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Hampshire Joins Universal College Application

… Joins Universal College Application Hampshire College is pleased to join with the Universal College Application. In … problems with the Common Application this fall, Hampshire is now offering students the alternative of using the … Aid Julie Richardson. "The Universal College Application is from a great organization with the same goal of making the …

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Howard Wein 93F

… 93F Howard Wein 93F Leverett, Massachusetts Howard Wein is founder and principal of Howard Wein Hospitality, LLC, an … both the local and global hospitality communities. He is an experienced entrepreneur, restaurateur, and hospitality … their life into better balance with their values. Howard is deeply committed to organic and sustainable food …

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Neil Stillings

… psychology, has taught at Hampshire since 1971. His Ph.D. is from Stanford, and he holds a B.A. from Amherst College. … widely on undergraduate cognitive science education. He is senior coauthor of the 1987 and 1995 editions of Cognitive … of science learning are current research interests. He is a longtime member of the University of Massachusetts …

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Paul Murphy

… at
 Nonotuck Community School in Florence, MA. Paul is excited to be a part of a great co-teaching team at the … for learning, community building, and collaboration. Paul is a longtime resident, rooted in the Valley, with many great friends and family in the area. Paul is very interested in music, art, culture, history, and …

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Hampshire Conducts Final Test for 100% Solar Campus

… Final Test for 100% Solar Campus Hampshire College is on its way to becoming 100-percent solar for its … with the utility Eversource on Tuesday November 28, and is awaiting permission to switch from conditional to full … successful witness test. Campus leaders believe Hampshire is the first US residential college to go 100-percent solar …

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Kent State, One Generation Removed

… in which our lives occur. Michel Foucault wrote that self is written on the body. So too, is history, and also, within it."? excerpt from Amanda … project at Hampshire College. "Hello Again, Kent State" is a literary nonfiction project that explores the location …

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Hampshire Joins Launch of National Network for Mission-Driven Investing

… of Massachusetts Foundation. Regular membership enrollment is now open to all endowments, foundations and practitioners … stranded carbon asset risk and investing in solutions – is also the smart thing for their investment portfolios,” … at Kepos Capital, LP. “The Intentional Endowments Network is the venue for finding the best ways to take advantage of …

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Hampshire Plans to be First U.S. Residential College Supplying 100 Percent of Electricity from On-Site Solar

… College Supplying 100 Percent of Electricity from On-Site Solar Hampshire College’s goal to power its campus with … 19 acres of the 840-acre campus. An impact study is a normal step in the process of going solar. The study … will be decided based on the study’s findings. Hampshire is hoping the construction of its solar power systems will …

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Hampshire Dedicates Kern Center, Explores Solutions in Environmental Justice, Green Building, Education

… “People need to see in their communities something that is beautiful,” she said, “and makes them feel likewise.” In … Cunningham said; every nontoxic part of the building is “a love note to our sweet, endangered earth, an invitation … to take care of her.” Hampshire through its new building is using love as a method of analysis, she said, a form of …

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Upcoming Events at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center

… Mount Holyoke College campus in South Hadley, the Center is pleased to present a reading by Saiya Miller and Liza … sometimes even painful experiences in a way that is humorous and engaging. On Friday, September 20 from3-5 … and new Five College faculty and staff. The Center is delighted to introduce an international group of …

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Creativity Center Awards Ten Project Grants to Students

… Hyper(In)Visibility in AfroFuturism Aileru's Division III is an interdisciplinary exploration of subjectivity, the … racialized cyborgs. The image of the cyborg is already omnipresent in Western culture, but Aileru seeks … Michail Charalampidis The Games We Play The Games We Play is a feature-length film, set in fictional Emerald College. …

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Hampshire Welcomes Five New Faculty For Fall Semester 2017

… members to campus this fall. Experts in their fields, each is teaching under a unique title not previously featured at … studies from the University of Minnesota. Owens’s research is on the ways black girls and women use fiction and personal … an Interdisciplinary Field of Black Girlhood Studies,” is forthcoming in the journal Departures in Critical …

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New Faculty Q&A with Jennifer Bajorek

… in heels. Emily: That’s a great answer. My next question is very, very hard. What are five books that changed your life? Jennifer: Oh my God—that is a hard question! I can’t say twenty? Okay, thinking about … your own books? Jennifer: The book I’m working on now is on photography in the mid-twentieth century in West …

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April 23: Earth Week Event at Hampshire College

… Peace and World Security Studies Michael Klare. The event is Wednesday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in Franklin Patterson … Hall's Main Lecture Hall and all are welcome; admission is free. The panel will discuss implications of the Report of … in the years ahead. About the Panel: President Lash is an internationally recognized expert on practical …

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Hampshire Students' Scripts in WORD! Festival of Staged Student Readings

… of race and diversity written by Five College students, is free and open to the public. The productions address race … dramaturgy at UMass, who participated in the workshops and is assisting with the festival. A graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Lockley is a member of the Movement Theatre Company and the producing …

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April 18: Schocket Memorial Lecture by Lisa Henderson

… Patterson Hall (Main Lecture Hall). The 2013 lecturer is Lisa Henderson, whose talk is entitled "Queers and Class: Toward a Cultural Politics of Love and Solidarity." Professor Henderson is the author of Love and Money: Queers, Class and Cultural …

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New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice

… Years a Slave and the Afterlife of Slavery.” Tinson’s talk is Friday, August 29, at 7:30 p.m. in the Robert Crown … of the film’s stars, Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong’o, is a graduate of Hampshire College. “The book raises … of Academic Affairs Eva Rueschmann. “An added bonus is that the selection also honors a former student who …

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Steely and Halasz Honored as 2016 Carol and Blair Brown Award Recipients

… Staff Excellence Award at a presentation May 5. Steely is a laboratory technician in the School of Natural Sciences; Halasz is the administrator for the School for Interdisciplinary … to support a student’s 18-hour lab experiment. “She is described as being everyone’s favorite go-to person, known …

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Stargazing with Samuel Singer 00F

… Stargazing with Samuel Singer 00F Samuel Singer 00F is launching Wyoming Stargazing, a nonprofit organization … Wyoming Stargazing. Learn more at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyoming-star-gazing Alumni … Samuel Singer 00F … Wyoming Stargazing. Learn more at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyoming-star-gazing … Stargazing with Samuel …

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Ronit Ben-Shir

… Ronit Ben-Shir Early Learning Center Director Ronit is an early childhood educator who grew up in Israel. Her … classrooms. She believes that to be an excellent educator is to practice recent research in the field while deepening … the practice of our values. “What I live by as an educator is making an impact in the journeys of families with young …

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Oct. 31: Eqbal Ahmad Lecture by Kimberlé Crenshaw

… Eqbal Ahmad Lecture on October 31. The featured speaker is civil rights expert Kimberlé Crenshaw. The lecture is free and open to the public, and will be held in the … professor of law at UCLA and Columbia Law School, is a leading authority in the area of Civil Rights, black …

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Alum Brings Thai Labor Leader to Hampshire

… Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). Melcher, who is Executive Director of the World Affairs Council of Western … Nicolas Sarkozy came when he was a mayor. "When Jittra is elected Prime Minister of Thailand," she told the … "You'll be able to say you met her here." The program is "for an exchange of ideas," Melcher explained after the …

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Recent Graduate Robert Ditto 17F’s Work with the Smithsonian Helped Make Freedmen’s Bureau Archives Available to All

… records….The Freedmen’s Bureau Transcription Project is the largest crowd sourcing initiative ever sponsored by … feels access to historical documents and primary sources is key to ensuring a robust space for public history to … get told and how they get told,” Ditto said. “So what is discussed and what we decide to put on display is really …

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Professors Barskova, Bernstein Win 2015 Gruber Awards

… made by the Hampshire community, wrote that Barskova “is an ethereal presence in the classroom, captivating her … “I think that working at Hampshire, to a huge extent, is about dialogue with students,” Barskova said. “It’s one of … differences of each of them. The committee wrote that he is “proven to go above and beyond normal expectations of both …

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Andrew Figueroa's "Mixed-Race Mixtape"

… Andrew Figueroa's "Mixed-Race Mixtape" Andrew Figueroa is done with his Division III capstone project, and now he’s … angles, pressuring him to choose, or telling him what he is, and it makes it really hard for him to stay grounded in … around race, it becomes more relevant than ever. The show is really diving into the complexities of identity in the …

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