Notable Alumni
Chiyo Ishikawa 76F
… Ishikawa 76F Chiyo Ishikawa is deputy director for art and curator of European painting and sculpture at the Seattle Art Museum Ishikawa was the Seattle Art Museum’s deputy director and curator of European painting and sculpture before …
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Nexus Hope 24S
… Nexus Hope 24S Nexus Hope Alumni Writing Fellow and Writing Help @ Night Supervisor 24S Nexus Hope 24S (they/them), a queer and neurodiverse creator, has been a Massachusetts resident … their whole life. Growing up surrounded by artists and inspired by stories like Alice in Wonderland and Castle …
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Student Profile: Div III Kamil Peters 06F
… Peters 06F Give Kamil Peters 06F an oxyacetylene torch and a piece of discarded steel, and you'll soon find art where scrap metal used to be. Even … medium. I had initially come here for sustainable living and architecture. I'd tried jewelry, pen and ink, pastels, …
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Hampshire College Welcomes First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence
… arrived from Carolina Biological Supply last month, and have moved into a dedicated office in the Cole Science … intellectual life on campus by helping us all think about and see the world without our normal human biases." The … on the planet," notes Hampshire biology professor and principle investigator Megan Dobro. Their optimization …
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Hampshire College Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Wins the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
… College alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F, a Sri Lankan writer and journalist, is the 2021 winner of the Commonwealth Short … international award given annually to promote talented new and emerging voices and bring them to a global audience. D’Almeida is the first …
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Notable Alumni
Naomi Wallace 78F
… Naomi Wallace 78F Naomi Wallace 78F Obie Award–winner and MacArthur Fellow Naomi Wallace is a playwright and screenwriter whose work includes Slaughter City and One Flea Spare Naomi Wallace is a playwright from …
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'Shift' - An Animated Film
… 'Shift' - An Animated Film www.joshmarvel.com Plymouth Film Festival Shift, an animated film by … evolving into a new form - a natural environment of trees and water and clouds - in a cycle of reclamation. Color values move …
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Hampshire Wins International Campus Sustainability Achievement Award for R.W. Kern Center
… Awards: Hampshire, Emory University in Georgia, and Bow Valley College in Alberta, Canada. AASHE will present the awards to Hampshire and all winners on Oct. 2 at its annual AASHE Conference & … AASHE bestows its prestigious awards on institutions and individuals internationally that are helping to lead …
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Division III Profile: Nicole DelRosso on DNA Computing
… Hart Nicole DelRosso came to Hampshire to study sculpture and left with a project holding great potential for detecting … she says, “so I took Professor Joanna Morris’s Brain and Cognition as my first-year tutorial.” She was fascinated … to that in a way that wasn’t formulaic,” she says, “and I’d never taken a science class where we read all primary …
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'Anything by Itself, Hitched to Everything Else in the Universe'
… III Project: The Ecology of Symbioses Between Grasses and Endophytic Fungi Faculty advisers: Professor Seeta Sistla … about the webs around me that shape their ecosystems, and every time I answer one question, I think of another. … you still don't know everything. It's constantly evolving, and it forces you to evolve with it. The past two summers …
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Eula Biss 95F’s Newest Book Examines the Author’s Uneasy Relationship with Capitalism
… the Author’s Uneasy Relationship with Capitalism Writer and Hampshire College alum Eula Biss 95F is known for using … or our relationship to science. In her newest book Having and Being Had , Biss takes that same personal approach to examine themes of capitalism and privilege. Biss was interviewed by the Financial Times …
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A. Kim Saal 70F
… A. Kim Saal 70F A. Kim Saal 70F Kim Saal is president and CEO of the Cooley Dickinson Physician Network and former cardiology chief at Mount Auburn Hospital In … providing clinical care, Kim has been a teacher, mentor, and clinical coach. He held a faculty appointment at Harvard …
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Congratulations, Lupita Nyong'o 03F on your Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
… as a post-production intern on The Namesake (2006), and an art intern on Where God Left His Shoes (2007). After … for the song Little Things We Do , by Kenyan musician Wahu and Ugandan musician Bobi Wine. It won Best Video at the 2009 … New York African Film Festival hosted by Smith College, and was screened both at Hampshire and Five College neighbor …
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BESSIE Recipient Karinne Keithley 92F: "Stick with it."
… 92F was recently honored with a 2011 New York Dance and Performance Award, commonly known as a BESSIE award. The … Combining elements of opera, radio play, light projection, and movement, Montgomery Park speaks to Keithley's diverse … her interests include sound composition, animation, and video production. She also does a ukulele cover act, and …
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Sander Thoenes Research Award Recipients Announced
… Gaydos, Rachel Ithen, Martha Pskowski, Maiwenn Raoult, and Roberto Rodriguez are recipients of the 2012 Sander … independent. His death drew international attention, and then-United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan released … saying, in part: "It is largely thanks to the courage and determination of men and women like Sander that crimes …
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Lesy Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
… through the 1920s. They were sold in "Tours of the World" and "Educational Series" sets, with hand-held stereo viewers and teachers' guides. Every view had a caption on its front and a narrative on its back. Working with the 500,000 images …
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Professor Johnson Publishes Book on China's One-Child Policy
… Children , by Kay Ann Johnson, professor of Asian studies and politics, was recently published by the Chicago … Press. In her book, subtitled Abandonment, Adoption, and the Human Costs of the One-Child Policy , Johnson … assesses the effects of the one-child policy on China and its people. The book has quickly attracted a number of …
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Solving Email Overload
… would notify him whenever he received a Facebook email, and also would allow him to view messages in those emails … could be applied generally to all email, a way to organize and filter messages and streamline viewing. The solution was … as bolster the economy with more high-tech jobs. Inboxmgr.com, his website, is still in beta testing, but after …
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David Matheson P11, P13
… Concord, Massachusetts David Matheson was vice president and senior partner of The Boston Consulting Group, where his work focused on the integration of health care and technology; since his retirement, he continues to work … He also consults individually to a number of health care and educational institutions, including Partners in Health …
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Amy Jordan
… has conducted oral histories with welfare rights activists and small farmers in Mississippi, and has conducted workshops on the history of anti-poverty and welfare rights activism. Her essay, "Fighting for the …
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Ellen Donkin
… from the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College, and a Ph.D. in theatre history from the University of … She has taught in the drama department of Franklin and Marshall College and at the University of Washington. Her special areas of …
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Alice Petty 89F Joins Hampshire Board as Alumni Trustee
… a motion presented by the Committee on Trusteeship and Governance to appoint Alice Petty 89F to the Board as … for Hampshire, writing postcards to accepted students, and serving as co-chair of the Bay Area Alumni Circle. Alice … at Stanford University as academic program director and coordinator. In her position, Alice creates and develops …
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Angela Bardawil, LICSW
… her master's at Smith College School for Social Work and has continued to practice psychodynamic, … Angela is especially committed to issues of personal and cultural identity and to maintaining gains made in psychotherapy over time. She …
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Rachael Goren-Watts, Psy. D
… in college health/mental health settings since 2004, and has also worked with learning disabilities and assessment services for children and adolescents, as well as eating disorders. Rachael's …
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Hampshire College Installation Presents GPS For Birds Disoriented by Climate Change
… technologies, including urban camouflage for reptiles and fiber optics for corals. "Over the past century, … interested in the innovations of other species, and adapting them to serve human needs," says Mr. Keats. … commonplace." Velcro is based on thistles, for example, and the beak of the kingfisher provides just the right …
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