… 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 …

… Her Book, 'Puerto Rican Citizen' Lorrin Thomas , author of the award-winning book Puerto Rican Citizen: History and … will speak in Hampshire's Red Barn on March 31 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Thomas is a professor in the department of …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Lyric earned multiple national book awards, will speak on the topic of "Creative Imagination & Race" at Hampshire's … Patterson Hall. Rankine's Citizen was honored with the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, the LA Times Book Award, the PEN Open Book Award, the NAACP …

… Commons Hampshire College is using a $65,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to research and develop a … director Jennifer Gunter King, “it makes more sense for the library to open up and create more communal learning spaces. This support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation signifies the importance and …

… Hampshire College has a new academic-services facility in the Harold F. Johnson Library, a large, recently renovated space on the first floor that centralizes and expands programs previously dispersed around the 800-acre campus. The facility's ribbon cutting and launch …

… nonfiction writer, novelist, playwright and professor at the Columbia School of Journalism, Helen Benedict, whose groundbreaking coverage of sexual assault in the U.S. military inspired the Academy Award-nominated documentary The Invisible War , …

… faculty, friends, welcome to Hampshire's 44th Convocation. The summer is a restfully slow time here, but you all bring life back to the campus. It is good to have our community together again. … David Smith, who in 1970 took a huge risk to leave the Chair of a leading American Studies Department to move to …

… A week of performances on Hampshire's main stage uses "the amount of electricity that a household uses in a month," says Amy Putnam, the theatre program's staff technical director. That makes … big electric bill and carbon footprint. New LED lights, on the other hand, use a fraction of the energy that …

… Poetry by Annie G. Rogers Hampshire College will celebrate the opening of an exhibition of recently acquired prints … professor of psychoanalysis and clinical psychology. The public reception will be held Wednesday, March 21, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. on the second floor of the Harold F. Johnson Library. Published …

… orchardist, and creative writing professor Ross Gay is the featured writer for this year’s Andrew Salkey Memorial … Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude , has placed him in the spotlight of the poetry world, having won the prestigious Kingsley Tufts …

… Education John Courtmanche Hundreds of members of the Hampshire community and invited guests attended the R.W. Kern Center dedication and symposium on Friday, … 16, a daylong event that explored from many angles the theme, “What Buildings Should Do.” World-renowned …

… for Design Celebrates 20th Anniversary Michael Medeiros The 20th anniversary of Hampshire College’s Center for Design (formerly the Lemelson Center) inspired this year’s Div IV alumni weekend theme of "Build, Create, Design," just as the center itself has inspired students and alums to design, …

… III: Using Microscopy to Extract Beauty "I got to be the biologist, the archivist, the archaeologist, the photographer, and the artist for this …

… College Outdoor Festival April 16 Lara Leilani Matthias The Appalachian Mountain Club is sponsoring the 5 College Outdoor Festival this Saturday, April 16. The goal is to introduce Hampshire and other Five College …

… what I did at Hampshire.” For his Division III year at the College, McCarthy researched and wrote a thesis about the economic impact of Gothic churches on the towns that erected them. That meant living in Chartres …

… Reginald Dwayne Betts, poet, author, and advocate for the reform of the criminal justice system, is the featured speaker for this year's Andrew Salkey Memorial …

… Building on last summer's refurbishing of student lounges, the Merrill residence hall is undergoing a major overhaul as … ventilation, and air conditioning units will replace the current heating units, and built-in furniture in each … Bathrooms will have new sinks, fixtures, and tile. One of the most noticeable changes to campus is the removal of a …

… Are Still In' Campaign Hampshire College has signed on to the national We Are Still In campaign and pledged to continue … support climate action and reduce carbon emissions to meet the Paris Climate Agreement, joining more than 1,200 signers … investors. To date, almost 200 colleges are part of the campaign, among them Five College Consortium partners …

… on “Race, Empire, and State-Sanctioned Violence” Amy Diehl The 22nd annual Eqbal Ahmad Symposium will take place on Tuesday, March 16 at 4 p.m. EST. The lecture on “Race, Empire and State-Sanctioned Violence” … features three speakers including Barbara Ransby, the author of Making Black Lives Matter ; Palestinian …

… a dignity economy. No human being is disposable, so the government must attend to each and every one of its … Rising: Participatory Democracy, Solidarity Economy, and the Struggle for Racial Justice in Jackson, Mississippi. On … November 8, staff, faculty, students, and other members of the community filled the Robert Crown Center for the lecture, …

… Freedom and Creativity in Music Giovana Romano Sanchez On the stage of the Hampshire College Music and Dance Building, a group of … “What if you did that every day and you tried to find the other side of your sound?” asked Nicole Mitchell, …

… is traveling through New York and New Jersey documenting the experiences of young black girls working as domestic laborers in the 20th century, while Professor Annie Rogers will visit … and student mentoring. Building on their ongoing work, the six professors will create innovative curricula and …