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NNAF Names Vanguard Award for Marlene Gerber Fried

… Gerber Fried “It is her forward-thinking leadership and commitment to reproductive freedom that laid the … have access to the reproductive health care they need, and grew it into a movement of people all around the country … Fund member or ally who embodies Marlene’s bold stance and brave leadership in abortion funding and advocacy.” …

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Spector Receives Google CS Engagement Award

… course will provide an introduction to programming and computational concepts for students who wish to work in … Programming for Science will be designed to attract and serve students who intend to concentrate in any of a wide … (for example, psychology, neuroscience, biology, physics, and chemistry), while also serving as an introductory course …

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Hampshire Alum Rapper Merci D. Featured on WBUR for New Album ‘Ooze’

… It's a little bit of fun, a little bit of feeling down and sad...but mostly it's me remembering who I am and my purpose." Loving-Manley graduated in spring 2020 with a degree in creative studies and film, just after the pandemic sent students home. For her …

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Choreographer Stephen Petronio 74F Named 2015 Doris Duke Artist

… will each receive $275,000 in funding as an investment in and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the fields of contemporary dance, theatre, and jazz.    Petronio’s dance company will also be performing … . Petronio is an artistic director, choreographer, and founder of Stephen Petronio Company. He is widely …

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CIEL Conference Presentation on Hampshire Admissions Strategy

… Eva Rueschmann (pictured right), Dean of Admissions  and Financial Aid Meredith Twombly, and Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs Yaniris Fernandez discussed Hampshire’s new recruitment and enrollment approaches, including the recent decision to …

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R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System

… that the building’s greywater—water from the bathrooms and kitchen sinks and drinking fountain drains—will be pre-filtered and captured in a greywater storage tank. From there it will …

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Alan Hodder

… religion, holds a B.A. from Harvard College in folklore and mythology; an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School in the history of religion; and an M.A. and Ph.D. in the study of religion from Harvard University.  …

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Michael Montgomery (he/him)

… New Hampshire, Vermont Degree:  B.A., Colby College and M.Ed., Vanderbilt University/Peabody College Why I love … Hampshire leans into the best of what higher ed can be, and for the right reasons: student-centered and -owned education, project-oriented collaborative …

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New Professors in the School of Critical Social Inquiry

… Professor of African Studies Rachel Ama Asaa Engmann , and Assistant Professor of Queer Studies Stephen Dillon … but had taught a course at Hampshire in 2011 called Gender and Economic Development in the Developing World (a course … grew up in Ghana, graduated from the University of Ghana, and taught economics in high school there before going to …

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Start-up in Senegal

… in May. “There was no equal power among shareholders, and when we left the country, the program fell apart.” He … learner, rather than a mutual relationship between interns and the community. In response to this imbalance, Kourouma … in Senegal. Nko , a West African writing script and the Malinke word for “I say,” signifies Kourouma’s ideal …

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Off the Record With the Spaceman: When Bill Lee Pitched for Hampshire

… I had a good curve ball that day, had a good changeup. And I was throwing in the 80s back then, so I was still … the Hampshire catcher was very good. He had long hair, and I was worried about him at the plate because his hair was so long, and the wind was blowing it up around his helmet. I thought …

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Charlotte Senders

… family raises Katahdin sheep (among many other animals) and runs a wood-fired bakery.  Her past work experience includes pastured livestock and poultry production, non-profit food-access and food-justice advocacy, and many years of food service. …

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Radio Interview with Dean Roof: Students Help Transform Campus Energy Use

… the efforts of students partnered with campus leaders and others to take responsibility for the energy we use on … include a plan for the campus to go solar this year, and the construction of a new carbon-neutral living building … also created new educational opportunities for students, and new models for how colleges and other institutions can …

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Cynthia Gill

… her B.S. in biology from the University of North Carolina and her Ph.D. in neuroendocrinology from the University of … of brain steroid receptor regulation in parthenogenetic and gender-reversed lizards. She also studies neural regulation and connectivity in response to hormonally-mediated …

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A Bright, Shining Moment

… Earth. The impactor, about the size of a washing machine and sheathed in copper, would hit the comet at 23,000 miles per hour. Both the spacecraft and the impactor had cameras trained on the comet. We hoped that the crater and impact debris would contain spectral fingerprints, giving …

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Students in Summer Farm Program Learn Solar Design for Agriculture

… for Agriculture Mike Medeiros Students Sadie Higgins and Cooper Holland spent their summer helping to make the … to Holyoke Community College in partnership with Hampshire and UMass Amherst, has supported a six-week summer course in clean energy and sustainable agriculture the past two years. The 18 …

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Joshua Reynolds Awarded Earl Ubell Grant

… says the book will also "touch on issues of climate change and human impact on the environment." His Div III faculty committee is ecology professor Noah Charney and education and cognition professor Tim Zimmerman . Reynolds says his …

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'Slow Food' at Hampshire

… at Hampshire During spring semester, Tannis Catlett 06F and Tam Nguyen 06F came up with an idea. The two were … the Slow Food movement, which aims at supporting local and sustainable methods of food production and cooking. By starting a Slow Food group at Hampshire, they …

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Alum Brings Thai Labor Leader to Hampshire

… Cotshadet, who was about to speak about her workers' and women's rights efforts at a luncheon organized by Hampshire's Civil Liberties and Public Policy program . Cotshadet came to the United … Massachusetts , participates in the IVLP as a coordinator and guide for foreign leaders in the region. "You see a lot …

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Hampshire Community Welcomed to Roos-Rohde House

… has on it, or could have on it, 'This is a project of, by, and for students.' This is Hampshire at work." President Lash … that students ran with the idea of demolishing the barn and moving it, and got the entire campus involved in choosing where it would …

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Professor Michael Lesy's Historic Stereography Exhibit Presented by California Museum of Photography

… by California Museum of Photography A historic new exhibit and book of stereographic photographs chosen by Professor of … France, Germany, Russia, Egypt, India, China, Japan, and more – and depicts a cross-section of people and cultures. Lesy has …

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Devyn Manibo Receives 2013 Princess Grace Award in Film

… emerging talent. Awards are presented in theater, dance, and film. Manibo is using the award funds to purchase filmmaking equipment and pay for travel to the Philippines to capture footage for … color. I like to find ways to collect our voices together, and find the space to do that," says Manibo, whose Division …

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CommunicateHealth Cofounder Xanthi Scrimgeour 85F

… Nine out of ten people have trouble understanding health and medical information. "If nine out of ten people don't … the people struggling to read it." That's why Scrimgeour and her partner, Stacy Robison, founded CommunicateHealth Inc., a health education and communication firm based in Northampton that works to …

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"Tour de Hamp" Participates in Will Bike 4 Food Fundraiser

… consisted of Professor Jaime Dávila, students Lucy Hollier and Juliette Humer, staff members Becca Groveman and Tinto, and the wife of a staff member, Theresa Crowley. This is the …

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Ravett Films Featured in Retrospective

… Ravett Films Featured in Retrospective Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett’s films were recently featured … in Southeast Asia. Ravett’s work was screened December 11 and 12, 2014, with the retrospective curated by former … was a member of the jury for the Festival Film Dokumenter, and was asked to curate an out-of-competition section for …

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