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Announcing Retirement, President Lash Promises Ambitious Agenda and Continued Momentum
… “This feels like momentum to me. Together we will build on it.” Hampshire College President Jonathan Lash announced … humane mission, and extraordinary people who work so hard on its behalf.” But after recovering from serious illness last year — Lash was on medical leave for the 2016 spring semester because of …
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Classes to Begin August 25: Planning for Fall at Hampshire
… New Dates for Fall Semester Fall classes will now begin on August 25 and end on November 20, the Friday prior to Thanksgiving. Once students arrive on campus, they will be expected to remain until the end of …
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Susan Wittenberg's 'Nashville 2.0'
… directed and produced Nashville 2.0 , a documentary on the burgeoning Americana music scene, a roots-inspired … of Americana music. Nashville 2.0 premiered nationally on PBS in November . Wittenberg describes her time at … Bravo, AETN, and Ovation TV networks. Nashville 2.0 comes on the heels of another recent music documentary Wittenberg …
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Pale Cowboy: "Hampshire was a launching point"
… The band, which also includes Helander's cousin Aaron Moon on drums and Andy Cass on bass, formed in 2009 after Helander transferred to … system at Hampshire has proven to be influential on the three alums in the band. "I think I can speak for all …
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April 18: Schocket Memorial Lecture by Lisa Henderson
… to the Sixth Annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture on Thursday, April 18, at 4 p.m. in Franklin Patterson Hall … a leading figure in working-class studies. His writings on figures like Herman Melville, Rebecca Harding Davis, …
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Username Creation and Changes
… trustees, and others may have accounts assigned to them on an ad hoc basis. 2.0 Purpose The purpose of this policy is … All persons will have a username created for them based on their names (first, middle, last) as recorded by the College. If the person has a preferred first name on record at the time the username is initially created, the …
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Faculty
Betsy Hartmann
… of Economics. Her research, writing, and lecturing focus on the intersections between population, migration, … Chair based in New Delhi, India. She is currently working on a novel about the opiate crisis and war on drugs. Betsy Hartmann 172983 Professor Emerita of …
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Hampshire Alum Co-produces Academy Award Winner "The Lady in Number 6"
… know what you're going to get." When he began working on the documentary The Lady in Number 6 , Kitzen didn't know … what the final product would be. He and the others working on the film only knew that they had an incredible story to … mostly a labor of love," Kitzen says. "Everyone working on it wanted to be a part of it." The 39-minute film, which …
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Hampshires Alan Goodman Coauthors 'RACE: Are We So Different?'
… about Race: Are We So Different? with Alan Goodman on WGBY's Connecting Point (interview begins at point 9:56 in … faculty at Hampshire College. He has written extensively on human variation and the biological consequences of … association's popular national public education project on race, which was funded by the National Science Foundation …
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Henry P. Kendall Foundation Grant Supports 100 Percent Local Food Efforts at Hampshire College
… effort to eventually provide nearly 100 percent of food on campus from local sources. The two-year grant will be used … with agricultural leaders in the area. This funding builds on a $50,000 grant given by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation … quickly and with the support of an organization focused on improving health and local economies as well as regional …
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Identity and Culture
… literature and culture, recently finished writing a book on Jewish perspectives of Native American culture in the past … Rubinstein had students individually design and work on one major project throughout the whole semester. "If I … class. While she continues developing curriculum on Jewish secular literature, Rubinstein also maintains a …
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2013 Gruber Awards for Excellence in Advising and Teaching
… Science Foundation grants have allowed her to focus on improving college biology and ecology teaching nationwide. … Sustainability in Practice, this spring, and will be going on a terminal sabbatical in fall 2013 before retiring. The … year at Hampshire, and it's really exciting to know I'm on the right track," she said. Hews added that the College …
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Alumni Profile: Gerald Warburg 74S
… For his Division III (senior) project, he wrote a thesis on the history of court cases improving education, "a … many years as a member of the House and Senate leadership, on such issues as nuclear nonproliferation and anti-apartheid … to establish a strong foundation for a school that focuses on leadership. It's practical, experiential, and hands on," …
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Fay Teaches Students the Work Behind the Games They Play
… of computer science and game design Ira Fay has only been on campus for a short while, but word seems to have already … for long-term student-driven game development projects on campus. He finds Hampshire College's self-directed, … see what can develop through this kind of collaboration. On Friday, September 27, starting at 6 p.m. in Adele Simmons …
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Hampshire Offering Innovative Summer Programs
… teaching fellowship, summer programs are built on Hampshire's innovative leadership in selected academic … to develop this program in various ways, from advice on curriculum to direct involvement. The program is for … the program points back to the original summer institute on film and photography held at Hampshire College in 1973, …
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Christina Salway 00F: Redecorate, Reuse, Recycle
… might otherwise discard and giving them another lease on life." To keep that cycle going, she donates her clients' … III (senior project) at Hampshire, giving "another lease on life" to a 1970s RV . With her Div III committee - … renovated and redecorated the 700-square-foot cottage on less than $13,000, with windows, furniture, and appliances …
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Framing Fantasy
… III, Jerusha Tiffany Jagger Chapman-Hirsch (06) drew on both her remarkable imagination and her own life … Meagher, she created a series of four graphic novels based on an invented mythic world. Her project was titled The … allowing flexibility. During Div II, she concentrated on storytelling and character development, integrating …
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For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom
… (they/them) is already fully embracing Hampshire’s hands-on and student-centered approach to higher education. We sat … student, but you already have a few projects going on. Can you talk about some of that work? I’m mostly working on permaculture design through a systems design …
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Coburn's Division III Inspires Public Schools To Act for Conservation and the Environment
… to its use and disposal, and then exposed its effect on climate change, human health, and marine ecosystems. Her … in the school - I hope to work with her and the principal on this venture.” This month, she premiered the students’ … promoting environmental sustainability that will remain on display for a year. The school intends to continue to …
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Area Of Study
Legal Studies
… Sitewide Search Some students choose to focus primarily on law, while others include legal perspectives as a … the Abortion Rights Movement Science in the Courtroom War on Terror: Exception or Business as Usual? Women, Law and Sex … Public Policy Program) was created to help organize women on issues of reproductive freedom and greater access to …
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Healing the Spiritual Wounds of War
… and others, and brings those stories to bear in his work on understanding the "spiritual wounds of war" suffered in … most humans instinctively avoid. "Inflicting violence on others, especially on innocent civilians, can cause trauma that psychiatry has …
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Hampshire College Professor Chris Perry Receives Technical Achievement Award
… frontrunner for the best supporting actress Academy Award® on March 2 for her impressive work in 12 Years a Slave . And … Kitzen 86F is a co-producer. But much of the celebrating on campus is for a member of the Hampshire faculty: Media arts and sciences professor Chris Perry was honored on February 15 at the Academy's annual Scientific and …
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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work
… during which they got to know one another, worked on planning goals, and learned about community organizing. … that advocates for issues such as access to specific food on campus for different faiths and ensuring that campus … occur. Creating unique opportunities for conversations on campus is essential to the work. “One of the things that’s …
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Hampshire College Cuba Exchange Program Marks 15th Anniversary with Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, Colloquium
… program with a two-day celebration centered on the College’s annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture. At the event, … which is free and open to the public, will be held on Thursday, November 5, at 4 p.m. in the Robert Crown Center. On Friday, November 6, the daylong colloquium “Cuba today: …
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Div III Participates in Harvard Linguistics Colloquium
… UCLA, and was accepted into both. As they were scheduled on the same weekend, he chose the Harvard event. The … based in everyday processes of logical reasoning, relying on an understanding of conventional facts within the hearer's … Davidson writes, metaphor can, "like a picture or a bump on the head, make us appreciate some fact—but not by standing …
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