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Introducing Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media Michelle Trujillo

… Introducing Assistant Professor of Experimental Film and Media Michelle Trujillo Hampshire College is pleased to … at Hampshire, Michelle Trujillo taught film production and contextual film courses at the University of … She’s currently finishing work as a sound designer/editor for the Voices of Gun Violence Project  in Milwaukee, which …

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Introducing Assistant Professor of Ecology and Global Change Jennifer VanWyk

… Introducing Assistant Professor of Ecology and Global Change Jennifer VanWyk Hampshire College is … the University of California, Davis, Cal State Chico, and Mount Holyoke College. She most often taught ecology and … teaching about the factors influencing community dynamics for native bee and plant populations. A significant aspect of …

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Jill Fishman 03F Opens ‘Queer-Woman-Owned’ Brunch Restaurant and Bar

… Fishman 03F Opens ‘Queer-Woman-Owned’ Brunch Restaurant and Bar In June, Hampshire alum Jill Fishman 03F opened Dreamhouse in Turners Falls. Her partner in life and business, Adrixn Catao 03F, is also an alum of the … I was supposed to be. The possibilities seemed endless for me there. You studied women’s health and HIV here. Did …

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Introducing Assistant Professor of Psychology, Africana Studies, and Social Transformation Gaurav Jashnani

… Assistant Professor of Psychology, Africana Studies, and Social Transformation Gaurav Jashnani Hampshire College … Gaurav Jashnani taught at the University of Michigan and Teachers College, Columbia University. He has also worked … he was a postdoctoral fellow at CUNY’s Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas and the …

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Div III Student Forrest Fleur S23 Talks Drag and Environmental Justice

… Div III Student Forrest Fleur S23 Talks Drag and Environmental Justice Sustainable Hampshire is the group on campus working on climate action and environmental justice. Intern Ash Richardson-White F23 … camp every summer and then worked at that same summer camp for five years, and being outside among the animate world has …

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National Lab Hosts Campus Study of Bird Impact from Solar Panels, Offering Unique Opportunity for Hampshire Students

… Bird Impact from Solar Panels, Offering Unique Opportunity for Hampshire Students Argonne National Laboratory, a science and engineering research center working on affordable clean energy and environmental protection programs, partnered with …

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Change Management Expert Rebecca Borland Reynolds 82F Publishes Book on Methods of Reinvention

… America in the arts, education, health, human services, and beyond recently released the book Thresholds of Change: … Transformational Times . What drew you to Hampshire? And what did you study? I transferred to Hampshire from NYU. Before that I’d interned for a year on the Hill in D.C. and worked a year in …

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Professor Alan Goodman Honored with Biological Anthropology Award for Book

… Alan Goodman Honored with Biological Anthropology Award for Book The Biological Anthropology Section of the American … the 2024 W. W. Howells Book Award to Drs. Joseph Graves and Alan Goodman for Racism Not Race: Answers to Frequently … Press). From the award committee: This highly accessible and intellectually rigorous text does the difficult work of …

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Jonathan Stevens 81S on Baking, Community, and “The Hungry Ghost Bread Book”

… Jonathan Stevens 81S on Baking, Community, and “The Hungry Ghost Bread Book” Emma Rose DeFelice Jonathan Stevens 81S, a Hampshire College alum and co-owner of Hungry Ghost Bread in Northampton, is … internships in Brooklyn and Cambridge as well as Mexico for his Division II. His Division III project — a report on …

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Michael Strmiska 78S Prepares for Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania

… Michael Strmiska 78S Prepares for Fulbright Fellowship in Lithuania Strmiska is preparing … Movements while conducting research on religious movements and the status of the Roma minority in Lithuania. Since its … more than 400,000 students, scholars, teachers, artists, and scientists the opportunity to study, teach, conduct …

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Daniel Asia 71F Joins the American Academy of Sciences and Letters

… Daniel Asia 71F Joins the American Academy of Sciences and Letters Composer and Professor Emeritus of Music Daniel Asia 71F was recently … who also taught me conducting. I ended up writing a piece for the group. I took courses in music at Smith and Amherst …

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Division I Student Jazlyn Cabrera F24 Explores Environmental Science, Music, and Sustainability

… Jazlyn Cabrera F24 Explores Environmental Science, Music, and Sustainability Jazlyn Cabrera F24 is embracing … yet,” she says. From studying environmental science and music to working on the Hampshire College Farm and … is designed to make improvisation less anxiety-inducing for high school students. I also recently wrapped up a couple …

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Paula Dobbyn 79F Appointed Science and Environmental Journalism Chair at the University of Alaska

… Paula Dobbyn 79F Appointed Science and Environmental Journalism Chair at the University of Alaska Dobbyn’s Hampshire education laid the foundation for a career that has spanned continents, revolutions, and … radio station in Juneau. That was after working in radio news for a number of years in Boston and Washington, D.C., …

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Manuel Castro 02F, Commissioner for the NYC Office of Immigrant Affairs, To Deliver Commencement Address

… Manuel Castro 02F, Commissioner for the NYC Office of Immigrant Affairs, To Deliver … nationally recognized immigrant rights advocate, nonprofit and public sector leader, and proud alum, will deliver the keynote address at the …

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Stefanie Brendler 00F on Music, History, and Resistance

… Stefanie Brendler 00F on Music, History, and Resistance Stefanie Brendler 00F, of the band Brivele, talks community planning, klezmer, and fighting fascism through Yiddish folk-punk. Brivele , a Seattle-based duo known for their genre-defying fusion of Yiddish song, labor …

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Hampshire Offers a New Home for New College of Florida Émigrés

… Hampshire Offers a New Home for New College of Florida Émigrés When conservative leaders … to all New College of Florida students in good standing and to match their current cost of tuition.  As of August 31, … a way out. With faculty fleeing New College in droves and students increasingly wary of the new leadership — which …

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Side-by-Side Faculty and Alum Art Show Exhibits Relationships and Impact

… Side-by-Side Faculty and Alum Art Show Exhibits Relationships and Impact Anne Pinkerton 91F The Scope of Things opened on … the Hampshire College Art Gallery in the Johnson Library, and runs through November 4. Gallery Coordinator Naomi Romm …

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Professor Jeff Barton and Student Grover Patteson Hernandez F24 Use Math to Fight Partisan Gerrymandering

… Professor Jeff Barton and Student Grover Patteson Hernandez F24 Use Math to Fight … Karen Corday They hope their project will support fair and democratic electoral districting maps.  “When I came to … student Grover Patteson Hernandez F24. “But I found a love for math and data analysis during my first two semesters. I …

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Director of the James Baldwin Scholars Program Karina Fernández Montilla 02F Honored with DEI and Justice Award

… Program Karina Fernández Montilla 02F Honored with DEI and Justice Award Karen Corday Karina Fernández Montilla came … spoke with Fernández Montilla about her journey to, from, and back again to Hampshire, her career as an educator, and … I was raised to work hard and to give back. I was looking for a college centered on social justice where I could pursue …

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Alum Matthew Pitt 92F Considers Cults, Rock and Roll, and Celebrity in New Novel

… Alum Matthew Pitt 92F Considers Cults, Rock and Roll, and Celebrity in New Novel Karen Corday Hampshire grad … wondered if they would last, and how far people desperate for celebrity status would sink to answer the craving. Do you …

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Hampshire Alum and Restaurateur Howard Wein 93F Launches Western Massachusetts Mountainside Retreat

… Hampshire Alum and Restaurateur Howard Wein 93F Launches Western … Corday What do Hampshire College, The Four Seasons Madrid, and The Diplomat Resort all have in common? They’ve all been … I taught during Jan Term, and four weeks as a touring chef for the Beastie Boys into my Div III. I was looking for and

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Hampshire Alum and Soon-to-Be Dr. Talia Adi 10F Studied Neuroscience and Dance on Her Way to Researching Migraine Pain

… Hampshire Alum and Soon-to-Be Dr. Talia Adi 10F Studied Neuroscience and Dance on Her Way to Researching Migraine Pain Karen … about her experience at the College and how it set her up for success. What originally drew you to Hampshire? I knew I …

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Hampshire’s Literary and Arts Magazine Is Relaunched After Nine Years

… Hampshire’s Literary and Arts Magazine Is Relaunched After Nine Years Karen Corday … 17F was inspired to bring back The Reader while looking for a place to publish her own writing. She oversaw the … on-campus literary magazine that published poetry, prose, and visual art by students,” explains Laurent. “It functioned …

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Kelly Malone-Wolfsun F22 Researches Plants and Climate Change and Incorporates Art

… Kelly Malone-Wolfsun F22 Researches Plants and Climate Change and Incorporates Art Karen Corday In her Div III, … my research beyond what I thought possible. What do you do for fun?  I join the Climbers Coalition weekly, explore the …

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Jane Marsching 85F Combines a Passion for Sustainability with a Thriving Art Practice

… Jane Marsching 85F Combines a Passion for Sustainability with a Thriving Art Practice Karen Corday As an artist, teacher, and sustainability activist, Jane Marsching 85F has lived out … a community known for “creativity as invention that spans and links arts, humanities, and sciences.” We talked to her …

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