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Number Theory
… got here," says Engberg. "I thought I would do philosophy, and those were good classes. But the math classes surpassed … a study of the properties of integers (negative and positive numbers and zero, excluding fractions), it's a field that has …
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Folk Music Collective
… Not too much later, everyone clumps together in a circle and the music starts. It's just another Wednesday night for … place where students could just show up on a regular basis and know there would be musicians around willing to play together. So she, Deanna Snow 07F, and Cameron King 07F formed the Folk Music Collective. It …
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CASE Overall Improvement Award for Hampshire Fundraising
… Overall Improvement Award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education's 2013 Educational Fundraising … A $1 million grant from Gary Hirshberg 72F , chairman and co-founder of Stonyfield Farm, enabled Hampshire to move … the launch of the Undocumented Student Scholarship and support for the James Baldwin Scholars program in its …
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Division III Profile: Illustrating Geological History for Middle-School Education
… take the ideas that kids are reading in a textbook setting and make them visual and easy to understand," he says. Reynolds' Div III combined science and art, in a 160-page illustrated picture book, aimed at …
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Faculty
Sandra Matthews
… Sandra Matthews, associate professor emerita of film and photography, is a graduate of Harvard University (B.A.) and the State University of New York at Buffalo (M.F.A.). … the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; and the Women In Photography …
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With New Covid-19 Policies in Place, Hampshire’s 50th Anniversary Still Slated for in-Person Celebration October 15-17
… Covid-19 policies for our campus, outlining expectations and requirements for students, employees, and visitors. You can read the full announcement on the … College's Covid-19 information page . With these policies and precautions in place, the College plans to proceed with …
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Admissions Counselor
Brett Martin 89F
… the Scenes of a Creative Revolution, From The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad . He is a Correspondent for GQ Magazine , a three-time James Beard Award winner and a seven-time selectee of the annual Best Food Writing …
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Staff
Mary James 72F
… Oregon Mary James is A.A. Knowlton Professor of Physics and dean for Institutional Diversity at Reed College. In her teaching and research, Mary specializes in accelerator physics, classical electrodynamics, and physics outreach. After earning her B.A. from Hampshire, …
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Notable Alumni
Eula Biss 95F
… Award–winning On Immunity , Notes from No Man’s Land , and The Balloonists Biss is the author of Having and Being Had , an exploration of capitalism and American home ownership, which was named a New York Times …
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Hampshire Students Participate in School of America Watch Vigil
… SOA Watch was formed in 1990 to work to close the school, and their annual vigil at the gates of Fort Benning, where … regimes. The story of Nieves Ayress, a survivor of torture and imprisonment at the hands of Alberto Pinochet's regime in … in the 1970s, inspired Lifton-Herman, Svenja Schwarz 13F, and others to take part in this year's vigil. Ayress visited …
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Children of Selamta
… themselves, all individual, all with unique stories and takes on life that, despite the common background, can't … Capital Foundation that provides support for children and teens who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS. When she … she had reservations, unsure how the youths would view her and how she would fit in to the unfamiliar culture. Those …
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Update on Bon Appétit
… to provide dining options three meals a day on weekdays and two meals a day on weekends, but will shift dining services to the Bridge Café, Kern Café, and the HampStore, and expand the capacity of these locations. For this reason …
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Arpita Kumar 03F
… Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, and the Museum of Contemporary Art. Her work has also been distributed by Comcast on Demand, UMC, and PBS. Arpita is one of the three winning writers to work … fellowship . As a part of the fellowship, Arpita wrote and directed a short narrative film, My Dear Americans . The …
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Three Honored by Princess Grace Foundation-USA
… Hampshire College student Allison Waite (pictured right) and alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Meredith Lackey are winners of 2014 Princess Grace Awards. Waite won an Undergraduate Film Scholarship, and Hunt-Ehrlich won a Graduate School Scholarship. …
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Hampshire Team Bikes for Food Bank
… together hundreds of dedicated individuals, businesses and teams who have raised more than $135,000. “There are some … things that every human being should have access to. Food and shelter are two of those. With this fund raiser, the Food … one of those locally, right in the community that I live and work in,” Dávila says. “It’s also great to be able to do …
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Professor Girmay's New Book Is A National Poetry Month Pick by Oprah.com, NBC News
… including the Los Angeles Times , NBC News, Oprah.com, and Chicago Review of Books . The poetry collection was … by critic Rigoberto González in the Los Angeles Times and NBCNews.com, where the writer dubbed it one of five … describes The Black Maria as "a blessing to the living and the dead, a tribute to lives lost, a song of hope, …
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Div II Profile: JOE NEWLIN 15F
… JOE NEWLIN 15F CONCENTRATION TITLE American Government and Constitutional Law AREAS OF FOCUS U.S. political and philosophical history FACULTY COMMITTEE Will Ryan, … Gov” aspect, which has enabled me to achieve the balance and direction I wanted in my Div. THE PLAN Extract and …
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Invitation for Public Comments for NEASC Reaccreditation
… Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Commission on Institutions of Higher … on a regional basis. Accreditation is voluntary and applies to the institution as a whole. The Commission, … College has been accredited by the Commission since 1974 and was last reviewed in 2007. Its accreditation by the New …
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Hampshire College Will Require All Students to Be Vaccinated for Fall 2021 Semester
… return to an in-person, fully residential, personalized, and safe college experience for the fall semester. Requests … work on ways to facilitate access. “As vaccination rates and availability increase across the country, I am even more … safe practices, even as it has grown tiring to do so, and I know we will continue to be guided by shared …
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Hampshire College, Hitchcock Center Sign Ground Lease
… with two living buildings. Negotiations between Hampshire and the Hitchcock Center have taken place over the past 45 months. The two share many values and goals, including deep commitments to innovative, hands-on programs and sustainability. The Hitchcock Center offers year-round …
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Hampshire Professor D’Avanzo Writes Eco-Mystery
… uses fiction to engage readers in climate-change science and politics. Among the numerous positive reviews, … it also has meat on its bones, with rich characterization and an intriguing mystery at its core.” Author and activist Bill McKibben writes, “Sleuths will have to …
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Alum Craig Sees Law Degree as Tool Kit for Social Change
… Law Degree as Tool Kit for Social Change John Courtmanche and Joshua Murray Catherine Craig ’08F has begun her law … for a joint law degree from Northeastern University and a master’s in environmental law and policy from Vermont Law School. She had received a …
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Staff
Ronald A. Kelter, PA-C, Lic Ac, AAHIVS
… AAHIVS Health Services Staff Ron is a physician assistant and acupuncturist who joined the staff at Hampshire College … has years of experience in general primary care to adults and adolescents as well as gastroenterology specialty … of Northeastern University's Bouve College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences with a master of health professions and …
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Notable Alumni
Liev Schreiber 85F
… 85F Liev Schreiber is an award-winning actor, director, and screenwriter whose roles encompass film, television, and the stage Schreiber is an award-winning actor, director, and screenwriter whose roles encompass film, television, and …
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Robin Coste Lewis 86S
… Robin Coste Lewis 86S Robin Coste Lewis 86S Poet and professor Robin Coste Lewis won the 2015 National Book … Poetry for her collection Voyage of the Sable Venus Poet and professor Lewis won the 2015 National Book Award for … Lewis’s writing has appeared in various journals and anthologies, such as Time Magazine and The New Yorker . …
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