledge, history, and stories. She received an $800,000 award alongside 21 other “extraordinarily talented and creative individuals as an investment in their potential.”
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 03F
Oscar-winning actress of 12 Years a Slave, model, and writer
Jon Krakauer 72F
Mountaineer and bestselling author of Under the Banner of Heaven
Ian Spalter 94F
Tech and design pro, currently head of Instagram Japan
Rhys Ernst 01S
Filmmaker and coproducer of Amazon's Golden Globe-winning show Transparent
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