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Tim Zimmerman

Hampshire Appoints Timothy Zimmerman to Endowed Professorship Honoring Jonathan Lash

The endowment for the Jonathan Lash Chair in Environmental Education is funded by gifts from more than 100 donors and growing

Professor Naomi Darling studies a student's model in the course Designing For Life

Students in Yearlong Course Design Across Cultures, Study in Thailand, Collaborate Across Disciplines

Designing for Life course received grants from the Luce Initiative in Asian Studies and the Environment, and the Roddenberry Foundation led by alum Rod Roddenberry

Student artwork in a new exhibit in Holyoke

Revitalized Holyoke Textile Mill to Host Premiere Exhibition by Hampshire Students and Professor

The show opens with a public reception on Thursday, April 26, 6–9 p.m., and runs for seven days, April 26–May 3

Madison McDonald using the mass spectrometer in the science lab

Testing the Chemistry of Mummies and Toxic-Metal Pollution

Hampshire undergraduates have rare access to an advanced mass spectrometer bought with an NSF grant

Artist and Title of print: Nancy Diessner, Open Territory, intaglio on Magnani Pescia

Library Exhibition Interweaves Psychoanalysis, Printmaking, and Poetry by Annie G. Rogers

Opening reception is March 21 for exhibition of Zea Mays artists' prints inspired by the poem Traces

An image from a new policy research institute at Hampshire College known as the Plasmodium Consortium

Hampshire Policy Institute Releases Research By Non-Human Scholars in Gallery Exhibition, Symposium

Slime molds address national and global issues in collaboration with students and faculty

Hampshire College Professor Dr. Tara Bynum

Assistant Professor Bynum Debuts New Course on #BlackJoy

Tara Bynum and her class spent the fall semester studying black joy across disciplines, culminating in a symposium of student presentations

Hampshire entrepreneurship students

New Endowment Promotes Women In Business Courses, Programs

Fund created by alum Trustee Judy Bornstein will support, in perpetuity, education promoting women's participation and leadership in business

summer-course students meet outdoors

Hampshire College Introduces Ten Summer Academic Programs in 2018

American Sign Language, stop-motion animation, making music for media, and the science of food among the new offerings

Jonathan Lash

Trustees Establish Environmental Professorship to Honor Jonathan Lash Presidency

The trustees set a goal to fund the chair with $2.5 million in private gifts – more than $2.1 million has been raised to date

non satis Scire Fall 2017

Non Satis Scire, Hampshire's Alumni Magazine, Fall 2017

Reading Elie Wiesel in Trump Tower (and other acts of Hampshire-ness)

Hampshire College Professor Seeta Sistla

Hampshire College Faculty News: Fall 2017

Hampshire professors continue to produce innovative work this year — books, articles for peer-reviewed journals, films, plays, and presentations

Hampshire College Campus in the Fall

Hampshire Welcomes Five New Faculty For Fall Semester 2017

The College appoints new professors to expand the curriculum in new, innovative ways

Hampshire College Professor Chris Tinson

New Applied Ethics Courses Funded by Ethics & the Common Good Grants

Fourteen faculty were awarded grants to develop new courses and augment existing ones

A sign at Hampshire College

Hampshire College Events: September and October 2017

Fall term events include theater performances, film screenings, and innovative art exhibitions across campus

Campus and Holyoke Range

Statement from President Lash on Title IX

President Lash reaffirms Hampshire’s commitment to addressing and preventing sexual violence, assault, and harassment, and providing a fair, impartial process for anyone involved in a sexual misconduct case

Students from Hampshire College's Summer Academic Programs

What We Did This Summer: Students Showcase Their Work in Immersive Summer Programs

Hampshire Summer Program students concluded their studies with a day of presentations modeled after Division III showcases

Megan Dobro bacteria cell science research

'What Are Those Alien Things In Bacteria?' Professor Dobro and Team of Scientists and Students Publish Discoveries

Drawing national coverage by science media, new research promises better understanding of bacteria affecting human health

Animation class with Dillon Markey

Hollywood Animation Alum Builds Stop-Motion Studio at Hampshire

New studio will help support courses, indie filmmaking, and a new student group inspired by Dillon Markey's teaching

campus and mountains

Professors Receive Grants and Fellowships for Summer Research

Awards support summer projects and development of new courses by Hampshire faculty members Jennifer Bajorek, Ira Fay, Becky Miller, Rachel Rubinstein, and Wilson Valentín-Escobar

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