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Alumni Profile: Linda Earle 70F, NY Arts Program
… encountered cross-disciplinary studies. It was encouraged, and fed into the whole experience," she says. "I love it when … life. She earned an MFA in Film from Columbia University, and later worked with the New York State Council on the Arts and the Skowhegan artists' residency program in Maine, where …
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Research Explores How Microorganisms May Help Form Minerals
… Hampshire College microbiology professor Jason Tor and an interdisciplinary team of Five College consortium … the group, with the inclusion of six students, in field and laboratory research aimed to determine whether or not … of bacteria out there. The lake is not well studied, and few people have gone out to take samples," said Tor. "He …
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He Was Frequently Headed Off On a Bus
… of that in September, when the communications professor and a dozen others gathered to dedicate a new bus stop … insatiably curious, Sander studied English literature and modern Russian history and burned with the belief that journalism had the power to …
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Alum Melissa Hoffer 84F Joins Environmental Protection Agency as Key Member of Incoming Leadership Team
… tackle the climate crisis, advance environmental justice, and create clean energy jobs. Hampshire College alum Melissa … Hoffer 84F will serve as the EPA’s acting general counsel and principal deputy general counsel. Of the appointment, … protect our communities, restore scientific integrity and tackle climate change, and I am honored and eager to …
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Alum Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya’s Newest Documentary “Coded Bias” Airs on PBS
… film was first shown at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and explores the ways biases and discrimination exist within the algorithms and data that drive our increasingly technological world. …
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Jamie Citron 01F Named to Biden-Harris Administration
… Citron is a former Obama White House staff member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama … special assistant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Citron also served as director …
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Free Flu Shot Plus Funds for Doctors Without Borders
… who received a flu shot from health services on Tuesday and Wednesday, Nov. 11 and 12, a $5 contribution was given to Doctors Without … President Jonathan Lash, Dean of Students Byron McCrae, and health and counseling services director Sara Aierstuck, …
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Joanna Yas 91F
… Washington Square Review , executive editor of West 10th , and literary editor of Stranger’s Guide (of which alum Kira Brunner Don 91F is co-founder and editor-in-chief). Joanna was the editor of Open City Magazine & Books for many years, and previously held positions at Ploughshares , Grand Street …
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Carol Salzman 71F
… a board certified physician practicing internal medicine and infectious diseases in the Washington, D.C. area. She is affiliated with Sibley Hospital and George Washington University Hospital, and is a clinical professor at the George Washington …
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May 3 Update
… of isolation rooms. This is a precautionary measure only, and none of those rooms is occupied. One student who had … flu-like symptoms reported to health services on Saturday, and was tested both on campus and at an area hospital. All influenza tests were negative, …
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Div III Profile: Hampshire’s Phuong Leverages Five Colleges for Advanced Engineering Studies
… used in vast-space data transfer, quantum computing, and astrophysics. Her undergraduate work, a case study that … over long distances, such as between the moon and Earth, SNSPDs help with efficient data delivery with … it requires very little energy to emit the photons, and those photons can travel a long distance. The SNSPDs can …
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Judith Mann
… a BSc from the State University of New York at Buffalo and an M.F.A. from the University of Massachusetts. She … at Mount Holyoke College, the University of Rochester, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design before coming to Hampshire. She has exhibited …
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Division III: Using Microscopy to Extract Beauty
… the archivist, the archaeologist, the photographer, and the artist for this project," says Quinn Berkman 09F. … the mold on the surface of found photo negatives and develop them as images. Berkman was presented with the … "I wanted more, I wanted to get more in there, and the scanner wasn't providing that power for me," she …
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Ground Broken for R. W. Kern Center
… of the Living Building Challenge, will house classroom and gallery space, the admissions office, the school store, and a café. Equally important, said President Jonathan Lash … construction to improve our world. It can raise questions, and can help us think about what is possible.” Bill Kern 75F, …
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Hampshire Students' Scripts Chosen for WORD! 2012
… are works by Hampshire College students Gillian Cannon and Sam Congdon. WORD! is an annual presentation of student-written scripts dealing with issues of race and diversity. Staged readings will be held Tuesday, March … College's Marsh Arts House Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public. The productions, written by Five …
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William Null 72F
… County. His practice is focused on real estate, land use, and zoning issues relating to commercial, institutional, and residential development in the Hudson Valley. Bill received his B.A. from Hampshire College and earned his J.D. from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. …
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Karla Zarate-Ramirez 92F P16
… Karla has worked in the nonprofit sector for over 19 years and is currently an executive director of development at the … where she works closely with the College of Engineering and the College of Natural Sciences. She formerly served as … American Friends Service Committee, an international peace and social justice organization based on Quaker principles. …
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Fall 2013 Div III Exhibitions in Main Gallery
… in Main Gallery Hampshire College Fall 2013 art and photo graduates will present their Division III (senior) projects in November and December. All exhibitions are in the Main Gallery, … 16-20: Jordan Seefried 12S 21-26: Graham Vunderink 09F and Benjamin Swift 08F December 2-9: Andrew Mangold 09F and …
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Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence
… Against Anti-Asian Violence Dear students, faculty and staff, Last night in Georgia, eight people were killed, … College, we condemn anti-Asian violence in all its forms and commit ourselves to making visible the range and specificity of racial violence when it occurs in our …
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'This Just Might Be the Greenest College in the World'
… news site EcoWatch.com about our sustainability efforts, and certainly no college is working harder to be the greenest … will lead all sectors in advancing climate action and renewable energy, and reducing emissions. Hampshire is a signatory to the …
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Grant for Purchase of Scientific Equipment
… said the grant will purchase a UV-visible spectrometer and field instruments for chemistry labs and environmental analysis field work. "The UV-visible … scientific curriculum—chemistry, environmental sciences, and biology." The PCMNCG is awarded to college science …
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Professor Monique Roelofs' The Cultural Promise of the Aesthetic
… Promise of the Aesthetic engages the work of theorists and artists from David Hume to Frantz Fanon to Barbara Johnson. The publisher says: "Aesthetic desire and distaste prime everyday life in surprising ways. The … experience in our relationships with persons, places, and things, Monique Roelofs explores aesthetic life as a …
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Geremías Polanco Encarnación
… professor of mathematics, holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and an M.S. in actuarial science. Prior to Hampshire, he was … assistant professor at Illinois Wesleyan University, and is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His passion is to understand and communicate mathematics. His primary interest is analytic …
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John Castorino
… received his B.S. in biology from Ursinus College and his Ph.D. in cell and developmental biology from Thomas Jefferson University. … trafficking of the cancer-related protein CD147 and a family of monocarboxylate transporters. Due to the …
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Jenna Bitar Receives Sander Thoenes Research Award
… correspondent. The Thoenes Awards support fieldwork and other research costs involved in completion of the … primarily on the visual art movement around incarceration and the techniques used by Palestinians to gain access to … also appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, U.S. News and World Report, and other North American and European …
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