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Hampshire Student To Attend U.N. Climate Talks in Morocco
… O’Rourke, a Division III student studying climate change and sociology, is one of 13 American youth climate-justice … youth-led organization SustainUS, which advances justice and sustainability by empowering young people to engage in … COP22 is central to her undergraduate studies at Hampshire and to the capstone thesis project she’s leading this year, …
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Creating Cuban Consciousness
… Hampshire’s Cuba Program brings students from Hampshire and other colleges to live for three months in Havana and study one-on-one with Cuban mentors across disciplines, writing, filmmaking, sociology, and studio arts. It operates in partnership with the Alejo …
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Recent Graduate Robert Ditto 17F’s Work with the Smithsonian Helped Make Freedmen’s Bureau Archives Available to All
… his passions. Ditto, who had experience in landscaping and building, decided to volunteer at a local historical society doing repair and restoration work. He also began volunteering remotely for … records from the Mississippi Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, known as the Freedmen’s Bureau, as well …
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When Two Tibets Meet
… home since 1959, the year the Dalai Lama fled China and set up a Tibetan government in exile there. In the … between Tibetans born in Tibet before emigrating to India and those who were born in exile. Her project, When Two … , centers around four Tibetans, two born in India and two born in Tibet, and is based on research completed …
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Finding Focus
… "Over my first year I bounced around a lot, and between the first and second year I thought a lot about what my time in Mexico meant to me. I realized there was a way to address and access issues. There are so many issues, immigration, …
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The Superman Orchestra
… No two scenes are alike. Each has the same structure and is the perfect length. And they are all public domain. In short, Max Fleischer's … Superman cartoons were a perfect choice to be dusted off and re-imagined as live performance pieces by Hampshire …
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Alumni Profile: Gerald Warburg 74S
… University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, he refers to college founder Thomas … "Jefferson's vision of the university was to train the men and women who are going to run our democracy, and we don't want to change that," he says. Warburg was …
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Fay Teaches Students the Work Behind the Games They Play
… They Play New assistant professor of computer science and game design Ira Fay has only been on campus for a short … said Fay, who is teaching Introduction to Game Design and Introduction to Game Programming this fall. "I'm excited to get to know the students better, and I'm regularly impressed by the diversity of student …
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Hampshire Students' Scripts in WORD! Festival of Staged Student Readings
… two Hampshire College students - Hao Bai's Another World and Andrew Figueroa's The Mixed-Race Mixtape - will be … of staged readings of scripts dealing with issues of race and diversity written by Five College students, is free and open to the public. The productions address race and …
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Assault on Democracy — Letter from President Wingenbach
… actions of this regime, not a departure. It is despicable and deplorable, but not, sadly, shocking. Trump and his enablers have consistently attacked the tenets of democracy, and Trump’s open embrace of white supremacy is the foundation …
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Research Begun in Div III Featured on Journal Cover
… is studying fruit secondary compounds in pepper plants, and their role in plants’ seed dispersal. These chemicals are the same ones that cause black pepper to taste spicy and prevent insect predators and pathogens from feeding on the plants. And he has now …
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New Book by Will Ryan Goes Inside the Outdoors
… Ryan 's new book, Gray's Sporting Journal's Noble Birds and Wily Trout , has been published by Lyons Press, an … outdoor activities, draws on novels, memoirs, articles, and stories from 1820 to 1920 to show how the writers created the hunting and fishing traditions in place today. "It's no accident that …
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Feb. 25: Lecture by Gregory White
… impact of anthropogenic climate change on human migration, and propose a different way of treating the issue. White is the author of Climate Change and Migration: Borders and Security in a Warming World (2011) and recipient of …
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Alum Dan Inglis to Direct Hampshire Chorus
… an award-winning choral director, multi-instrumentalist, and certified master teacher of Estill Voice Training. Since … teaching his first private lessons as part of his Div III— and logging his first podium time with the Hampshire College … has built a thriving business out of private lessons and gained renown as a choral director and freelance musician …
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Board Member
Mike Plenty 01F
… Mike Plenty 01F Mike Plenty 01F Chair Audit and Risk Management Mike Plenty 01F serves as the contract … helps business lines acquire new services, technologies, and systems to achieve business benchmarks. Plenty also oversees the organization's procurement strategy and spend, and promotes vendor diversity. Through his …
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A Degree Well Earned
… for medical use. Six years ago, at age 32, with his wife and two children, he immigrated into the United States, … naive" his writings were, "really raw," but imagination and storytelling ability shone so brightly through papers he … a year he knew he wanted to pursue his passion for film and began to look around for a college with a strong program. …
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Immigrants' Rights Issues Drive Kamika Bennett's Studies
… in what the different issues related to immigration are, and what I have to do to build trust and solidarity among different groups.” As a member of … in Springfield, MA, with a focus on anti-deportation work and legislative lobbying. “A good part of what I had to do …
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Student Presents Original Research of 16th Century Maya at American Chemical Society Symposium
… at American Chemical Society Symposium John Courtmanche and Mike Medeiros For her Division III capstone research last … Hampshire’s mass spectrometer to study ancient Mayan teeth and try to assess the degree to which the Spanish who invaded … had affected their health. “Teeth grow like tree rings, and they’re highly inorganic, so all of the trace elements …
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Notable Alumni
Suzanne Perkins 85F P18
… at the University of Michigan studying how poverty and child maltreatment affect brain development. She was a … students with disabilities, mostly associated with abuse and neglect, and continues her advocacy for people living … She is a co-founder and research lead for SaveHampshire.com and brings to the AAG her knowledge of academia, advocacy …
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Staff
Edward Dees 71F
… a board-certified physician who specializes in emergency and internal medicine. For most of his career, he practiced medicine in the New Orleans area and the River Parishes; since Hurricane Katrina, he has been living between New Orleans and Vermont. Ed served as Hampshire College trustee from 1983 …
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Notable Alumni
Jon Krakauer 72F
… 72F Jon Krakauer 72F Jon Krakauer is a mountaineer and author of such bestselling books as Into the Wild , Into Thin Air , and Under the Banner of Heaven Krakauer is a mountaineer and author of such bestselling books as Into the Wild and …
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Faculty
Kane Stewart
… Kane Stewart Kane Stewart, senior faculty associate in film and photography, received his B.A. from Hampshire College and his M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts, … Dartmouth. He is currently facilities director of the film and photography program at Hampshire College. Kane has taught …
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Grant Will Support Conference Organized by Prof. Falguni Sheth
… by Prof. Falguni Sheth Professor Falguni A. Sheth and Professor Mickaella Perina have received a grant from the … organizing the 2014 California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race. Sheth is an associate professor of philosophy and political theory at Hampshire College. Perina is chair of …
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Josiah Mardell
… is the field of both his parents, both his grandmother’s, and several aunts, uncles, and cousins) he formally started his career at Federal Hill … in the summer of 2015. For the rest of his time at UMass (and during summers) he considered himself an honorary …
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Carol Varney Elected Alumni Trustee
… executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)—and her experiences as a first-generation college student—to … Project, SPACE Gallery, the San Francisco Cinematheque, and the Camden International Film Festival. Serving at Hampshire, and collaborating with others who share her passion for the …
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