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Hampshire Alum and Filmmaker Allison A. Waite Receives Directors Guild of America Student Film Award

… Hampshire Alum and Filmmaker Allison A. Waite Receives Directors Guild of … Waite’s filmmaking aims to give unresolved stories a voice and spark connections within her community. “The wrongful … time… I hope to make a film that brings greater awareness and understanding of our grief, and our protest against these …

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Students Launch Hackathon to Cross Disciplines and Engage Non-Techies

… Students Launch Hackathon to Cross Disciplines and Engage Non-Techies Your typical hackathon brings together … Hampshire students are hosting at the college February 26 and 27, will have a more interdisciplinary scope.  “We’re inviting people from different fields to come and do problem solving together,” says Hampshire student …

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Hampshire College Alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Miatta Kawinzi Awarded 2021 Jerome Hill Fellowships

… Hampshire College Alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Miatta Kawinzi Awarded 2021 Jerome Hill Fellowships Hampshire College alum filmmaker and artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich 07S and visual artist Miatta Kawinzi 07S were each awarded a …

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Chautauqua Institution Features Professor Darlington and Advisor Bernstein in Summer Lecture Series

… Chautauqua Institution Features Professor Darlington and Advisor Bernstein in Summer Lecture Series Hampshire Professor Susan Darlington and Rabbi and Advisor Ellen Bernstein were invited to deliver featured …

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Division III: Fiction and the Uncanny

… Division III: Fiction and the Uncanny Michael Samuels 09F The uncanny, or … , is an important concept in German-language literature and thought around the turn of the twentieth century. It describes an object or situation that is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, making it uncomfortable or …

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Div III Profile: Milo Muise's 'Magic, Exile, and Defiant Miracles'

… Div III Profile: Milo Muise's 'Magic, Exile, and Defiant Miracles' Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F "For me, poetry is all about rich layers of complexity and contradiction," Division III student Milo Muise says. … without caging it, without reducing it to something small and comprehensible. Sometimes poems make me philosophically …

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Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th Annual Schocket Lecture

… Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th … annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture will take place Thursday, March 24, 2022, from … of Franklin Patterson Hall. Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College and Columbia …

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An Ambassador for Cultural Understanding and Hampshire College

… An Ambassador for Cultural Understanding and Hampshire College It’s not unusual for a college student … to take a year off. Few, however, do so with the vision and visibility of Yasmine El Baggari 11F. While a more … by Hampshire College’s new Seed Fund for Entrepreneurship and Innovation . El Baggari’s accomplishments as a young …

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Statement on Investment Policy and Fossil Fuel and Private Prison Industries

… Statement on Investment Policy and Fossil Fuel and Private Prison Industries David Dinerman, Hampshire Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee Hampshire College has …

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Oct. 13, 16, 17: Wilhelm Verwoerd and Journeys Through Conflict

… Oct. 13, 16, 17: Wilhelm Verwoerd and Journeys Through Conflict The Grandson of Apartheid Prime Minister Brings Message of Peace and Reconciliation When Wilhelm Verwoerd visits Hampshire, his message will focus on peace and reconciliation. It is a significant moment: the grandson …

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Vigil for Victims of Racism and State Violence

… Vigil for Victims of Racism and State Violence Words cannot offer solace to those in our … community who have suffered the constant impact of racism and state violence. But we can gather in solidarity and support of those in our community who live with the …

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CBD Awards Grants to 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships

… Awards Grants to 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships The Culture, Brain & Development program has … College students to fund an array of summer projects and internships, ranging from an archeological exhibit in … of cross-cultural perspectives on reproductive health, and a study of gendered play preferences in children. CBD …

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Resisting Racism and White Supremacy

… Resisting Racism and White Supremacy Right now our nation and our community are outraged over lives stolen, dignity … life were met with callous indifference, is heartbreaking and traumatic. No message can do justice to the despair, …

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Sofi Ward’s Div III Seeks to Make Parkour More Inclusive for Fem and Genderqueer Members of the Community

… Div III Seeks to Make Parkour More Inclusive for Fem and Genderqueer Members of the Community Amy Diehl Currently … obstacle course), challenges practitioners to climb, run, and jump over environmental obstacles. Ward’s Div III research delves into the experiences of fem and genderqueer members within the parkour community and the …

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Fiction Professor Uzma Aslam Khan on How Teaching and Writing Interconnect as a “Living Practice”

… Fiction Professor Uzma Aslam Khan on How Teaching and Writing Interconnect as a “Living Practice” Amy Diehl We … discuss her favorite classes, why Hampshire is so special, and her newest novel, The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali … Primacy of Character in Historical Fiction; Reading and Creating Comics; Art and the Political Imagination; …

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Div III Profile: Isaiah Mann, GlowLime Games, and Defender's Light

… Div III Profile: Isaiah Mann, GlowLime Games, and Defender's Light Joshua Murray This month, as Isaiah Mann … a collective that enables Five College students to design and create video games.  Establishing GlowLime games with an extensive business model and pitch documents means the organization will continue to …

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Hampshire Calls on Accomplished Culinary and Farming Alums for New Cafe

… Hampshire Calls on Accomplished Culinary and Farming Alums for New Cafe John Courtmanche Hampshire … his alma mater on the operation of its new Kern Kafé and Prescott Bakery, a continuation of his work the past five … to dramatically increase sourcing of food from local farms and producers. Sarah Klein 88F has been hired as full-time …

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Listening and the Brain

… Listening and the Brain In his first semester as a student at Hampshire … that would ultimately shape his academic career. Suddenly, and without warning, Blumberg lost hearing in his left ear. … Choir College. "All I could hear in my left ear was static and white noise," he recalled. "It was absolutely …

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March 13: Cindy Kleine Screens "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner"

… March 13: Cindy Kleine Screens "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner" Award-winning filmmaker Cindy Kleine will screen her latest documentary, André Gregory: Before and After Dinner , at Hampshire College on Thursday, March … Room of the Liebling Center. The screening is free and open to the public. Following the film, Kleine will …

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Troncoso's International Exhibit and Capstone Research Celebrate Blackness in Cuba

… Troncoso's International Exhibit and Capstone Research Celebrate Blackness in Cuba Mike … was talking with the curator Diarenis Calderon Tartabull and made an off-hand comment that she never expected would … I had connected with all these amazing activists, artists, and rappers," Troncoso remembers. “I joked to my friend that …

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Muhammad Delivers Eqbal Lecture on Race and Policing

… Muhammad Delivers Eqbal Lecture on Race and Policing Michael Medeiros The trial of O.J. Simpson and the 1991 beating of Rodney King by Los Angeles police, … Khalil Gibran Muhammad, compelled him as a student to try and understand racial criminalization and its history in the …

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Coburn's Division III Inspires Public Schools To Act for Conservation and the Environment

… III Inspires Public Schools To Act for Conservation and the Environment For her Division III project this year, … bottle: she traced its life cycle from marketed demand and production, to its use and disposal, and then exposed its effect on climate change, …

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Combining Environmental Science with Policy and Management

… Combining Environmental Science with Policy and Management By Michael Samuels 09F Max Neale 05F goes at … his Division III (senior) project, Ecological Implications and Management of an Invasive Bivalve , Corbicula fluminea, … Tahoe, California , Neale examines the science, politics, and economics of the invasion and management of the Asian …

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Hitchcock Center'’s Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced

… Hitchcock Center'’s Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment have identified … of Trustees has approved the location between the Red Barn and the Farm Center. The Hitchcock Center has announced the …

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Div III Profile: Maximilian Beauchene Explores U.S. Interventions and Global Conflicts

… Profile: Maximilian Beauchene Explores U.S. Interventions and Global Conflicts Joshua Murray Maximilian Beauchene’s … into military conflicts in three nations — Libya, Yemen, and Somalia — where the U.S. military has been involved in … These countries have all undergone periods of instability and civil war, creating an environment ideal for terrorist …

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