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Identity and Culture

… is as comfortable discussing captivity narratives from the 1700s as she is explaining Rabbinical discourse from the … Bible to Modernity, Rubinstein had students individually design and work on one major project throughout the whole … one created a radio show, another did an architectural design, while another made a Jewish holidays cookbook. …

Summer Programs for High School and College Students Open for 2016

… enrolled students to drive their own studies and projects. The programs invite students to challenge themselves and … the chaos of the internet. Micro-Controllers and Hardware Design will jump-start students in micro-controller software and hardware design. Blacksmithing, Bladesmithing, and Beyond introduces …

Myrna Breitbart

… University. Her teaching and research interests focus on the gender, race, and class dimensions of built environments … urban community development, with a current emphasis on the new cultural economy and its role in urban regeneration. … Studies Professors Emeriti Architecture/Environmental Design United States … Myrna Breitbart, professor emerita of …

Johnson Library to be Transformed into Library Learning Commons

… Commons Hampshire College is using a $65,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to research and develop a … similar plans, will lead workshops aimed at finetuning the design. Relocation of at least a portion of the school store … basement are components she hopes the new learning commons design will build on. “Libraries all over are having to …

Hampshire College Student Theatre Presents Fall 2018 Productions

… Gabe Sklan Two plays are going up this weekend in the Hampshire College Studio Theatre, and tickets are … and any theater discipline, from acting and directing, to design and fabrication. This process allows theatre students … are encouraged to grapple with the intricacy of lighting design and crew behind the curtain are encouraged to step out …

Hampshire Mourns the Loss of Founding Faculty Member Bill Marsh, a Father of the College's School of Cognitive Science

… Hampshire Mourns the Loss of Founding Faculty Member Bill Marsh, a Father of the College's School of Cognitive Science Anne Pinkerton 91F The College was saddened to learn of the death of …

Jennifer Bajorek

… writer, and university professor working on questions at the intersection of photography, art, and poetry. She has a … a research associate in the Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre, in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg (South …

Creative Interventions Div III Presentations

… Creative Interventions Div III Presentations Organized by the Arts and Social Action Program in the School for … Cassetti To Be Swallowed Whole: Red and the Wolf Costume design Chair: Peter Kallok (IA); Members: Lise Sanders (HACU) … Nation-State Militarism and Mixed Media Resistance Website design Chair: Chris Tinson (CSI); Member: Susana Loza (HACU) …

Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Honors Hundreds Who Helped Build R.W. Kern Center

… a committee of faculty, staff, and students began planning the campus’s first major building in more than 25 years, … fellow Hampshire community members to give input on its design and purpose. Literally hundreds on campus had … teamwork and contributions of hundreds of members of the design and building team, giving special mention to …

Michael Strmiska 78S Prepares for Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania

… preparing to teach at Vilnius University in spring 2025. The Hampshire alum will lead the course New Asian Religious Movements while conducting … spring of 2015, when I taught a class at Hampshire titled “Modern Paganism and New Religious Movements.” Alumni … Since …

Spring Learning Collaborative Symposium Explores the Future of Art Making for Social Good

… Spring Learning Collaborative Symposium Explores the Future of Art Making for Social Good Koby Leff 15F On … student to his current pursuit of an M.F.A. in 4-D design at Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Detroit. His work, … student to his current pursuit of an M.F.A. in 4-D design at Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Detroit. His work, …

He Was Frequently Headed Off On a Bus

… James Miller was reminded of that in September, when the communications professor and a dozen others gathered to dedicate a new bus stop outside of the Robert Crown Center in memory of one of Miller’s former … insatiably curious, Sander studied English literature and modern Russian history and burned with the belief that …

Women Welders

… shape her future to such a large degree. Four years later, the Manchester, Vermont, native, who will graduate on May 17, … to work in the Dorothy and Jerome Lemelson Center for Design at Hampshire, a design and fabrication resource available to all members of …

Frederick H. Wirth

… goals at Hampshire is to create laboratory programs in the physical sciences and sustainable technology to help all … (ESSP) and is happy to supervise projects exploring the design and adaptation of technologies to lessen their impact … (ESSP) and is happy to supervise projects exploring the design and adaptation of technologies to lessen their impact …

Five Colleges Receives Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts

… Five Colleges Receives Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts The Taiwan Ministry of Culture has awarded Five Colleges, … College is a member, a $50,000 grant to celebrate the richness of traditional Taiwanese culture in a project … world,” Cloud Gate transforms ancient aesthetics into a modern celebration of motion. “Embracing the rich diversity …

First Community Orientation Kicks Off Hampshire’s Fall Semester

… Fall Semester Anne Pinkerton 91F On Monday, August 24, the day before classes started for the fall semester, Hampshire hosted its first community … on Love’s speech began with Assistant Professor of Modern/Contemporary Dance Deborah Goffe. Director of the …

Artist and Hampshire Alum Leidy Churchman 98F’s Paintings are Absorbing Meditations of Consciousness

… curiosity, ideas of perception and knowing. From the scale of Churchman’s paintings, which can vary from … Churchman’s work is currently in collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art and mumok, and their work … at MoMA PS1 in New York, Museum Brandhorst in Munich, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Museum of …

Movement and learning

… Victoria Quine since she took her first dance class at the age of three. She's absorbed the techniques of modern, jazz, and ballet styles. Gymnastic routines are a …

News Archive 2012 / 2013

… News Archive 2012 / 2013 October 24: Food and Farm for the Future Designing for a Purpose Gifts Support "Bridge to … Transfer Students Hitchcock Center's Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced Alternative Spring Break 2013 Tobin … Transfer Students Hitchcock Center's Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced Alternative Spring Break 2013 Tobin …

R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System

… R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System The R.W. Kern Center’s design documents explain that the building’s greywater—water from the bathrooms and kitchen …

Four Receive Earl Ubell Grants

… support exceptional work that in some way seeks to make the scientific method or scientific findings accessible to … graders to basic cognitive neuroscience and experimental design. Prasad also plans to use the technology as a … classes for people with Parkinson’s disease and helping to design movement interventions for individuals with …

Hampshire Dedicates Kern Center, Explores Solutions in Environmental Justice, Green Building, Education

… Education John Courtmanche Hundreds of members of the Hampshire community and invited guests attended the R.W. … the inextricable involvement of students in every step — design, modeling, as well as improving the design, the systems, and the thinking. “We have the knowledge …

Second HampHack Hackathon Invites Students Beyond Tech, Across Disciplines

… HampHack event last February and invited students of art, design, and fabrication to partner with tech students at a 24-hour hackathon, they were overwhelmed by the response: More than 600 college students applied for 200 … Center, students will also have access to the Center for Design’s machine shop and design lab. Faculty and staff will …

Architecture Award for Professor Naomi Darling

… Naomi Darling Professor Naomi Darling is a winner of the American Institute of Architecture New England (AIANE) … in New England, so it was quite an honor," Darling said. "The Kernan Teahouse," a project Darling designed for a … and GrantsFaculty Applied DesignArchitecture/Environmental Design … Professor Naomi Darling is a winner of the American …

Planning for Urban Farming

… Planning for Urban Farming Anne Pinkerton What’s the difference between hydroponics and aquaponics? “Fish,” … Tim Harkness Fund for Invention Grant , and the Center for Design helped with money and the design. They also received assistance from the Samuel Morris …