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Artwork by Hampshire student Emily Gear in the Five College exhibition

Exhibition of Five College Student Artwork To Open at Hampshire College Art Gallery

Exhibition of works from Advanced Studio Seminar will run December 10–13 with a reception Dec. 12

Hampshire College Non Satis Scire Fall 2018

Non Satis Scire, Hampshire's Alumni Magazine, Fall 2018

Bells, borders, a Bessie Award winner, and the confessions of a class notes fanatic: what's inside Non Satis Scire, Fall 2018

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Hampshire Faculty Recognized with Awards, Fellowships, Other Honors

Honors range from a National Science Foundation grant to publication awards and fellowships for research worldwide

Ethan Meyers

Professor Ethan Meyers and UMass Colleagues Win National Science Foundation Grant to Study Brain Function

Meyers will analyze animal brain activity in real time using algorithms he has created

Group photo of students in the Cuba exchange program

Alums Create Student Scholarship Fund To Honor Professor Emerita Bengelsdorf

Grants will support student research and field study of the US impact on countries in Latin America

Kern Center aerial from a drone with Holyoke Mountain range behind

Hampshire Wins International Campus Sustainability Achievement Award for R.W. Kern Center

College is one of three to receive Achievements Awards, from more than 300 entries

Images from Museum of the Old Colony Exhibition

Exhibition Questions History of U.S. Relationship with Puerto Rico through Ironic “Museum” of Empire

Hampshire College Art Gallery Hosts The Museum of the Old Colony and special events and programs this fall

Hampshire College Non Satis Scire Summer 2018

Non Satis Scire, Hampshire's Alumni Magazine, Summer 2018

Non Satis Scire, Spring 2018, is a wrap. Science and art (together again), Nellie Greene 70F remembered, and other reflections

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

Miriam E. Nelson, incoming president

Miriam Nelson, Prominent U.S. Health Scholar, Educator, and Policy Adviser, Named President of Hampshire

Nelson is an academic and public-scholar activist, earning national recognition for her expertise as a scientist and author of groundbreaking studies

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Hampshire College Earns Living Building Certification for R.W. Kern Center

Designed by architects from Bruner/Cott and built by Hampshire alum Jonathan Wright, the Kern Center is the largest certified higher-education project in the world

Daniel Baldwin, nephew of James Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin to Speak on Family, Race Relations, and Growing Up Mixed Race

Nephew of iconic writer James Baldwin will deliver a public talk at Hampshire on Tuesday, April 10, at 5:00 p.m.

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

Loretta Ross will be Hampshire's 2018 Commencement Speaker

Human Rights Leader Loretta Ross To Be Hampshire College Commencement Speaker

Ross launched the Women of Color Program for the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the 1980s, and led the 2004 March for Women’s Lives, one of the largest protest marches in U.S. history

Movie poster for the movie 'Hannah,' which will be screened at Hampshire College on March 27 as part of the Tashmoo Lecture Series

Alums Pallaoro and Tirado to Present Annual Tashmoo Lecture

The duo will also screen the award-winning film ‘Hannah’ at the presentation on March 22

Activist, teacher, and writer Silvia Federici, who is speaking at Hampshire College March 29

Hofstra Emerita Professor Silvia Federici to Deliver 2018 Schocket Lecture

Speaking on March 29, Federici is an activist, writer, and founder of the International Feminist Collective and the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa

Director Dan Inglis leads the Hampshire College Chorus

Alum Dan Inglis to Direct Hampshire Chorus

Inglis brings years of experience as an award-winning choral director, multi-instrumentalist, and certified master teacher of Estill Voice Training

An image from ‘Boundaries Between Bodies’ Which Explores The Effects of Mass Incarceration Through Dance

'Boundaries Between Bodies' Explores The Effects of Mass Incarceration Through Dance

Public events are part of a residency with Reggie Daniels and Amie Dowling in Amherst, Greenfield, and Northampton, February 22-26

An image from The Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference hosted by Hampshire College

Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference To Be Held March 2-3

Ninth-annual conference explores a range of topics in a specifically queer context

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

Five College Students Winter Dance Concert 2018

Campus Events January - March 2018

Events include the touring Telluride Film Fest, lectures, the student-run Deaf Studies Conference, exhibits, performances by noted musicians, the annual Winter Dance Concert and more

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Hampshire a Top-40 College for Alums Earning a Doctorate, Federal Data Reveals

The College ranks #39 among US colleges and universities by percentage of grads who earn the most-advanced research degree

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Hampshire College Installation Presents GPS For Birds Disoriented by Climate Change

Conventional biomimicry to be bolstered by enlisting slime molds as global decision-makers

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

Hampshire College Alum Arslan Muradi

Escaping the Taliban

Hampshire alum Arslan Muradi and a group of allies at Hampshire and Tufts teamed up to help his family escape the Taliban

A mural by Hampshire College Alum Mika Gonzalez

Ethics & the Common Good Project Awards Student Grants

Twelve students received grants for a wide range of projects on issues of the common good and ethical inquiry

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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

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Open-Access Education: Students Win When Schools Team Up

Every year, thousands of students from across the five colleges freely cross-register for courses at partner institutions – 4,653 cross-registrations in 2016-17

Students from Hampshire College's Culture, Brain, and Development Program

Culture, Brain, and Development Program Awards Students Over $10,000 in Grants

Seven students will develop projects crossing disciplines and covering topics from prenatal storytelling to sound meditation

Hampshire College Student Maximilian Beauchene

Div III Profile: Maximilian Beauchene Explores U.S. Interventions and Global Conflicts

In collaboration with Professors Michael Klare and Uditi Sen, Beauchene analyzed the relationship between U.S. intervention and the spread of global terror

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 Staff Member Maria Cartagena at the College's walkout in support of Puerto Rico

Hampshire College Commits to Funding Students Affected by Hurricane Maria

Two admitted students will receive full funding for the spring 2018 semester

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Hampshire Writing Program To Host Award-Winning Author Helen Benedict for Public Reading

Benedict, whose groundbreaking coverage of sexual assault in the U.S. military inspired the Academy Award-nominated film The Invisible War, will read from her latest novel, Wolf Season

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 Alums Samy Schrade and Mae Fuller

Div III Profile: Project Partners Design Natural Haircare Product Venture

Samy Schrade and Mae Fuller use a study-abroad experience to develop custom products for people with chemical sensitivities

Hampshire College Campus in the Fall

New Case Study Details Hampshire College’s Mission-Based Endowment Investing

A report revealing the college’s decisions and results is published by Intentional Endowments Network

UCLA Professor of African American Studies Kelly Lytle Hernández at Hampshire College's 20th Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture

20th Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture Highlights “The Fight Back”

UCLA Professor of African American Studies Kelly Lytle Hernández and grassroots organizer Fahd Ahmed were featured speakers November 9

Hampshire College Student Flannery Weiss

Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum

Weiss wrote her thesis utilizing intensive research to draft a national policy she hopes will inform generations of students

Hampshire College Student Lan Phuong “Panda” Nguyen Hoang

Div III Profile: Hampshire’s Phuong Leverages Five Colleges for Advanced Engineering Studies

Hampshire student Lan Phuong “Panda” Nguyen Hoang collaborated with professors throughout the Five Colleges to study superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

Dineen O'Rourke and Brower Youth Award Winners

Alum Dineen O'Rourke Named Brower Youth Awardee for Leadership in Environmental Movement

O'Rourke is a youth delegate to the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Germany this year, her second year in the role

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Library Opens New Academic-Services Facility for Students

A Mellon Foundation grant of $1.2 million helped fund the concept for the new service hub

Hampshire College student April Nugent works with pigs on the Hampshire College Farm Center

Student Research on the Hampshire College Farm: Raising Pigs Outdoors in Natural Settings

Studying animal science and herd management, April Nugent is leading independent research on livestock farming

Eqbal Ahmad 2017 Speaker UCLA Professor Kelly Lytle Hernández

Immigration, Incarceration, State Power: 20th-Annual Eqbal Ahmad Symposium Slated for November

The annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture honors the teaching, scholarship, and activism of the longtime Hampshire College professor, who died in 1999

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Fall Events: Lectures on Incarceration and Immigration, the History of Tattooing, and More

Special events on campus this semester span art exhibits, theater productions, lectures and talks by guest speakers, and film screenings

Hampshire College alum Barbara Shufro

Hampshire Course on Special Education and Inclusion Receives Endowment Gift

Gift will fund a course on learning differences and inclusion, internships for students concerned with equitable education for youths with disabilities, and an annual conference

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

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Hampshire College Events: September and October 2017

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

Hampshire College Founding Employees John Boettigor, Charles Longsworth, and Ken Rosenthal

Hampshire Oral History: Ken Rosenthal Remembers The Founding Years

"All the early faculty members gave up good positions to come to Hampshire, some of them very lucrative and well-tenured positions, to take a gamble for a place that wasn't even open."

Hampshire College Founding Employee Ken Rosenthal

Ken Rosenthal and Friends Endow Fund for Hampshire Faculty

More than 50 donors have founded the Rosenthal Fund for Faculty to generate grants supporting Hampshire professors for their research, projects, and course development

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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

Hampshire College Director of Admissions and Financial Aid Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir

Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

A Hamp alum, Gunnarsdóttir served the past year as a Fulbright Fellow in Mexico City, and was previously Associate Director of Admissions

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

An image from Mexico at the Hour of Combat, a new exhibition at the Leo Model Gallery at Hampshire College

Campus Gallery Exhibits Sabino Osuna’s Photographs of the Mexican Revolution

Exhibition featuring rarely seen images of Mexican Revolution runs from September 7 to December 1, with an opening event October 17

An image from 'Of Soil and Tongues,' an Art Exhibition at the Hampshire College Main Gallery

Hampshire College Art Gallery and Amherst Poetry Festival Partner for Special Events in September

Poetry-themed exhibition Of Soil and Tongues continues through festival weekend and until October 1

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Invitation for Public Comments for NEASC Reaccreditation

The public is invited to submit comments as Hampshire undergoes a comprehensive evaluation toward reaccreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

An image from Hampshire College Alum Julia Rauch's Division III Project

Div III Profile: Julia Rauch on Histamine and Nerve Regeneration

Rauch's research could help people suffering from an array of conditions, including inflammation and severe nerve injury

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

Student Malik Ford

Two from Hampshire Receive 2017 Princess Grace Award Scholarships for Film Theses

Fourth-year student Malik Ford and alum Emily Drummer, now in grad school at the University of Iowa, are two of ten US college students to receive the award this year

Grusha Brain Imaging science study

Div III Profile- Grusha Prasad on the Cognition of "They"

Using Hampshire’s ERP brain-imaging lab, Prasad measured how participants responded to the use of “they” as a singular pronoun

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

PVTA bus on Accepted Students Day

PVTA Agrees to Five Colleges Bus Route Recommendations

The PVTA received hundreds of comments from students, families, employees, and community members, attesting to the value of the college bus routes

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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

Harold F. Johnson Library at Hampshire College

Hampshire Library Extends Five College Partnerships

The libraries of Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges partner to publish a digital archive, while a new Five College Library Annex will store up to 2.5 million items

NOFA summer conference

Hampshire to Host 2017 Northeast Organic Farming Association Summer Conference

43rd annual celebration of the organic movement returns to campus August 11-13

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Five Colleges Ask PVTA To Reconsider Proposed Cuts to Bus Service

PVTA is inviting comments to the proposed cuts at public hearings and by email and phone

Hampshire College Alum Anita Fuentes Gutierrez

Div III Profile: Anita Fuentes Gutierrez On Racism, Reality TV

Fuentes’s project sheds light on anti-Roma sentiment through linguistics and media studies in her native Spain

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Suitable for Framing

From Non Satis Scire, The Hampshire College Alumni Magazine, Summer 2017

Hampshire College Professor of Psychology Neil Stillings

Neil Stillings Scholarship Fund Created for Cognitive Science Students

Fund honors Professor of Psychology Stillings, who began teaching at Hampshire in 1971 and helped shape the field of Cognitive Science

Hampshire College Alum Gary Marcus 86F

Artificial General Intelligence: Why Aren’t We There Yet?

From Non Satis Scire, The Hampshire College Alumni Magazine, Summer 2017

Hampshire College alum Rebecca Thomas 07F

Rebecca Thomas Earns Fulbright Award to Teach in Ecuador

Award marks the 13th Fulbright received by Hampshire students and young alums the past six years

Hampshire College Professors Mei Ann Teo and L. Brown Kennedy

Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You

From Non Satis Scire, The Hampshire College Alumni Magazine, Summer 2017

Hampshire College Alum Mequitta Ahuja 96S

From Non Satis Scire, The Hampshire College Alumni Magazine, Summer 2017

Hampshire College Professor Eqbal Ahmad

From Non Satis Scire, The Hampshire College Alumni Magazine, Summer 2017

Hampshire College community members at the People's Climate March, April 29, 2017. Photos by Rhys MacArthur

Hampshire College Supports Paris Climate Agreement as Signatory to 'We Are Still In' Campaign

The commitment continues Hampshire’s bold action in support of environmental education and environmental justice

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

The origins of a circular diploma, ruminations on Velázquez’s Las Meninas, Eqbal Ahmad’s first campus visit, Division IIIs, and a spirited discussion on theater and literature among faculty

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Alumni Artists Invited to 'Install Poetry in 3D Space' in Hampshire College Art Gallery Exhibit

Of Soil and Tongues premieres Thursday June 1 as part of Amherst Arts Night Plus and continues through the Amherst Poetry Fest

Hampshire College Student Sean Seid

Div III Profile: Sean Seid's Interpretations of Colonial American Music

Seid combined music and ethnography to study and perform 18th century music

Hampshire College Students Working on the Agrigatr Project

Student Enterprise In Agricultural Technology Awarded A $20K Venturewell Grant

The team designed the Health and Environmental Analytics Toolkit (HEAT) to save small farms time and money by alerting them when cattle are in peak fertility

Jonathan Lash with students

When Students Stop and Think About What They're Learning

President Lash writes in HuffPost.com about new research showing improved learning when students self-evaluate, including a study of Hampshire's practice

An image from Hampshire College Commencement 2017

Grads Urged to Nurture Community, Work for Justice at 2017 Commencement

With a far-reaching address, keynote speaker Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor calls on Hampshire's 47th graduating class to embrace history, struggle, solidarity, and hope

GlowLime Games collective

Div III Profile: Isaiah Mann, GlowLime Games, and Defender's Light

Mann co-founded the GlowLime gaming collective at the Five Colleges, and helped design a number of original video games

Students in a Theatre Production at Hampshire College

Student-Driven Theatre On Display in Hampshire’s Theatre Board

A committee of students programs the College's theater season each year and oversees operations and budget

Hampshire College Student May Hemler

Division III Profile: May Hemler's "Be My Body, Read My Books"

Hemler's project seeks to change perceptions of disabled people using large-format photography

Hampshire College Student Ander Garcia O’Dell

Students and Athletic Staff Launch Hampshire Track and Trail Team as New Spring Sport

New team gives Hampshire student athletes a spring varsity sport for competition and training

Students picking up litter on the Hampshire College campus

Hampshire Places High In National RecycleMania Tournament

The College participated in the annual tournament designed to improve efforts to reduce or eliminate waste on campuses nationwide

The plasmodial slime molds known as Physarum polycephalum, being studied at Hampshire College

Hampshire College Welcomes First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence

The Center for Plasmodial Research will host visiting scholars of the Physarum polycephalum species through 2019

Hampshire College Employees Nancy Hanson and Jane Pickles

Hanson, Pickles receive 2017 Staff Excellence Awards

The Carol and Blair Brown Awards recognize staff who, individually or as members of a team, have made an exceptional contribution to Hampshire

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Presidential Search Committee Interviews Executive Search Firms, Surveys Hampshire Community

The search committee has narrowed the field of search firm applicants, and interviews began the first week of May

An image from the 2017 HampHack Event

HampHack Students Tackle 21st-Century Problems in 24-Hour Challenge

Hundreds of student hackers representing schools throughout the Northeast attended the second annual event

spring on campus 2017

President Lash Appoints Interim Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Gloria Lopez was dean of students and acting VP at Northampton Community College, Pennsylvania

Hampshire College Professor Annie Rogers

Professor Annie Rogers on Language and Art by Patients in Psychosis

Rogers will present slides of art from within psychosis from her book Incandescent Alphabets: Psychosis and the Enigma of Language on Thursday, April 27

Hampshire College Professor of Architectural and Art History Karen Koehler

Professor Koehler Named Visiting Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art

Karen Koehler will conduct summer research in Washington, D.C., on the architect Walter Gropius, founder of the Bauhaus School of Art

A screen shot of Hampshire College student David Pearl's app, Bystand

Div III Profile: Syrian Refugee Accounts Inspire Student's Emergency Response App

Goal of David Pearl’s Bystand app is to make first-aid info, emergency assistance more responsive and accessible

Hampshire College Alum Elisabeth Carter 82F and student Natalie Murphy Strohm

Hampshire Awards First Ikeda Soka Scholarship for Studies of Peace-Building, Empathy, Ethical Leadership

Natalie Strohm receives the first scholarship from the $500,000 endowment established by alum Elisabeth Carter to advance “the highest potential of human beings”

Hampshire alum David Shulkin

Hampshire Alum David Shulkin Appointed US Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Shulkin earned his bachelor's in science in 1982 – Faculty Advisors Nancy Lowry and Ray Coppinger helped him design a personalized premed studies program

An image from the CLPP Conference at Hampshire College

Hampshire to Host 31st Annual CLPP Reproductive Justice Conference

Hampshire alums and students are among those presenting to the 1,000 organizers, students, and community members from across the country gathering on campus

Living Learning Communities students

Faculty Take Learning Outside the Classroom for First-Year Students

New tutorial courses allow more faculty-student interaction and more learning in the community and throughout the Five Colleges

Hampshire College Students Working on their Agirgatr project

$1 Million Seed Fund Offers New Grant Round for Student and Alum Entrepreneurs

Helmed by Hampshire undergrads, The Seed Fund awards funding to support innovative entrepreneurial start-ups led by current students and young alums

Hampshire College Professor Abraham Ravett

Professor Ravett's 'Holding Hands With Ilse' To Premiere at Multicultural Film Fest

Documentary centered on Ravett's family emigration story and a mystery dating back to World War II will debut April 19 at UMass Amherst

Interdisciplinary Game Design Spring 2016

Hampshire Named Top 10 School to Study Game Design by Princeton Review and PC Gamer

Schools were ranked by a range of criteria including academics, facilities, career services, and technology

Photo by Jim Coleman

Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics

Event will examine artistic and social-political themes across disciplines such as African American studies, literature, and philosophy, across media such as architecture, painting, and sound

Image By Máximo Colón, 1972, Rally at 100 Center Street, Manhattan, NY

Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party

Curated by Professors Chris Tinson, Wilson Valentín-Escobar, and Research Librarian Alana Kumbier, the exhibit focuses on the organizing efforts of these influential political organizations

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Hampshire College Events: March-May 2017

Spring term on campus features a range of events produced by students and faculty including conferences, lectures, performances, Div III academic showcases, and more

An image from AGAIN: Moving into a Movement Hampshire College Division 3 Dance Concert

Dance Dept. Presents 'AGAIN: Moving Into a Movement'

Performances the weekend of April 6-8 will feature Division III works by Hampshire graduating students Narieka Masla, Rikkia Pereira, and Julia Warren

panel discussion on Islamophobia and Being Muslim in America

Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America

Pakistani American filmmaker Mara Ahmed will speak on a panel with Hampshire and Smith faculty and screen her film about the partition of India

Image: Victory spoke by Jeffrey Kent

Smithsonian Curator to Speak about 'For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People'

Michelle Joan Wilkinson will highlight flag-related objects from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, where her projects relate to contemporary black life

Geremías Polanco Encarnación

Grant Supports Professor's Return to Dominican Republic to Mentor Math Teachers and Students

Geremías Polanco Encarnación is building on on his doctoral research while mentoring at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo

An image from last year's deaf studies conference, DEAFinitions, held at Hampshire College

Students in Hampshire's American Sign Language Collective Plan Second Deaf Studies Conference

Last year 300 people attended the inaugural conference to explore the multifaceted experiences of Deaf lives and celebrate Deaf culture, community, and history

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Scholar, Organizer Against Racial Inequality Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to Deliver 2017 Commencement Address

Taylor, who teaches African American studies at Princeton, is an organizer of the International Women’s Strike and author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

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A Hampshire Education is More Challenging, Independent, Community-Based – National Survey Shows

Hampshire compared side by side with 150 peer institutions in annual survey of college students in US, Canada

An Image from Hampshire College Professor Michael Lesy's ‘Looking Backward’

Professor Michael Lesy's Historic Stereography Exhibit Presented by California Museum of Photography

New exhibit and book are drawn from Lesy’s Guggenheim Fellowship researching the largest surviving archive of stereoscopic photographs

An image from "The Dancing Room," featuring Hampshire College Professor John Slepian's work

Experimental Dance Show by Dean Slepian and Collaborators To Premiere This Week

Slepian contributed interactive media and sculpture to the evening-length, multidisciplinary performance by the troupe Adele Myers and Dancers

Students from Hampshire College's Summer Programs

Summer Programs Offer Intensive Experiences Across Disciplines

Students can learn screenwriting, social justice activism, curatorial practice, metalworking, linguistics, biology, and more

Fulbright Top Producer 2016-17

Hampshire a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars

In the past four years, half a dozen Hampshire employees received Fulbright Scholar awards for international exchange, while 11 Hampshire grads received Fulbright Student awards to teach and lead research overseas

Sandy and Helen Astin

Endowed Fund for Research on Women Created in Memory of Hampshire Parent, Trustee Helen Astin

In honor of his late wife, Hampshire parent Alexander “Sandy” Astin has established The Helen S. Astin Fund for Research on Women

Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash

Jonathan Lash Announces Retirement in 2018

In a personal letter to the Hampshire community, President Lash announces he plans to retire next year, and the Board of Trustees initiates a search for a new president

University of California English Professor Fred Moten

University of California Professor To Talk Class Struggle in Black Studies at 2017 Schocket Lecture

Professor Fred Moten, a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow and scholar of black studies, poetics, and literary theory, will present, “Manic Depression: A Poetics of Hesitant Sociology,” on Thursday, March 30

Hampshire College Professor Seeta Sistla

New Study By 50 World Scientists Warns of More Severe Threat from Global Warming

Coauthor Seeta Sistla, assistant professor of ecosystem ecology, says the study raises the urgency to control carbon emissions now

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