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Daniel Asia 71F Joins the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

… Daniel Asia 71F Joins the American Academy of Sciences and Letters Composer and … of Music Daniel Asia 71F was recently named a member of the American Academy of Sciences and Letters, in recognition … to go there, but said there was a new college starting in the area that sounded interesting, and that I might want to …

John Watts, Longtime Member of the Hampshire Board of Trustees, Passes Away

… John Watts, Longtime Member of the Hampshire Board of Trustees, Passes Away For a total of 16 years, the civic leader and business professional John Watts volunteered for the College. He died on January 13. Watts served as a trustee …

Hampshire Alum Joe Minton 86F Helps Video Game Creators Navigate the Industry

… Alum Joe Minton 86F Helps Video Game Creators Navigate the Industry Joe Minton, founder of Digital Development … Management, is helping video game developers around the world turn creative visions into global successes. Minton … to bring a great video game to market — and how to help the people behind the game thrive. After leading Cyberlore …

Manuel Castro 02F, Commissioner for the NYC Office of Immigrant Affairs, To Deliver Commencement Address

… Manuel Castro 02F, Commissioner for the NYC Office of Immigrant Affairs, To Deliver Commencement … and public sector leader, and proud alum, will deliver the keynote address at the College’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 17, …

Hampshire Dance Program Presents “HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense”

… Hampshire Dance Program Presents “HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense” An evening of new dance works by eight student choreographers. The Hampshire Dance Program will present HAZE: The Heightened Liminal Sense , an evening of new dance works …

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 … as a James Baldwin Scholar in 2002. Today, she directs the program as well as serving as assistant dean of … her career as an educator, and her new award from the Massachusetts American Council on Education Women’s …

On Podcast, President Chrisler Discusses Hampshire Within the Challenges of American Higher Education

… On Podcast, President Chrisler Discusses Hampshire Within the Challenges of American Higher Education Karen Corday College President Jennifer Chrisler appeared on the WHMP “Talk The Talk” podcast with host Buz Eisenberg, producer Dan …

Hampshire Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

… Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Karen Corday … Emeritus of Biology Dr. Phyllis “Lissy” Coley was one of the first students at Hampshire College, arriving in the fall of 1970. In a recent interview with The Daily Utah …

Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes

… Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes Karen Corday When Jacory Martin F24 arrived … yet considered studying film, but an introduction to the medium via his foundational courses inspired him to delve … He applied and was accepted as a student attendee at the legendary Cannes Film Festival in May 2025. We spoke …

Professor Emerita Carollee Bengelsdorf Publishes Book on Women’s Overlooked Contributions in the Cuban Revolution

… Publishes Book on Women’s Overlooked Contributions in the Cuban Revolution Karen Corday Bengelsdorf’s latest work challenges the standard narrative regarding women’s roles in the insurrection in Havana during the Cuban Revolution. …

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 … exploration of Hampshire College’s very beginnings and how the school came to be in terms of ideas, planning, … its second school year kicked off. “I had been working at the Urban Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C.,” he …

Hampshire College Mourns Longtime Former Director of the Early Learning Center Lynne Brill

… Hampshire College Mourns Longtime Former Director of the Early Learning Center Lynne Brill Karen Corday Brill … for more than 20 years. She died on August 28, 2025, at the age of 78 . Born and raised in Albany, Brill followed in the footsteps of her mother and grandmother by entering Smith …

Alum Sara Smith 90F Presents Installation at the Hampshire Art Gallery

… Alum Sara Smith 90F Presents Installation at the Hampshire Art Gallery Karen Corday The piece is set in the future and inspired by octopi and Chicana activist and …

Hampshire Alum John Sanbonmatsu 80F Publishes Book on the Ethics of Eating Meat

… Hampshire Alum John Sanbonmatsu 80F Publishes Book on the Ethics of Eating Meat Karen Corday John Sanbonmatsu 80F discusses how anti-nuke activism at Hampshire set the stage for a lifetime of questioning harmful ideologies … led to his groundbreaking research and scholarship within the field of critical animal studies. How did Hampshire …

Alum Erica Perl 86F on Cancellation, Curiosity, and the Hampshire Education That Inspired Her

… Alum Erica Perl 86F on Cancellation, Curiosity, and the Hampshire Education That Inspired Her Karen Corday … as a trial lawyer, she fought back and wrote about the experience for School Library Journal . We caught up with … to where she is now. I came to Hampshire because I visited the Putney School, where my then-boyfriend — who later became …

Where Are They Now?: Brittany M. Williams 08F Makes Tenure History at the University of Vermont

… Now?: Brittany M. Williams 08F Makes Tenure History at the University of Vermont Karen Corday It’s time to check in … “Brit” M. Williams recently made history when she became the first African American woman to earn tenure at the University of Vermont’s College of Education and Social …

Hampshire Announces Eighth President is Ed Wingenbach, Accomplished Scholar

… of liberal arts education. Download story pdf here For the past six months, he has served as acting president of … a national innovator and leader in empowering students to design their own degree program and learn by active inquiry, … a national innovator and leader in empowering students to design their own degree program and learn by active inquiry, …

From car radios to hotspots: Students in Media In Cars amassing public archive

… students are amassing an online archive documenting the history of automobile media, from car radios to Wi-Fi, … their group projects independently. Students are able to design the course however they want, really. We set loose … their group projects independently. Students are able to design the course however they want, really. We set loose …

Hampshire Nominated for Webby Award for Best Mobile Site

… five finalists among schools and universities worldwide by the Webby Awards, the leading international honor for … Technology, in partnership with Plain English, a design company in Watertown, Mass., and the Chicago … Technology, in partnership with Plain English, a design company in Watertown, Mass., and the Chicago …

Art by Numbers

… four years of helping friends hang their Div III shows, the Philadelphia native thinks of the college gallery as much … and work either in film art direction and production design or as a curator. … Habitual Cathexis: An … and work either in film art direction and production design or as a curator. … Art by Numbers …

Student Project Creating Smartphone Software to Monitor Blood Sugar

… blood sugar. "There's a lot of hardware on glucose readers—the screen, a lot of the computing technology—that everybody … in Silicon Valley, he says, "writing code, doing product design." Compton's Div III faculty committee : computer … in Silicon Valley, he says, "writing code, doing product design." Compton's Div III faculty committee : computer …

Stefanie Brendler 00F on Music, History, and Resistance

… Music, History, and Resistance Stefanie Brendler 00F, of the band Brivele, talks community planning, klezmer, and … multidisciplinary study in social and natural sciences and design. I also studied Russian at Smith College, and despite … multidisciplinary study in social and natural sciences and design. I also studied Russian at Smith College, and despite …

Alum Matt Hinderhofer 17F Researching Type-I Diabetes at Harvard

… at Harvard Recent graduate, Matt Hinderhofer 17F studied the effects of CBD on colorectal cancer cells while a student … at Hampshire. My first-year advisor, [Professor of Applied Design] Donna Cohn , is the one who got me into biology. I … at Hampshire. My first-year advisor, [Professor of Applied Design] Donna Cohn , is the one who got me into biology. I …

Alum Terra Fletcher 09F Discovers Her Passion for Teaching Through Museum Displays

… Alum Terra Fletcher 09F, museum exhibit designer at 42 Design Fab in Springfield, Massachusetts, describes how her … … Alum Terra Fletcher 09F, museum exhibit designer at 42 Design Fab in Springfield, Massachusetts, describes how her …

Minutes of Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC): August 25, 2011

… BAC members not in attendance: Steven Roof I. Introduction The group was given the opportunity to review minutes and ask … The BAC continued the discussion of life insurance plan design changes that were proposed at the June 21, 2011 BAC … The BAC continued the discussion of life insurance plan design changes that were proposed at the June 21, 2011 BAC …