… A Bright, Shining Moment Lucy McFadden 70F (reprinted From the Summer 2016 issue of Hampshire's Non Satis Scire … course with comet Tempel 1, 83 million miles from Earth. The impactor, about the size of a washing machine and sheathed in copper, would …

… donates life's work to Library of Congress and public The anthology took more than 10 years to research and … features Hill's new tap dance biographies of Fred Astaire, the Cotton Club Girls, Sammy Davis Jr., Savion Glover, Jane … overlooked in previous histories By John Courtmanche The most exhaustive and detailed history of tap dance in …

… knows, an unofficial part of our educational experience is the Div IV, which comprises the unexpected yet creative projects and journeys we pursue long after graduation. We leave the close-knit campus environment only to carry the College’s …

… James Miller was reminded of that in September, when the communications professor and a dozen others gathered to dedicate a new bus stop outside of the Robert Crown Center in memory of one of Miller’s former … said Miller, was “an ideal Hampshire student.” Born in the Netherlands, insatiably curious, Sander studied English …

… and Hampshire College alum Daniel José Older 99F will pen the upcoming two-book Outlaw Saints series as part of Disney Publishing Worldwide imprint Rick Riordan Presents. The new imprint is “dedicated to publishing novels that are retellings of myths from around the world,” and Older’s series is the first Young Adult …

… Lecture by Kimberlé Crenshaw Hampshire College invites the public to the 16th Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture on October 31. The featured speaker is civil rights expert Kimberlé …

… artist and illustrator Barry Moser has been acquired by the Hampshire College Archives and Special Collections … parents of Derek Pyle, a Hampshire alum. Select works from the collection will debut in a special exhibit opening in the Hampshire College Art Gallery the first week of June.  …

… Christina Cianfrani and Sarah Hews were designing the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program, they had no idea a campus building under construction would provide the perfect vehicle for the program's research. Along with Professors Jason Tor and …

… and they were hooked. A professor of politics who joined the faculty in 1973, three years before Gortikov and Fresco … and anecdotes drawn from her experiences participating in the anti–Vietnam War and antiapartheid movements and working … tried to take every course Bengelsdorf taught — on the Russian and Cuban revolutions, American foreign policy …

… Signs Purchase and Sale Agreement for Library Annex Land The Five College consortium has signed an agreement to purchase 46 acres of land in Hadley, Massachusetts, as the site for a 2.5-million-volume Library Annex that will provide shelving to supplement the capacities of the on-campus libraries. Most of the land, …

… and Pie Some people came for pie. Others showed up for the Bard. Whatever their reasons were for stopping by the Merrill Living Room for the first meeting of the Shakespeare and Pie club, Josh Parr …

… denied, humanity devalued, opportunity crushed.  But the oppression does not fall equally among us. The burden is not shared. The murder of George Floyd was horrifying to witness. The …

… Josh Minot’s Division III thesis project seeks to level the playing field for small and medium farms by offering affordable technology to monitor the health of livestock. Minot and a team of four other … students, merging their individual academic paths under the name AgriGatr, have been working together to develop the …

… policy adviser. Hampshire’s Board of Trustees made the appointment last week after receiving a formal … national recognition for her expertise as a scientist and the author of groundbreaking studies on public health, … accomplishments at Tufts, Nelson: Served for 25 years on the faculty, most recently as associate dean and professor, …

… Hitchcock Center Sign Ground Lease It’s official: With the April 17 signing of a 95-year ground lease, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment is relocating to the Hampshire College …

… Hampshire of Color Builds Community, Connections The Hampshire of Color weekend March 28-30 was more than a reunion. By connecting alums with current students over the three-day event, it was a chance to look back at how … multicultural community has grown and thrived over the years, while also looking ahead to how to strengthen …

… chosen by national nonprofit SustainUS to take part in the COP22 (Conference of the Parties) United Nations negotiations in Marrakech. To be … goals will be reached. O’Rourke 13F was selected by the youth-led organization SustainUS, which advances justice …

… of 15,000 solar panels, covering approximately 19 acres on the 840-acre campus, the centerpiece of its plan to produce 100 percent of campus … has applied for town permits to begin construction of the two photovoltaic (PV) solar arrays and a Tesla …

… Watch Vigil Hampshire College was well represented at the annual School of the Americas Watch vigil in Georgia this past November, as more than three dozen students made the 20 hour trip to Fort Benning to protest the controversial …

… Hampshire sports teams weren’t joking as they competed in the playoffs in Yankee Small College Conference (YSCC), with the cross country teams traveling to the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) …

… School of Natural Science Dean Steve Roof in remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Hampshire College’s 19 acres … on an annualized basis. A week ago he’d been in the Arctic leading undergraduates on an annual research trip. “The glacier I walked on is now forty feet thinner compared to …

… accomplished restaurateur, is advising his alma mater on the operation of its new Kern Kafé and Prescott Bakery, a continuation of his work the past five years consulting the college on its goal to dramatically increase sourcing of …

… classical, musical modernism, new music. Tom Service of The Guardian calls it "music that is very much at the heart of our modern world." It's a musical form that's thriving in the campuses and small cities of western Massachusetts, where …

… in Paris’ Course This Summer John Courtmanche For the 12th year Hampshire College will host students in France this summer for the course “Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris: Geographies of Identity,” one of the most successful Global Education Office courses in recent …

… and social projects that will benefit farmers there and the village at large. Fourteen students — eight from … six from Mount Holyoke —are working in partnership with the Thai nonprofit Joko Community Learning Centre, based in … yields and sustainability, and avoid being exploited by the government or large multinational corporations. After …