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Hampshire Professor Christina Cianfrani on the Value of Innovation and Collaboration in a Living Laboratory
… Professor Christina Cianfrani on the Value of Innovation and Collaboration in a Living Laboratory Amy Diehl A … experience at Hampshire College is unlike anywhere else — and unlike anyone else’s. We sat down (virtually) with the … the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program which ran for three years (and hopefully will run again). We taught …
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Other Worlds Are Possible Event and Community Education Day Focus on Restorative Justice
… Other Worlds Are Possible Event and Community Education Day Focus on Restorative Justice Amy … event of the spring semester will be held February 24 and will help kick-off the semester’s first Community … on Feb. 25 at 4:30 p.m. EST. This interactive keynote for the February 25 Community Day of Education will discuss …
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New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice
… New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice How does the legacy of slavery continue to shape, and even haunt, the understanding of race, gender, and power … a year ago by Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash for a campus conversation examining the effects of …
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Concerns for Women's Health
… Concerns for Women's Health 'The Epidemiology and Political Economy of … In its pre-cancerous stages, the disease is curable, and proper medical screening and care could save these women. …
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April 15: Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture
… April 15: Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak will deliver … Patterson's Main Lecture Hall. Her talk is entitled "Class and the Disciplines." Professor Spivak is a literary theorist … holds the rank of University Professor. She is best known for her 1988 essay "Can the Subaltern Speak?" It was a …
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Q&A on the Bauhaus with Dr. Karen Koehler
… Dr. Karen Koehler Karen Koehler teaches courses in modern and contemporary architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and design, with a special emphasis on connections between … to be involved in Bauhaus Modern? What was the inspiration for the exhibition? A: I have been working on the Bauhaus …
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Sept. 6-8: Five College New Music Festival at UMass Fine Arts Center
… It's a musical form that's thriving in the campuses and small cities of western Massachusetts, where it will be … Recital Hall in Amherst, September 6 - 8. The festival is free and open to the public. New music emerged in the first … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, …
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Biological and Life Sciences
… Biological and Life Sciences Biological and Life Sciences The natural sciences form a set of theories, methods, and data for understanding the world in which we live. Science is not …
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Nicole DelRosso Wins Fulbright for Biophysics Research
… Nicole DelRosso Wins Fulbright for Biophysics Research John Courtmanche Nicole DelRosso came … to study sculpture. Six years later, she won a Fulbright and set her sights on building a sculpture of science: a … motor she hopes will work inside cells to treat diseases and monitor health. DelRosso’s transition from art to applied …
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Commencement Speaker Is New York Activist, Writer, and Artist Reina Gossett
… Commencement Speaker Is New York Activist, Writer, and Artist Reina Gossett Responding to requests by the … Library Lawn. Faculty, in consultation with students and staff, proposed Gossett because her life and work engage … activist in residence at Barnard College’s Center for Research on Women. Before that, Gossett collaborated with …
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Off the Record With the Spaceman: When Bill Lee Pitched for Hampshire
… Off the Record With the Spaceman: When Bill Lee Pitched for Hampshire Bill Lee as told to Jim Collins (reprinted from … knew about Burns. You might think the players were Bad News Bears guys. Hampshire in those days was a pretty … I had a good curve ball that day, had a good changeup. And I was throwing in the 80s back then, so I was still …
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Speech of Conferral of Honorary Degrees to Charles and Polly Longsworth
… Speech of Conferral of Honorary Degrees to Charles and Polly Longsworth Delivered by Sigmund Roos 73F , chair of … In February 1965, you set out in a snowstorm, looking for land on which to build Hampshire College. You found this place and negotiated the purchase with area farmers, arranging for …
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Global Studies and International Relations
… Global Studies and International Relations Global Studies and International Relations Global trade, communication, … economy: Fair Trade. Fair Trade is a strategy for transforming international markets to support …
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Hampshire Professor Emeritus Marty Ehrlich Completes Collection of Compositions by Jazz Musician Julius Hemphill
… 250 works, as well as approximately 180 archival audio and visual documents, and personal papers and related documents. The Annotated … well as detailed notes about Hemphill’s personal papers. Visit the Hemphill Papers here. FacultyFaculty Research Music …
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Brooke Huguley 17F Examines How Reproductive Justice and Embodied Movement Can Heal Trauma
… Brooke Huguley 17F Examines How Reproductive Justice and Embodied Movement Can Heal Trauma Amy Diehl Brooke … more about the path to her Div III in reproductive justice and embodiment and why Huguley describes Hampshire as an … my first semester and I applied and received a grant for it. That training was a very formative experience, and it …
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Fish, Food, and Funerals
… Fish, Food, and Funerals Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F Chris Annear 92F entered … behavior, but after learning about hunting, conservation, and disputes over food resources, he became fascinated with … lives that is closely related to family and ethnicity. As for funerals, they have a quality that Annear describes as …
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Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013
… Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013 Hampshire College's annual Div IV weekend … took place June 7-9. This year's theme, Culture, Mind, and Body, celebrated the College's 43 years of … ideas and learn from one another. It is also a chance for alums to revisit their student experiences, as well as …
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Jake Schievink on Power, Desire, and the 'Actualized Computer'
… Jake Schievink on Power, Desire, and the 'Actualized Computer' Hometown: West Hollywood, … Div III Committee: Five College Associate Professor of Art and Technology John Slepian and Visiting Assistant Professor … Anyone can go on a website and submit poems or images for it. I have three people with these across the country …
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Communications and Media Studies
… Communications and Media Studies Communications and Media Studies At … First-Year Course Mediawork The content of popular media—news, feature films, recorded music—is the product of … video production and audio/visual equipment, reservations for film preview rooms, and film/video reference help. Five …
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Start-up in Senegal
… in May. “There was no equal power among shareholders, and when we left the country, the program fell apart.” He … an international internship program that offers a platform for US college students to work with local entrepreneurs in … a particularly attractive choice. “I came to Hampshire to visit,” he says. “I fell in love with the educational model. …
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Archaeological Project Co-Directed by Dr. Pamela Stone Awarded AAUW Community Action Grant
… Dr. Debra Martin from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Samuel Sisneros from the University of New Mexico, … immersive STEM experience with field and lab activities for 5th-8th grade girls as they aid in helping uncover their … out more about this year’s exceptional class of awardees, visit the online directory at www.aauw.org . The American …
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Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Accepts Paper by Haoxi Zhan 12F
… Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Accepts Paper by … of the Simplification Genetic Operator," has been accepted for presentation and publication at a workshop at the Genetic and Evolutionary …
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Ken Burns Featured in New York Times Magazine on His Newest PBS Documentary and His Ceaseless Drive to Tell Stories
… in New York Times Magazine on His Newest PBS Documentary and His Ceaseless Drive to Tell Stories Amy Diehl Award-winning documentary filmmaker and Hampshire College alum Ken Burns 71F was recently … his career. He is also currently serving as co-chair for Hampshire’s major fundraising campaign, Change in the …
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Artist and Hampshire College Alum Mequitta Ahuja’s Newest Exhibit an ‘Ode to Motherhood and Loss’
… Artist and Hampshire College Alum Mequitta Ahuja’s Newest Exhibit an ‘Ode to Motherhood and Loss’ Baltimore artist and Hampshire College alum Mequitta Ahuja 96S was featured in ArtNet for her new exhibit “Ma” at New York’s Aicon Gallery. The …
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Margaret Honey 75S Oversees Organization Teaching Children STEM Skills Through Playful Computer Coding
… alum Margaret Honey 75S was appointed the new president and CEO of the Scratch Foundation, the “world’s largest coding community for kids.” “I’m thrilled to join an organization that values … 196 countries in more than 70 languages. The program — free to all — seeks “to spread creative, caring, …
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