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Jesús A. Colmenares 03F

… of Defense, National Institutes of Health, Center for Disease Control), academic institutions, and life … position he served as Director of Contracts and Grants for New England Research Institutes. As the Director he led the proposal pipeline and contracting process for the company. Jesús holds a degree in neuroscience from …

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Tradition of Environmental Justice Courses Continues This Fall

… to the campus community, the event’s goal is not just for learning but also for influencing. “We want the event to be a tool for advocacy and a means of leverage around issues of …

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

… and Art History Karen Koehler will conduct research for her book on Walter Gropius as a Paul Mellon Visiting … Senior Fellow at the National Gallery of Art’s Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. Gropius, the founder … is the opportunity to pursue this research at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, where she expects to …

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Hampshire Community Invited to Celebrate the New Year of the Trees

… with spiritual advisor, Rabbi Ellen Bernstein. A “new year for trees” is a fitting holiday for Hampshire, where trees are held in high esteem and where … first held in Philadelphia in 1988, which was the catalyst for Shomrei Adamah, the first national Jewish environmental …

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Students across Five Colleges to compete in DataFest

… Amherst will compete head-to-head with all other teams for prizes in categories ranging from Best Insight, Best … of the company or organization that provides the data set for the competition. Student competitors also try to catch … students with the best quantitative and analytical skills for potential job opportunities. “While many participants …

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R. W. Kern Center Groundbreaking Ceremony on Nov. 14

… Ceremony on Nov. 14 A groundbreaking ceremony for the new R. W. Kern Center will be held November 14 at … Lash said: “The R. W. Kern Center provides a model for addressing global challenges and a symbol of the positive … classrooms and meeting spaces, and contain exhibit areas for display of work by students and faculty, a bookstore, and …

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Hampshire College Dance Program Makes Strong Showing At National Festival

… Picasso and Madison Palffy submitted solos to the Festival for adjudication. The adjudicators, knowing only the title … of each piece had plentiful praise and appreciation for both pieces and selected Ailey Picasso's undigested logic … undigested logic was chosen as an alternate piece for the National Festival. Palffy is an ensemble member in …

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An Alternative Habitat

… details her work finding an alternative nursery habitat for the tiny crabs in Chesapeake Bay. "It's exciting work, … she says. "Because they are scavengers, they are good for the environment." Due to urban runoff, water quality in … leading to degradation of sea grass, the habitat of choice for blue crabs too small to fend for themselves in open …

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Division III Profile: Jonah Taylor's Tech Project Earns Him an Award and a Job

… organizational culture, while identifying opportunities for market differentiation and using those brand identity … into a cohesive narrative is enormously gratifying for me," he says. Taylor's work at PolicyMap earned him the … designer. Division III Committee: Instructional Staff for Design and Innovation for Social Change Colin Twitchell …

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Advancement Office Celebrates Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff

… campaign, making it the most successful December ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire on December 3, celebrated with an on-campus …

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Michael Lesy Gives Keynote Speech at SPE Regional Conference

… Journalism Michael Lesy was selected as keynote speaker for the 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest regional conference. … expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice.” For Professor Lesy, the occasion also offered a return to the …

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What Does Empathy Look Like?

… like? The question drives this issue of Non Satis Scire for two reasons. Empathy is all over the news these days, though we won’t attempt to answer why that … is committed to a view of liberal education as a vehicle for the realization of self in society. To this end, it will …

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Faculty

Kimberly Chang

… of MemoryWorks , a creative research and writing practice for individuals and communities seeking to reclaim histories … been censored, buried, or erased. She is the prose editor for the Massachusetts Review . Kim's teaching and writing … explore questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship for those whose lives span national borders and cultural …

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Donna Cohn

… School of Design. She has worked with the Boston Center for Independent Living as a designer and builder of devices for people with physical disabilities. Her design process … field test prototypes of a low-cost pearl millet thresher for use in sub-Saharan Africa. This project evolved out of …

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President's Letter on Proposed Student Experience Models

… the Launch of our community work to define a bold vision for the future of our student experience and reestablish … we’ll develop throughout this academic year and debut for our fall 2020 entering class, fifty years from the … community has stepped up with historic levels of support for Hampshire this year as we begin to rebuild to full …

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Hampshire Joins Universal College Application

… College Application when submitting their applications for enrollment. "We've been an exclusive user of the Common Application for many years, but we're concerned that so many students are … with the same goal of making the application process easy for students." Because of delays caused by the technological …

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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards

… awards are made twice a year, and make it possible for students to pursue independent projects and summer … distant as Ghana. CBD grants provide pivotal experiences for students as they explore their academic goals and develop … The grants also provide much-needed financial support for the completion of student projects, covering costs …

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Hampshire College to Launch Leadership and Ethical Engagement Project

… and Ethical Engagement Project will provide a model for integrating a deliberate focus on ethics within the … paid internships, research support, and other resources for students from all academic disciplines who want to apply … and Ethical Engagement Project will also be a resource for exploring new ideas and models of communities, …

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Alum Rebecca Carroll on Her New Memoir 'Surviving the White Gaze' and the Power of Storytelling to Reshape Language

… as well. Do you have a favorite communication medium for certain types of stories? I think of myself first as a storyteller and a collagist. I love to find places for voice to really be at its most and best amplified. … the adaptation of the book, which I'm going to be creating for a limited TV series with Killer Films and MGM/TV. I love …

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Response to ICE Ruling

… students and force them to leave the United States for arbitrary reasons. The decision advances no public … to safely add students this fall, we can offer sanctuary for at least some international students who might otherwise … to leave the United States. We will continue to search for additional ways to counter the destructiveness of this …

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Hampshire College Alum Stephen Gardner 94F named CEO of Amtrak

… has worked at Amtrak since 2009, and “has been responsible for efforts to expand state-supported service partnerships; … was named that year's Best Dance and DJ Album by Amazon.com. Read about Stephen Gardner’s work at Amtrak in the … was named that year's Best Dance and DJ Album by Amazon.com. Read about Stephen Gardner’s work at Amtrak in the …

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Notable Alumni

Gabrielle Hamilton 83F

… PBS series Mind of a Chef. Hamilton has written for The New Yorker , The New York Times , GQ , Bon Appetit , … 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2013.  Hamilton was nominated for Best Chef NYC in 2009 and 2010 by the James Beard … six languages and won the James Beard Foundation’s award for Writing and Literature in 2012. She won her third James …

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Faculty

Dula Amarasiriwardena

… in international affairs from the Bandaranaiake Center for International Studies. Professor Amarasiriwardena … in the application of laser ablation (LA)-ICP-MS for investigation of past trace metal nutrition and the … Society , and he served as the Chair of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy – New England Section . He has …

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Fay Teaches Students the Work Behind the Games They Play

… science and game design Ira Fay has only been on campus for a short while, but word seems to have already gotten … approach me as teaching assistants, which is great for the students in the class, and for me so I can acclimate faster." Professor Fay has years of …

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FY19 Fundraising Update

… We brought in more than double what we usually raise for our operating budget. Where we normally raise about $2M, … In addition, this year the College received commitments for another $4+ million in multi-year pledges. Earlier this … who are hard-wired to think outside the box. Thank you for making it all happen. Melissa Mills-Dick 01F Director of …

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