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Hampshire Welcomes Exhibit Display for 'Brown Bear' Picture Book 50th Anniversary
… Bear' Picture Book 50th Anniversary Hampshire College is helping to celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of one … Marketing Manager Sandy Soderberg. The illustration is exhibited in the center of campus in one of the College’s … Keiter, the Carle’s chief curator. “Perhaps my favorite is ‘Brown Bear’ atop Bare Mountain, the highest elevation in …
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CYL Division II
… walk as well as learning how to socialize. A huge emphasis is placed on the learning of social skills. As teachers we … a positive place for children and teens to go when school is out. I also did a summer internship with the Children's … interview project with the NCLB course, as this project is continuing for another semester. I would highly recommend …
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Photos of Div III Showcase and Roos-Rohde House Groundbreaking
… House on Thursday, May 16. The Rehamping the Barn project is a student design project that involves repurposing and … space for studying, meetings, and socializing, and is being named in honor of Roos and Ruth Rohde 75S . … House on Thursday, May 16. The Rehamping the Barn project is a student design project that involves repurposing and …
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Admissions Counselor
Brett Martin 89F
… Brett Martin 89F Brett Martin 89F Brett Martin is the author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a … The Sopranos and The Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad . He is a Correspondent for GQ Magazine , a three-time James Beard … for young writers Admissions Counselor … Brett Martin is the author of Difficult Men: Behind the Scenes of a …
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Hampshire College’s Michael Klare Discusses Geopolitics in a Post Fossil-fuel World with ABC Radio National
… National on their podcast Future Tense . Michael Klare is a Five College professor emeritus of peace and world … Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS). Klare is currently a visiting fellow at the Arms Control … National on their podcast Future Tense . Michael Klare is a Five College professor emeritus of peace and world …
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Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Hampshire for Community Engagement
… Community Engagement Classification. The classification is awarded to colleges and universities that demonstrate … colleges and universities. The classification is awarded through a yearlong rigorous application process, … Community Engagement Classification. The classification is awarded to colleges and universities that demonstrate …
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Notable Alumni
Lee Smolin 72F
… Lee Smolin 72F Lee Smolin 72F Physicist Lee Smolin is one of the world's leading gravitational theorists. His … with Physics and Time Reborn Theoretical physicist Smolin is one of the world’s leading gravitational theorists. A … Reborn . Notable Alumni … Theoretical physicist Smolin is one of the world’s leading gravitational theorists. A …
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Notable Alumni
Rhys Ernst 01S
… Rhys Ernst 01S Rhys Ernst, a coproducer of Transparent , is a filmmaker and artist who seeks to develop and expand the portrayal of trans lives in media Ernst is a filmmaker and artist who seeks to develop and expand … nominated for a 2020 GLAAD award. Notable Alumni … Ernst is a filmmaker and artist who seeks to develop and expand …
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Notable Alumni
Eula Biss 95F
… Eula Biss 95F Eula Biss 95F Eula Biss is the author of the National Book Critics Circle … , Notes from No Man’s Land , and The Balloonists Biss is the author of Having and Being Had , an exploration of … Critics Circle Award for criticism. Notable Alumni … Biss is the author of Having and Being Had , an exploration of …
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Faculty
L. Brown Kennedy
… Kennedy L. Brown Kennedy, professor emerita of literature, is broadly trained (at Duke and Cornell) in English … literature; and Irish literature and culture. Kennedy is currently engaged in a study of Virginia Woolf as a reader … … L. Brown Kennedy, professor emerita of literature, is broadly trained (at Duke and Cornell) in English …
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Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013
… Brain, and Development program. The goal of Div IV is to bring together the Hampshire community to explore ideas and learn from one another. It is also a chance for alums to revisit their student … Brain, and Development program. The goal of Div IV is to bring together the Hampshire community to explore ideas …
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Hampshire Offering Innovative Summer Programs
… shaping bold new educational approaches, Hampshire College is expanding its calendar of academic programs to year-round … The four-week Creative Media Institute (July 13-Aug. 9) is structured as a series of pop-up labs and workshops. Ken … advice on curriculum to direct involvement. The program is for emerging artists and professionals as well as …
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Of Mice and Mastocytosis
… Effects of Antioxidants on P815 Mouse Mastocytoma Cells,” is both a scientific document and a highly personal one.” “I … use of antioxidants as therapeutic agents.” Mastocytosis is caused by a malfunction in mast cells, Mercado says, … on mutated mast cells. Her results showed that this is indeed possible. She hopes her research will provide an …
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Labor’s Love’s Found
… with echoes of our own. “I’m interested in how history is used to address what’s happening in the world now ,” says … through education.” In one panel, Carnegie is depicted in the guise of a medieval knight, rising heavenward as he is crowned by a winged female figure. By portraying laborers …
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Planning for Urban Farming
… a natural system like a bog. The twist in this case is the layout of the construction. Historically, most … structure, which Robert and Liam refer to as a “wall,” is packed with a variety of edible greens, such as arugula, … in the troughs of gutters on the opposite side. The setup is tall, but just a couple of feet wide. To build their wall, …
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Streaming Knowledge
… school at Arizona State University (ASU), where she is now the Virginia M. Ullman Professor of Ecology and an … the increasingly extreme results of climate change. Grimm is codirector of ASU’s Urban Resilience to … United States and in Latin America. The initiative’s goal is to integrate social, ecological, and technical systems in …
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Hampshire College Mourns the Loss of Author and Illustrator Eric Carle
… and Illustrator Eric Carle The Hampshire College community is deeply saddened to hear of Eric Carle’s passing. Carle … , located on the Hampshire College campus, in 2002. Below is an announcement from the Carle family: The Carle family … Massachusetts. Eric was 91. A true creator, Eric Carle is renowned for his multi-dimensional practice, spanning a …
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Roddenberry Foundation Funds Sustainability Solve-A-Thon
… Foundation, chaired by alum Eugene “Rod” Roddenberry 92F, is to support innovative solutions to critical global issues … education, and humanitarian advances. Hampshire is a signatory to the American College and University … problems, the goal of the Solve-a-Thon, Hooker says, is to choose a specific problem and “not just chop away at …
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Mystery of the Mummies
… a 20-year veteran on the Hampshire faculty, is certainly not alone in his emphasis on the global … team eventually determined that the main culprit is drinking water contaminated with arsenic. One of his … as many students as possible to global issues and research is one of Amarasiriwardena's priorities. Each year he teaches …
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Dean Couperus Creating National Model for Teaching Brain Imaging
… resources to purchase this equipment,” says Couperus. “ERP is really effective for teaching undergraduates how to do … for graduate research, internships, and jobs.” Hampshire is one of the few liberal arts colleges where students can … brain through electrodes placed on a person’s scalp. ERP is a specific use of this technology to record how that …
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Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics
… of black people today and their response in resistance, is the focus of a public symposium taking place this weekend, … at Hampshire College. Hampshire Professor Monique Roelofs is co-organizing the two-day "Questioning Aesthetics … in the symposium’s accompanying materials. “The aim here is for aesthetics to provide bridges among disciplines and …
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Hampshire Places High In National RecycleMania Tournament
… to promote waste reduction on campuses. RecycleMania is the nation’s premier recycling contest in higher … reach capacity within the next few years. She adds, "There is no throwing 'away' and we need to reconstruct waste as … dioxide equivalent (MTCO2E) into the atmosphere, which is equivalent to preventing the annual emissions from 16,400 …
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National Science Foundation Awards Hampshire Major Grant for New Spectrometer for Student, Faculty Research
… more. Professor of Chemistry Dula Amarasiriwardena, who is overseeing the acquisition of the new spectrometer with … studied teeth excavated from the Lamani archaeological site in northern Belize. These teeth dated back to around the … findings .) This year, Division III student Shelby Gaiss is using the spectrometer to research corn seeds and see how …
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New Class of Students Urged to Own Their Education, at Orientation Shaped by Students
… be the owners and operators of their education. “Hampshire is a place designed for active users,” he said. “A central … is the artistic director. (See http://www.mixedracemixtape.com/ ) Hampshire also introduced first-years to the College’s … is the artistic director. (See http://www.mixedracemixtape.com/) Hampshire also introduced first-years to the College’s …
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Admissions Counselor
Unique Mical Robinson 05F
… 05F Unique Mical Robinson 05F Unique Mical Robinson is a writer/performer, professor, and proud Baltimore, … Teaching Artist award from Arts Every Day in 2017. She is the co-founder of blkottonkandy (pron. "black cotton … & 2020 respectively (as kLefta*maniak). Currently, she is humanistic studies faculty at Maryland Institute College …
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