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Launch Update from Academic Innovation Planning Group
… Group Dear Hampshire College Community, The mandate of the Academic Innovation Planning Group (AIPG) is to develop and carry out a process of community involvement to identify a viable way forward, … a very tight time-frame. Together with Ed and the Board of Trustees, we believe that Hampshire needs a bold move to …
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Transfer Students
… The Holistic Learning Program , Writing Center , Office of Accessibility Resources (OARS) , Counseling Services , … The Holistic Learning Program , Writing Center , Office of Accessibility Resources (OARS) , Counseling Services , …
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Advising Hampshire Exchange and Field Study in Div II
… II. Faculty can encourage students to take advantage of opportunities to study abroad or elsewhere in the U.S., … II. Faculty can encourage students to take advantage of opportunities to study abroad or elsewhere in the U.S., …
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Gould Named New Police Chief
… Ralph J. ("Buddy") Gould, Jr., will be the next chief of police for Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges. Gould has served as the director of public safety at Holyoke Community College (HCC) since … the Three College position on June 24 . The new chief of police will bring nearly 30 years of law enforcement …
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Faculty
Kaća Bradonjić
… from Boston University. Situated at the intersection of physics and philosophy, Kaća’s research is focused on foundational questions of the physical interpretation of the mathematical formulations of gauge theories of …
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First Community Orientation Kicks Off Hampshire’s Fall Semester
… virtual event featuring Barbara Love, a professor emerita of social-justice education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has published widely on social … who tuned in via Zoom, and reinforced the importance of the event’s themes. “What is true about white supremacy …
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Staff
Omar S. Dahi
… Dahi Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty / Professor of Economics Omar S. Dahi is interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty and associate professor of economics at Hampshire …
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Pamela Stone's Research Finds Oppression and Inequality in Medicine May Affect Childbirth Outcomes
… In a journal article published this year, Director of the Culture, Brain, and Development program Pamela Stone … reproductive aged women” inherent in modern medical views of childbirth, prevalent since the middle of the 20th century. Stone calls the paper, published in the …
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Statement Against Anti-Asian Violence
… Last night in Georgia, eight people were killed, six of Asian descent, in a series of attacks that targeted the Asian American community. In the … 3,795 incidents were reported to Stop AAPI Hate. Many of these incidents are directed against elderly residents, …
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Hampshire Div IV Weekend Explores the Humanities
… in a digitized society, Elizabeth Brundage 78F voiced one of the most repeated rallying cries of Div IV 2014: Transforming Ideas, Pursuing the Humanities. Alums of Hampshire College, which was created to challenge and …
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Alum Makes $2 Million Donation, Second Seven-Figure Contribution This Month
… College’s first five entering classes, 1970–1975, in honor of Hampshire’s 50th Anniversary year. Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire has raised $22,538,810 of its $60 million goal since its launch, in January 2019. A retired NASA scientist and namesake of her own asteroid, Dr. McFadden is known simply as “Dr. …
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Nelson Mandela, A Moral Educator
… Nelson Mandela, A Moral Educator Jonathan Lash, President of Hampshire College Today, as the world mourns the loss of Nelson Mandela, his legacy of combining resistance and strength in the face of …
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Hampshire College Cuba Exchange Program Marks 15th Anniversary with Eqbal Ahmad Lecture, Colloquium
… Hampshire College will mark the 15-year anniversary of its Cuba student-exchange program with a two-day … Past, Present, and Future.” Speakers are former chief of mission at the U.S. Interests Section in Havana Wayne … Smith and the eminent historian and leading U.S. scholar of Cuba Louis A. Pérez, Jr. The lecture, which is free and …
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Hampshire Acquires Works by Renowned Artist and Illustrator Barry Moser
… Renowned Artist and Illustrator Barry Moser A collection of works by internationally renowned artist and illustrator … through a gift from Leon Pyle and Cathy DeForest, parents of Derek Pyle, a Hampshire alum. Select works from the … in the Hampshire College Art Gallery the first week of June. The works were acquired from Moser’s friend Vance …
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Hampshire Places High In National RecycleMania Tournament
… Tournament Hampshire College placed in the top 10 percent of several categories in this year’s national RecycleMania … across the United States and Canada report the amount of recycling and trash collected each week and are ranked in … Hampshire ranked in the top 10 percent, 14th out of 190 colleges, for diversion rate, i.e. recycle and compost …
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Neil Stillings Scholarship Fund Created for Cognitive Science Students
… has established a scholarship fund honoring Professor of Psychology Neil Stillings, cofounder of the first undergraduate cognitive science program in the nation, to support the work of outstanding students in the field. Trustee Judy Bornstein …
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Populationism and Prejudice
… Populationism and Prejudice Abigail Meisel The topic of population control is now very much in the news because … been linked to fighting global warming. It’s not a new way of thinking about environmental calamities. In fact, … ideology called “populationism”) by controlling the bodies of poor women via policies such as linking U.S. food aid with …
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Scholar, Organizer Against Racial Inequality Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor to Deliver 2017 Commencement Address
… African American studies at Princeton University, is one of the organizers of today's International Women’s Strike on International Women’s Day. The worldwide day of action was planned by women in more than 50 countries, …
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Hampshire Professors Raymond Coppinger and Mark Feinstein Collaborate on 'How Dogs Work'
… on 'How Dogs Work' Raymond Coppinger, professor emeritus of biology, and Mark Feinstein, professor of cognitive science, both leading researchers in the field of dog behavior, are co-authors of the upcoming book How Dogs …
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Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th Annual Schocket Lecture
… March 24, 2022, from 5–6:30 p.m. in the Main Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson Hall. Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College … the presentation: ”In this talk, I provide an account of the social relation between life worth living and life …
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Sept. 4: Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble to Speak at Convocation
… and activist Vanessa Northington Gamble 70F —a member of the first entering class of Hampshire College—is keynote speaker for Convocation 2012. … Jonathan Lash, trustee chair Sigmund Roos 73F, Dean of Faculty Eva Rueschmann, and Interim Dean of Students Diana …
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Artist and Hampshire College Alum Mequitta Ahuja’s Newest Exhibit an ‘Ode to Motherhood and Loss’
… “Ma” at New York’s Aicon Gallery. The exhibit, a series of 25 new pieces, serves as a reflection and meditation on the artist’s recent loss of her mother. The pieces grapple with themes of grief, memory, and connection. Ahuja’s body of work often …
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Board Member
Catherine Smith 71F
… the Board in 2019. She recently served as the Commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) for eight years. … efforts to generate economic activity and expansion of business presence in the state. Prior to her service as …
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An invitation to do things differently
… College is a small liberal arts college in the heart of the Pioneer Valley. Founded in 1965, our goal is to … with a method to self-actualize, now and for the rest of their lives. Students co-design their concentration with … students. They receive meaningful feedback in the form of narrative evaluations, and they have the expanse of the …
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Faculty
Lili M. Kim
… Lili M. Kim Lili M. Kim is a scholar of U.S. history from a global and transnational perspective, … how Korean Americans negotiated the racial terrains of the homefront that witnessed mass incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. She is currently …
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