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The Hampshire College Alumni Reel Returns to In-Person Showings This Fall
The Hampshire College Alumni Reel Returns to In-Person Showings This Fall Organized by Dan Epstein 76F and John Bruner 94F, the Hampshire College Alumni Reel is a curated collection of short film, television, and video clips showcasing the vision and …
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Hampshire College Welcomes an Increasingly Large and Diverse Incoming Class
Hampshire College Welcomes an Increasingly Large and Diverse Incoming Class On August 31, under clear blue skies, 335 new students arrived on campus: 262 first-years and 73 transfers. The fall 2023 class represents a 22 percent increase from last year in …
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Hampshire Professor Rachel Conrad Recognizes and Advocates for Young Creators of Literature
Hampshire Professor Rachel Conrad Recognizes and Advocates for Young Creators of Literature Teaching at the College intersects with her own writing on youth authors, environmentalism, and social justice. We spoke to Hampshire College Professor of …
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Hampshire College Alum Will Meyer 10F Pivots from Local Journalism to Local Eats with Vegan Pizza
Hampshire College Alum Will Meyer 10F Pivots from Local Journalism to Local Eats with Vegan Pizza This alum “pizza’ed through” the pandemic. The result? A food truck that serves up delicious vegan pizza, proving how tasty local, sustainable, plant-based …
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Former Hampshire Dean Publishes Book on the College’s Earliest Years
Former Hampshire Dean Publishes Book on the College’s Earliest Years Karen Corday Richard Tice Alpert discusses his exploration of Hampshire College’s very beginnings and how the school came to be in terms of ideas, planning, scholarship, and money. …
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80s Alum Writes Banned Books on Kids, Gender Issues, and Now, Book Banning
80s Alum Writes Banned Books on Kids, Gender Issues, and Now, Book Banning Anne Pinkerton 91F With her husband Ian, Sarah Hoffman (a pen name) writes picture books for children dealing with diverse gender identity and expression. The couple’s titles are …
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Current Students
Current Students Every day we’ve spent as leaders at Hampshire has shown us the importance of what you do here. We know this is an incredible disruption to the trajectory you had planned for your college experience, and we are committed to doing …
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A Hands-on Bioinformatics Class Lets Students Get Practical Experience While Keeping It Experimental
A Hands-on Bioinformatics Class Lets Students Get Practical Experience While Keeping It Experimental Karen Corday Four students with very different scientific concentrations are working together on a community analysis project in bioinformatics. Their …
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Changing Landscapes Together: Leyla Munist F22 and Hallie Spell F23 Join Forces on the Farm
Changing Landscapes Together: Leyla Munist F22 and Hallie Spell F23 Join Forces on the Farm Karen Corday A friendship that blossomed when the students met working in the Hampshire Community Garden has grown into a collaborative, interdisciplinary Div III …
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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 mathematical logician and educational visionary William (Bill) …
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She Sells Seashells: Michele Mirisola 08F Mixes Media and Inspiration in Her Home Goods
She Sells Seashells: Michele Mirisola 08F Mixes Media and Inspiration in Her Home Goods Karen Corday Hampshire alum Michele Mirisola 08F, painter and sculptor, created the homeware company Chell Fish . She reimagines traditional craft invoking Baroque …
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Dance Professor Lailye Weidman’s New Course Invites Students to Explore Movement as a Tool for Political Inquiry
Dance Professor Lailye Weidman’s New Course Invites Students to Explore Movement as a Tool for Political Inquiry In Weidman’s course, which is supported by a Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader Course Enhancement Grant , students examine how physical movement …
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Where Are They Now?: Ché Williams 16F Keeps It Reel
Where Are They Now?: Ché Williams 16F Keeps It Reel Karen Corday It’s time to check in with another graduate we featured here in the past. When we spoke with alum Ché Williams 16F in 2021 , he was a production assistant on the History Channel documentary …
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Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife
Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife Sara Draper, Sustainability Manager Flynn Hibbs’s 17F Div III combined experience in ecological research with an interest in sustainable development to produce valuable …
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Director of the James Baldwin Scholars Program Karina Fernández Montilla 02F Honored with DEI and Justice Award
Director of the James Baldwin Scholars Program Karina Fernández Montilla 02F Honored with DEI and Justice Award Karen Corday Karina Fernández Montilla came to Hampshire as a James Baldwin Scholar in 2002. Today, she directs the program as well as serving …
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