… Hampshire's Cristina Peña and Walker Staples Will Read in Five College PoetryFest Cristina Peña 10F and Walker Staples 10F will represent Hampshire College in … in Fayerweather Hall at Amherst College. The event is free and open to the public. PoetryFest celebrates the quality and …

… Examines Responses to Trauma through Music, Art, and Art History Hometown: Boston Faculty Advisers: Professor of Architectural and Art History Karen Koehler and Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music Marty Ehrlich …

… Slime-Mold Symposium and Reception Presented by Hampshire College Art Gallery Two … nationally for pushing the boundaries of science, art, and sciart, will headline the Plasmodium Symposium on Friday, … 2:00 p.m., presented by the Hampshire College Art Gallery and open to the public. The Symposium is produced by a new …

… Connecting Philosophy and Music Try to explain music. When philosophy professor … Almost everyone has an opinion when it comes to music, and generally it's more passionate than reasoned. Getting past the primary emotional response, and moving on to a more critical analysis, is what Professor …

… $1 Million Seed Fund Offers New Grant Round for Student and Alum Entrepreneurs Hampshire’s Seed Fund for Innovation … has opened a new round of entrepreneurial grant funding, and students and young alums have until April 10 to submit their …

… Student's Venture Matches Hosts and Travelers Worldwide to Promote Peace John Courtmanche … scholarship to spend a year at a Kansas high school and introduce Americans to her Arab culture and Muslim faith. Five years later, El Baggari, now a student …

… Hampshire College Alum and Filmmaker Alex Rivera Awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship … Rivera was one of 25 Fellows chosen by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their “outstanding talent and exceptional creativity.” Colloquially known as the …

… Stephen Petronio: Reflections on Repertory and the Creative Process Stephen Petronio 74F —a leading contemporary choreographer and a graduate of Hampshire College—will participate in two public events January 17 and 18, reflecting on the creative process and screening his …

… For Writer and Neuroscientist Erik Hoel 06F, Dreams and Consciousness Interweave to Create “Revelations” Amy … plunges him into the even murkier mystery of consciousness and threatens to upend, well,  everything . That Hoel’s first …

… Drawing Strength and Inspiration from the Hampshire Community How does a … Hampshire is grappling with as we near the end of 2016. And as always, I find myself drawing strength and inspiration from this community — from the passion, …

… Hampshire's Policy on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing Hampshire College has recently … investments. Hampshire's Policy on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing (pdf) >> Hampshire has long been … voted to approve a new Policy on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing. It is among the most comprehensive …

… Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party A new exhibit on campus brings new … organizations in US history, the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party. The exhibit Power and Memory: 50 Years of Struggle, Shared Legacies of …

… Youth Leadership and Empowerment Through Collaborative Research Giovana Romano Sanchez How do racism and the stigma of weight affect the self-worth of youth in … , Massachusetts, decided to explore using quantitative and qualitative research methods. They were led by Hampshire …

… James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time, and This Time How might James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, … in 1963 at the height of the civil rights movement and considered one of the most important essays on the history of black protest and race relations in the U.S., help us navigate our current …

… Ken Rosenthal and Friends Endow Fund for Hampshire Faculty John Courtmanche … a place he’d seen change people’s lives, including his own and his daughter’s.  Rosenthal thought of Hampshire … for engaging with their students as equals in learning and discovery at a level unlike any other college. He knew …

… April 15: Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will deliver … Patterson's Main Lecture Hall. Her talk is entitled "Class and the Disciplines." Professor Spivak is a literary theorist and co-founder of the Institute of Comparative Literature and …

… Students Present at Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference As the largest gathering in its field, the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) draws … join him in presenting there. Kwaku Yeboah Antwi 10F and Omri Bernstein 08F, as well as alum Kyle Harrington 03F, …

… Professor Ethan Meyers and UMass Colleagues Win National Science Foundation Grant to … Meisel An interdisciplinary team of researchers from UMass and Hampshire, among them Assistant Professor of Statistics … to study deep-brain function for new insights into neural and cognitive systems. The research aims to develop new …

… Layoffs Update and Ongoing Discussions: February 13, 2019 Dear Hampshire … everyone’s minds. We’ve sought to be as careful possible and to consult with the Staff Advocacy Committee before … describing the plans for the reduction in the workforce, and the resources that are available to staff. I also want to …

… Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Hampshire College alum Kristína Moss … assumed the role of interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid on August 17. A Fulbright scholar, … Director of Admissions, responsible for brand strategy and program development. Working in Hampshire’s Admissions …

… Hampshire College Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus and Author Norton Juster The Hampshire College community is … emeritus Norton Juster. Juster taught architecture and environmental design at Hampshire College from the … The Phantom Tollbooth , was first published in 1961, and sold more than three million copies. The book was later …

… Hampshire Student Murphy Hunn Bridges History and Craft through Metalworking Amy Diehl We sat down … Murphy Hunn 18F to learn more about his academic work and his proposed Div III project—building a historically … accurate suit of metal armor. What drew you to Hampshire? And metalworking? In high school, I got really into history, …

… Artist and Hampshire Alum Leidy Churchman 98F’s Paintings are … explores, with thoughtful curiosity, ideas of perception and knowing. From the scale of Churchman’s paintings, which … images of a highrise’s elite skyline view, everything and anything becomes “paintable.” Churchman’s work is …

… Movement and learning A passion for movement has driven Victoria Quine … of three. She's absorbed the techniques of modern, jazz, and ballet styles. Gymnastic routines are a joy. From … Challenged," she's constantly dreaming up new routines and approaches both individually and with collaborators. …

… Hampshire Professors Raymond Coppinger and Mark Feinstein Collaborate on 'How Dogs Work' Raymond Coppinger, professor emeritus of biology, and Mark Feinstein, professor of cognitive science, both … a biological species rather than just as pets, Coppinger and Feinstein accessibly synthesize decades of research and …