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Designing for a Purpose
… founder of Basic Health International, a nonprofit focused on eradicating cervical cancer in El Salvador. She contacted … fortunately, I have the freedom as a faculty member to act on good ideas. I didn't have to go through a long approval … study, brainstorming and working with other students on the design." Says Conlisk: "We thought there was a real …
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Literary Collaboration and Control
… College, where he will graduate May 17, and working on graduate school applications, Hill is looking forward to … and Indymedia." He co-authored "Quality and the Reliance on Individuals in Free Software Development," which will be in the proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Open-Source Software Engineering. And, he is second author …
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A Gift to Support Humanities Students' Research
… Research Book Grant will support humanities students' work on their Division III (senior) projects through individual … cultural studies. Grant recipients will be chosen based on the intellectual merit of the proposed work and their … to accomplish several things with this research grant, on the student achievement level but also on the donor level, …
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Artist Residency Celebrates Freedom and Creativity in Music
… Freedom and Creativity in Music Giovana Romano Sanchez On the stage of the Hampshire College Music and Dance … three guest musicians leading the improvisation workshop, on the evening of November 29th. “With improvisation, you … Naia Tenerowicz, a Division II, said she got “great advice on expanding how I play my instrument” and “cool ideas of …
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Alum Matt Hinderhofer 17F Researching Type-I Diabetes at Harvard
… graduate, Matt Hinderhofer 17F studied the effects of CBD on colorectal cancer cells while a student at Hampshire. … your Div III? For my Div III, I studied the effects of CBD on colorectal cancer cells. They were HCT-116 cells that I … doses of cannabidiol or CBD. Then I did apoptosis assays on them and looked at the gene expression changes. So, …
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How Hampshire Celebrated Earth Day 2015
… in High Education (AASHE) for “advancing sustainability on a local and global front.” We were one of only 11 … a way to begin the Earth Day festivities. Earth Day began on Wednesday morning, April 22, with a Writing About the … called Liberated Carbon , about how we’ve become dependent on fossil fuels. Oh, and he also happened to mention that he …
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CLPP Conference Celebrates 35 Years of Mobilizing for Reproductive Freedom
… Health v. Hellerstedt, one of the most historic cases on the subject of abortion since Roe v. Wade. The past five … considered daily. It’s clear that access to abortion is on the line. What will it take to make reproductive justice a … donors and grants, conference registration is offered on multiple payment levels, and no one will be turned away …
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Off the Record With the Spaceman: When Bill Lee Pitched for Hampshire
… a diminutive guy, maybe he could have played second base on that team, though I don’t know. He’s left-handed like me. … after I left the Expos. They were real athletes, just like on a club team at any university — people who had played … the Connecticut River. I can still picture it there, on the righthand side of the road. I played my college ball …
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Hampshire Nominated for Webby Award for Best Mobile Site
… Awards, the leading international honor for excellence on the Internet, in the Mobile Sites & Apps category. The … highest honor.” Voting for People’s Voice closes on Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 11:59 PM/PST. The redesigned … University, Bloomington Campus gateway Molamil, Pass It On In addition, Hampshire is being recognized as an Honoree …
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Area Of Study
Politics
… Politics Politics By focusing on a wide range of issues including international relations, … outside of the classroom as political activism thrives on campus. Student Project Titles The American Citizen … of Race The Impacts of Proportional Representation on Minority Party Politics in Germany "Justice to Children, …
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Area Of Study
Psychology
… subjective constructions of human experience. Others focus on observational and experimental research approaches, … of psychology to other disciplines. While some students go on to pursue graduate study in clinical, developmental, or … Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience with an Emphasis on Substance Abuse Kidz n Dogz: Exploring Social Cognition …
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Science Internship Gala
… through the summer and worked with their professors on research that they will integrate into their Division III … the Hampshire College Analytical Chemistry Research Group on a project funded by the Society for Analytical Chemists of … Nalband worked with organic chemist Dr. Rayane Moreira on projects funded by Hampshire's Morris Sustainability …
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Alumni Profile: Bakepedia's Dédé Wilson
… wanted to study journalism and writing, and then moved on to more science-oriented topics in her Division II. … there was a sizable market of people looking for recipes on the Internet, she wanted to start a website that could be … head to the side." In 2012, she began to concentrate more on developing Bakepedia. She worked with entrepreneurs in the …
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Alum Manny Castro 02F Appointed NYC Commisioner of Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs
… the first DREAMer to hold this position. Castro will focus on uplifting immigrant communities and ensuring equitable … the lives of immigrant workers in New York, with a focus on day laborers, domestic workers, and newly arrived … to pass federal immigration reform. He now serves on the NYIC’s board of directors. While at Hampshire College, …
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For Hampshire Alum Allie Thorpe, a “Cathartic” Div III Leads to a Fulfilling Career Path
… in 2010 after leaving the military and concentrated on LGBTQ+ history and web design. She became very interested … change for the world.” Thorpe, who described herself as “on the wild side” as a teenager, feels that she wouldn’t be … historically, how individual people had a ripple effect on the world around them and how I as one person could have …
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Faculty
Lili M. Kim
… World War II, and the Transnational Struggle for Justice on the Homefront , investigates how Korean Americans … Americans during World War II. She is currently at work on her second book, In Transit: Migration, Globalization, and … a wide range of interdisciplinary courses that focus on the historical experiences of marginalized people. Her …
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Nov. 22: Screening of 'Our Nixon'
… and Brian L. Frye's film Our Nixon at Hampshire College on Friday, November 22, at 1 p.m. in the Brand Screening Room of the Jerome Liebling Center. The duo will be on campus to discuss the film on Monday, November 25, at 3 p.m. in the same location as …
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Advancement Office Celebrates Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff
… ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire on December 3, celebrated with an on-campus event in the Red Barn . The campaign will be …
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Ken Burns Recalls His College Thesis as His First History Documentary
… and community organizations. One organization that called on Hampshire Films was Old Sturbridge Village, the living … , a career retrospective interview airing in March, 2019, on PBS stations nationwide. Search local public TV schedules … and third year of studies, for Hampshire Films, he worked on projects about child abuse for the local Children’s …
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Jonathan Lash Announces Retirement in 2018
… It spoke to me from the moment I first met the students on the search committee who interviewed me—they put me on the spot, again and again, with their thoughtful questions … Kern Center, creating not just a new center of gravity on campus but also a remarkable living laboratory whose …
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Students Tell Stories of Internships
… and culture impact the environment in India, working on a feature film at a production company in New York, or … at the college's Annual Intern Dinner at the Red Barn on September 16 had plenty of stories to tell. While the … States border in getting health care to creating a manual on border patrol checkpoints. "I had a big realization …
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James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time, and This Time
… movement and considered one of the most important essays on the history of black protest and race relations in the … students. Melton gave a talk to the Hampshire community on“Facing the Fire This Time: James A. Baldwin and a Prophecy … Baldwin biography James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket on September 3. "Seeing students read Baldwin for the first …
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Area Of Study
Theatre
… You are here Sitewide Search The Theatre Program centers on active participation and production from the first year of … Titles Understanding Violence: Studying Titus Andronicus on the Page and in Performance Aesthetic Awesomeness: An … Performance Dressed for Work: Garment Vignettes on the Lower East Side Just a Moment, Please: Collaboration, …
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Robyn Smith 11F
… M.F.A. from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has worked on comics for College Humor, The Nib, and Nike. She loves … at Hampshire for three years, and her studies focused on the representation of race, class, and gender in media. … Imperia: Reimagining the Super Hero,” a project focused on critically and creatively decentering whiteness as a …
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Announcing Retirement, President Lash Promises Ambitious Agenda and Continued Momentum
… “This feels like momentum to me. Together we will build on it.” Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash announced … humane mission, and extraordinary people who work so hard on its behalf.” But after recovering from serious illness last year — Lash was on medical leave for the 2016 spring semester because of …
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