Notable Alumni
Manny Castro 02F
… with a $200,000 grant from the David Prize. Castro is the first Mexican-American and first DREAMer to hold the position of New York City commissioner of the … Community Empowerment, a Queens-based nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of immigrant workers in New York. …
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Faculty
Viveca Greene
… and rape culture, and racist trolling. Viveca’s work is published in various transdisciplinary academic journals ( … Late Neoliberal Times, and We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy), and online publications (Cultural Critique Online, TheNation.com, and In Media Res) . Viveca is also co-editor (with Ted …
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Best Use of External Data for Hampshire Team at Five College Datafest
… on March 28, 2014. Datafests are events where teams of up to five students try to address a real-world problem supported by a unique data … questions by participants. Wang, a transfer student who is working on her Division II project, appreciated the …
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Hampshire on 'Most Entrepreneurial Colleges' List
… Hampshire on 'Most Entrepreneurial Colleges' List Hampshire is among the top 20 colleges for entrepreneurs, according to a new Forbes list. The list was compiled from LinkedIn … more employees. Businesses founded by Hampshire alums tend to incorporate key Hampshire values, including creativity, …
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Hampshire College Faculty Participate in Five College Working Group “Race, Indigeneity, Settler Colonialism in Global Perspective”
… other imperial forms such as franchise colonialism? What is the role of colonial dispossession in shaping structural … How central is the binary of “native” and “settler” to the study of empire, and what forms of racialization do … do decolonial imaginaries and modes of social relation (to human and more than human others) offer alternatives to …
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When Identity Trumps Self-Interest
… Abigail Meisel For Olivia Brochu, the political is personal. The first germ for what would be her thesis — … Liberal Understandings of Women’s Self-Interests — came to Brochu in her high school carpool. A Worcester, … Massachusetts, native, she and her best friend often drove to school with her friend’s mother. “I admired her mother and …
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Combining Environmental Science with Policy and Management
… of the regional economy. "I entered [Hampshire] wanting to do photography, but I realized that wasn't my thing, or at least not what I wanted to do in academia," Neale says. "So I took a year off." For … to improve climate change adaptation policies. He is applying to graduate schools along the West Coast for …
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Area Of Study
Physics
… Search Hampshire's academic structure allows students to incorporate physics into a variety of concentrations … (music, education, or architecture, for example) and to pair a more standard physics curriculum with courses in … run for hours on a single D battery. The mathematics level is algebra to precalculus. We also steadily build an …
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April 2, 2019: Statement from Trustees Kim Saal 70F and Fraser Beede
… and Fraser Beede Dear Hampshire Community, We are writing to share some regrettable news. Following a recent Board meeting, it came to our attention there was a significant breach of … without authorization of then Board Chair Gaye Hill. Trust is essential to the integrity and functioning of any Board. …
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Bibliography: Volume 3
… 3 Astin, Helen S. [and others]. The courage and vision to experiment: Hampshire College, 1970-1990. Los Angeles: … day in the lab at Hampshire College: a Hampshire response to the underrepresentation of women and minorities in … PR4.S1 #22. Prince, Gregory S. National Service is everybody's business. Washington Post. 13 August 1993:A, …
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Admissions Counselor
Unique Mical Robinson 05F
… 05F Unique Mical Robinson 05F Unique Mical Robinson is a writer/performer, professor, and proud Baltimore, … collectives throughout the U.S. and Havana, Cuba. Prior to working in the sphere of arts education, Unique worked in … collectives throughout the U.S. and Havana, Cuba. Prior to working in the sphere of arts education, Unique worked in …
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Hampshire Mathematics Professor Sarah Hews Published in PLOS ONE on Behavioral Thermoregulation
… affect certain organisms that use thermoregulation to regulate their body temperatures. The article was in … primarily focuses on applying mathematical techniques to biological and physical systems. In addition, her courses … communicating mathematics to a broader audience. Hews is currently a visiting professor at Amherst College until …
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Staff
Hannah Howard
… Eastern Studies. Post-graduation, Hannah was itching to return to the area and Hampshire was a natural fit. Hannah started … most appreciates about Hampshire. In her free time, Hannah is an avid hiker, cook and food blogger, and yoga …
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Faculty
Nancy Lowry
… and cartooning. She was dean of Natural Science from 1989 to 1993 and dean of Advising from 2002 to 2003. On sabbatical in the spring of 2008, she continued … that semester. She retired in the summer of 2008; she is developing a new web page with thoughts about retirement: …
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ECG Grants Announced
… Announced The Ethics & the Common Good (ECG) Project is pleased to announce the awards for the 2018-2019 Common Good Student Project grant cycle. Each year, ECG awards grants to students developing projects, research, and internships …
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Culture, Brain, and Development Program Awards Students Over $10,000 in Grants
… Brain, and Development (CBD) program awarded over $10,000 to seven students in a highly competitive grant process. … growth and development in areas ranging from food culture to music therapy. Fall 2017 CBD Student Grant Awards Hannah … digital storytelling in the prenatal period of pregnancy is able to affect physiological markers for stress, and …
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February 4, 2019: Briefing Documents: Following Board Meeting
… Parents, Colleagues, Alums, Friends,
I’m writing to share with you some briefs that detail the factors weighed … a small class of students this fall. The first document is a presentation I delivered last Thursday to an assembly of … to update you as we have new information. Our resources site can be found here: updates.hampshire.edu .
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Notable Alumni
Jonathan Friedland 77F
… Friedland 77F Jonathan Friedland 77F Jonathan Friedland is the chief communications officer for Netflix. He has spent … of economics and journalism at Hampshire and then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in economics from the … of economics and journalism at Hampshire and then went on to earn a Master of Science degree in economics from the …
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E-Newsletter: Special Div III Issue
… are marine worms that secrete calcareous tubes and attach to hard surfaces, such as stone or shell. They are found … Bureau in Washington, D.C. Pacheco, an aspiring filmmaker, is focusing on the African Diaspora. She will use the Thoenes … Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in June. Festival Site … Wendy Kelly (03S) , who graduates on May 20, …
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Suitable for Framing
… Commencement ceremony in 1975, she expected the College to use it once, retire it, then ask another student or professor to reimagine it the following year. The practice dated back … Comment, her favorite. “I’ve always believed that less is more,” she says. She contracted with a print shop in town, …
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Hampshire Team at EcoHackSF
… Hampshire Team at EcoHackSF Michael Samuels 09F "To our surprise, the event wasn't a competition!" said Zeke … EcoHack brings programmers and environmentalists together to find creative solutions to environmental issues. This was … to react to that data," Nierenberg added. The code is open source >> Seated L-R: Zeke Nierenberg 09F, Seth …
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Brett Morgen's Newest Documentary Featured in the New York Times
… of documentary filmmaking, Hampshire alum Brett Morgen is no stranger to tackling complex stories. In his newest film Kurt Cobain: … and more than 100 previously unheard cassette tapes to help weave a story that serves to humanize the often …
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Faculty
Lailye Weidman
… Lailye Weidman Lailye Weidman is a choreographer, dancer, and writer based in western … Her recent projects include Showman, an homage to the resonance of hardcore music; Social Animal Please Tame … textures of place and displacement; and Dike Dance, a site-specific performance and community dialogue in …
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March 29: Five College Pritzen Lecture
… p.m. in Mount Holyoke's Dwight Hall, Room 101. Admission is free and open to the public. Professor Peterson will explore an important … science was both a product of the Enlightenment and unique to the king and his culture. Indira Viswanathan Peterson is …
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"Guarding the Doors of Our Dream Palaces"
… whose presence extended beyond simply showing patrons to their seats. Drummer describes it as "a revisionist … had not been extensively studied before. "My argument has to do with the fact that usherettes are peripheral, marginal … about them. "I did intensive primary research, which is not something that everyone gets to do as an …
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