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New Professors in the School of Critical Social Inquiry
… and taught economics in high school there before going to UMass Amherst for her PhD. "The educational system in … There's not much flexibility. With Hampshire, there is a nontraditional economics program, so there is a lot more … the fact that Hampshire students are encouraged to get hands-on experience, which she finds an invaluable …
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Mellon Foundation Awards Five Colleges $800,000 for Online Museum Collections
… has awarded the Five College Consortium $800,000 to re-imagine the way museum collaborations can share their online collections … one of the few collections databases in the country that is shared among several museums, but with advancements in …
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Getting Off the Grid Through the R.W. Kern Center Solar Challenge Initiative
… R.W. Kern Center, Hampshire College’s new living building, is designed to produce more electricity than it uses. A solar array atop … makes you wonder why buildings are built any other way. We’re so grateful to everyone who contributes to this …
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For Faculty: Narrative Evaluations
… information about advisees' strengths and weaknesses. Ask to see them, or have a look at your advisee's files on TheHub … written by non-Hampshire supervisors must be submitted to the student's file in Central Records. Such activities … requested and the faculty member agrees that an incomplete is appropriate, that information must be recorded no later …
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Rafael Guevara F22 Doesn’t Study Filmmaking Because of His Famous Family
… despite a lifetime of being asked if he was going to carry on in his family’s footsteps — his grandfather was … in World War II, and connecting the dots to find his own way in the industry he was born into. What initially … never met him.” He died long before I was born. Did you get inspiration from his work once you started directing ? It …
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Division III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art
… and a historically-distant person. You can't even begin to imagine who they were or what their lives were like, and … things could shock you, at face value, but in a strange way were meant as a tool for spiritual healing." Monroe wrote … Monroe says. "Patients could look at that like 'this is my body, I have contained in me this brilliant vibrant …
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The Hawaiian Charter School Movement
… Hawaii, Alima Catellacci had firsthand experience in the way Hawaiian culture had been swallowed up by an Americanized … worldview. Though efforts had been made since the 1970s to reclaim the native language and traditions, it remains a … On the Kanu website, it's noted that their mission is "laying the groundwork for a culturally-driven, …
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LGBTQ+ Student Resources
… Search on “gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender” or “LGBTQ” to find over 500 agencies in the U.S. Diversity Abroad - A … organizations. Funders for LGBTQ Issues - Job board site for positions in philanthropic organizations. The LGBTQ+ … Database (Human Rights Campaign) - The following is a list of scholarships, fellowships and grants for LGBTQ+ …
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Artist and Hampshire College Alum Mequitta Ahuja’s Newest Exhibit an ‘Ode to Motherhood and Loss’
… College Alum Mequitta Ahuja’s Newest Exhibit an ‘Ode to Motherhood and Loss’ Baltimore artist and Hampshire … memory, and connection. Ahuja’s body of work often seeks to challenge the expectations of the self-portrait, … ArtStudio/Visual Arts … Ahuja’s body of work often seeks to challenge the expectations of the self-portrait, …
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Your Ideas Into Action: An Introduction to Hampshire College
… Your Ideas Into Action: An Introduction to Hampshire College … … Your Ideas Into Action: An Introduction to Hampshire College …
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Recent Grad Ezra Dodson 18F’s Div III Project Explores the History of Queer Communities
… Explores the History of Queer Communities Ezra Dodson came to Hampshire to explore the fields of art history and queer … my course of study. However, the actual path I took to get here certainly had some twists I could not have … as an art history and queer theory student and, along the way, those passions merged into studying queer history. My …
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Professor Annie Rogers on Language and Art by Patients in Psychosis
… accounts of the experience. On April 27, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., Rogers will present slides of art from within … form," adding, the psychotic uses language in a singular way to explain a strange experience that they cannot exit. … of Hampshire’s Psychoanalytic Studies Program, she is an analyst member and on the faculty of the Lacanian …
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Daniel Asia 71F Joins the American Academy of Sciences and Letters
… Sciences and Letters, in recognition of his contributions to human learning. Asia was honored alongside other new … book he was writing when we met, The Tin Angel . The book is set in and around a jazz club of the eponymous name and is … 1970s, in the Bowery. It's taken more than 15 years to get the project from concept to production, but we’re finally …
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Mettler Published Material
… Barbara Mettler teaching a series of introductory classes to children at the Meadowbrook Camp in the summer of 1952. … presents exercises and lessons in creative dance. This is Creative Dance! Part 1 and Part 2 . A Picture Book. … teaching the class. Brief suggestions for movements to try accompany the text. Basic Movement Exercises Part 1 …
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Daisha Dukes and Yari Bushell’s collaborative Div III, the We Belong Project, Centers Student-Led Spaces
… there was an instant connection around the desire to do hands-on community work—not just outside of Hampshire, … Once people started to come, word of mouth really helped get even more folks involved,” Bushell said. While the … them to see themselves making big changes and knowing it is possible.” Though both Dukes and Bushell graduated in the …
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Div III Project Sows Seeds for DIY Film Community
… film, The Games We Play , Michail Charalampidis 09F saw a way to develop a collaborative film community at Hampshire that … Bhattarai."I study entrepreneurship, and collaboration is a big part of that. I felt this would be a beneficial …
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Wetlands Boxes as Water Filters
… wetlands boxes into buckets below ranges from almost clear to molasses brown. Each group of students is measuring how tap water is affected when filtered through … all been brainstorming, and looking at this in a critical way.” More About the R.W. Kern Center Campus Revitalization …
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Div III Profile: Julia Rauch on Histamine and Nerve Regeneration
… tissue disorders with neuroscience?’ and it just came to me,” she says. “I decided I was going to look at the inflammatory molecules released when a nerve is injured.” Rauch studied histamine, a molecule released … Their support was crucial in helping her navigate her way through intensive lab work and research for the first …
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Shakespeare and Pie
… started reading Shakespeare in high school, and the idea to pair Shakespearean discussion and snacks came to him … the center island of the Merrill kitchen, and, as it is a literary club, each one had to be named. "Apples You … while noting that it didn't take the promise of dessert to get her involved. "I'm more into Shakespeare than pie." The …
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Mentoring & Collaboration Produce Award-Winning Film
… Film Energy, enthusiasm, and perseverance go a long way for Hampshire alumnus Roger Sherman 73S when he's looking … are often even more important. That's why he decided to take a chance with Anna Jacobson 05F. The two met at … "I was excited to have some creative control, which is rare when you're starting out. Roger was always there to …
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A Journey of Art and Healing: Student’s Div III Explores Grief and the Inner Child
… F20, Hampshire wasn’t merely a choice; it was a return to roots — a homecoming and a search for multidisciplinary … as that part of ourselves that holds grief in its unique way. Some topics may be too intense for someone to process … project, if you can be brave enough to ask for it, you’ll get the support you need. Div III Studio/Visual Arts … Born …
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Hampshire College Recognized for Challenging Status Quo in Higher Education
… recently it was reversing course and calling for limits to standardized testing in grade schools, Hampshire College … a student's love of learning. And we know there’s a better way, in the model we’ve developed and refined over … SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE ACTION, CARBON NEUTRALITY Masslive.com Daily Hampshire Gazette Washington Times National …
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Students Win Health Literacy Hackathon
… firm based in Northampton. "The challenge was to create something that makes it easier to understand and … empowers the smoker," teammate McCoy adds. "Agency is a huge component of health literacy." Robison, who was … we're really proud of." The $2,000 prize will go a long way to make that product a reality. Photo by Molly McLeod …
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Study Abroad: A Semester in Madrid
… ni notas ni examenes," I explained, again and again, to almost everyone I met. "Y cada uno de nosotros construye … in 1298, has a Spanish-language literature department that is consistently ranked the best in the world. It's also, like … someone fix our showerhead. I made friends, learned my way around Madrid, and found the best calamari sandwich. I …
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Sept. 6-8: Five College New Music Festival at UMass Fine Arts Center
… in Amherst, September 6 - 8. The festival is free and open to the public. New music emerged in the first half of the … sake ? that is, for the future of the art form ? but as a way to keep older works vibrant by juxtaposing them with the … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, …
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