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Eddie Mandhry 97F
… Eddie Mandhry 97F Eddie Mandhry 97F Eddie Mandhry joined the Board in 2023. Eddie Mandhry is a senior fellow at Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic venture co-founded by the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. He is presently leading the Virtual Center for Advanced Potential, a global network …
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Alum Seth Freed Wessler 03F's short film “The Facility” About ICE Detention Now Streaming
… Alum Seth Freed Wessler 03F's short film “The Facility” About ICE Detention Now Streaming The Facility, a documentary film directed by Hampshire … Illness and Death in ICE Detention: How a Protest Grew on the Inside ,” for The New York Times Magazine. In the film, …
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A Gift to Support Humanities Students' Research
… beginning their Division III work. It is meant to enhance the ability of students to conduct research at an advanced level and also support the library collection and fill any holes in its humanities collection," said Ellis. The Humanities Research Book Grant will support humanities …
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Archaeological Project Co-Directed by Dr. Pamela Stone Awarded AAUW Community Action Grant
… Stone Awarded AAUW Community Action Grant WASHINGTON — The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has awarded a 2019–2020 Community Action Grant to the Nuestra Señora de Belén Archaeological Project, … Stone from Hampshire College, Dr. Ventura Peréz from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dr. Debra Martin …
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CBD Awards Grants to 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships
… 12 Student Innovators for Summer Projects and Internships The Culture, Brain & Development program has awarded $25,000 … grant applications was especially competitive, reflecting the high quality of work undertaken by Hampshire students. … CBD Assistant Director Amy Dryansky agreed and noted the diversity of the student proposals, detailed below. The …
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Hampshire Wins International Campus Sustainability Achievement Award for R.W. Kern Center
… Achievement Award for R.W. Kern Center John Courtmanche The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) … 2018 Campus Sustainability Achievement Award, recognizing the R.W. Kern Center, the 17th Living Certified Building in …
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Valedictory Letter from Board Chair Luis Hernandez
… During this time, I’ve met students completely excited by the College’s learning process, faculty who have stoked the fires of inquiry, and staff whose dedication and hard work have truly moved mountains. As a member of the first class at Hampshire, I am enormously grateful to the …
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Unfinished Tom Joslin Film Completed at Hampshire College
… Friend , a coming out/love story of gay identity, and the posthumous, groundbreaking film Silverlake Life: The View from Here . Shot with a video camera, Silverlake Life documented the final months of the relationship of two gay men as both …
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Hampshire Alumni Authors Write in Support of Russian LGBT Community
… decided to "create a document that mostly doesn't exist." The collection of interviews, stories, and testimonials from … "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations." With the Sochi Olympics drawing worldwide scrutiny on how the law affects the Russian LGBT community, Huff-Hannon …
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Gould Named New Police Chief
… 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 2006. He will assume the Three College position on June 24 . The new chief of …
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Study of Acceptance of Evolution Among Muslim Physicians
… Hameed hopes to contribute to greater understanding of how the Muslim world views evolution by collecting and analyzing data on the perspectives of physicians and medical students. The three-year study is funded by a $372,500 National Science …
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For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom
… What attracted you to Hampshire? I realized during the pandemic, once my high school switched to online, that I … and getting much more into my own work. I learned more in the last two months of my senior year teaching myself about … learning rather than teaching myself and having the teachers pull my attention. You are a Div I [first-year] …
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It's On You: Symposium Shows What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur
… an Entrepreneur “Don’t wait to be asked to dance. Create the ball,” Hampshire alum Sabrina Hamilton 73F told students at the "Entrepreneurship the Hampshire Way" symposium, hosted last week by the …
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Creating a Community Cookbook: Redefining Healthy
… Hampshire's study abroad program in Cuba proved to be just the right ingredient for pulling together interests in public health, economics, and anthropology and forming the base of her Div III, the compilation of a community cookbook with recipes gathered …
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NYC Latina Activist to Speak at Hampshire
… community activist Iris Morales, who rose to prominence in the Vietnam War era as one of the first female members of the revolutionary Latin@/Latinx organization the Young Lords …
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Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics
… Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics The burst of new thought on black aesthetics, incited in part by the tragic deaths, incarceration, and inequality of black people today and their response in resistance, is the focus of a public symposium taking place this weekend, …
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Hampshire and Partner Colleges Win $250,000 Award to Increase Local Food on Campus
… award to encourage college and university campuses in the region to work together to increase the amount of regionally-produced food on campus menus, it was announced by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation. This year, the Foundation …
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How a Personalized Curriculum Drove Successful Entrepreneurship
… Curriculum Drove Successful Entrepreneurship “No” was the response that Darleane Torres heard repeatedly from … search. “They were telling me that I had to choose one or the other because the majors are so rigorous ,” Torres says. “But when I asked …
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Connecting Philosophy and Music
… puts that challenge to his students, he can never predict the outcome. Almost everyone has an opinion when it comes to … generally it's more passionate than reasoned. Getting past the primary emotional response, and moving on to a more … critical analysis, is what Professor Cox likes to see in the classroom. "First year students say they want to write on …
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Boston Globe Sunday Reports Hampshire's 'Major Leap Forward' Toward Sustainability
… 'Major Leap Forward' Toward Sustainability A feature in the Boston Sunday Globe today recognizes Hampshire's legacy at the forefront of sustainability efforts, and calls the college's latest efforts toward its goal to be carbon …
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Three Hampshire Graduates Receive 2016-17 Fulbright Awards
… Hampshire graduates have received Fulbright grants from the US Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, it was announced this spring. The awards to Eve Allen, Kristina Moss Gunnarsdóttir, and …
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Hampshire Professor D’Avanzo Writes Eco-Mystery
… Hot Sea (Torrey House Press) was released on June 7. The book is the first in what D’Avanzo says will be her Maine … readers in climate-change science and politics. Among the numerous positive reviews, independent publisher Foreword …
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Notable Alumni
Gabrielle Hamilton 83F
… Hamilton 83F Gabrielle Hamilton 83F Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef/owner of Prune restaurant and the author of New York Times bestsellers Blood, Bones & Butter and Prune Hamilton is the chef/owner of PRUNE, which she opened in New York City’s …
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An invitation to do things differently
… Hampshire College is a small liberal arts college in the heart of the Pioneer Valley. Founded in 1965, our goal is to empower … students with a method to self-actualize, now and for the rest of their lives. Students co-design their …
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Alum Manny Castro 02F Appointed NYC Commisioner of Mayor's Office for Immigrant Affairs
… New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams recently announced the appointment of Hampshire College alum Manuel “Manny” Castro 02F as the commissioner of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Affairs (MOIA). Castro will …
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