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Meo wins Mexican Cities Initiative fellowship from Harvard School of Design
… School of Design’s Mexican Cities Initiative. Studying for a master’s in architecture, Meo has a particular interest in participatory processes in design, and has contributed to and led design-build projects in Massachusetts, California, …
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Hampshire Joins Universal College Application
… College Application when submitting their applications for enrollment. "We've been an exclusive user of the Common … with it this year," said Hampshire Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Julie Richardson. "The Universal College … with it this year," said Hampshire Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Julie Richardson. "The Universal College …
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Computer Collaboration
… the sharing of the computation." It's a task not for the technologically faint of heart. "The entire series of … I'm expanding a programming language from Flux to DFlux and, in doing so, providing programmers an easily accessible … status of a graduate student researcher—I have my own desk and computer at UMass." Tarasuk-Levin was drawn to computers …
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Nov. 1 Dec. 2: "About Face" by photographer Sage Sohier
… Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays. For the "About Face" project, which was published in December … Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cleveland Museum of Art, and Brooklyn Museum. She has received fellowships from the No …
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Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America
… Program, South Asian Studies, the Eqbal Ahmad Initiative, and their cosponsors announce “Islamophobia and Its Discontents,” a panel discussion, on Wednesday April … tangible journey that captures a profound sense of loss for more than one generation. May we all embrace the lessons …
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To Beat The Band
… Rebirth until 3 a.m., then gets up at 6 to go to meetings for The Roots of Music, then teaches the kids every … when they were kids.” Barber is a television producer and director in New York. His immersive documentary The Whole … Lloyd in the Los Angeles Times . “Sensitive, intelligent, and inspirational,” said National Public Radio critic David …
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Grant to Support Animal Communication Research
… Grant to Support Animal Communication Research The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation has awarded a grant of … Partan . The goal is to collect data on signaling behavior and coat color of Eastern gray squirrels in urban and rural … project, and allows Professor Partan to provide stipends for two undergraduate researchers each year. Those …
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Scholar, Organizer Against Racial Inequality Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to Deliver 2017 Commencement Address
… Commencement Address John Courtmanche A leading organizer and scholar on Black politics and racial inequality, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor will deliver … including in the US as A Day Without a Woman, as a way for women to resist the conditions behind decades-long …
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Language of Environmental Justice
… honed her fluency in Spanish during visits to Costa Rica and other Central American countries, but last semester she … Ginetta Candelario, Finkelstein helped provide information for members of HOPE and neighborhood residents, many of them Spanish-speaking, as …
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Computer Collaboration
… the sharing of the computation." It's a task not for the technologically faint of heart. "The entire series of … I'm expanding a programming language from Flux to DFlux and, in doing so, providing programmers an easily accessible … status of a graduate student researcher—I have my own desk and computer at UMass." Tarasuk-Levin was drawn to computers …
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Page to Stage
… "The creativity is theirs," says Elly Donkin of her acting and playwriting students, "but with the security of having … behind them, standing guard over the technical details." For this professor of theatre, few things are more moving … students struggle to take the contents of their lives and make with them an imaginative leap into the darkened …
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From car radios to hotspots: Students in Media In Cars amassing public archive
… to Wi-Fi, that has shaped the evolution of car culture and experience. The new course Media In Cars is taught by … the car is a case study in the way media move into a space and take it over,” says Miller. “In the seminar, we’re trying … online components. Asha Kinney, assistant director of IT for Technology, Teaching, and Learning, is working closely …
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Hampshire Student Competes in Bluegrass Festival
… in September. The festival took place at Mass MoCa, and included numerous headliners as well as a competition for young musicians. There were three main categories in the contest: Best Band, Best Duo, and Best Banjoist. Hargreaves and bassist Ethan Jodziewicz …
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Gordon Hall 01F Organizing Whitney Biennial Artist Lectures
… Biennial Artist Lectures Gordon Hall 01F , as the Center for Experimental Lectures, an artist project Hall founded in … helped artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, and Jeff Koons rise to prominence. Hall is "reimagining" the … the artist talk's close historical relation with teaching, and the creativity within both formats that this has …
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Giving Voice to Identity
… region. He began with general research on the Northeast, and found that there were about ten tribes with U.S. … like today," he says. "I wanted to humanize them, too, and bring them into the general consciousness." Along the … but we agree that there needs to be an increase of volume for our voice as students, and we are going to take what …
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Phyllotaxis Dynamics
… even has a name. Phyllotaxis. Luke Grecki studies this. For his Hampshire Div III project, "Phyllotaxis dynamics: A … been trying to understand this, looking at the spacing and patterns geometrically. Mathematicians and physicists have formulated some rules about it, and …
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Hampshires Alan Goodman Coauthors 'RACE: Are We So Different?'
… College professor explores the central idea of race and how it has been made real, challenged, and changed throughout history. Watch interview about Race: … a cultural anthropologist, is associate vice chancellor for diversity excellence and equity at the University of …
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Faculty
Robert Rakoff
… Robert Rakoff Robert Rakoff, professor emeritus of politics and environmental studies, received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He taught at the University of Illinois/Chicago and worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development …
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Hampshire Alum Orisanmi Burton 99F Named 2021 Freedom Scholar
… Scholar The annual award from Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation provides “unrestricted support to … can provide critical insight to social justice leaders and whose ideas encourage all of us to imagine how we can … War,” sponsored by the Cultural Center and the Office for Institutional Diversity & Inclusion . After graduating …
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Notable Alumni
Lucy-Ann McFadden 70F
… system's small bodies McFadden was a senior scientist and chief of higher education at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight … During her career, she conducted research on the formation and evolution of comets and asteroids in our solar system … programs at NASA, Goddard. She has won numerous awards for her work and has had an asteroid, 3066 McFadden, named in …
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How to Edit the Student Handbook
… to the student handbook if you are a content editor for the online version. You can watch the video below or take … to the student handbook if you are a content editor for the online version. You can watch the video below or take …
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Staff
Maureen Phelon
… Maureen Phelon Maureen Phelon Assistant Director: Livestock and Pasture Mo joins the Hampshire College Farm from Westfield, MA, where she and her family raise Milking Shorthorn show cattle and … beef, along with many other farm animals. Her passion for working with animals encouraged her to attend SUNY …
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Studying in London
… In the fall of 2007, my flatmates were English, Welsh, and Japanese, along with one other American. The busy street outside - roaring with mini-cabs and red buses day and night - was a world away from … became used to laughing and translating turns of phrase for me, when it came to grades and to life in general. …
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Board Member
Ananda Valenzuela 07F
… leadership, facilitates organizational transformation, and coaches values-aligned leaders. He is passionate about … cultures, supporting equitable self-management, and building liberatory practices. They have served as … provided capacity-building support to nonprofits for over ten years, and currently sit on the boards of Change …
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Henry P. Kendall Foundation Grant Supports 100 Percent Local Food Efforts at Hampshire College
… Hampshire build collaborative networks with local farmers and community agricultural organizations. “As we move forward with the College’s strategic plan, healthy food and sustainability are part and parcel of what we do here,” … agricultural community, the College aims to become a model for local food usage. “Cooperation with our neighbors in the …
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