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Resisting Racism and White Supremacy

… Resisting Racism and White Supremacy Right now our nation and our community are outraged over lives stolen, dignity … to witness. The brutality of his death, as his pleas for his life were met with callous indifference, is …

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Hampshire College Recognized for Challenging Status Quo in Higher Education

… Hampshire College Recognized for Challenging Status Quo in Higher Education When the U.S. … of Education announced recently it was reversing course and calling for limits to standardized testing in grade … SUSTAINABILITY, CLIMATE ACTION, CARBON NEUTRALITY Masslive.com Daily Hampshire Gazette Washington Times National …

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Hampshire College Alum and Filmmaker Alex Rivera Awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship

… Hampshire College Alum and Filmmaker Alex Rivera Awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship … Rivera was one of 25 Fellows chosen by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation for their “outstanding talent and exceptional creativity.” …

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New Safety and Security Office Seeks Campus Input on Community-Based Model

… New Safety and Security Office Seeks Campus Input on Community-Based Model Hampshire has formed a new Safety and Security Department made up of newly hired Hampshire … the Amherst and Hadley Police Departments when necessary for serious infractions.  Other changes expected from the new …

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Hampshire Alum and Writer S. Bear Bergman 92F's New Book is an Illustrated Guide to the Challenging Parts of Being Human

… Hampshire Alum and Writer S. Bear Bergman 92F's New Book is an Illustrated … Challenging Parts of Being Human Hampshire College alum and writer S. Bear Bergman 92F’s new book, Special Topics in … Guide to Things I’ve Learned the Hard Way about Caring For People, Including Myself , is a visual guidebook offering …

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Alum's Peace Corps Service and Master's Program Focused on International Environmental Policy

… Alum's Peace Corps Service and Master's Program Focused on International Environmental … from her young career to continue her studies and perform international service “was the best decision I … organized a seminar in Pandan, in the province of Antique, for its first Earth Day celebration, during which she …

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Developing the Framework for the Future Student Experience

… Developing the Framework for the Future Student Experience Hampshire is in the final … student experience. Building on a foundation of ideas and data gathered the past several years, President Ed Wingenbach and the Academic Innovation Planning Group have led …

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Hampshire Named Top 10 School to Study Game Design by Princeton Review and PC Gamer

… Top 10 School to Study Game Design by Princeton Review and PC Gamer Hampshire College has been ranked #6 on a list … of the top 50 undergraduate schools to study game design for 2017, by The Princeton Review and PC Gamer. The Princeton … reporting partner on this project, see www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/game-design/infographic . PC Gamer …

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Graphic Novel Merges Art and Psychology

… Graphic Novel Merges Art and Psychology A graphic novel called The Listening Cone , … five mental health patients' internal journeys after dark. For Cohen, talking about the project is problematic. "I have … of Cohen's Division II studies, which combined art and psychology. "I didn't take all the psychology classes …

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Rehamping the Barn: Photos and Video

… Rehamping the Barn: Photos and Video In fall 2011, President Jonathan Lash charged the … could be repurposed on the Hampshire campus. An open call for proposals brought 13 parties to describe spatial needs … they saw on campus. In spring 2012, Professor Caryn Brause and her Rehamping the Barn class took on the next stage of …

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Massachusetts Officials and Eversource Meet on Hampshire's Groundbreaking Solar Plan

… Massachusetts Officials and Eversource Meet on Hampshire's Groundbreaking Solar Plan The offices of U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern and Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg have been … large-scale ground-mount systems promise to be a model for large-scale renewable energy installations in the …

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SEARCH: Students and Social Entrepreneurship

… SEARCH: Students and Social Entrepreneurship Starting a business that both makes money and has a positive impact on the community sounds like a … Aid and Research Center at Hampshire, SEARCH for short. It's the brainchild of students Asa Hyde 07F, Sam …

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Hacking for Health

… Hacking for Health Kira McCoy 09F , Zeke Nierenberg 09F , Jamie Matheson 10F , and Eric Locke , co-founders of the company Trext, hosted the 2nd Annual Health Literacy Hackathon November 2 and 3 at Hampshire. "A hackathon is an event that brings …

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In Support of Our and All Trans Communities: Statement From President Nelson

… In Support of Our and All Trans Communities: Statement From President Nelson … be human? As a humanist and college president, I found the news that the administration seeks to roll back federal protections for transgender people abhorrent. Classifying a human being …

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Writing Comics About Monsters and God

… Writing Comics About Monsters and God Giovana Romano Sanchez The first time Gabriel Horvath … both things are connected. Maybe “being able to be out and to be called by my right name and my right pronouns by … empty buildings that are all lit up, and trying to listen for God. “[The story] is a lot about this walking quietly and

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Hampshire Alum and Water Resource Engineer Mimi Alkattan receives Fulbright Award to Research in India

… Hampshire Alum and Water Resource Engineer Mimi Alkattan receives Fulbright … Award to Research in India Amy Diehl Hampshire alum and environmental engineer Mimi Alkattan 13F recently … working on a project to build international lab capacity for the eradication of cholera. Alkattan received her B.A. …

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"That's It," And He Left The Room: Lessons From a Veteran Professor

… "That's It," And He Left The Room: Lessons From a Veteran Professor … the other fairly new to the College. Lynn Miller and John Castorino spoke together last spring, with a camera … molecular biology, and evolution. The description he wrote for his recent  "Natural History of Infectious Disease" …

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Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party

… Campus Exhibit Commemorates Black Panther Party and Young Lords Party A new exhibit on campus brings new … organizations in US history, the Black Panther Party and the Young Lords Party. The exhibit Power and Memory: 50 … sponsors are: President’s Office, Dean of Faculty, Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education, Community …

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Grant Supports Professor's Return to Dominican Republic to Mentor Math Teachers and Students

… Return to Dominican Republic to Mentor Math Teachers and Students Michael Medeiros Thanks to a $164,000 grant, a … his approach to teaching mathematics with colleagues and students in his home country, the Dominican Republic.  … the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Dan Shechtman for his discovery of quasicrystals using a model related to …

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Five College Dance Faculty Concert Explores Distance and Intimacy Amidst Upheaval

… Five College Dance Faculty Concert Explores Distance and Intimacy Amidst Upheaval Main Studio Theater, Hampshire … 20-22, 2020, 8pm; February 22, 2020, 3pm Tickets: $5 for students/seniors, $10 for general admission / Available … Five College Dance Faculty Concert features five faculty and guest artist works from each campus that investigate …

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Culture, Brain, and Development Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Grantee Research Presentations

… Culture, Brain, and Development Celebrates 15th Anniversary with Grantee … Research Presentations Amy Dryansky Five standout current and former student grantees kicked off the 15th-birthday … and other CBD friends. The presenters, who recognized CBD for enabling them to lead their own rigorous research, were: …

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Acclaimed Comics Journalist Featured as Hampshire Writer in Residence

… as Hampshire Writer in Residence Internationally renowned and award-winning comics journalist Joe Sacco will be a writer in residence this fall at Hampshire College, and will be featured this month in a moderated event, free and open to the public. Sacco is a Guggenheim fellow and

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Translation in Theory and Practice

… Translation in Theory and Practice During one of her first classes at Hampshire, … say," said Tachtiris. "They wanted annotation, cultural and historical background, as opposed to it being just a good … studies are split between theory and practice, "for me those things can't really be separated." Her students, …

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Hampshire College Alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Miatta Kawinzi Awarded 2021 Jerome Hill Fellowships

… Hampshire College Alums Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich and Miatta Kawinzi Awarded 2021 Jerome Hill Fellowships Hampshire College alum filmmaker and artist Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich 07S and visual artist … a $50,000 Jerome Hill Fellowship. The fellowships, named for the philanthropist Jerome Hill, are to be used over two …

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Alum and Graphic Novel Artist Robyn Smith’s “Nubia” Featured in New York Times Article on “When Blackness Is a Superpower”

… Alum and Graphic Novel Artist Robyn Smith’s “Nubia” Featured in … things,” she says. “History was always important to me. And I got interested in the sociology of race in America, … After Hampshire, Smith earned her M.F.A. from the Center for Cartoon Studies, where she created The Saddest Angriest …

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