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An Alternative Habitat
… details her work finding an alternative nursery habitat for the tiny crabs in Chesapeake Bay. "It's exciting work, … she says. "Because they are scavengers, they are good for the environment." Due to urban runoff, water quality in … leading to degradation of sea grass, the habitat of choice for blue crabs too small to fend for themselves in open …
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Division III Profile: Jonah Taylor's Tech Project Earns Him an Award and a Job
… organizational culture, while identifying opportunities for market differentiation and using those brand identity … into a cohesive narrative is enormously gratifying for me," he says. Taylor's work at PolicyMap earned him the … designer. Division III Committee: Instructional Staff for Design and Innovation for Social Change Colin Twitchell …
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Faculty
Lailye Weidman
… Moves, an annual site-based dance festival on Cape Cod for four seasons. She is also a member of Femmelab, a queer … and community settings and is a contributing editor for Contact Quarterly. Lailye received her B.A. in dance from … in Boston, Figure One Gallery and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Champaign, IL, and K77 Studio in …
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Advancement Office Celebrates Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff
… campaign, making it the most successful December ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire on December 3, celebrated with an on-campus …
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Michael Lesy Gives Keynote Speech at SPE Regional Conference
… Journalism Michael Lesy was selected as keynote speaker for the 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest regional conference. … expression, cultural insight, and experimental practice.” For Professor Lesy, the occasion also offered a return to the …
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What Does Empathy Look Like?
… like? The question drives this issue of Non Satis Scire for two reasons. Empathy is all over the news these days, though we won’t attempt to answer why that … is committed to a view of liberal education as a vehicle for the realization of self in society. To this end, it will …
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Faculty
Kimberly Chang
… of MemoryWorks , a creative research and writing practice for individuals and communities seeking to reclaim histories … been censored, buried, or erased. She is the prose editor for the Massachusetts Review . Kim's teaching and writing … explore questions of identity, belonging, and citizenship for those whose lives span national borders and cultural …
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Donna Cohn
… School of Design. She has worked with the Boston Center for Independent Living as a designer and builder of devices for people with physical disabilities. Her design process … field test prototypes of a low-cost pearl millet thresher for use in sub-Saharan Africa. This project evolved out of …
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Hampshire Students Premiere African Art Exhibition in Their First Semester
… while respecting local, communal, and indigenous rights? For their exhibition, the students chose to display about a … on the many uses of the goldweights beyond being tools for measurement. Making the exhibit even more memorable, the … exhibit catalogue that the goldweights are brass tools for measuring gold dust on scales. In Asante, weights were …
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President's Letter on Proposed Student Experience Models
… the Launch of our community work to define a bold vision for the future of our student experience and reestablish … we’ll develop throughout this academic year and debut for our fall 2020 entering class, fifty years from the … community has stepped up with historic levels of support for Hampshire this year as we begin to rebuild to full …
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Hampshire Joins Universal College Application
… College Application when submitting their applications for enrollment. "We've been an exclusive user of the Common Application for many years, but we're concerned that so many students are … with the same goal of making the application process easy for students." Because of delays caused by the technological …
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Hitchcock Center's Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced
… Team Announced Hampshire College and the Hitchcock Center for the Environment have identified a site on campus where … of the Hitchcock Center, said: "The site is ideally suited for our new environmental learning center. The proposed new … are hampering the ability to meet rising requests for programs, field trips, and classes. One year ago, the …
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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards
… awards are made twice a year, and make it possible for students to pursue independent projects and summer … distant as Ghana. CBD grants provide pivotal experiences for students as they explore their academic goals and develop … The grants also provide much-needed financial support for the completion of student projects, covering costs …
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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees
… some of you were taken by surprise. We regret that this news seemed to come out of the clear blue sky. The Board has … since she arrived to identify the best pathways forward for the College to address both our short- and long-term … to many of you. As Mim has stated, now is exactly the time for Hampshire to seek a strategic partner. This is one of the …
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Hampshire College to Launch Leadership and Ethical Engagement Project
… and Ethical Engagement Project will provide a model for integrating a deliberate focus on ethics within the … paid internships, research support, and other resources for students from all academic disciplines who want to apply … and Ethical Engagement Project will also be a resource for exploring new ideas and models of communities, …
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Hampshire Well-Equipped to Pivot During Crisis, Extends Deposit Deadline
… Deposit Deadline Hampshire College is moving its deadline for admissions deposits for fall enrollment to June 1, as a show of support for accepted students and their families and the challenges …
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Alum Rebecca Carroll on Her New Memoir 'Surviving the White Gaze' and the Power of Storytelling to Reshape Language
… as well. Do you have a favorite communication medium for certain types of stories? I think of myself first as a storyteller and a collagist. I love to find places for voice to really be at its most and best amplified. … the adaptation of the book, which I'm going to be creating for a limited TV series with Killer Films and MGM/TV. I love …
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College Breaks Ground on Solar Arrays, Aims to Drop CO2 Emissions by 3,000 Metric Tons
… Dean Steve Roof in remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Hampshire College’s 19 acres of solar arrays, soon to … partners delivered remarks at the groundbreaking for the system, which will span two sites, comprise 15,000 … Just as significant is positioning the array fields for education and research. Hampshire faculty and students …
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Creativity Center Awards Ten Project Grants to Students
… Series Capote's workshop series is a call to action for students and community members, and directly addresses the need for storytelling spaces. The series aims to create a model … and music, the seven workshops function as a platform for mutual mentorship and dialogue between community members. …
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Hampshire Celebrates 2020 Graduates at 50th-Anniversary Commencement, Held Online
… honor students' accomplishments as festively as possible. For its 90-minute virtual ceremony, Hampshire’s Dean of … “You did what every Hampshire College graduate has done for fifty years: you faced uncertainty, embraced radical … faculty, students, alums, administrators, and donors for working together to stabilize the College this past year. …
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Div II Profile: JOE NEWLIN 15F
… discussions of politics were usually too abstract for me. I’ve always been a solution-oriented person, which … law, which has given me a practical application for philosophical arguments. Decisions by the court often … on past and present disagreements on the Supreme Court For CEL-2 I plan to coach the Northampton Rec Department’s …
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Response to ICE Ruling
… students and force them to leave the United States for arbitrary reasons. The decision advances no public … to safely add students this fall, we can offer sanctuary for at least some international students who might otherwise … to leave the United States. We will continue to search for additional ways to counter the destructiveness of this …
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Hampshire College Alum Stephen Gardner 94F named CEO of Amtrak
… has worked at Amtrak since 2009, and “has been responsible for efforts to expand state-supported service partnerships; … was named that year's Best Dance and DJ Album by Amazon.com. Read about Stephen Gardner’s work at Amtrak in the … was named that year's Best Dance and DJ Album by Amazon.com. Read about Stephen Gardner’s work at Amtrak in the …
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Notable Alumni
Gabrielle Hamilton 83F
… PBS series Mind of a Chef. Hamilton has written for The New Yorker , The New York Times , GQ , Bon Appetit , … 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2013. Hamilton was nominated for Best Chef NYC in 2009 and 2010 by the James Beard … six languages and won the James Beard Foundation’s award for Writing and Literature in 2012. She won her third James …
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The Division Free Bell
… pass their Division III, having completed all requirements for graduation, they can finally ring the Division Free Bell … passed his Div III, he felt that the college needed a way for students to celebrate such a momentous event. After … the terms of the gift did not specify that it be rung only for passing Div III, over the years a distinct mythology has …
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