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February 4, 2019: Briefing Documents: Following Board Meeting
… of faculty, staff, and trustees. Titled “ Hampshire’s Fiscal Reality: 1965-2019 ,” it summarizes the College’s … but not enacted, and accreditation standards that went into effect July 1, 2016. In addition, today Hampshire … but not enacted, and accreditation standards that went into effect July 1, 2016. In addition, today Hampshire …
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Notable Alumni
Jonathan Friedland 77F
… —and has overseen the international expansion of Netflix's reach into 190 countries. Friedland joined Netflix in 2011 after … and editor, mainly with The Wall Street Journal , in the U.S., Asia and Latin America. He co-founded the Diarios Rumbo …
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Our Thanks to Leslie Cox, Who Grew Community on the Farm
… Community on the Farm After 17 years as Hampshire College's farm manager, Leslie Cox is leaving at the end of March to … When Cox, his wife Elaine, and their four children moved into the farmhouse on the northeastern edge of campus, … invested in my development past Hampshire as an alum going into agriculture." Whether they became farmers or not, Cox …
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Fall Internship Dinner 2013
… Fund hold the event to showcase the success of Hampshire's internship programs. Hampshire interns are connected with … students and their faculty facilitator time to go in-depth into their internships—to discuss what they enjoyed, the … them there, while building skills that integrate them back into society. "We all maintained a connection and a …
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Division III: Whose Story Does History Tell?
… the dishonorable discharges. The title of Lavender's Div III is "African American Soldiers, Jim Crow, and … and economics also intrigue him, but after transferring into Hampshire he found history to be his true academic … passion. "All the things I'm interested in can be fit into history," he says. "That includes philosophical …
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Assistant Professor Bynum Debuts New Course on #BlackJoy
… During the fall term, Bynum and her students delved into black joy and #blackjoy. The popular hashtag was started … Ellison, and James Baldwin, who was a member of Hampshire’s faculty in the 1980s. Bynum says the course encouraged … spoke a lot about the inequalities and oppression embedded into American culture,” she says. “I was delighted to see a …
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Of Mice and Mastocytosis
… diseases.” Allergies occur when the immune system goes into hyperdrive after exposure to a foreign substance, such … or the venom from a bee sting. Mast cells trigger the body’s allergic response, which can range from minor symptoms, … in May, and is now transitioning from the research world into the clinical world. “I’m jumping around between plans to …
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Hampshire Names 2019 Commencement Speaker Ericka Hart
… Hart Abigail Meisel A lecturer at Columbia University’s School of Social Work, Ericka Hart has helped change the … sexuality education is important and should be integrated into curricula—and also brought into homes to raise awareness among adults. After returning …
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Labor’s Love’s Found
… Labor’s Love’s Found Abigail Meisel Americans who view immigrants … Andrew Carnegie and other local leaders poured millions into revitalization efforts, among them major capital … history and museum studies. At Hampshire, she branched out into public history and other courses that rounded out her …
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For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom
… For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom Currently in their … that I started ignoring my classes and getting much more into my own work. I learned more in the last two months of my … need to import any fertilizers from outside of the system into it. This summer, I’ll be working with a group called the …
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Division III Profile: Emma Pici-D'Ottavio On Art Therapy
… of the art therapist Robert Ault, who transcribed Layton’s work into a form that could be taught to artists and non-artists, … a half, Pici-D’Ottavio says, who incorporated her findings into her 65-page Division III thesis paper. “These findings …
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Hampshire Alum's Music Documentary Embraced on Global Festival Circuit
… Hampshire Alum's Music Documentary Embraced on Global Festival Circuit As … He was instrumental in bringing counterculture artists into the mainstream. There wasn’t a place for these artists … could be,” he says. “I wish more Harvard dropouts would go into music instead of app development or hedge-fund …
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Facilities and Grounds Projects Bring New Look to Campus
… Look to Campus Residential Areas Building on last summer's refurbishing of student lounges, the Merrill residence hall … On the third floor, the bone room is being redeveloped into the Collaborative Modeling Center , which will serve as … will provide a more functional, safe, and welcoming entry into EDH." Electrical and Air Conditioning New electrical …
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Area Of Study
Philosophy
… You are here Sitewide Search Through Hampshire's classes, students become versed in the work of philosophers … Teletravel: Adapting a Philosophical Thought Experiment into an Artistic Graphic Novel Mathematics and the Event in … influence one another, and how experience is integrated into the developing architecture of the human brain. With …
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Chapter 4: Fund Raising and Financial Planning
… College named for him, but the Trustees gave him "the bum's rush" (according to Toby Dakin), and named the Library for … stock market, and I thought I should put some of it back into the mainstream and my first interest was in population, … services for faculty. The channeling of these pressures into constructive channels is proving difficult... We have …
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Coppinger Funded Projects
… Design Garrette Furo Internship in Columbia University’s Gershon Lab Student and Faculty Funding 2013/2014 Jolie … Collaboration Emma Opitz (Div II) An Investigation into the Acoustic Properties of Distress and Alarm Calls in … Funding 2009/2010 Baker-Wagner and Lingappa Investigation Into the Mechanism of Action by which novel anti-viral drugs …
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Fiction Writing Helped Amani Smith 15F Explore Relationships Between Time, Memory, and Generational Trauma
… Diehl Recent Hampshire College graduate Amani Smith 15F’s Div III project employed fiction writing to explore … my concentration, which would eventually culminate into my Div III, by selecting courses that could build upon … as well as the present, and how the past always bleeds into the present. These short stories explore time and memory …
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Division III Profile: Support Structures for First-Generation College Students
… peers, it took maybe an hour or two to get through a week’s reading, but for me it took much longer because I wouldn’t … New England was definitely a culture shock. Transitioning into college at the age of 18 is hard enough, but to have had … retention for first-gen students. My project was broken into three parts. The first focuses on the lived experience …
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Chapter 2: September 11, 2001 and Anti-War Protests
… Students, Faculty, and Staff FROM: Gregory S. Prince, Jr. SUBJECT: EMERGENCY ALL-COMMUNITY MEETING … 11, in all its horror, extends the bloody 20th century into the 21st: nothing, it seems, of the world I know, has … on the topic. Here are a few: Posts from FreeRepublic.com forum on the "flag-haters" of Amherst: "The haters will …
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Lockout/Tagout and Electrical Safety Program and Procedures
… in the physical possession of the employee, or in arm's reach and in line of sight of the employee, or if the … in emergency situations. A lock or tag can be removed by someone other than the authorized employee only when all of … in emergency situations. A lock or tag can be removed by someone other than the authorized employee only when all of …
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Recent Graduate Flynn Hibbs 17F on the Impact of Solar Development on Wildlife
… Wildlife Sara Draper, Sustainability Manager Flynn Hibbs’s 17F Div III combined experience in ecological research with … sites. The site at Mt. Tom had a wildlife clearance built into the fence (a raised fence bottom to allow animals to … of these solar developers are fossil fuel companies moving into renewables, so there isn’t really a culture of caring …
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Gordon Hall 01F Organizing Whitney Biennial Artist Lectures
… describes the biennial as a "barometer of the country's art." Founded in 1932, it has helped artists such as … "For this new instantiation, I have divided the program into two sections: first an experimental pedagogical lecture, … "For this new instantiation, I have divided the program into two sections: first an experimental pedagogical lecture, …
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Faculty
Lawrence J. Winship
… J. Winship, professor emeritus of botany, received his B.S. (magna cum laude, honors in biology) from Yale University … teaching interests include the biophysics of gas diffusion into and out of root nodules and compost piles; computer … teaching interests include the biophysics of gas diffusion into and out of root nodules and compost piles; computer …
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Faculty
Michael Lesy
… biography, and narrative nonfiction. Professor Lesy's most recent book, Repast: Dining Out at the Dawn of the New … College tutorial. Professor Lesy's books have been made into operas, plays, dance performances, and films. In 2007, … College tutorial. Professor Lesy's books have been made into operas, plays, dance performances, and films. In 2007, …
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Escaping the Taliban
… in Afghanistan in the summer of 2013, he had no idea the visit would be his last. Muradi was then on break from his … College, just one year away from completing his bachelor’s degree in international relations and heading to Tufts … didn’t want to tell you when you were at school,” Muradi’s parents told him that summer, “but we have been getting …
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