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University of California Professor To Talk Class Struggle in Black Studies at 2017 Schocket Lecture
… University of California Professor To Talk Class Struggle in Black Studies at 2017 Schocket … simple act of black people looking at each other. Is that phenomenon an action or an event? Does that looking … and objects? What work does such looking do on or for or to or against the world? Moten’s talk is an engagement with …
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Hampshire College to Reinvent Academic Program, Launching its Next 50 Years
… Hampshire College to Reinvent Academic Program, Launching its Next 50 Years Hampshire College has announced a major effort to reinvent its pioneering academic program, engaging its … year and the launch of its second half-century. The effort is led by President Ed Wingenbach and supported by a campus …
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Karen Marshall's Exhibit 'Between Girls: A Passage to Womanhood 1985-2015' on View at Hampshire
… Karen Marshall's Exhibit 'Between Girls: A Passage to Womanhood 1985-2015' on View at Hampshire Karen Marshall 75F’s Between Girls: A Passage to Womanhood 1985–2015 , a three-decade-long documentary … mundane rituals of their friendship. “I believe that there is a language that women share with each other that is really …
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Taking a Deep Dive into Dolphin Communication
… various subject areas — I knew I had too many interests to be able to narrow them down to a specific major after just … immediately knew I wanted to pursue it as my Div III. The way I describe a “stranding alert system” to people who aren't in science is: an acoustic network that will allow scientists to analyze …
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Family and Friends Weekend to Feature Alumni Artists
… Family and Friends Weekend to Feature Alumni Artists Performances and exhibits by … Family and Friends weekend, October 23–25. “The weekend is an opportunity to see the full breadth of what the Hampshire community has …
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Alum Lisa Trivedi to Give Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement
… Alum Lisa Trivedi to Give Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement In honor … this term, her former student Lisa Trivedi 86F will return to campus December 4 to give the lecture "The Mother's Death: … 3:30 p.m. in East Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the …
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Pustejovsky Examines Responses to Trauma through Music, Art, and Art History
… Pustejovsky Examines Responses to Trauma through Music, Art, and Art History Hometown: … History I’ve always been interested in the bizarre, drawn to the bizarre. Musically, I’m interested in things that make … piece can be traced to ideas of challenging that which is regarded as beautiful; the piece is very beautiful to me, …
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For Amber Bonarrigo, Ice Meets Math in Svalbard
… Math in Svalbard Division III student Amber Bonarrigo is developing a mathematical model that simulates ice … Four College Biomath Consortium fellowship that allowed me to spend three weeks in Svalbard, in the Arctic, studying the … in 80 years. I hope to use the model and data as a tool to get people on board to make changes in their daily lives in …
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Alums Pallaoro and Tirado to Present Annual Tashmoo Lecture
… Alums Pallaoro and Tirado to Present Annual Tashmoo Lecture The Tashmoo Lecture Series … was awarded the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. The film is an intimate portrait of loss and grief: Rampling plays a woman left alone to face the consequences of her husband’s imprisonment. …
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Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities
… Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities On October 29, … Ph.D. 70F, a member of Hampshire's first entering class, to The National Council on the Humanities . Dr. Gamble serves … American Studies at the George Washington University. She is also Adjunct Professor of Nursing at the University of …
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Hampshire Alum Poet, a National Book Award Finalist, Returns to Campus for Reading
… Alum Poet, a National Book Award Finalist, Returns to Campus for Reading Hampshire alum and former faculty … for the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry, returned to campus to read from Voyage of the Sable Venus . “I’m … Ellie Siegel, one of the coordinators of the event. “Robin is absolutely brilliant, of course, but she’s also an …
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President Miriam Nelson Resigns from Hampshire, Board Names Ken Rosenthal Interim President
… organization Seeing Eye, Inc. Interim Board Chair is Luis Hernandez, lifelong educator and alum of Hampshire’s … 2019, at 4:00 pm, having submitted her resignation letter to the Board two days earlier. In a letter to the Hampshire … a host of educational organizations, such as the United Way’s Center for Excellence in Early Childhood, the National …
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Hofstra Emerita Professor Silvia Federici to Deliver 2018 Schocket Lecture
… Hofstra Emerita Professor Silvia Federici to Deliver 2018 Schocket Lecture Activist, teacher, and … Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture, to take place March 29. The event starts at 4:30 p.m. in the Main Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson Hall and is free and open to the public. Federici is Emerita Professor …
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Daniel Baldwin to Speak on Family, Race Relations, and Growing Up Mixed Race
… Daniel Baldwin to Speak on Family, Race Relations, and Growing Up Mixed Race … College on Tuesday, April 10, titled “I’m Too Young to Write an Autobiography: James Baldwin, A Look in the … says, “and how it affects our worldview.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Franklin …
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CBD Awards Grants to 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships
… CBD Awards Grants to 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships … Brain & Development program has awarded $25,000 in grants to 12 Hampshire College students to fund an array of summer … Research, led by Hampshire alum, Dr. Rob Lemelson, and CBD is working toward establishing a permanent endowment to fund …
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Creativity Center Awards Grants to Six Student Projects
… Creativity Center Awards Grants to Six Student Projects The Creativity Center at Hampshire College has awarded grants to six student projects in two categories: innovation and … Elizabeth Braff Elizabeth Braff's Division III project is an artistic photographic exploration of canine visual …
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Friends Since Day One, Alums Collaborate on Exhibition "To Have and To Owe"
… Friends Since Day One, Alums Collaborate on Exhibition "To Have and To Owe" Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F Leigh Claire La Berge 94F and … They hope to work together again in the future. Ptak is based in New York City, where she runs an artist residency …
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Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees
… Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees Amy Diehl Hampshire College added five new members to its Board of Trustees, starting July 1, 2021. The new … were also renewed for additional terms. Vibhu Norby 06S is a multidisciplinary entrepreneur and currently the founder …
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Five College Student Artists Reunite to Create Their Own Show
… Five College Student Artists Reunite to Create Their Own Show Hampshire College student artists … in Mount Holyoke College’s Blanchard Student Gallery. This is a student-initiated show, with all Five College campuses … in November. They remained close afterward, continuing to learn from and support one another as emerging artists, …
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Commencement Speaker Is New York Activist, Writer, and Artist Reina Gossett
… Commencement Speaker Is New York Activist, Writer, and Artist Reina Gossett Responding to requests by the Hampshire community to identify a commencement speaker who could directly address …
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Minutes of Benefits Advisory Committee (BAC): June 21, 2011
… around the table. The group was given the opportunity to review minutes and ask follow-up questions from May 19, … of our current life insurance benefit set up which is a multiple of salary based on age bands and how it differs … that can be added to the other two plans that we have as a way to grapple with the increasing cost of healthcare. The …
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Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference To Be Held March 2-3
… Five College Queer Gender and Sexuality Conference To Be Held March 2-3 Hampshire will host the 9th-Annual Five … 3 in Franklin Patterson Hall. This year’s keynote speaker is Aishah Shahidah Simmons, an award-winning Black feminist … Conference provides a supportive environment in which to explore a wide range of topics, such as race, genders, …
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Notable Alumni
Flavia Mayrinck Vidal 88F, Chair
… Vidal 88F, Chair After Hampshire, Flavia Vidal went on to get her Ph.D. in interdisciplinary literary studies from … social justice ground her educational philosophy. She is excited to bring her skills, experience, and passion to …
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Launch Update from Academic Innovation Planning Group
… mandate of the Academic Innovation Planning Group (AIPG) is to develop and carry out a process of community involvement to identify a viable way forward, true to the college’s mission, within a very …
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Our Commitment to Student Life and Academics
… Our Commitment to Student Life and Academics Dear Hampshire Students, … the Board’s decision yesterday that, while Hampshire is searching for a long-term partner, we can only accept those students to whom we had already committed for fall 2019, we sent a …
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