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The Ultimate Limits of Computation
… to hear that he transferred to Hampshire to do what is, basically, math. He contends that the freedom to self-direct is just as beneficial for studying complexity theory as it is for photography, anthropology, biology, playwriting, or …
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Five College Africa Day on November 5
… and Forgiveness in Post-Genocide Rwanda." The address is followed by an afternoon of dance performances and panel … Africa study abroad and student activities fair. The day is capped off with a party, featuring music, food and dance … Five College colleagues. Now in its sixth year, Africa Day is organized by the Five College African Studies program. The …
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Dance Professor Deb Goffe Joins New England Foundation of the Arts’ Regional Dance Development Initiative Cohort
… Now . The Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) is a program of the National Dance Project (NDP). The purpose of RDDI is to increase the scope, visibility, and viability of dance … activity in and across regions in the United States. Goffe is a performer, dance maker, dance educator, performance …
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Culture, Brain, and Development Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Grantee Research Presentations
… Tests and Factors in the Framingham Heart Study” Mena is a Division III student studying biology and biomathematics; her Div III is on CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in the context of HIV infection. Mena is also a Hampshire trustee. Hannah Davidson “Oh, the Places …
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Hampshire Student To Attend U.N. Climate Talks in Morocco
… III student studying climate change and sociology, is one of 13 American youth climate-justice leaders chosen by … people to engage in advocacy. Her involvement in COP22 is central to her undergraduate studies at Hampshire and to … Climate Justice Movement.” Her attendance at the summit is also an extension of O’Rourke’s dedication to the …
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Hampshire College Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Wins the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
… Kanya D'Almeida 06F, a Sri Lankan writer and journalist, is the 2021 winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. The Commonwealth Short Story Prize is an international award given annually to promote talented … voices and bring them to a global audience. D’Almeida is the first Sri Lankan to win the overall prize and the …
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Division III: Fiction and the Uncanny
… Uncanny Michael Samuels 09F The uncanny, or Unheimlich , is an important concept in German-language literature and … century. It describes an object or situation that is familiar and unfamiliar at the same time, making it … and practice. Part of the project, "Sometimes Enough," is a collection of short stories. "They all in some way deal …
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Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You
… Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You This is the third in a series of conversations between two members … rolling, on the second floor of the Kern Center. Brown is a professor of literature who arrived at Hampshire in … literature, and Irish literature and culture. She is continuing a study of Virginia Woolf as a reader of …
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Oct. 13, 16, 17: Wilhelm Verwoerd and Journeys Through Conflict
… his message will focus on peace and reconciliation. It is a significant moment: the grandson of the "Architect of … Verwoerd in this program of personal narratives. Miller is a poet, writer, and farmer who served in Vietnam with the U.S. Army and was wounded in action. He is a volunteer speaker with the Veterans Education Project. …
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Environmentalism and Environmental Justice
… us row upon row of dusty senior theses and said, “This is the intellectual engagement of our students.” It didn’t … styles, because it insists that the purpose of knowing is to change the world, and because it cultivates responsible … putting their hands around urgent problems. This of course is Hampshire. In my day job I run a planning laboratory in …
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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum
… III thesis builds on a simple premise: Sexual education is health education. Weiss designed an inclusive sex-ed … what relationships would be like on a college campus. This is important.” For her thesis, Weiss took an exhaustive look … for sexual-health education in America, Weiss says; policy is loosely guided by 1981’s Adolescent Family Life Act …
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Design, Art, Technology Grants for Innovative Student Projects
… at the intersection of design, art, and technology, but is also used to teach students the skills necessary for … and dim with the rhythms of their breath and pulse. Brevik is specifically interested in the ways in which human … Brigid Pasco Untitled — Division III Project Pasco is choreographing an integrative music and dance performance …
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Div III Profile: Anita Fuentes Gutierrez On Racism, Reality TV
… TV Joshua Murray It’s no secret that reality television is a dominant and influential medium globally. Anita Fuentes … a higher school-dropout rate, and their life expectancy is eight years below average. Fuentes traveled to Spain to … non-assimilation. The issue of integration/non-integration is central to debates about Roma marginalization across …
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Hampshire Professor D’Avanzo Writes Eco-Mystery
… Sea (Torrey House Press) was released on June 7. The book is the first in what D’Avanzo says will be her Maine … will have to figure out who done it, but the real crime is the backdrop here: the endless heating of a fragile planet.” In the book, Mara Tusconi is studying the ocean’s temperature when there is an …
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'Trans-Asia Photography Review'
… with interests in Asian photography, a network that is growing both internationally and in the Five College area. … Histories, Pictures, and Anxieties," just went live and is guest edited by Professor Young Min Moon of the University of Massachusetts. The editorial board is international, with local members including Professor …
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No to SATs/ACTs: Not Even Optional at Hampshire College
… for fairness in access to educational opportunity. It is also consistent with Hampshire's mission and academic … class, gender, and cultural barriers to equal opportunity is now widely understood, and the National Center for Fair … that are SAT and ACT optional. Fairness in access is particularly important at Hampshire, a college with a …
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and Much More
… Graduating student Emory Ellis 16F's favorite word is evapotranspiration . It’s the name of the process by which … had questions he didn’t have time to answer: How is forest cover influencing global and regional wind speed, … local precipitation recycling? (Precipitation recycling is caused by the friction of a forest’s decreasing wind speed …
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Hampshire College Receives Historic $5 Million Gift Honoring Alum Ken Burns
… approach to undergraduate liberal arts education. “This is yet another historic moment for Hampshire College,” said … Ed Wingenbach, who joined the College in 2019 and is leading its transformation. “We’re reinventing the liberal … education requires radical change and that Hampshire is best suited to lead that disruption. We are enormously …
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Prof. Michael Klare to Speak at APEC CEO Summit
… ideas and search for solutions. While the United States is a member economy and will be represented at the summit by … State Hillary Clinton and many business executives, Klare is only American academic appearing on the program. Director … Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), Klare is the author of 14 books, with subjects ranging from global …
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Smithsonian Curator to Speak about 'For Whom It Stands: The Flag and the American People'
… Lewis Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate. For Whom It Stands is an investigation into the ways artists and others have … on projects related to contemporary black life. The event is Wednesday, March 29, at 6:30 p.m. in Franklin Patterson … Girls: Contemporary Black Women Artists . The lecture is organized by Wilson Valentín-Escobar, associate professor …
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Resisting Racism and White Supremacy
… the oppression does not fall equally among us. The burden is not shared. The murder of George Floyd was horrifying to … his pleas for his life were met with callous indifference, is heartbreaking and traumatic. No message can do justice to … was a tragedy, but not an accident. Racism in America is systemic, it is structural, and it is institutional. His …
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CLPP Conference Celebrates 35 Years of Mobilizing for Reproductive Freedom
… for Reproductive Freedom Right now, the Supreme Court is deliberating Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, one of … are considered daily. It’s clear that access to abortion is on the line. What will it take to make reproductive … . Please register by Monday, April 4; limited on-site registration is offered. The three-day conference begins …
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Carol Salzman 71F
… 71F Carol Salzman 71F Bethesda, Maryland Carol Salzman is a board certified physician practicing internal medicine … and infectious diseases in the Washington, D.C. area. She is affiliated with Sibley Hospital and George Washington University Hospital, and is a clinical professor at the George Washington University …
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Course Guides 1980-1989
… bit of biology. No experience needed. All that you need is enthusiasm to learn, ability to work carefully, and … bit of biology. No experience needed. All that you need is enthusiasm to learn, ability to work carefully, and …
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Staff Speech Commencement 2011
… Hampshire, and I have come to realize that what you bring is very important to my healthy and happy life. The Hampshire … Hampshire, and I have come to realize that what you bring is very important to my healthy and happy life. The Hampshire …
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