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Getting Off the Grid Through the R.W. Kern Center Solar Challenge Initiative

… Getting Off the Grid Through the R.W. Kern Center Solar Challenge Initiative The R.W. Kern Center, Hampshire College’s new living …

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Exploring the ‘Huntington's Family’

… Exploring the ‘Huntington's Family’ Inspiration comes from a variety of sources. For Kendra Bechtel , the television show House provided a topic for her Division III studies. The "medical mystery" drama featured Huntington's disease …

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Hampshire College Events: March-May 2017

… from a talk by noted community activist Iris Morales, the Second-Annual Deaf Studies Conference, the Second-Annual HampHack, student performances, Div III … . Jen Everett: Intimitable Blackness March 7-April 30 in the Leo Model Gallery "Inimitable Blackness" is an ongoing …

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Developing the Framework for the Future Student Experience

… Developing the Framework for the Future Student Experience Hampshire is in the final stages of developing a framework for reinventing …

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Tim O'Neill Embraces the Collaborative Process

… Tim O'Neill Embraces the Collaborative Process When it comes to films, Tim O'Neill 01F likes to think small. "The smaller the film, the more limited the film, the more creative we …

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Al-Mutanabbi Street Exhibition in the Hampshire College Art Gallery

… Al-Mutanabbi Street Exhibition in the Hampshire College Art Gallery The exhibit runs through September 28 and features the work of a diverse group of artists from Europe, North …

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Student Research on the Hampshire College Farm: Raising Pigs Outdoors in Natural Settings

… Student Research on the Hampshire College Farm: Raising Pigs Outdoors in Natural Settings Most pigs in the United States live indoors in crowded pens, but April … pigs in two natural, outdoor settings; she's researching the nutritional and animal-welfare benefits of a pasture …

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Division III: Fiction and the Uncanny

… Division III: Fiction and the Uncanny Michael Samuels 09F The uncanny, or Unheimlich , is an important concept in German-language literature and thought around the turn of the twentieth century. It describes an object or …

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"It Was A Building That Spoke The Loudest"

… "It Was A Building That Spoke The Loudest" On September 16, the formal dedication of an extraordinary new building on campus was the rationale for an inspired daylong event. Almost 700 …

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New Applied Ethics Courses Funded by Ethics & the Common Good Grants

… New Applied Ethics Courses Funded by Ethics & the Common Good Grants Hampshire's Ethics & the Common Good Project has announced its first round of Faculty Course Development Grant recipients. The project offers funding to support faculty in the

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Hampshire College Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Wins the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize

… Hampshire College Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Wins the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Amy Diehl Hampshire … D'Almeida 06F, a Sri Lankan writer and journalist, is the 2021 winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Commonwealth Short …

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Ringing the Div-Free Bell: A Resplendent Ritual

… Ringing the Div-Free Bell: A Resplendent Ritual John Courtmanche, … from Non Satis Scire magazine Fall 2018 Every spring, the Div-Free Bell clangs jubilantly from Hampshire’s campus … Few who know Hampshire will be surprised to learn that the inspiration for this tradition, some 35 years ago, was an …

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Letter from the President on Plans for Spring 2021

… Letter from the President on Plans for Spring 2021 As we come to the end of a successful, although very different, fall … has cared for one another and grateful that we’ve had the opportunity to spend time together. We learned a great …

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The Hawaiian Charter School Movement

The Hawaiian Charter School Movement Growing up on the big island of Hawaii, Alima Catellacci had firsthand experience in the way Hawaiian culture had been swallowed up by an …

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Recent Graduate Robert Ditto 17F’s Work with the Smithsonian Helped Make Freedmen’s Bureau Archives Available to All

… Recent Graduate Robert Ditto 17F’s Work with the Smithsonian Helped Make Freedmen’s Bureau Archives … he wanted to focus on his passion for history. When the unexpected disruptions of the pandemic forced Ditto to Connecticut, he needed to …

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Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You

… Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You This is the third in a series of conversations between two members of the faculty, one with decades of experience at Hampshire, the

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Photos from Hampshire's Ethics and the Common Good Project

… Photos from Hampshire's Ethics and the Common Good Project Hampshire College formally launched the Ethics and the Common Good Project with a public presentation entitled …

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Hampshire at the Largest Climate March in History

… Hampshire at the Largest Climate March in History Dineen O’Rourke 13F There was a heavy feeling in the air on Sunday morning, September 21, in Central Park West and 6 th Avenue. The feeling before a big thunderstorm: something was …

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"That's It," And He Left The Room: Lessons From a Veteran Professor

… "That's It," And He Left The Room: Lessons From a Veteran Professor This is a series … faculty, one with decades of experience at Hampshire, the other fairly new to the College. Lynn Miller and John Castorino spoke together …

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Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees

… Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees Amy Diehl Hampshire College added five … members to its Board of Trustees, starting July 1, 2021. The new members include alums Vibhu Norby 06S, Mike Plenty … and Ananda Valenzuela 07F, as well as Alice Petty 89F as the elected alumni trustee and Associate Professor of …

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The Blacksmith Collective

The Blacksmith Collective Dillon Compton's focus is split … night, though, and they won't be pursuing those subjects. The trio, along with other Hampshire students, will more than likely be found in a tucked-away corner of the Lemelson Center serving their apprenticeship at a trade …

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The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows

The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows   For her Division III, Taliesin Nyala 07F examined the neurobiological, psychological, and cultural effects of …

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Rehamping the Barn: Photos and Video

… Rehamping the Barn: Photos and Video In fall 2011, President Jonathan Lash charged the Rehamping student group with facilitating a process by which a decision could be made regarding how the horse barn on the President's property could be …

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Hampshire College Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Marks Major Contributions to the Innovation of Higher Education

… Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Marks Major Contributions to the Innovation of Higher Education Over the weekend of October 15–17, Hampshire College marked 50 … Current staff, faculty, and students also participated in the festivities. Tours of campus, open houses for programs, …

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Redefining College Dining: Hampshire College'’s Food Plan for the Future

… College Dining: Hampshire College'’s Food Plan for the Future When Hampshire College students return to campus … Hampshire aims at nothing less than redefining what the college dining experience can be. "We are questioning … routine," said President Jonathan Lash, who encouraged the College community to think big in approaching the Healthy …

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