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Creativity Center Awards Grants to Six Student Projects

… by conducting interviews with six diverse individuals on their background and experiences inside and outside the … of their internet personas through sculptural installation on the walls of their actual room. Switchboard Magazine Remy … contributed by young writers and editors, and concentrates on covering the Five College community with visual and …

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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards

… Chynna Aming will pursue her Division II research on the impacts of adverse childhood experience through an … in order to learn about the effects that consumerism has on animated shows and film. Mairin Emerson’s Division III … is an artistic progression of their previous research on the objectification and sexualization of women in medical …

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Hampshire to Host Five College PoetryFest 2016

… will represent Hampshire at the Five College PoetryFest on Thursday, March 24, in Hampshire's Airport Lounge.  … poetry and archival studies. Her archival work centers on a process of story-finding, and she’s interested in what … focus. One course she credits with having a strong impact on her writing is Professor Murillo’s Intermediate Poetry …

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Children of Selamta

… all individual, all with unique stories and takes on life that, despite the common background, can't be … I had an image of the kids being traumatized after living on the streets for several years without their parents, who … she says. "It was amazing that they were able to move on and be so happy." Chapman didn't arrive in Ethiopia …

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Pamela Stone's Research Finds Oppression and Inequality in Medicine May Affect Childbirth Outcomes

… She believes her article, titled “Biocultural perspectives on maternal mortality and obstetrical death from the past to … and redirecting international health initiatives on issues of poverty, lack of education, and poor nutrition. … To read Stone’s paper, visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22906/full. For more information on

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PVTA Agrees to Five Colleges Bus Route Recommendations

… Pioneer Valley Transit Authority (PVTA) to reverse course on some of the proposed bus service reductions it had … some minor modifications to it Add some express routes on the B43 (Smith to/from UMass and Amherst) to allow for the … at the end of August 2017, look for updates at www.pvta.com and www.pvta.com/schedules.php . In responding to PVTA’s …

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President’s Spring 2020 Welcome

… education with a bold, new student experience centered on complex themes and pressing questions of our time.
 … are as committed to our success as all of us here on campus.  New Students Last Monday, I welcomed more than a … Toward the Future In November, the New England Commission on Higher Education reviewed our five-year financial plan and …

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Hampshire Acquires Works by Renowned Artist and Illustrator Barry Moser

… weekend. The exhibit will open with a public reception on June 2, 2016 at 6pm, and will be on display June 3 (including a special alumni reception that … artist, according to Moser’s biography. Moser is currently on the faculty of Smith College where he is Professor in …

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Queer Studies

… theory, and contemporary critique to further the discourse on queer identity and community, as well as notions of … Courses and projects within queer studies focus on the law, family structure, media representations, public … mixed heritage people. The Stonewall Center When it opened on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus in 1985, …

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Religion

… and even the languages we speak. Students may focus on a specific religion or on co-evolution of multiple religions in a particular area of … Imagination Young Evangelical Christians' Perspectives on Politics, Pluralism and Sex Issues: an Ethnographic Study …

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When Students Stop and Think About What They're Learning

… Lash I remember all-nighters in college, staying awake on stimulants so I could cram for an exam. The next day, my … new; last century, John Dewey advocated for reflection on one’s learning, writing in Experience and Education, … growth goals, and academic outcomes”: students reflecting on their studies and setting goals had a positive impact on

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Health and Pre-Medical Studies

… Study of the Effects of Medium Chain Triglycerides on Cholesterol and Satiety Traditional Chinese Medicine in a … laboratory findings. A human biology text, medical texts on reserve, and Internet resources will help students track … also learn to find and read scientific research articles on topics of their choosing and will learn to write …

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Hampshire Dedicates Kern Center, Explores Solutions in Environmental Justice, Green Building, Education

… attended the R.W. Kern Center dedication and symposium on Friday, September 16, a daylong event that explored from … Center as a living laboratory and changed his perspective on sustainability. “Our experiments modeling building systems shed light on our impact on the world,” he said, “on our …

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Culture, Brain, and Development Program to Celebrate 15th Anniversary at Family & Friends Weekend

… and human growth and development. A birthday party on Saturday, October 20, from 3:00 to 5:30 p.m., during … of a Hampshire education, he says, is an emphasis on thinking across boundaries, fields, and domains to create … his home institution, he moved to create a similar center on the undergraduate level at Hampshire. “In the fifteen …

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Hampshire to Offer 12th Annual ‘Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer

… of them during the filmmaking process, advising students on every aspect of their projects. “The course is deeply … Charlotte Kohlmann’s [Smith College ’17] film was based on the diary her grandmother kept in Paris during the Nazi occupation; the work of Malik Ford 14F concentrated on hip-hop culture in Paris; Emily Drummer 09F created an …

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Hampshire Announces Ribbon-Cutting Opening Ceremony for Kern Center

… plans for the building’s official ribbon-cutting on Friday April 29, 2016. In attendance at the 10:30am … “red list” materials, right down to the duct tape allowed on site. The project has been featured by many media outlets … and dialogues over many months, to provide feedback on the building’s purpose and design. Hampshire fourth-year …

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Center for Design Celebrates 20th Anniversary

… Fabrication Shop Supervisor Glenn Armitage 81F took on the task of creating the center from scratch in 1994, … “He had a little room in the basement of Cole, and he went on this search to find equipment and create this space with … and spoke about the influence her involvement had on their work. Her courses in appropriate technology and …

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Environmentalism and Environmental Justice

… not going to college, but he humored me and went on a college tour. Our first visit took us to this windowless … saw excited and serious students engaged in urgent hands-on learning and compelling intellectual projects. There was … and they talked about how many students at Hampshire go on to get a PhD. In that moment my son turned to me and said, …

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In Year Two, Hampshire's No-SAT No-ACT Strategy Continues to Align Admissions with Mission

… and the negative influence of standardized testing on education. This week, Dean of Enrollment Meredith Twombly … rankings, Twombly points out those rankings are not based on whether colleges produce successful alums; rather, they … colleges as measured by the number of alums who go on to earn the highest degree in their field, according to …

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Hampshire Alum David Shulkin Appointed US Secretary of Veterans Affairs

… could be interfered with — but I told him he should get on with it.” He added: “He must have failed at that quest … Shulkin researched and presented a Division III thesis on whether a pharmaceutical could be used to slow or stop … Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/shulkin-unanimously-confirmed-t… USA Today …

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School of Cognitive Science Div III Presentations

… Title: Effects of Urbanization and Ambient Noise Levels on Communication in Eastern Gray Squirrels 9:45 a.m. Emma C. … Smith Title: Exploring the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Women's Math Performance through Salivary Cortisol Levels … Problem 3:15 p.m. Micah Isser Title: Poetry and Prose on the Topic of Sincerity 3:30 p.m. Georgia Gerike Title: The …

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ParaNorman Set Dresser Duncan Gillis

… and Anna Kendrick, and Hampshire alum Duncan Gillis 94F . "On ParaNorman I worked as a set dresser," he explains. "We … year at Hampshire," he says. From there, Gillis moved on to New York City. "I spent several years building … me about this opportunity to move out to Portland to work on stop-motion films," says Gillis. "That was something I had …

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Grant to Support Animal Communication Research

… Animal Science Sarah Partan . The goal is to collect data on signaling behavior and coat color of Eastern gray … the effects of the environmental changes humans have on biodiversity. The funding through the John T. and Jane A. … to do two years of field-based, community-engaged research on the project, and allows Professor Partan to provide …

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A Div III that Includes Up-close Exploration of Shark Conservation

… be "the most influential and life changing for everyone on earth. And a lot of it comes down to what happens with the … as responsible for "turning half of the carbon dioxide on earth into oxygen," are being depleted as the atmospheric … important ocean ecosystems are, for regulating all life on earth," Fogel says. Fogel is now about halfway through the …

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Valedictory Letter from Board Chair Luis Hernandez

… College. With a sense of confidence and fortitude, based on our history of experimentation and risk taking, we can … campaign Save the date to celebrate the 50th Anniversary on October 16-18 Stay engaged and involved in our community, … story Lastly, I feel immense gratitude for serving on the Board of Trustees and for the everlasting Hampshire …

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