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Burton Conducts Bee Research in China, and Learns The Language
… institute to assist with one of Fizdale’s experiments on bees and pollination. Once that research was completed, … have also been supported by a grant from Luce Initiative on Asian Studies and the Environment (LIASE), awarded through … Shi, Burton is exploring publishing a scientific article on topics related to his research, likely on bee mRNA and the …
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Hampshire College Farm Celebrates 25th Season of Community Supported Agriculture
… Photos by Jess Marsh Wissemann and Andrew Hart It’s 7 a.m. on a cold, wet Friday in October and a stalwart crew of 20 or … thrifted flannels, and knit woolen hats, is gathered on the edge of campus in a large field bursting with … distribution that afternoon. Farms are sprouting on campuses across the country, but this fall the CSA program …
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'Quidditch' as Artificial Intelligence Experiment
… his Quidditch skills. Crawford-Marks - set to graduate on May 22 - has created a computerized version of the … to play another day and their desirable traits pass on to following generations. In order to graduate, every … professor Lee Spector, who suggested during a seminar on evolutionary computation that Quidditch could pose an …
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Student Plans Hampshire Deaf Studies Conference To Remove Barriers
… be more enjoyable than other language courses she’d taken. On her first day of class, the professor used sign language … major components: writing two audience research studies on portrayals of d/Deafness in mainstream media, and serving … open to everyone. Registration is required at www.tinyurl.com/deafinitions . The event will be held in Franklin …
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Students in Game Course Seek to Publish New Game in Four Months
… course aimed at releasing a free, new adventure game on the top app marketplaces, by May. Students in Professor … fiction; others are concentrating their studies on game design, coding, and programming. (These latter … milestone; the team has been able to play their game on a device and get a feeling for the main features. In …
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Fulbright-Nehru Distinguished Chair for Betsy Hartmann
… Her main activity, based in New Delhi, will be research on current population policies, practices, and ideologies in … and transform them. Hartmann will focus in particular on the two child norm, contraceptive policy, and population … academic institutions and venues in other parts of India on the current landscape of international population …
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View Photos from the 2015 Commencement Ceremony
… Hampshire College's commencement ceremony was held on Saturday, May 16, 2015. View photos from the event on Flickr. Commencement … View photos from the event on Flickr. … View Photos from the 2015 Commencement Ceremony …
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Board Member
Eddie Mandhry 97F
… supporting collaborative research networks focused on economic theory, global labor markets, migration, and the impact of technology on development. Previous to that he was the Washington D.C. … of Global Kids Inc. He is a Carnegie New Leader and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Council for Ethics …
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Alum Seth Freed Wessler 03F's short film “The Facility” About ICE Detention Now Streaming
… by Hampshire College alum Seth Wessler 03F is based on his reporting, “ Fear, Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside ,” for The New York Times Magazine. In the … detainees faced in the facility. Much of the film focuses on two detainees, a Colombian asylum-seeker Andrea Manrique …
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Photos from Hampshire's Ethics and the Common Good Project
… Common Good: What Kind of World Do You Want to Live In? on February 12 . The launch also included a series of … will provide a model for integrating a deliberate focus on ethics within the academics and culture of an educational institution, with a distinctive focus on contributing to the common good. The Ethics and the Common …
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Board Member
Ellen S. Sturgis 77F
… currently a Corporator for Middlesex Savings Bank, and is on the Leadership Council for MassCreative, a statewide arts advocacy organization. She is also currently serving on the Selectboard of Stow MA, having formerly served as Assistant Town Moderator and on a variety of boards in Stow, including the Second Century …
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Personal Experience Shapes Occupy Class
… course co-teacher Michele Hardesty will be drawing heavily on personal experience in shaping its focus. Hardesty was on sabbatical and living in New York City when the Occupy Wall Street movement took over Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011. A few weeks later she made her first …
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April 5, 2019: Letter from Luis Hernandez 70F
… now move toward actually addressing that issue together. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank Mim for her … 1970 as a member of the first class, Ken was already here on campus, having helped Chuck Longsworth and Franklin … has always stayed close, advocating for and volunteering on behalf of Hampshire. Ken is the parent of an alum, a …
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Daisha Dukes and Yari Bushell’s collaborative Div III, the We Belong Project, Centers Student-Led Spaces
… was an instant connection around the desire to do hands-on community work—not just outside of Hampshire, but within … They also both wished for more student-centered space on campus where students could just hang out and meet each … to foster a space “for students, by students,” they went on to create their collaborative Div III, the We Belong …
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Area Of Study
Psychoanalytic Studies
… The Resounding Unknowable - Lacanian Perspectives on Sonic Aesthetics The Symptom in Lacanian Psychoanalytic … between psychoanalysis and literature by focusing on Freud's concept of the "uncanny" as it appears in his … the nineteenth and twentieth century. Freud himself drew on the work of E.T.A. Hoffman, whose "Sandman" features …
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'Beet' Poetry
… the continental United States. The definition, as printed on the inside cover page of the self-published Beetitude . … or a crowd at one of the many stops, seedy or otherwise, on their recent spoken word tour. They want to make their … this spring. The two poets have published several works on their own, but the friends decided a joint collection …
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The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows
… psychological, and cultural effects of abuse on children. In addition to reading widely on the topic—as presented in scientific articles, Biblical … and challenged conventions," said Nyala. Nyala is working on a monologue based on a particularly graphic excerpt from …
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Trustees Establish Environmental Professorship to Honor Jonathan Lash Presidency
… After recovering from a serious illness and being out
on medical leave in the spring semester, he said he looks … joining Hampshire as an internationally recognized expert on global sustainability, climate change, and environmental … by two U.S. presidents, who appointed him to serve on a national environmental council and commission. The …
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OARS Partner Programs and Services
… department. CASA hosts workshops throughout the year on planning your divisional requirements and finding … of academic strategies and accommodations, based on their experience working with a student, but are not … department. CASA hosts workshops throughout the year on planning your divisional requirements and finding …
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Lab Safety Manual: Bibliography
… Health 47, 191-207. International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2012. Overall Evaluation of Carcinogenicity to … Health Service, National Toxicology Program, 2011. Report on Carcinogens, Twelfth Edition . Rockville, Maryland. U.S. … Health 47, 191-207. International Agency for Research on Cancer, 2012. Overall Evaluation of Carcinogenicity to …
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Suicide Prevention Resources
… available for urgent situations. After hours and on weekends: Press 1 to speak with a clinician. Be aware that … person is struggling to recover. Learn more at Reachout.com or The Trevor Project . Surviving in Crisis (Safety … aid through a Healing Justice lens, including webinars on topics like healing from intergenerational trauma, …
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How to Apply for Financial Aid
… an overview presentation of the CSS Profile View tips on completing the CSS Profile Making a Hampshire Education … Hampshire Grant Offered by the College to students based on financial need. The Hampshire Grant is determined after … an overview presentation of the CSS Profile View tips on completing the CSS Profile Making a Hampshire Education …
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Faculty
Norman Holland
… Arts, and Cultural Studies. He has numerous publications on nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American … with Monique Roelofs, with whom he is working on a book-length study of anachronism in contemporary … literature. At Hampshire, he regularly offers courses on Latin American narrative and culture, Latin literature, …
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Amy Jordan
… small farmers in Mississippi, and has conducted workshops on the history of anti-poverty and welfare rights activism. … Start," is part of a forthcoming collection entitled War on Poverty & Struggles for Racial and Economic Justice. She is currently working on a book entitled From Rural Rehabilitation to Welfare …
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The Singing Tower
… around," listening to a recording of Alvin Lucier's "Music on a Long Thin Wire." Intrigued, Olson taped a broken guitar … from inside the cylinder, climbing up and down its height on 12 wooden steps spaced vertically behind the strings, … practices. He debuted the tower at a public demonstration on campus shortly before his May graduation. He carefully …
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