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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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Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes
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Hampshire Launches New Virtual Campus Tour
A visit to Hampshire College is now just a click away — at any time and from anywhere. The new YouVisit virtual campus tour employs 360-degree interactive views of both indoor and outdoor spaces as well as welcoming, in-depth voiceovers, and gives an up-close look at our campus at their own pace and convenience.
Alum Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Fifty years after beginning her studies of plant ecology, herbivore behavior, and chemical defense on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Dr. Coley was recognized for her pioneering fieldwork and research with an island trail renamed in her honor.
Emeritus Professor Robert Coles Publishes Book of Poetry With Alum Kimberly Headley 01F
Headley met Coles in his class at Hampshire in 2001. They’ve been exchanging academic ideas and inspiration ever since. Now she's published a new collection of his that, per Headley, “captures the essence of the African Diaspora.”
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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