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Jacqueline Hayden

… Hayden Jacqueline Hayden, professor emerita of film and photography, has been a professional artist since 1979 … Yale University. Ms. Hayden has been a professor of film and photography at Hampshire College in Amherst, … awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist …

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Laurie Nisonoff

… a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.Phil. from Yale University, where she was a doctoral … of a Ford Foundation Fellowship in women's studies, and in 1993-94 a fellow of the Five Colleges Women's Studies … a special issue on "Women in the International Economy" and another in Urban Political Economy. She is a co-editor of …

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“Muhammad Ali” by Award-Winning Documentarian Ken Burns 71F to Air on PBS

… , the new four-part documentary by award-winning filmmaker and Hampshire College alum Ken Burns 71F,  will air over four … world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. Ali insisted on …

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Student Use of Academic Services Doubles in Knowledge Commons

… Writing Program) Transformative Speaking Library Research and Media Quantitative Resource Center Instructional … Art Gallery student-exhibition support Center for Teaching and Learning Holistic Learning This month, Inside Higher Ed … who advance to earn a research doctorate in Librarianship and Communication: 6th/872, or top 0.7% ( source: NSF Survey …

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March 31: Lorrin Thomas to Speak on Her Book, 'Puerto Rican Citizen'

… of the award-winning book Puerto Rican Citizen: History and Political Identity in New York City will speak in … Red Barn on March 31 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Thomas is a professor in the … University. Her research explores ideas about rights and equality in the twentieth century Americas. Puerto Rican …

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Hampshire Chooses Bon Appétit as Food Service Provider

… committed to sustainable practices, culinary innovation, and creating food made from fresh, local ingredients in a … reputation as a thought leader in sustainable innovation, and linking the wider agricultural community beyond Hampshire's campus to its ongoing and daily food service operations. Bon Appétit will become …

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Aug. 30: Edward Humes, Author of Garbology

… Edward Humes , a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of a dozen nonfiction books, will speak at … the Robert Crown Center . (Doors open at 7:15.) A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow his talk. The event is open and

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Earl Ubell Grant Awarded to SarahMay Harel 11S

… knowledge of positive psychology techniques for a happier and healthier life in the Hampshire College community. Specifically, of their simplicity and accessibility," she said. "College students, especially … students, experience high levels of stress, anxiety and other mental health issues. Self-reported stress rates …

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Div II Profile: CONNIE CHANG 15F

… to write for television. I’m still interested in sci-fi and fantasy, though. And horror. Certain concerns emerge in my writing. I want my … of oppression, to encourage the questioning of authority, and to tackle the worship of capital. I’m fascinated by the …

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Alum Lisa Trivedi to Give Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement

… In honor of the retirement of Professor of History and American Studies Susan Tracy at the end of this term, her … give the lecture "The Mother's Death: Bombay's millwomen and the physicians who treated them." The lecture will be … in East Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture …

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Julia Botero 02S

… of working with the editors of the column, Dan Jones and Miya Lee, to bring the most emotional personal essays to … podcasts at Gimlet Media, reported on local politics and agriculture with North Country Public Radio, and produced interviews and news segments with the programs …

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Notable Alumni

Jonathan Friedland 77F

… for Netflix. He has spent more than 20 years in journalism and communications Friedland leads a global team responsible … communications, social media, brand public relations, and publicity for original Netflix shows such as Orange is the New Black and House of Cards —and has overseen the international …

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

… of graduating students Narieka Masla, Rikkia Pereira, and Julia Warren, performed by Five College students and other members of the community. AGAIN: Moving into a … expresses the embodied research of loss, relationship, and self. Performances will be Thursday, April 6 through …

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Abraham Ravett

… Abraham Ravett Abraham Ravett holds a B.F.A and M.F.A in filmmaking and photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past …

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Statement on Hampshire Halloween

… asking whether it was a predominantly white Afrobeat band and expressing concerns about cultural appropriation and the need to respect marginalized cultures. The students … the band in question, but wished to raise larger questions and have a deeper conversation within our own community. The …

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Meo wins Mexican Cities Initiative fellowship from Harvard School of Design

… particular interest in participatory processes in design, and has contributed to and led design-build projects in Massachusetts, California, South Korea, the Philippines, and Colombia. For his fellowship project, titled En Bici (On …

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Art by Numbers

… Box Project Andrea White sees connections everywhere, and they show up aplenty in her final project. After four … gallery as much more than space waiting to be filled and wanted to use it "to address the Hampshire community." … the campus mailroom, 15 feet from the gallery door, and the library, just up a short flight of stairs. Her …

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A Gift to Support Humanities Students’' Research

… Research A $5,000 gift from Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature Alicia E. Ellis and artist and former visiting faculty member David H. Munson will be …

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Five Colleges Receives Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts

… 18 months a world music ensemble, a puppet theater group and a dance company will visit college campuses and elementary school classrooms, with each visit culminating … culture through lectures, workshops, performances and exhibitions. Central to the project is visits by …

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Kimberly Chang's New Book Earns National Acclaim

… of occupation by the Japanese, World War II, a civil war, and the Communist revolution. Published under her Chinese … that stands at the crossroads of fiction, memoir, history, and anthropology. It has garnered praise in, among other places, the Los Angeles Review of Books and The Massachusetts Review , which hailed Chang’s book as …

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Response to ICE Ruling

… Response to ICE Ruling Students, Staff, and Faculty, Yesterday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), released a new rule requiring … full online operations. The ruling is deliberately cruel and manifestly unjust. It is transparently intended to …

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Hampshire College Works to Develop Anti-Racist Plan of Action

… of this process, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (IDI) took stock of how Hampshire has fared in … first Inventory of Anti-Racist Education, Actions, and Support Systems , which compiles a list of concrete steps that staff and faculty across campus are currently taking or planning to …

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Notable Alumni

Gabrielle Hamilton 83F

… Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef/owner of Prune restaurant and the author of New York Times bestsellers Blood, Bones & Butter and Prune Hamilton is the chef/owner of PRUNE, which she … has been recognized in all major press, both nationally and internationally, and is regularly cited in the top 100 …

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Constance Valis Hill

… Studies from New York University; M.A. in Dance Research and Reconstruction from City College of the University of New … from the International Society of Ballroom Dance; Neutral and a Character Mask certificate from Pierre LeFevre at the … American Dance, Conservatoire d'arts Dramatique in Paris, and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. As a …

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Women's Cross-Country Team Wins Conference Championship

… in Randolph, Vt. The team finished with 35 points and a 31:46 average time for 6k. Lara Matthias took second overall, Liz O’Brien was third, and Ash Lamoreaux earned fifth — and all earned All-Conference individual honors. “It felt …

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