Faculty

Baba Hillman

… Duke University and an M.F.A. in Film and Performance from the University of California, San Diego. Hillman’s films have screened at festivals and museums including the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Los Angeles Film Forum, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Rencontres …

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News

Tech Startup Founded by Two Hampshire College Alums Raises $4.7 Million in Seed Funding

… seed funding to support its research and development work. The Berkeley-based Obviously AI is a no code artificial … can’t afford data science teams. Dave came up with the solution of a no code platform to solve this dilemma … Dave says. “This was intriguing because I noticed that all the questions about customers were being asked by …

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Hampshire Student Competes in Bluegrass Festival

… Hampshire College student Tatiana Hargreaves competed in the 2014 FreshGrass bluegrass festival in September. The festival took place at Mass MoCa, and included numerous … for young musicians. There were three main categories in the contest: Best Band, Best Duo, and Best Banjoist. …

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Board Member

Jesús A. Colmenares 03F

… Chair Audit and Risk Management Jesús Colmenares joined the Board of Trustees in 2017. He is currently a Business … Manager at HealthCore. In this capacity he leads the development of large, complex proposals to various … and Grants for New England Research Institutes. As the Director he led the proposal pipeline and contracting …

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Feb. 21-22: ASK for Social Justice Conference

… Feb. 21-22: ASK for Social Justice Conference The Cultural Center's eleventh annual ASK for Social Justice Conference is on February 21-22. The conference will be held in Franklin Patterson Hall and is free for members of the Hampshire College community and, with online …

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Staff

Juecheng Zhao 12F

… Zhao 12F Juecheng Zhao 12F P.R. of China Juecheng Zhao is the student trustee alternate. He is currently a third year … strategies, and prophets. His studies seek to validate the importance of prescience as the reasoning of the state. He is not the CEO of any …

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Notable Alumni

Lee Smolin 72F

… Smolin 72F Lee Smolin 72F Physicist Lee Smolin is one of the world's leading gravitational theorists. His books include The Trouble with Physics and Time Reborn Theoretical physicist Smolin is one of the world’s leading gravitational theorists. A founding and …

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Notable Alumni

Rhys Ernst 01S

… is a filmmaker and artist who seeks to develop and expand the portrayal of trans lives in media Ernst is a filmmaker and artist who seeks to develop and expand upon the portrayal of trans lives. A co-producer of Amazon’s … Globe-winning show Transparent , Ernst was awarded with the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on transgender …

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Notable Alumni

Dr. Miriam Cremer 87F

… Cremer founded Basic Health International , a nonprofit at the forefront of the fight against cervical cancer Cremer is the president and founder of Basic Health International …

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Notable Alumni

Chiyo Ishikawa 76F

… 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 … She has curated many exhibitions, among them, Spain in the Age of Exploration 1492-1819 and Leonardo Lives: The

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News

Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013

… This year's theme, Culture, Mind, and Body, celebrated the College's 43 years of interdisciplinary explorations across the College, as well as 10 years of the Culture, Brain, and Development program. The goal of Div …

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News

Statement from President Lash on Title IX

… week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education will seek public comment and … about opportunities for Hampshire to have input into the new federal regulations of campus sexual assault … sexual misconduct case. Title IX remains in effect, as do the College’s policies, state and federal laws, and federal …

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News

No to SATs/ACTs: Not Even Optional at Hampshire College

… and financial aid decisions. Hampshire was among the first schools in the country to be test optional, a policy the College has followed since opening in 1970. While …

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A Study of Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Women

… Immigrant Women By Aaron Richmond-Havel 09F At a time when the national immigration debate is loaded with insensitive … examine a specific population's access to healthcare with the subjects' humanity always in mind. Her Division III is an … two interesting facets about migration that reveal the ways geography intersects with rights. As she puts it, …

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News

March 31: Screening by Rhys Ernst 01S

… Rogue , a collaborative film made with Zackary Drucker, The Thing , and The Drive North on March 31 at 7 p.m. in the Liebling Center. She Gone Rogue : "Darling" (transgender …

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April 6, 2019: Letter from Interim President Kenneth Rosenthal

… Hampshire Community,    I believe in Hampshire College. The Board of Trustees has asked me to become Interim … and re-imagine itself from time to time. It will take the cooperation of the entire Hampshire community to create the model that will …

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News

Spector Receives Google CS Engagement Award

… has received a Google Computer Science Engagement Award. The CS Engagement Awards are part of Google’s growing efforts to support various educational efforts at the undergraduate level. Professor Spector will use the $5,000 award to develop a course that he plans to teach …

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Board Member

Jordan Strauss 96F

… Jordan Strauss 96F Jordan Strauss 96F Jordan Strauss joined the Board in 2019. He is a managing director at Kroll | Duff … and manage their operations. Jordan previously worked at the Obama White House National Security Council and in a number of roles at the US Department of Justice, including as senior legal …

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Admissions Counselor

Robyn Smith 11F

… is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town , illustrating DC … Day (written by Jamila Rowser). She has an M.F.A. from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has worked on comics for College Humor, The Nib, and Nike. She loves cake and cats and holds onto …

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News

Five College Student Artists Reunite to Create Their Own Show

… Five College campuses represented. Student artists from the five campuses met last fall in the Five College Advanced Studio Seminar. Working together, … as emerging artists, and have reunited for FIVE TWO. The show will feature drawings and paintings as well as …

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Choreographer Stephen Petronio 74F Named 2015 Doris Duke Artist

… in and celebration of their ongoing contributions to the fields of contemporary dance, theatre, and jazz.    … will also be performing on April 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Massachusetts’ Fine Arts Center Concert … hip-hop pioneer Clams Casino. For more information about the event, view the Fine Arts Calendar . Petronio is an …

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Praise for Alum Liev Schreiber in "Spotlight"

… Schreiber in "Spotlight" “There aren’t enough Oscars in the world to give to Spotlight ,” Detroit News film reviewer Adam Graham wrote of the film starring Liev Schreiber ‘85F, a story which chronicles the Boston Globe’s investigation into the Boston …

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Faculty

Barbara Yngvesson

… received her B.A. from Barnard and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  She is former Dean of the School of Social Science at Hampshire College, and founding director of the interdisciplinary Program in Culture, Brain, and …

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Faculty

Steven Roof

… of earth and environmental science, received his B.S. from the University of California at Santa Cruz, his M.S. from Syracuse University, and his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Professor Roof's … He and his students travel frequently to Death Valley and the Southwest for climate change field research. Professor …

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For Writer and Neuroscientist Erik Hoel 06F, Dreams and Consciousness Interweave to Create “Revelations”

… In Hampshire College alum Erik Hoel 06F’s debut novel  The Revelations , a scientist’s attempt to solve a murder plunges him into the even murkier mystery of consciousness and threatens to … research looks at several facets of consciousness, perhaps the one most tied to why humans are drawn to fiction is the

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