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Current Students Find and Follow Personalized Paths of Study
… Current Students Find and Follow Personalized Paths of Study Karen Corday … curriculum lets people personalize their studies and address the questions, challenges, and issues that … experienced with historical reproduction.” TJ Olson F22 “For my Division III Capstone project, I wanted to create …
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Community Analysis and Bee Guts: A Very Hampshire Collaboration Between Faculty and Students
… Community Analysis and Bee Guts: A Very Hampshire Collaboration Between Faculty and Students Karen Corday Science professors Juliet Johnson … microbiome studies, but the same analysis could be used for any ecological setting — with plants, insects, birds, …
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Hampshire Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
… Hampshire Alum and Biologist Phyllis D. Coley 70F Celebrated By The … on Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Dr. Coley was recognized for her pioneering fieldwork and research with an island trail renamed in her honor. …
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Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes
… Jacory Martin F24 Took His Passion for Film Studies All the Way to Cannes Karen Corday When … courses inspired him to delve deeper. He applied and was accepted as a student attendee at the legendary … 2025. We spoke with him about his first year at Hampshire and how it encouraged him to embark on an international …
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On Pins and Needles: Student Lila Maher F24 Uses Hampshire Independent Studies to Perfect Her Craft
… On Pins and Needles: Student Lila Maher F24 Uses Hampshire … when this passion in dresses from bygone eras began, and what she’s working on now. What first attracted you to … with historical reproduction. I’m also a signer for the Sewing Club. [S igners play a leadership role in …
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Hampshire College Alum Sylvia Bashevkin 72F Recognized for Leadership in Gender Equality
… Hampshire College Alum Sylvia Bashevkin 72F Recognized for Leadership in Gender Equality Karen Corday Bashevkin is an activist, scholar, writer, and prize-winning researcher in the field of gender and … Five of the Persons Case inspired,” according to the news release. Persons Day takes place annually on October 18, …
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Hampshire Mourns Longtime Former Professor and Feminist Film Pioneer Joan Braderman
… Hampshire Mourns Longtime Former Professor and Feminist Film Pioneer Joan Braderman Karen Corday Joan Braderman, professor emerita of video, film, and media studies and a visionary in the world of … and cinema, died on July 4, 2025. She taught at Hampshire for 30 years. Braderman, born and raised in Washington, D.C., …
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Hampshire Alums Yahui Liu 21F and Cherlynn Zhang 18F Shape a Co-Creation Space in Nepal
… Hampshire Alums Yahui Liu 21F and Cherlynn Zhang 18F Shape a Co-Creation Space in Nepal … following through on an idea that they had dreamed about for some time. Jivanta Kalalaye (“A Living Space for … is an artist residency in Bhaktapur, Nepal, conceptualized and managed by Hampshire alums Yahui Liu 21F and Cherlynn …
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Alum Gordon Williams 89F Credits Hampshire for Love of Math
… Alum Gordon Williams 89F Credits Hampshire for Love of Math Karen Corday Alum Gordon Williams 89F, who … is a professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the editor of Mathematics Magazine. Williams is a … him recently to discuss his experience teaching at HCSSiM and how his Hampshire experience impacted his career. What …
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From Reel to Reel to Reel
… providing successive generations of directors, editors, and producers with encouragement, experience, and … the Sundance Film Festival, also made the 2016 shortlist for the Academy Awards. She’s now working on a Netflix … living and working in Memphis for six years, Meyer went to visit Hampshire alum Rhys Ernst 01S in Los Angeles. “He was a …
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Recent Grad Ezra Dodson 18F’s Div III Project Explores the History of Queer Communities
… came to Hampshire to explore the fields of art history and queer theory. As so often happens here, those passions ultimately converged and became the study of queer history. Dodson's Div III is a … their educational journey, perfectly integrating a passion for archival research with a focus on queer communities. We …
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Division III
… is your chance to push your learning further, take risks, and tackle the meaningful challenge you’ve envisioned. Do the … students’ Div III work in a cohort-based setting. Related News Student Develops Passion for Cancer Research in Hampshire College Labs Read More …
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Students in Yearlong Course Design Across Cultures, Study in Thailand, Collaborate Across Disciplines
… organization in Thailand to design educational and social projects that will benefit farmers there and the … Centre, based in Nan, as a component of “Designing for Life: Agriculture, Ecology, and Design in Northern … In February, Roddenberry traveled from California to visit with the class on campus and learn about the students’ …
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Title IX
… College community members have the right to personal and sexual safety, respect, integrity and freedom of expression, as long as such expression does … Coordinator or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights. … Title IX Policy & Grievance Procedures To …
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Professor Michael Lesy's Historic Stereography Exhibit Presented by California Museum of Photography
… by California Museum of Photography A historic new exhibit and book of stereographic photographs chosen by Professor of … p.m., followed by a reception at 6:00 p.m. All events are free and open to the public. Michael Lesy, born in 1945 in … 827-4787 MEDIA COVERAGE The Press Enterprise http://www.pe.com/articles/photography-826246-old-1900s.html GALLERY …
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Still Hearing Music
… narrow streets of Florence until the historic buildings and terraces opened up to reveal a sparkling river, which I … I share with another graduate student. Occasionally we visit a friend who lives right above the Florence leather … twinkle so brightly that they seem poised to explode. For an Italian, hugging and kissing friends is an integral …
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Div III Profile: Syrian Refugee Accounts Inspire Student's Emergency Response App
… College undergrad to relay basic health information and help victims in underserved areas find emergency … and that sometimes no help came at all. “People were dying for ridiculous reasons,” Pearl says. “It’s a vulnerable … more empathic than others we had seen. We downloaded every free first-aid app we could find, and all of them seemed as …
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New Class of Students Urged to Own Their Education, at Orientation Shaped by Students
… four-day orientation the first week in September, and participated in a range of activities designed and hosted … is the artistic director. (See http://www.mixedracemixtape.com/ ) Hampshire also introduced first-years to the College’s … one of the most highly regarded Orientation activities. Visit the New Student Orientation Program homepage . …
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Mettler Oral History Transcripts
… students or other interested people. Germany, Life Before and In, 1933 (pdf) Barbara Mettler describes her life both before and during her time in Germany at Mary Wigman's school. She … with a long time student concerning the theoretical basis for her teaching. They debate its distinction from modern …
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President’s Spring 2020 Welcome
… years ago this month, Hampshire was building a new campus for our first class of 250 students and finalizing a radical new curriculum, abandoning … blaze new trails of research, learning, and achievement, free of boundaries and limits. I want to thank each of you …
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Hampshire College Commencement 2025 Celebrates Graduates Who Continue to Push Back
… to 136 graduates. So many family members, caregivers, and friends attended the celebration that they spilled … difference, and dismantle public education as a force for liberation. “Whether you began at Hampshire or arrived … the Common Good, who said, “As you move into the world Div-free as a Hampshire College graduate, I urge you to continue …
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Kay Johnson
… Kay Johnson Kay Johnson was a professor of Asian studies and politics and director of the Hampshire College China Exchange Program. … that almost always the windmill blades gave up. She fought for her life for these years with the same courage and …
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Area Of Study
Theatre
… a process-oriented program that demands strong initiative and motivation from each student. You are here Sitewide … Search The Theatre Program centers on active participation and production from the first year of study onward, rather … in productions. Theatre concentrators are responsible for all facets of the production process at Hampshire, from …
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Physics
… extensive lab work, original research, functional design, and real world experience beginning in the first semester of … of concentrations (music, education, or architecture, for example) and to pair a more standard physics curriculum with courses …
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Neuroscience
… genetics, biochemistry, structure, function, development, and pathology of the nervous system on the molecular, cellular, and cognitive level. You are here Sitewide Search Hampshire's … based on student interest and may include neurotropic cues for growth and development, neurotransmitter regulation, …
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