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SXSW Director Pierson Developed Critical Eye as Hampshire Student

… features and a hundred and ten shorts. I’m looking for something to surprise me.” This year's festival, which … Paul Reubens brings his iconic character to the big screen for the first time since 1988. Pierson and her team will be … that make SXSW such an important, and fun, event for filmmakers.  Helming the festival is a logical …

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Hampshire To Dedicate R.W. Kern Center with Daylong Community Event

… Members of the Hampshire community are invited to RSVP for the day’s events and to sign up for the workshops here . A highlight of the event is a … professor of environmental design. Among the speakers for the dedication ceremony are Hampshire President Jonathan …

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James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time, and This Time

… our current conditions? How has his work prepared us for such a time as this? Has it prepared us? "The … Fire Next Time was selected as this year’s common reading for incoming Hampshire students. Melton gave a talk to the … the Ticket on September 3. "Seeing students read Baldwin for the first time is an impossibly beautiful experience," …

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Animated Film Takes Owen Neuburger from Div III to Pixar

… His experience in creating the animated film  Union  for his Division III capstone project, he says, was an … Arts and Sciences Chris Perry, an Academy Award-winner for technical achievement in animation. Perry would end up as … and especially if Earth was involved, what it would mean for the people on it,” says Neuburger. “It’s incredibly …

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Hampshire College Receives Largest Single Donation Since Founding

… 50th Anniversary year. Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire has raised $19,456,747 of its $60 million goal … College’s founding. “I am deeply grateful to Jim and Paula for their generosity and their confidence. This is a game-changing gift for Hampshire at this pivotal time in our history,” said …

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Notable Alumni

Doug Plotkin 80F

… including IBM, PA Consulting, and Deloitte Consulting for some 30 years, focusing on IT Strategy and complex … The next day, he met Herb Bernstein in Quantum Mechanics for the Myriad, and was instantly convinced to take up … big, life changing days; that's what Hampshire can do for its students, and why it is so important it continues to …

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Staff

Omar S. Dahi

… Omar S. Dahi Omar S. 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 … of Critical Security Studies within the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS). Dahi has served as a lead …

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Hampshire College Alums Jenner Furst 02F and Julia Willoughby Nason 01F Codirect New Docuseries, “LulaRich,” on Clothing Company and “Cult” LuLaRoe

… many of whom lost their savings during their time working for the company. While the company is still in operation, … his documentary career in 2008, winning a Peabody Award for Brick City , a docuseries executive produced by Forest …  The Cinemart . Nason received an Emmy nomination for  Welcome to Leith , which she executive produced. Furst …

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Award-Winning Author Claudia Rankine to Deliver Race Matters Lecture at Hampshire

… was honored with the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry, the LA Times Book Award, the PEN Open Book Award, the NAACP Image Award, and as finalist for the National Book Award. Rankine is the Aerol Arnold … from the Lannan Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Rounding out the event's sponsors from …

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Faculty

Marlene Fried

… Gutiérrez of Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice , November, 2004 (awarded the Myers Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights), and co-authored … rights activist, and was the founding president and served for 21 years on the board of the National Network of Abortion …

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Stephen Petronio: Reflections on Repertory and the Creative Process

… Petronio will be in the area to lead an intensive workshop for the Five College Dance Department's newly launched Institute for Choreography and Creativity. The two events that are open … Hall). The five-day intensive workshop Petronio is leading for the Five College Dance Department, January 16-20, will …

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Update from President Nelson: March 8, 2019

… before us. I have the deepest respect and gratitude for everyone who has been working tirelessly in Hampshire’s … behalf, motivated, as we all are, by an abiding love for this school. As I said last spring, even before I … have been here in Amherst, they’ve been difficult for so many of our alums, parents, and friends who live …

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Framing Fantasy

… and through that process building the foundation for her Div III. For an advanced learning activity, she took a storytelling … summary of the storyline that served as the starting point for the script of her four novels. Transforming this …

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When Identity Trumps Self-Interest

… When Identity Trumps Self-Interest Abigail Meisel For Olivia Brochu, the political is personal.  The first germ for what would be her thesis — White Women for Trump: Rethinking Liberal Understandings of Women’s …

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Alum Derry Noyes Delivers Miniaturized Iconic American Art to Our Mailboxes

… Iconic American Art to Our Mailboxes Amy Diehl For the past forty years, Hampshire College alum Derry Noyes 70F has served as an artistic director for the United States Postal Service (USPS), working to … committee to artistic director, a position she has held for the past four decades. The risks, and rewards, of …

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It's On You: Symposium Shows What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur

… campus.” The event marked the launch of a three-year pilot for Entrepreneurship Education at Hampshire College, made … million from parents and alumni. The funds provide support for two faculty positions, the student-run Seed Fund for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, student internships, …

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Sept. 4: Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble to Speak at Convocation

… entering class of Hampshire College—is keynote speaker for Convocation 2012. Convocation will be held Tuesday, … apology in 1997 from then-President Bill Clinton for the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Dr. Gamble is … was director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. She is the author …

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Staff

Judy Bornstein 82F

… positions include serving as chief financial officer for McCown DeLeeuw & Co., chief financial officer of … technology company), and director of national operations for SmartRoute Systems. In addition to her B.A. from … Simmons College. Term ends 6/30/2017; eligible to renew for second term StaffStaff … San Mateo, California Judy …

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Oct. 6 - 29: Faculty Art Show

… and Daniel Kojo Schrade (painting). The curator for the exhibition is faculty artist S. Billie Mandle. There will be a reception for the artists on Friday, October 18, 5 - 7 pm, in the Main … 10:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, 2-5 p.m. For further information, please email carnold@hampshire.edu . …

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E-Newsletter: Special Div III Issue

… Her impressive research might well be used as a metaphor for the Division III itself. While outstanding individual … to suggest some rare environmental conditions just right for fostering the organic production of creativity. Here are but a few of this year's topics:   For his project, Music as a Rehabilitative Tool for Cochlear …

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'Anything by Itself, Hitched to Everything Else in the Universe'

… Received: Dr. Lucy Fund, Larry Beede Scholarship Fund for Southwest Studies, Justine Salton Memorial Fund, Garden Club of America Award for Summer Environmental Studies, National Science Foundation … of New Mexico, which provide an experimental control for my field samples.  This summer I collected abiotic data, …

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Abby Grace Drake's "Significant" Discovery About Dog Evolution

… “man’s best friend.” Dogs are “an amazing system to study for evolutionary biology,” Drake says, pointing to their … “The paper she just published was a blockbuster. For years geneticists and paleontologists have been claiming … ago, but rather at the present time there is no evidence for it.” Coppinger was an important influence on Drake early …

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Conversations, Handstands, Nerves: Orientation Weekend 2015

… who plans to study architecture, as she waits in line for her ID-card photo. “I learned about Hampshire when I took … offers a great educational approach that’s designed for active users, but the school is hard on passivity. It rewards inquisitiveness, opens space for creativity, and demands commitment.” As he closes his …

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Prof. Michael Klare to Speak at APEC CEO Summit

… at the CEO Summit, a forum to exchange ideas and search for solutions. While the United States is a member economy … last resource reserves. His most recent book, The Race for What's Left: The Global Scramble for the World's Last Resources , explores the haunting …

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The Envelope, Please

… behind me.” This was the letter Zaily had been waiting for, announcing she had won the Selenia Vazquez Scholarship. It’s a monetary award for our clients who are actively pursuing a college degree. … to continue their education and create a successful future for themselves and their families. Zaily is a hopeful, …

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