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May 3 Update
… Hampshire, including preparation of isolation rooms. This is a precautionary measure only, and none of those rooms is occupied. One student who had experienced flu-like … All influenza tests were negative, and the student is recuperating quickly from another minor illness. If you …
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Hannah Todd 03F Directs Up a Storm (Tempest)
… run a small theater company," Todd continues, "which is what I'm doing now." Todd is the director and co-founder of We Happy Few Productions , … perspectives on classic texts," she says. We Happy Few is currently performing The Tempest at Capital Fringe . …
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Five Colleges Signs Purchase and Sale Agreement for Library Annex Land
… purchase 46 acres of land in Hadley, Massachusetts, as the site for a 2.5-million-volume Library Annex that will provide … site used for the project. The initial phase of the Annex is a 38,000-square-foot facility that includes 30,000 square … feet for processing intakes and retrievals. The consortium is pursuing approval for a shelving facility that might grow …
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Page to Stage
… Page to Stage "The creativity is theirs," says Elly Donkin of her acting and playwriting … an imaginative leap into the darkened theater. Her goal is nothing less than transformation, to bring students to a place where the personal is so beautifully articulated and modulated that it …
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Campus Events January - March 2018
… urgent, celebratory, soothing, or haunting. What results is a powerful night of dance that journeys through varied … call 413.559.5889 or email HampDanceReservations@gmail.com . NDC Improv Presents: Spring Jam 2.0 February 2, 9 p.m., … as well as the incarcerated body as a contested site. As part of a multiday residency at Hampshire, they’ll …
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Announcing the Creative Media Institute at Hampshire College
… artists, the Creative Media Institute at Hampshire College is inspired by a similar program held during the 1970s, when … Pennebaker, and Fred Wiseman. Program director Andrew Hart is assembling a similar line-up of contemporary innovators … visiting artists each summer, Hart said. This year's focus is nonfiction media. Themes for the four weeks are cinematic …
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Our Year of Renewal
… asked why I left a tenured position to lead a college that is rebuilding its enrollment and revenues and working to restore the faith of its community. My decision is affirmed every day I’m here. It’s affirmed by the more … through the Common App this month. And my decision is affirmed by some 300 staff and faculty who have committed …
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Ken Rosenthal and Friends Endow Fund for Hampshire Faculty
… also learn from,” Rosenthal says. “At Hampshire, teaching is not a one-way street of professors lecturing and dictating … to students. Life isn’t like that either. Hampshire is more like life than anywhere else I know.” So upon his … enabled students to learn through active inquiry: that is, faculty guiding students to be active and independent …
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Sri Lankan Writer and Hampshire Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Shortlisted for 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
… short story prize. The Commonwealth short story prize is an international award given annually to promote talented … and bring them to a global audience. The 2021 shortlist is comprised of only 25 writers from over 50 countries, out … fiction from Columbia University’s School of the Arts and is the host of The Darkest Light , a podcast exploring birth …
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Eugene Mirman 92F Chosen as 2012 Commencement Speaker
… Lawn. The keynote speaker at Hampshire's commencement is chosen each year through a vote by the graduating class. … Swim's live action series Delocated . His third album, God is a Twelve-Year-Old Boy with Asperger's , is available through Sub Pop Records. He is also an author, …
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Alum Harry Rosenblum: Directing Theatre, Teaching Cooking, Brewing Vinegar
… its students how to "cook like adults." Now , Rosenblum is having a moment, from The New York Times to an episode of … ingredients." His prep may look different, but the process is the same. The Brooklyn Kitchen is a 7,000 square-foot epicenter of equipment, education and …
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Eddie Mandhry 97F
… 97F Eddie Mandhry joined the Board in 2023. Eddie Mandhry is a senior fellow at Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic … former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. He is presently leading the Virtual Center for Advanced … he was the Washington D.C. director of Global Kids Inc. He is a Carnegie New Leader and serves on the Board of Trustees …
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Language Learning
… of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, but it is also one of the primary languages of Uttar Pradesh, which … I came back with a lot of material," says Giles. Her topic is the study of religious issues in India and Pakistan. She …
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Hampshire and Four New England Colleges Partner on New Solar-Power Facility
… Partner on New Solar-Power Facility Hampshire College is one of five New England colleges that have formed a … will purchase zero-carbon electricity from the Maine site to reduce carbon emissions from campus electricity use. The facility is expected to open in 2019. The New England College …
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Frequently Asked Questions
… Nurse at 413.577.5229. The Counseling Service Office is offering phone support and consultation at 413.559.5458. … Concern, Assessment, Response, and Evaluation (CARE) team is a student-focused resource group comprised of staff from … Wellbeing, and Health and Counseling Services whose goal is to support all students through challenges that may …
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Women Welders
… Manchester, Vermont, native, who will graduate on May 17, is completing her final academic project on the history of … pages in draft form that only promises to get longer—is titled "Don't Let Them Sit on the Bench: Women Welders … some stereotypes for students at middle school age. She is getting practical experience as a teaching assistant in …
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Div III Profile: Milo Muise's 'Magic, Exile, and Defiant Miracles'
… Defiant Miracles' Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F "For me, poetry is all about rich layers of complexity and contradiction," … Division III student Milo Muise says. "Poetry is able to approach an idea without caging it, without … essay. The poetry collection, titled LOST BOYS: poems , is from the perspective of a character whose body is infested …
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Div III Profile: Maximilian Beauchene Explores U.S. Interventions and Global Conflicts
… project, and researching covert U.S. military operations “is difficult if you’re doing it right.” He utilized targeted … in these countries isn’t easy to uncover. “This stuff is found in the gray area between classified and … and Uditi Sen made up Beauchene’s faculty committee. Klare is a Five College professor of peace and world security …
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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 … donor, the goal of the Solar Challenge Initiative is to raise an additional $138,000 to match their donations. … co-director of the Tern Foundation. “Once again, Hampshire is paving a path toward innovation, transformation, and …
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Experimental Pinhole Photo Exhibit by Hampshire Alum to Debut at Campus Gallery
… during Freedberg’s travels in Italy and India. The exhibit is one of two running simultaneously at the Leo Model … Collections. The collection is currently stored off-site, and will be available for research at the Archives in … and an MFA from Yale University. http://www.annacollette.com/ For more information on these two exhibits, contact …
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Hampshire College Welcomes First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence
… First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence Hampshire College is proud to announce the founding of the world's only … to address urgent human issues from a new vantage point is what this academic program is all about,” says Hampshire College Art Gallery’s director …
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Center for Design 20th Anniv Sets the Theme of Div IV Weekend
… Center for Design (formerly known as the Lemelson Center) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the College will … students including Ben Einstein 05F. Einstein’s story is one that represents the impact the Center for Design has … day Saturday and through Sunday morning. Visit the event site for the full schedule and to register . · R.W. …
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A Gift to Support Humanities Students' Research
… who are just beginning their Division III work. It is meant to enhance the ability of students to conduct … values their research and writing. She found that support is already demonstrated through offerings such as the David … Library director Jennifer Gunter King said: "The library is thrilled that Alicia Ellis and David Munson have …
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Documentary and Panel Explore the Challenges of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
… Sanchez In the first scene of Unrest , Jennifer Brea is lying on her bedroom floor, looking at the camera. She … exhausted. In the first scene of Unrest , Jennifer Brea is lying on her bedroom floor, looking at the camera. She … bed and lies down, exhausted. Sundance award-winner Unrest is a powerful personal account of what it’s like to be a …
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First Community Orientation Kicks Off Hampshire’s Fall Semester
… and reinforced the importance of the event’s themes. “What is true about white supremacy and structural racism is also true of climate change, of global economic … other fundamental injustices,” he said. “None of these is an issue that can be addressed alone or by any single …
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