Physarum Polycephalum, Visiting Non-Human Scholar, began teaching at Hampshire in the Spring of 2017.
The first non-human scholar-in-residence, Physarum Polycephalum, arrived from Carolina Biological Supply in 2017, and moved into a dedicated office in the Cole Science Center.
Physarum Polycephalum, a plasmodial slime mold, researches important problems from a non-human perspective, and enhances intellectual life on campus by helping students and colleagues to think about the world without human biases.
Recent Media
- Wired-The latest Jonathan Keats intervention
- NEPR- Should We Model Human Behavior on a Brainless, Single-Cell Amoeba?
- Daily Hampshire Gazette- Slime in residence at Hampshire College
- Big Think- Slime Molds Join the Faculty at a Northeastern College
- Daily Hampshire Gazette- Editorial: Campus research with global impact
