Social Justice

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 Marches from New York to D.C. in Support of DREAM Act

Undocumented student Eduardo Samaniego marched 250 miles in February alongside ten others from the Pioneer Valley Workers Center

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

$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

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

Eric Gottesman's Political-Art Campaign 'For Freedoms' Earns ICP Infinity Award, Residency at MoMA/PS1

Gottesman and project partner Hank Willis Thomas are honored with the leading award for achievement in photography and the visual arts

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