… Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts The Taiwan Ministry of Culture has awarded Five Colleges, Incorporated, of which Hampshire College is a member, a $50,000 grant to celebrate the richness of traditional Taiwanese culture in a project that will bring …

… contemporary Native American communities, tackling issues of medical anthropology in pre-colonial times, or analyzing the economic function of Native American art, Native American Studies can serve as the focus of a student's concentration or be incorporated into a …

… threatened by human activity and pollution, the study of marine science is more vital than ever. You are here … and Marine Sciences (FCCMS) program draws on a rich array of courses and faculty specialists at the five college campuses, affording a range of study rarely available at the undergraduate level.  In …

… their Div III exploration  into the horror genre, the joys of watching scary movies with modmates, and how Hampshire … College from a friend in high school. There were a lot of things that drew me to Hampshire initially—the gay … to be completely honest, its biggest draw was the lack of letter grades and tests. High school had been a real …

… studies courses. Many music courses address the themes of Hampshire’s four Learning Collaboratives (LCs): Media and … historical musicology, music technology, and a wide range of theory and performance courses. Students with a particular interest in ethnomusicology — the study of music from a multi-disciplinary perspective — are …

… deposits for fall enrollment to June 1, as a show of support for accepted students and their families and the … to personal and financial circumstances,” said Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid Fumio Sugihara. “Students … about their future and to meet this next critical stage of their lives with confidence.” Virtual Accepted Student …

… Pyle 11F As every Hampshire alum knows, an unofficial part of our educational experience is the Div IV, which comprises … we immediately recognized in each other signature imprints of the Hampshire spirit. In our home state of Oregon, for more than 15 years a dangerous proposal has …

… and Sound Cultures Amy Diehl Associate Professor of Music Junko Oba was recently selected for a National … working around the political, social, and cultural impacts of radio and sound technologies on decolonization. Earlier … this year, Oba was also chosen for the first cohort of Hampshire’s Ethics and the Common Good faculty fellows to …

… to create new knowledge that can meet the challenges of the 21st century, Hampshire is reorganizing itself around critical questions. As the pressing issues of our time evolve, so will our curriculum and structures, … innovators and changemakers easily cross the boundaries of specialization and expertise. Hampshire is removing all …

… in your life?” Madeleine Altmann stands before the wall of stacked ’90s-era cathode-ray monitors that play shifting scenes from one of her video works in “Surfacing,” the new exhibition in the Hampshire College Art Gallery. An assortment of screens, from vintage computer monitors to the latest in …

… College Partnerships The partnership among the libraries of the Five Colleges continues to strengthen and expand for the benefit of students, employees, and the public. Three of the colleges joined to launch an online archive this …

… H. Wirth Frederick H. Wirth associate professor emeritus of physics, holds a B.A. from Queens College of CUNY and a Ph.D. from Stonybrook University of SUNY. His research interests center on laser physics and …

… sits alone at a computer and writes about the importance of collaborative authorship. But, he's been doing a lot of collaborative writing lately, too. In addition to … to three forthcoming publications: Mute, a magazine of art and technical issues, commissioned an article by him, …

… Dwayne Betts, poet, author, and advocate for the reform of the criminal justice system, is the featured speaker for … Reginald Dwayne Betts began his writing life at the age of sixteen, after pleading guilty to carjacking and being … and solace—qualities he could not find within the walls of a prison. This drive led first to poetry and later to …

… Center for New England Food and Agriculture, a major piece of the College's Sustainability Initiative and a step forward in the goal to source nearly 100 percent of food on campus from within 150 miles. "We are grateful for the support of the Lydia B. Stokes Foundation," said President Jonathan …

… 29: Five College Pritzen Lecture The scientific career of an Indian monarch who embodied the European Enlightenment will be the subject of the 2012 Five College Jack Pritzen Lecture by Mount … Professor Peterson will explore an important aspect of the life of a maharaja educated by German missionaries, …

… learning opportunity to advance the College’s goals of promoting a deeper understanding of antiracism and social justice, and practicing inclusivity. … by a 20-member planning committee under the aegis of the The Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education , …

… Harvard Medical School, laboratories at the University of Massachusetts, Hartford Hospital's cardiology department, Beth Israel Hospital, and the medical office of a general practitioner. These science students shared … in arranging summer internships for 2009. The School of Natural Science and the Career Options Resource Center …

… Mission Hampshire College is reporting its second year of results since it stopped accepting SATS and ACTs, and they … doesn’t have a process for measuring institutions of higher education without standardized test scores. The … these scores in June 2014 after an internal study of its most successful students revealed that neither the …

… Evolution John Courtmanche It took a few billion years of evolution for single-cell organisms to evolve into … But only seven decades after humans proposed early designs of artificial intelligence and machine learning, Hampshire Professor of Computer Science Lee Spector is trying to propel computer …

… Dear Hampshire Community, Soon after becoming president of Hampshire, I said that I wished I had gone here as an … role Hampshire plays in transforming the lives of our students. Coming to Hampshire as a student has always been an act of bravery, because assuming responsibility for your …

… three through six at Hampshire, was a comprehensive study of the lives of the indigenous peoples of New England. Similar studies have been done, but Santos, a …

… Soliloquy’s Garden By Michael Samuels 09F "The art of letting go has never been a talent of mine," begins Hannah Seaman 09F's artist statement for her … Division III. Soliloquy's Garden is an installation space of sculptures made from what Seaman affectionately calls …

… award to teach new media in Indonesia. The U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced that Wiriadjaja, of New York University Shanghai’s Interactive Media Arts … Institut Seni Indonesia, Surakarta (Indonesian Institute of the Arts, Surakarta) as part of a project to teach …

… special emphasis on the Italian Renaissance, global cults of the Virgin Mary, medieval Ethiopia, decolonial archive … (queer) body history, and comparative legal studies of the Mediterranean. Her most recent research centers on … with articles on late medieval icons and miniatures of the Nursing Virgin . She is currently studying an original …