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In Support of Our and All Trans Communities: Statement From President Nelson

… to be human? As a humanist and college president, I found the news that the administration seeks to roll back federal protections for … abhorrent. Classifying a human being by their genitalia is the very definition of anti-human . As a scientist, I see the

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Roosbelinda Cárdenas Among AAUW Fellowships and Grants Recipients

… to tackle barriers women face in education WASHINGTON — The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a … grounded ethnography of Afro-Colombian mobilization after the multicultural turn that swept Latin America in the 1990s. Cárdenas's teaching and research focus on identity …

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Three Hampshire Alums Receive Nonprofit Excellence Award

… organization It Takes a Village were recently awarded the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network's Nonprofit Excellence Award in the Small Nonprofit category. Since 2009, It Takes a Village … children living in Western Massachusetts, and inspired the community to welcome the newest members of their Village. …

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Notable Alumni

Gary Hirshberg 72F

… Gary Hirshberg 72F Gary Hirshberg 72F Gary Hirshberg is the cofounder, chairman, and former president and CEO of the organic yogurt producer Stonyfield Farm Hirshberg is co-founder, chairman, and former president and CEO of the organic yogurt producer Stonyfield Farm. In 1983, …

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Photos from TEDxHampshireCollege

… and illustrator Jarrett Krosoczka; executive director of the National Priorities Project Jo Comerford; Hampshire alums … 06F and Brian Van Slyke 06F, co-creators of Co-opoly: The Game of Cooperatives, and founding members of the worker-owned cooperative The Toolbox for Education and …

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Information About Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct Policy and Procedures

… as well as to provide educational programming aimed at the prevention of sexual assault. The College is concentrating on ensuring that students are … coming forward if they do occur. We are committed to the safety and well being of all our students and to …

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Div III show: Nathan Tobiason

… Tobiason 05F showcased his Division III furniture at the main gallery April 8-10, 2009. Created mostly in the Lemelson Center, the furniture ranged from a portable, folding baltic birch …

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Amy Jordan

… American history, received her doctorate in history from the University of Michigan in 2003. Amy has conducted oral … farmers in Mississippi, and has conducted workshops on the history of anti-poverty and welfare rights activism. Her essay, "Fighting for the Child Development Group of Mississippi: Poor People, …

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John Slepian

… from New York University and an M.F.A. in new genres from the San Francisco Art Institute. His interactive … other living beings. Slepian's artwork has been shown at the Exploratorium and Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco, the Art Gallery at Siggraph06 in Boston, and P.S.1/MoMA and …

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NSF Grant to Support Research on Evolutionary Computation

… Science Lee Spector has received a $42,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support his research on … generated and put into competition with one another, with the strongest programs "having babies," as Spector puts it. … of random programs, have them all play each other, and let the ones that do better 'make babies,'" he says. "After many …

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Art Auction for Hampshire

… former faculty artists have donated their work to benefit the College. The auction is being held in partnership with Paddle8 and … A reception is scheduled for June 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. The auction will end on June 26. You can view and bid on the

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BESSIE Recipient Karinne Keithley 92F: “"Stick with it.”"

… and Performance Award, commonly known as a BESSIE award. The BESSIE is often referred to as the dance world's equivalent of an Oscar. Keithley won the Outstanding Production award for Montgomery Park, or …

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Project Changes Paper Purchasing Policy

… Paper To support her Hampshire College senior thesis, "The Effect of Post-Consumer Content on Paper Jamming and … is a good example of student work having an impact beyond the classroom, with results that also fit well with the college's Sustainable Campus Plan. The project, with its …

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Division III: Computer Programmer, Hackathon Winner, and Business Founder

… more than just a degree: His Division III project paved the way for establishing his own business. "It started out as a normal Div III, a research project studying the timing of chemical reactions, with [computer science … different hackathons, or programming competitions. "We got the sense that we were pretty good at this stuff, so we …

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Grant Supports Professor's Return to Dominican Republic to Mentor Math Teachers and Students

… with colleagues and students in his home country, the Dominican Republic.  The grant to Assistant Professor of Mathematics Geremías … enabled him to mentor professors and master’s students at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo in 2016 and again …

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Gregory S. Kline

… University of Pennsylvania and an M.F.A. in sculpture from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  Kline teaches … object and environment and mold making and casting for the artist and designer. He has also taught bronze casting and welded steel sculpture courses at the University of Massachusetts over the years. In addition …

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Michael Montgomery (he/him)

… Why I love working at Hampshire: Hampshire leans into the best of what higher ed can be, and for the right reasons: student-centered and -owned education, … A random fact about me: My hometown is literally the "Lobster Capital of the World," but I don't eat them. …

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Photos of Div III Showcase and Roos-Rohde House Groundbreaking

… Sig Roos 73F and family and friends broke ground for the Roos-Rohde House on Thursday, May 16. The Rehamping the Barn project is a student design project that involves …

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Photos by Hampshire Students Chosen for Flash Forward Festival

… Abby Hanus, and Sara Salazar have been selected for the Flash Forward Festival’s undergraduate exhibit in Boston during May. The festival celebrates the talents of the best college juniors and seniors enrolled …

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Notable Alumni

Lupita Nyong'o 03F

… Slave . Other credits include Black Panther ,  Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Us , and the Broadway play Eclipsed Actress Nyong’o has received many … a Daytime Emmy Award. Other credits include Black Panther, the Star Wars sequel trilogy, Jordan Peele’s horror film Us , …

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As Part of Hampshire’s New Educational Model, Narrative Evaluations to be Replaced with Sea Shanties

… will soon be replaced with transdisciplinary sea shanties. The President’s announcement, itself delivered in shanty … a resounding rush of excited, shanty-like choruses from the campus community.  “We still believe that letter grades … Sea Shanties (NESS) will be recorded by faculty in the Hampshire Yurt and delivered to students as vinyl records …

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Notable Alumni

Doug Plotkin 80F

… negotiations. After this long stint of traveling 80% of the time, landing in three different cities a week and … forgetting where he was he was when he woke up in the morning, he is now looking forward to new adventures … willing to travel to London, Paris, Rome, Tel Aviv, and the like. Doug came to Hampshire in the fall of 1980 and, on …

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2014 CBD Fall Grant Awards Announced

… Disorders .  Zoe Schact-Levine, Division III, Exploring the Validity of Reiki in Stress-Reduction Practice . Breonna … Division II, Computational Modeling and Analysis of the Vasculature . Xiang (Elaine) Wang, Division III, Ethnographic Study on the Life of Teens in Zhenxiong County . CBD offers two …

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Students Plan 7th Annual Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference

… Annual Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference The Queer Conference strives to provide a safer space for … educators, and nationally-known performers and speakers. The conference takes place Friday March 4 th & 5 th 2016 at Hampshire College  The Conference is student-led, and aims to offer an …

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Harris-Veit Artists'’ Grant Fund Will Support Student Work

… projects for students concentrating in studio arts. The goal of the Harris-Veit Artists' Grant Fund is to help students from … our son's years at Hampshire, we came to appreciate how the requirement for devising and completing a Div III project …

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