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Recent Grad Libby Harrity 23F on Fighting Back and Finding Community

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Jacory Martin, in a tux, smiling from the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival

Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes

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Alysha Ras 22F

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

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Latest News and Events

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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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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