… Innovative Student Projects   Hampshire's new Design, Art, and Technology (DART) program announces the first six … learning, expand colors available for steel surfaces, and use ice as a medium for exposing light to the human eye. … the ever-evolving relationship between humans, animals, and objects. One explores the relationship between sound and …

… Joshua Murray In the realm of African American literature and culture, the idea of joy is often ignored. This lack of … about the concept, inspired African American Literature and Culture Assistant Professor Tara Bynum to design a course … Pleasures, #BlackJoy.  During the fall term, Bynum and her students delved into black joy and #blackjoy. The …

… campaign , apply a new sustainable business model, and celebrate its 50th anniversary. An alumnus of Hampshire, Fuentes 05F began his two-year term this month and is eligible to serve two more terms with Board approval. He previously served as Vice Chair and has been a trustee since 2016. Fuentes is currently …

… history project," focusing mainly on the usherettes and their place in cinema history. Usherettes served multiple roles. "They were performative, and played an aesthetic and ornamental role. They also kept order in the theaters," …

… Scholar The annual award from Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group Health Foundation provides “unrestricted support to … can provide critical insight to social justice leaders and whose ideas encourage all of us to imagine how we can radically improve our democracy, economy and society.” Abolitionist archivist Orisanmi Burton 99F is …

… Wallen Jeffrey Wallen's teaching interests include 19th- and 20th-century comparative literature (German, French, … studies, modernism, Jewish studies, psychoanalysis, and philosophy. He has published widely on 19th- and 20th-century European literature; on biography and …

… Mission-Based Endowment Investing As many schools and nonprofits are grappling with investing their endowments aligned with their mission and values, or facing scrutiny from constituents, the … undertook this challenge as it implemented a policy and process for mission-based investing. The report is …

… When Professor Michael Lesy sat down at his computer and clicked on a collection of menus from 1908, he found they "could conjure up the taste, smell, and sight of food that had been prepared, served, and eaten more than one hundred years ago." Just as the menus …

… our communities through the innovative use of technology, and the promotion of benevolence in business.  He is … Health, a New York health transformation initiative,  and serves as adviser, investor, and/or Director for several small health-focused companies.  …

… thesis project seeks to level the playing field for small and medium farms by offering affordable technology to monitor the health of livestock. Minot and a team of four other Hampshire students, merging their … The team is developing a system that detects disease and predicts breeding cycles through individual animal’s …

… up this weekend in the Hampshire College Studio Theatre, and tickets are available now. The first, Marisol , is a published work by the award-winning playwright and Oscar-nominated screenwriter, José Rivera. The play … god. The play was "slotted" by Div II Brianna Turnbull, and productions are on October 18th and 20th at 8:00 p.m. …

… to a railing outside his third-floor residence hall room and hung speaker wires weighted with 200 pounds of rocks … a project he would immerse himself in over the next year and a half, culminating in the creation of a new—and very large—musical instrument and earning him a degree in …

… emerita of anthropology, received her B.A. from Barnard and her Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  … Dean of the School of Social Science at Hampshire College, and founding director of the interdisciplinary Program in Culture, Brain, and Development there. Her interests include the cultural …

… the Lemelson Center) is celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the College will mark the milestone by dedicating its … reception, maker-themed workshops featuring alums and faculty, the Makers showcase, an Art of the Book exhibit, plus events with President Lash and faculty and staff, and more. Click for full schedule and …

… Dear Hampshire Students, Faculty, Staff, Parents, Alums, and Friends, This has been a full-on week of meetings and interactions on campus and off, following Friday’s Board announcement—extremely …

… from the mid 1980s to 2007. Gardeners, farmers, growers, and food-lovers from across the Northeast will again share their inspiration and ideas for organic food, farming, health, activism, and beyond. With an array of workshops, seminars, exhibits, …

… Sperling received her M.A. from the Universität Göttingen and her Ph.D. from Stanford University. Sperling’s teaching interests focus on medieval/early modern history and visual culture, with a special emphasis on the Italian … decolonial archive studies, (queer) body history, and comparative legal studies of the Mediterranean. Her most …

… New Game in Four Months Lara Leilani Matthias Developing and publishing a mobile game for Apple and Android devices in four months would be an aggressive … Studio class are almost halfway through their project, and are hard at work to develop their own point-and-click …

… Unstoppable Aldersons Abigail Meisel When you meet Glenna and Earl Alderson for the first time, you really wish you … whitewater. “That was our second winter-term trip, and we were still in our twenties, but we were on duty with … That trip marked the onset of more than 560 weekend and extended trips — paddling, hiking, rock climbing, …

… Laura Wenk Laura Wenk, professor of cognition and education and dean of curriculum and assessment, is a founding faculty member of the …

… College Community, As we start our new fiscal year and prepare for what promises to be a transformative school … anniversary in fall 2020—I want to recognize our staff and faculty who have remained with the College under the most fluid, ambiguous, and in some cases severely challenging circumstances. Since I …

… 9,000-square-foot facility located between the Red Barn and the Hampshire College Farm, with access to nature trails and a range of ecological habitats on the College's property. … environmental education programs to some 8,000 children and adults each year, and has plans to leverage its new …

… Colleges Bus Route Recommendations Five Colleges leaders and representatives have successfully petitioned the Pioneer … proposed bus service reductions it had announced in May and to retain routes serving the colleges and the local community. In May, PVTA had proposed bus …

… Michael Klare, Five College professor emeritus of peace and world security studies, and director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), holds a B.A. and M.A. …

… Annie Baker has fabricated a town that feels as real and recognizable as its combined parts of Vermont and her hometown of Amherst, Massachusetts. Theater artists … perhaps now more than ever, seem committed to replicating and reenacting, to borrow a phrase of David Foster Wallace's, …