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Announcing the Reappointment of President Ed Wingenbach
… Hampshire College. On behalf of the board, we are grateful for his leadership and look forward to partnering with Ed to ensure a vibrant future for our College, one that will allow us to make an outsized … Hampshire College. On behalf of the board, we are grateful for his leadership and look forward to partnering with Ed to …
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Architecture Memories, Havana Interiors
… perhaps the only, U.S. study abroad program that allows for study with Cuban artists and intellectuals in settings … Cuba feels ambiguous. I wanted people to draw conclusions for themselves from details as simple as a bicycle propped in … reading, both nonfiction and fiction, about Cuba. For her show, she is creating Palmer Plate prints of selected …
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Hampshire COVID-19 Update
… these students may be required to self-quarantine for 14 days. The policies on travel and events established on … webpage below. This disruption of campus life is difficult for all of us and presents unprecedented challenges. This … as a campus community, and we are a stronger community for it. I hope we can work through this challenge together in …
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Hampshire College Position Statement: U.S. Dept. of Education "College Scorecard"
… by salary and many are committed to nonprofit and not-for-profit careers including in social service, education, … confirm our alumni largely are not struggling to pay for their education. The typical total debt for Hampshire graduates is $20,000, lower than the debt held …
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Getting Off the Grid Through the R.W. Kern Center Solar Challenge Initiative
… visionary spotlight and an important learning model for rigorous sustainable-building standards. Our support of … Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification, which calls for the creation of a net‑zero energy, waste-disposal, and … environmental initiative, providing funding assistance for solar panel installations within Massachusetts, offered …
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The Blacksmith Collective
… way his dad did, and the way blacksmiths have been doing for centuries. "It's still an ancient way of teaching. It's … first day of college (it was something he'd wanted to try for years), while Smith and Eareckson's training had begun in … also a more primitive aspect that Smith says is a draw for some. "I use it to cut stress. It's great, you come in …
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The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows
… The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows For her Division III, Taliesin Nyala 07F examined the … want to remember that I stood up to Dad. That I hurt him for what he did to Ben. In my mind, I have picked up the rifle and used it to search for his brains until his head was spread thin, sticking to …
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Ravett Recordings Preserve "A Certain Kind of Life"
… and photography professor Abraham Ravett takes on projects for varied reasons. But underlying his decades of diverse … recordings he made of Barnoon chanting prayers for the High Holy Days. He asked Barnoon then if he would be … the soundtracks. Ravett recorded Abe Yae in summer 1993 for his film Horse/Kappa/House . Shot in the Iwate Prefecture …
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"That's It," And He Left The Room: Lessons From a Veteran Professor
… molecular biology, and evolution. The description he wrote for his recent "Natural History of Infectious Disease" … Cloning." Interviewer: Was this a shared area of research for you? Lynn: John’s a molecular biologist and I’m a pretend … January term, three weeks long and the perfect opportunity for a lab course. In the first week our students would learn …
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Course Guides 2000-2009
… Course Guides 2000-2009 Note: For the years 2000 through 2003, the Spring Supplements were … and what are their stories of hope and loss? … Note: For the years 2000 through 2003, the Spring Supplements were …
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Nov. 22: Screening of 'Our Nixon'
… the Watergate investigation, then filed away and forgotten for almost 40 years. Our Nixon is an all-archival documentary presenting those home movies for the first time, along with other rare footage, creating … the Watergate investigation, then filed away and forgotten for almost 40 years. Our Nixon is an all-archival documentary …
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Hampshire Student Awarded Five College Digital Humanities Student Fellowship
… in computer science, and soon also developed a passion for digital art. Their fellowship project, which is also … They also plan to arrange a mini-conference at Hampshire for artists to come speak about their work. After they … in computer science, and soon also developed a passion for digital art. Their fellowship project, which is also …
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Five College Dance Faculty Concert Explores Distance and Intimacy Amidst Upheaval
… 20-22, 2020, 8pm; February 22, 2020, 3pm Tickets: $5 for students/seniors, $10 for general admission / Available online: … 20-22, 2020, 8pm; February 22, 2020, 3pm Tickets: $5 for students/seniors, $10 for general admission / Available …
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Who Helps Survivors?
… Who Helps Survivors? For second-year student Amelia Carter, researching the harsh … Carter. Her interest was sparked while conducting research for a paper on child soldiers during her first year at … that assist the survivors of human trafficking. … For second-year student Amelia Carter, researching the harsh …
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Tobin Porter-Brown 05F Helps Grow a New Farm
… Porter-Brown says he hopes to have enough greens ready for Amherst's commencement and reunion weekends in May. After … I would probably not be where I am today if it weren't for Hampshire's farm program," he says. Photo: Tobin … Porter-Brown says he hopes to have enough greens ready for Amherst's commencement and reunion weekends in May. After …
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Grant Supports Professor's Return to Dominican Republic to Mentor Math Teachers and Students
… the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Dan Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals using a model related to … sequences he first created in the 1950's. “He found a use for it thirty years later,” says Professor Encarnación. “Any … the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Dan Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals using a model related to …
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Fourth-Annual ENGAGE! Conference Addressed Dismantling Violence
… responsibility of all of us to rethink the way we show up for other people,” they said, “how we relate to one another, … racism? A “Socially Engaged Theater” track was offered for those interested in connecting theater, social justice, … and Yijie Zhu (looking up class years) facilitated “Tools for Action: An Introduction to Forum Theater” in which …
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Jorrell Watkins Is Student Speaker at 2015 Commencement Ceremony
… Commencement ceremony, held on Saturday, May 16, 2015. For his Division III thesis in his final year at Hampshire, … that can hold poetry, music, and movement, and it allows for a range of different arts that can be used in … across it when I saw a performance of Ntozake Shange’s For Colored Girls Who Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is …
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Writing Comics About Monsters and God
… empty buildings that are all lit up, and trying to listen for God. “[The story] is a lot about this walking quietly and … and embracing of all kinds of forms of difference.” For their Div III, Horvath also produced Goblins! Goblins! … was thinking about new vocabularies both visual and verbal for talking about mutual care dynamics in queer and trans …
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Div III Profile: Suhilah Booker Studies Benefits of Movement to Early Learners
… by a teacher who said she wished she had more resources for her students to engage in movement. So I said, ‘I’m going … movement-based activities had significant benefits for children, but, she says, these activities are being … “Hampshire forced me to go out and do things, and ask for things, to demand things that I wanted. It forced me to …
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Getting to Know the Fall 2020 Entering Students
… Including returning students, we have 425 in residence for the fall semester; 46 have opted to commute to campus; 55 … were president of their class in high school, one interned for presidential candidate Julián Castro, and another won a … an entrepreneurial spirit, having founded groups for slam poetry, chess, political science, cycling, …
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A Sumptuous 'Repast'
… those menus in the collection Miss Frank Buttolph compiled for the New York Public Library, Lesy and his wife, Lisa … as they entered factories and offices in large numbers for the first time. A chapter entitled "Other People's Food" … those menus in the collection Miss Frank Buttolph compiled for the New York Public Library, Lesy and his wife, Lisa …
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New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice
… a year ago by Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash for a campus conversation examining the effects of … as “a way to begin creating an intellectual community for new students, exploring a topic of social, scientific, … a year ago by Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash for a campus conversation examining the effects of …
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Translation in Theory and Practice
… studies are split between theory and practice, "for me those things can't really be separated." Her students, … Norm Holland in spring 2014. "This is a great place for me," said Tachtiris. "There are a lot of people who are … studies are split between theory and practice, "for me those things can't really be separated." Her students, …
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Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party
… sponsors are: President’s Office, Dean of Faculty, Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education, Community Partnerships for Social Change, School of Critical Social Inquiry, … sponsors are: President’s Office, Dean of Faculty, Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education, Community …
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