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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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Beau Guenther 23S Balances Competitive Bike Racing, Art, and Photography
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Where Are They Now?: Sunny Laprade 18F Makes Comedic History
Laprade produces T4T Comedy, New York’s largest all-transgender comedy show, which hosts monthly shows at Metropolitan Bar, in Brooklyn, and has sold out The Bell House multiple times, breaking records for the largest transgender comedy show of all time.
On Podcast, President Chrisler Discusses Hampshire Within the Challenges of American Higher Education
Chrisler appeared on the WHMP “Talk The Talk” podcast with host Buz Eisenberg, producer Dan Torres, and Professor Dr. Amilcar Shabazz of the University of Massachusetts.
Art Gallery Presents “Dæmonomania,” by Anthony Discenza
Encompassing a diverse range of appropriated materials, the exhibition centers on how operative metaphors drawn from occult and supernatural belief inform our relationship to technology. On view February 6 to March 21, 2026. Opening reception February 13, 5–7 p.m.
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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