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Hampshire Alum Poet, a National Book Award Finalist, Returns to Campus for Reading

… Finalist, Returns to Campus for Reading Hampshire alum and former faculty member Robin Coste Lewis, a finalist for … content. The dedication of her book reads, ‘For Beauty,’ and beauty abounds, but also collides with violence, debasement, and erasure. We’re grateful that she made herself available …

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Unfinished Tom Joslin Film Completed at Hampshire College

… Tom Joslin, has been completed by Professor Abraham Ravett and two Hampshire alums, Sam Shapiro 07F and Ben Balcom 04F . Documentary filmmaker Joslin taught at … a Close Friend , a coming out/love story of gay identity, and the posthumous, groundbreaking film Silverlake Life: The …

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Rebecca Nordstrom

… Antioch College, an M.F.A. in Dance from Smith College, and is certified as a Laban Movement Analyst by the Laban … Early in her career she was a member of Laura Dean Dancers and Musicians in New York City, and a co-founder of Collaboration Danceworks in Putney, …

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Ellie Siegel

… faculty associate, holds a B.A. from Hampshire College and an M.F.A. from Sarah Lawrence College. She has been an … Center for Advanced Research on Women at Brown University and visiting scholar in discourse studies at the University … fiction, taught poetry at the University of Minnesota, and worked in radio and print journalism. She was fiction …

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Div III Profile: Anita Fuentes Gutierrez On Racism, Reality TV

… It’s no secret that reality television is a dominant and influential medium globally. Anita Fuentes Gutierrez’s … in Spain. They first arrived in the early 15th century, and have frequently been the target of persecution. Since the … are twice as likely to be unemployed as other Spaniards and have a higher school-dropout rate, and their life …

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Abby Grace Drake's "Significant" Discovery About Dog Evolution

… pointing to their relatively quick evolution as a species and their coexistence with their ancestor, the wolf. “It’s … rare to have the opportunity to study both the descendant and the ancestor,” she says. Drake, an assistant professor of … essentially domesticated themselves, feeding on scraps and trash at the perimeter of human developments. The boldest …

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Hampshire College Prof's Uplifting Performance Art Merges Mind, Technology

… piece "Transcendence," the associate professor of art and technology uses his brainwaves, and a few essential pieces of equipment, to levitate off the ground. The premiere, at Zero1: The Art and Technology Network in San Jose this past summer, brought …

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Ibis Evidence in Activism Award for Marlene Gerber Fried

… Robyn Sutton-Fernandez; Mia Kim Sullivan, Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) director; Sigmund Roos 73F , chair … of Trustees; Diana Fernandez, interim dean of students; and Amy Crysel, CLPP director of operations and finance. Marlene Gerber Fried is a philosophy professor …

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Nov. 21: Authors Talk on 'Repast'

… Nov. 21: Authors Talk on 'Repast' Michael Lesy and Lisa Stoffer, authors of Repast: Dining Out at the Dawn … p.m. Lesy, professor of literary journalism at Hampshire, and Stoffer, director of foundation and corporate relations at Amherst College, will speak in …

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Hampshire’s Christoph Cox to Lead Talk on “The Politics of Listening” at Upcoming Power of Protest Exhibition

… Christoph Cox, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, and professor of philosophy, will lead a discussion on the … Cox will be talking with the artists Lawrence Abu Hamdan and Arash Saedinia. From the “Politics of Listening” event …

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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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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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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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