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Still Hearing Music

… fortress-like bridge is where local jewelers sell fine gold and silver. As I got to Santo Spirito, my wonder at … fortress-like bridge is where local jewelers sell fine gold and silver. As I got to Santo Spirito, my wonder at …

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Jina Fast

Jina Fast Dr. Jina Fast holds a Ph.D. in philosophy and women's and gender studies from Temple University. As a feminist epistemologist, queer theorist, and critical philosopher of race, her work centers theories produced by and through the experiences …

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2024 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded To Hampshire Alum and Faculty Emerita

2024 Guggenheim Fellowships Awarded To Hampshire Alum and Faculty Emerita The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded a 2024 Fellowship to Professor Emerita of Film and Video Baba Hillman and Hampshire College alum Mara H. Benjamin 90F, who …

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Hampshire College Alum Sylvia Bashevkin 72F Recognized for Leadership in Gender Equality

Hampshire College Alum Sylvia Bashevkin 72F Recognized for Leadership in Gender Equality Karen Corday Bashevkin is an activist, scholar, writer, and prize-winning researcher in the field of gender and politics.  She is a professor emerita of political …

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“Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life” Is Hampshire College’s 2024 Common Read

“Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life” Is Hampshire College’s 2024 Common Read Year of the Tiger , by Alice Wong, offers a glimpse into an activist’s journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice. Chosen by …

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America's tap dance historian donates life's work to Library of Congress and public

… newly found bits of information as if they were nuggets of gold.” Conducting her research while she was teaching, Hill … newly found bits of information as if they were nuggets of gold.” Conducting her research while she was teaching, Hill …

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Hampshire Student Levi Ebnit F22 on Trans Studies, Inclusive Weightlifting, and His Band

Hampshire Student Levi Ebnit F22 on Trans Studies, Inclusive Weightlifting, and His Band Div II student Levi Ebnit has been exploring art, science, and identity while creating community in original ways. We talked to him about what he’s been doing in and …

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Professor Alan Goodman Honored with Biological Anthropology Award for Book

Professor Alan Goodman Honored with Biological Anthropology Award for Book The Biological Anthropology Section of the American Anthropological Association presented the 2024 W. W. Howells Book Award to Drs. Joseph Graves and Alan Goodman for Racism Not …

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Introducing Associate Professor of Data Analysis and Modeling Kenneth Mulder

Introducing Associate Professor of Data Analysis and Modeling Kenneth Mulder Hampshire College is pleased to welcome a number of exciting new professors to campus to support its fall class. Before joining the faculty at Hampshire, Kenneth Mulder taught …

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Bias Incident Support, Education, and Reporting Policy and Protocol

Bias Incident Support, Education, and Reporting Policy and Protocol POLICY The intent of this policy is to establish a process through which students, staff, and faculty members who experience bias may communicate their concerns and have them heard, …

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Newly Minted Alum Sophia Hill 23F Finds Expansive Support for Anthropology and Advocacy Studies

Newly Minted Alum Sophia Hill 23F Finds Expansive Support for Anthropology and Advocacy Studies Karen Corday Sophia Hill 23F is a very recent Hampshire College graduate—she passed her Div III this month and was one of 30 winter graduates. We caught up …

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Recent Grad Ezra Dodson 18F’s Div III Project Explores the History of Queer Communities

Recent Grad Ezra Dodson 18F’s Div III Project Explores the History of Queer Communities Ezra Dodson came to Hampshire to explore the fields of art history and queer theory. As so often happens here, those passions ultimately converged and became the study …

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Ambar L. Hart González F21 Uses Fluorescent Microscopy to Study Protein Overexpression in Her Div III

Ambar L. Hart González F21 Uses Fluorescent Microscopy to Study Protein Overexpression in Her Div III For her final project, this Hampshire student is applying microscopy techniques to examine alpha-crystallin B, a protein associated with Alzheimer’s …

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Randy Furash-Stewart 99F Wins Advancing Equity & Justice Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth

Randy Furash-Stewart 99F Wins Advancing Equity & Justice Award from the Massachusetts Commission on LGBTQ Youth Emma Rose DeFelice Educator and gender and sexuality alliance adviser Randy Furash-Stewart and colleague Jeremy Mailloux are recognized for …

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A Hands-on Bioinformatics Class Lets Students Get Practical Experience While Keeping It Experimental

A Hands-on Bioinformatics Class Lets Students Get Practical Experience While Keeping It Experimental Karen Corday Four students with very different scientific concentrations are working together on a community analysis project in bioinformatics. Their …

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Hampshire Mourns the Death of Founding Science Professor John M. Foster

Hampshire Mourns the Death of Founding Science Professor John M. Foster Anne Pinkerton 91F The professor of biology and biochemistry was one of the College’s first faculty members, an avid environmentalist, and a cofounder of the original School of …

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Chapter 8: Student Protests

… their foreheads and maybe a mug of something warm. And a gold star for struggling. I mean it. Hampshire is a hard … at Hampshire are proletarians of the moment. Put a gold star on your forehead. I read a poem recently, by James … their foreheads and maybe a mug of something warm. And a gold star for struggling. I mean it. Hampshire is a hard …

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A History of Student Activities, 1978-1982

… Sep 24 Cathy Hearn, a third-year student, has won three gold medals at the World Whitewater Kayak Championships held … Sep 24 Cathy Hearn, a third-year student, has won three gold medals at the World Whitewater Kayak Championships held …

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Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife

Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife Sara Draper, Sustainability Manager Flynn Hibbs’s 17F Div III combined experience in ecological research with an interest in sustainable development to produce valuable …

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2010 Convocation Speech by Patricia Klindienst 71F

… then, white, with three vertical bands of color: the gold, green, and terra cotta of autumn leaves. Those sturdy, … then, white, with three vertical bands of color: the gold, green, and terra cotta of autumn leaves. Those sturdy, …

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