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Our collaborative approach to learning allows us to urgently tackle our world's most complex challenges. 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.

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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 Digs Into Hampshire’s Outdoor Past

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Latest News and Events

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The Stephen Petronio Company Gives Final Performances After 40+ Years

Stephen Petronio 74F, a renowned dancer, choreographer, and collaborator, has been the artistic director of the Stephen Petronio Company for more than four decades. This month, the company wraps up its final season with a series of performances at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.

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Hampshire Mourns Founding Faculty Member Miriam Slater

Founding faculty member and Harold F. Johnson Professor Emeritus of History Miriam Slater, who taught at Hampshire for more than 20 years will be remembered for her unique and outstanding academic achievements and by a generation of students at Hampshire and Smith Colleges.

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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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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

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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

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

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