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Luna Goldberg Receives Fulbright Award
… of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated … exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries. This is the second …
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February 19, 2019: A Most Difficult Day
… day at Hampshire, as nine colleagues from the Admissions and Advancement offices were notified that their employment … April 19, 2019. I share this news with a heavy heart and immense gratitude. We are losing valued colleagues and friends whose thoughtfulness and dedication have had …
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Alum Michael Carriere 94F Co-Authors Comprehensive History on Creative Placemaking
… Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America with sociologist and photographer David Schalliol. The National Endowment for … creative placemaking as integrating “arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen … deeply engages the community, involves artists, designers, and culture bearers, and helps to advance local economic, …
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Hampshire College is a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students
… The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced the list of colleges and universities producing the most Fulbright students. Four … Shannon (English Teaching Assistant grant, South Korea), and Krista Mangiardi (English Teaching Assistant grant, …
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Admissions Counselor
Alyssa O’Brien
… Alyssa O’Brien Associate Director of Admissions First year and transfer students from Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, … from Holyoke Community College; B.A. in psychology and religion from Mount Holyoke College Why I love working at … I’ve lived in Western Massachusetts for my entire life and Hampshire College has always been special to me. I …
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Division III: Whose Story Does History Tell?
… racial tensions between an African-American battalion and white townspeople. During the riot by 156 soldiers, four soldiers and 16 civilians were killed. In a case that eventually … were tried by three courts-martial, with 19 executed and 41 given life sentences. What he read - and what he felt …
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Cuban Scholar Reflects on Mutual Benefit of Exchange Program
… Program was discussing his work, getting feedback, and accessing academic resources. “I want to take the whole … Cuba,” said Mitjans, an Afro-Cuban trans feminist scholar and activist whose research centers on the knowledge produced … movements. A PhD candidate at the University of Arts and Sciences of Chiapas (Mexico), he came to the College to …
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Alum Derry Noyes Delivers Miniaturized Iconic American Art to Our Mailboxes
… to miniaturize iconic American history, architecture, and art to stamp size. Her portfolio reveals that while Noyes … artists Alexander Calder, Georgia O’Keeffe, Isamu Noguchi, and Charles and Ray Eames will likely be familiar to many. Despite her …
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Complexities of Representations of Children
… Zanzibar navigate NGOs, globalization, identities and politics in search of social and economic support"—Wilton has served as a consultant to UNICEF, presented at a conference in Zambia, and written an essay on the complexities of representation of …
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Leah Hager Cohen 85F: Finding a Story to Tell
… chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected tendernesses of human connection." In a … The praise was in response to Cohen's fourth novel, and eighth book, The Grief of Others (Riverhead Books). This … She has written four New York Times Notable Books, and one of the American Library Association Ten Best Books of …
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Hollywood Animation Alum Builds Stop-Motion Studio at Hampshire
… animation studio, thanks to Hollywood animation veteran and alum Dillon Markey, who led the building of it while on a … teaching assignment at the College this past year. Markey and his wife, fellow filmmaker Sanda Lozancic, with the help … as an animator include the Adult Swim show Robot Chicken and projects for Oscar-nominated director PES, said the …
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Faculty
James Wald
… James Wald holds a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. His teaching and research interests include modern European history with …
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No More Bottled Water Sales at Hampshire
… students worked both to halt the sale of bottled water and to educate the entire campus community about its environmental and economic costs. In addition to the environmental impact of producing and transporting plastic bottles, huge numbers of them make …
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Michael Lesy Gives Keynote Speech at SPE Regional Conference
… Midwest regional conference. “Yesterday Today: Photography and the Archive” was the theme of the October 16-18 SPE … Campus. The SPE cites as its mission providing and fostering “an understanding of photography as a means of diverse creative expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice.” For Professor Lesy, the occasion …
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Blair McLaughlin Saves Trees One Seed at a Time
… these oaks be so resistant to increased heat, dryness, and even drought? The answer lies in hidden water sources. … understand that they can often survive even extremely hot and dry climates if there’s enough subsurface water, we can … by grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the National Science Foundation — put the idea of …
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Theatre Students Travel to NYC to See Alum Lupita Nyong'o in Eclipsed
… Nyong'o in Eclipsed Amy Diehl Hampshire theatre students and faculty recently traveled to NYC to see alumna and Academy-Award winning actress Lupita Nyong’o perform … Porter 02F ( Besharet ), Mashuq Deen ( Draw the Circle ), and Aurin Squire ( To Whom It May Concern) . Professor …
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Soundin' Like Weself: Jacob Hochberger's radio documentary featured on Afropop Worldwide
… he participated in Trinity College’s Trinidad Program and took core courses in Caribbean civilization at the … plays American pop mixed with local favorites such as soca and dancehall. “I had exposure to the music scene, with young producers and media creators pushing the bounds of popular music,” says …
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Student Circus Performers at First Night Boston
… College students, Tara Jacob 05F, Victoria Quine 06F, and Lindsay Barbieri 06F rang in the New Year by performing … in 2009, is the creative brainchild of Jacob, Quine, and Molly McLeod 05F. The group is dedicated to promoting social justice and sustainability through circus arts and performance. For …
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Professor kara lynch's Work in "The Wayland Rudd Collection"
… Collection" Russian Journal 1989-1999 , an installation and video by Professor kara lynch , is part of "The Wayland … project focusing on the representation of Africans and African-Americans in Soviet visual culture. Video, sound, and performance artist lynch, who teaches video production at …
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Board Member
Juana Schurman 72F
… Juana Schurman 72F Juana Schurman 72F Chair Trusteeship and Governance Juana Schurman 72F joined the board in February 2021. She is an attorney and senior vice president of Oracle America, Inc., serving as … global head of employment law. Juana is a past president and former board member of the Bay Area Ethics and Compliance …
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Faculty
Sarah Partan
… her B.A. in biopsychology from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. in animal behavior from the University of … interests are in the areas of animal social behavior and communication. She is particularly interested in multisensory signaling: how and why animals (including humans) combine signals from …
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Artificial General Intelligence: Why Aren’t We There Yet?
… outside of high school, which was computer programming and thinking about cognitive science. So I decided to drop out and go straight to college. I wrote to a bunch of schools, and Hampshire sent me a little booklet, an excerpt of a …
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Hampshire's Concentration in Psychoanalytic Studies
… academic programs, driven by their own questions and interests. Professors across the College with related … who want to explore psychoanalysis in relation to society and culture. For undergraduates even to be able to minor in … In a lecture entitled "The Future of Psychoanalysis and the Next Generation," Dr. Charles traced the history of …
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The Hawaiian Charter School Movement
… been made since the 1970s to reclaim the native language and traditions, it remains a challenge that a number of … are committed to. "I saw a disconnect between education and life in Hawaii, and I got interested in the charter schools that were a …
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Experiencing the Journey Through the Woods: A Theatrical Adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood
… Talya Kingston , visiting assistant professor of theatre and a member of Smartt's faculty committee. The project is a … Riding Hood" drawing on Smartt's multiple areas of study, and on her own life. On the design side, "there are three … one stays in the grandmother's house with the grandmother, and the other two follow the wolf or the girl. Smartt wrote a …
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