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Hampshire College Receives Historic $5 Million Gift Honoring Alum Ken Burns
… President Ed Wingenbach, who joined the College in 2019 and is leading its transformation. “We’re reinventing the … relevant questions at the center of our curriculum and challenging students to become agents of momentous … that higher education requires radical change and that Hampshire is best suited to lead that disruption. We …
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Division III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art
… about having an object that bridges the gap between you and a historically-distant person. You can't even begin to imagine who they were or what their lives were like, and yet you share the experience provided by a given … , Rogier van der Weyden's The Last Judgment Altarpiece , and Hans Memling's The Altarpiece of the Two Saint Johns . …
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Eugene Mirman 92F Chosen as 2012 Commencement Speaker
… Posted: December 09, 2011 Comedian, writer, filmmaker, and Hampshire College alumnus Eugene Mirman 92F has been … Mirman has his own half-hour special on Comedy Central and has appeared on Late Night with Conan O'Brien , Last Call … with Carson Daly , John Oliver's New York Stand Up Show , and Comedy Central's Premium Blend . He has had memorable …
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Alum Presenting at National Professional Conference
… with Professor Ben Mardell of Lesley University and, through the Poppins Corporation, representatives of … Co-Constructing Powerful Learning Experiences With Infants and Toddlers." The group studied the interactions of the Early Learning Center's toddlers and infants. Toddlers were observed arranging the school's …
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Student Presents at Middle East Studies Conference
… El Baggari presented research on women's empowerment and the education system in her native Morocco, and the implications of a multilingual education system, as Moroccans typically speak French and Arabic. "As a Moroccan who has been educated under a …
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Flower Growing in Kenya
… flower farms. The daughter of a prominent politician and a journalist, Nyong'o is well educated and urbane, but had never heard about this problem before. … interviewed women who work on the Naivasha flower farms and in greenhouses. "All sixty-three women interviewed …
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Division III Profile: Katie Kramer Finds 'Connections'
… Hampshire, Katie Kramer knew she wanted to combine music and community engagement in her Division III capstone project. To that end, she designed and facilitated a curriculum in singing, musical theatre, and expressive writing, working through the CONNECTIONS …
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Thoenes Research Awards for Alissa Graff, Marleigh Higgins
… Awards for Alissa Graff, Marleigh Higgins Alissa Graff 10F and Marleigh Higgins 10F have been awarded Sander Thoenes … Research Awards. The Thoenes Awards support fieldwork and research costs involved in completion of recipients' … by fracking technologies, impacts communities' health and the environment. Higgins conducted interviews and took …
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Feb. 27: Announcement of the new Concentration in Psychoanalytic Studies at Hampshire College
… education to explore psychoanalysis in relation to society and culture. Keynote speaker for the event will be Dr. … Riggs Center, talking on "The Future of Psychoanalysis and the Next Generation." A panel of Hampshire students and alumni will respond. Faculty from across the College are …
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Notable Alumni
Jeff Ritter 78F P14
… Ritter 78F P14 I have been in education for a long time and a part of ‘alternative education’ since the first time I … studies (Everglades, Big Bend, New England), folklore, and more led directly to Hampshire. Growing enamored of … Miller, Margaret Cerullo, Jan Tallman, Laurie Nisonoff, and more inspired me to go towards a PhD in the hopes of …
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Hampshire College Commencement Celebrated Grads After a Challenging Year
… Grads After a Challenging Year After a year of remote and in-person learning, COVID-19 restrictions and required weekly testing for all students, Hampshire … year. Although the college operated with hybrid in-person and remote activities this semester, the commencement …
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Hampshire Alum Elizabeth Brundage’s Newest Book Named a Must-Read for July by “The Today Show”
… for July by “The Today Show” Amy Diehl Hampshire alum and author Elizabeth Brundage 78F’s newest book, The … , which was a Wall Street Journal best mystery of 2016, and was the basis for the Netflix film Things Heard and Seen . Brundage received a B.A. from Hampshire College …
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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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Faculty
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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Admissions Counselor
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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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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Staff
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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Faculty
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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