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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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Grinspoon Entrepreneurial Spirit Award for Hampshire Students' Voyaj

… hosts from around the world. El Baggari (pictured right) and Pedigo are launching the web portal Voyaj, an affordable … an honor that "acknowledges a student's actions to date and encourages them to move forward in pursuit of their … says Pedigo. "It's very encouraging that people recognize and support what we're trying to achieve." Ultimately, the …

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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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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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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 with …

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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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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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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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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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Hampshire Art Professor Nominated for "World's Largest Children's Literature Award"

… paintings, wall-sized silhouettes, sculptures, and embroideries, surrounding the tools of her craft: brushes, paint, cloth, clay, embroidery thread, and other raw materials. “I try to model different ways artists work in the real world, and create a sustainable practice where one work turns into …

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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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Professor Susan Darlington's "The Ordination of a Tree"

… in Thailand that aims to reverse environmental degradation and unsustainable economic development through ordination of … to the country's unsustainable economic development and consumerism, and the environmental degradation it causes. At the center of …

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Students Win Health Literacy Hackathon

… Nierenberg 09F, Kira McCoy 09F, Jamie Matheson 11F, and Amit Ringel 08F—won first prize in the inaugural Health Literacy Hackathon . The Hackathon, held October 13 and 14 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was … sponsored by CommunicateHealth Inc. , a health education and communication firm based in Northampton. "The challenge …

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Aimee Aubin’'s Division III is a “Gift”

… Like a Nice Warm Bath , explores womanhood through plays and short stories. "They collectively deal with themes of … with food, women's bodies, childbearing, motherhood, and aging," she says. Part of the project's inspiration was a … women of different racial, socio-economic, religious and sexual backgrounds and orientations. The women talked …

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Hampshire Professor Blair McLaughlin Awarded Whiting Foundation Grant to Study Tree Conservation Genetics

… Foundation grant to study tree conservation genetics and adaptation to climate change at the National Tropical … the Whiting grant, McLaughlin plans to expand her research and conservation work from temperate to tropical ecosystems. … McLaughlin anticipates improving her current introductory and advanced ecology courses, as they cover tropical ecology; …

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Announcing the Reappointment of President Ed Wingenbach

… by interviews with senior leadership, faculty, staff, and students. Since joining the College in 2019, President … restructured the operating budget, working collaboratively and transparently with faculty and staff to meet expense targets; oversaw the successful …

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Notable Alumni

Jamie Citron 01F

… 01F Jamie Citron 01F Former Obama White House staff member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama … Citron 01F serves as deputy assistant to the President and principal deputy director of the White House Office of … Citron is a former Obama White House staff member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama …

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Ellen S. Sturgis 77F

… CFO services as well as expertise in redesigning financial and operational systems. In addition Ellen is currently a Corporator for Middlesex Savings Bank, and is on the Leadership Council for MassCreative, a … MA, having formerly served as Assistant Town Moderator and on a variety of boards in Stow, including the Second …

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