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Grads Urged to Nurture Community, Work for Justice at 2017 Commencement
… the “very sweet sound that brightens every spring” and marks a student's passing their Division III project, was … who had wrestled with difficult questions, recruited and collaborated with their faculty committees, and “ignored conventional approaches,” said President Lash, …
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Asymptomatic Testing Program for Fall 2020
… Safe for School program. The test is a PCR viral assay and involves a quick and easy self-administered nasal swab, with results available … 36 hours. The on-campus testing site, testing procedures, and scheduling are designed to meet all COVID-19 infection …
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Five College Program Offers Certificate in Reproductive Justice
… The Five College Program in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice provides students an academic opportunity they … variety of disciplines across the Five College Consortium and addresses such diverse issues as access to reproductive health care, welfare policy, gender justice, and adoption. It also connects students with campus-based …
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Robert Rakoff
… Robert Rakoff Robert Rakoff, professor emeritus of politics and environmental studies, received his B.A. from Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He taught at the …
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Artificial Intelligence Made Simple
… Intelligence Made Simple Abigail Meisel When Nirman Dave and Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath met at Hampshire’s orientation for … to have in common. Both originally from South Asia (India and Bangladesh, respectively), their friendship led not only … but doing this requires complex data-science skills, and many mid-size and smaller companies can’t afford a …
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Students Win Top Design Prize at National Conference
… undergrads had just completed their first year of college, and the sixth had completed his second. Aldyn Markle, Claire Shillington, Karen Panke, Abbi Wilson, Joe McGlynn, and Matt Raymond had been part of the Integrated Sciences … green-building standard to supply its own electricity and water and treat its own wastewater. The centerpiece of …
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Div III Tests Boundaries
… Taliesin Nyala 07F In writing a play about Israel and Palestine, May graduate Sharon Goldberg (04F) sought to … The walls she hopes to dissolve are those between audience and actors, past and present, education and entertain-ment. Her desire to …
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Hampshire Alumna Kate Browne 78F Builds Community Art
… Kate Browne 78F Builds Community Art Artist, writer, and director Kate Browne 78F recently built a 26-foot x … of a larger collaborative arts project that Browne created and has been working on since 2008, in which she builds giant cocoons with artists and townsfolk out of local materials. Each cocoon stands …
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Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America
… Program, South Asian Studies, the Eqbal Ahmad Initiative, and their cosponsors announce “Islamophobia and Its Discontents,” a panel discussion, on Wednesday April … of Hampshire, who will address Islamophobia as racism, and Mehammed Mack (French and comparative literature), Smith …
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Project Changes Paper Purchasing Policy
… "The Effect of Post-Consumer Content on Paper Jamming and Malfunction in Printers and Convenience Copiers," science student and May graduate Vanessa Gravenstine field-tested her ideas …
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April 22: Earth Day – Regional Food System Strategies Panel
… Food System Strategies Panel Environmental educator and writer David Orr, Henry P. Kendall Foundation executive director Andrew W. Kendall, and CISA special projects director Margaret Christie will … in Franklin Patterson Hall’s Main Lecture Hall, is free and the general public is invited. A leading visionary and …
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Study Abroad: A Semester in Madrid
… 09F "No tenemos ni notas ni examenes," I explained, again and again, to almost everyone I met. "Y cada uno de nosotros … all kinds of surprising benefits, new skills learned and new ideas encountered. For a Hampshire student, it also … skills necessary to explain Hampshire's interdisciplinary and self-directed structure wasn't my goal, but turned out to …
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Statement by President Lash on Raising the Flag On Campus This Morning
… deeply held viewpoints. We are alarmed by the overt hate and threats, especially toward people in marginalized … families, or others for whom the flag represents service and sacrifice. We acted solely to facilitate much-needed … who hold the flag as a powerful symbol of national ideals and their highest aspirations for the country—including …
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Junko Oba
… from International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Wesleyan University, where she trained as an ethnomusicologist and sound recording archivist. She teaches ethnomusicology, …
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Hampshire College Celebrates 50th Anniversary; Marks Major Contributions to the Innovation of Higher Education
… among them alums, families, community friends, donors, and former presidents and faculty members. Current staff, faculty, and students also participated in the festivities. Tours of …
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Andrea Dezsö
… Dezsö Andrea Dezsö, professor of art, holds an M.F.A. and a B.F.A. in visual communication from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary. Professor Dezsö has been on … Institute College of Art, City College of New York, and Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, …
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Division III Profile: Joslyn Studies the Philosophy of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
… perspective on the life of the American activist and statesman Frederick Douglass, who was born into slavery and became a leading voice in the abolitionist and human rights movements. In 1945 Douglass published his …
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May 16: A Celebration of Board Chair Sigmund Roos 73F
… of trustees for 17 years, longer than any other person, and is the first alum to chair the board. Everyone is invited … to attend this celebration of appreciation for the support and involvement over so many years by Sig Roos and Ruth Rohde 75S . At 2:30 p.m., a "Rehamping the Barn" …
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Rebecca Holland 77F
… is the assistant vice president for global standards and compliance for New York University, and previously served as NYU's deputy chief university … a Hampshire degree with a concentration in social and political history, she earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. …
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Monique Roelofs
… Netherlands; her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland; and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Pembroke Center at Brown University. She teaches and writes on aesthetics and feminist, critical race, postcolonial, and political …
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Christina Salway 00F: Redecorate, Reuse, Recycle
… Salway 00F: Redecorate, Reuse, Recycle Interior design and renovation projects by Christina Salway 00F featured in The New York Times , Boston Globe , and NBC's The Nate Berkus Show. By Michael Samuels 09F "When … alleys of my neighborhood," says Christina Salway 00F . "And then when I arrived at Hampshire, everyone was so …
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Alum Bob McCarthy Brings Hampshire Mojo to Hedge Fund Management
… “To create projects, you have to put a package together and make it happen,” says Bob McCarthy 72F. “That’s what I … his Division III year at the College, McCarthy researched and wrote a thesis about the economic impact of Gothic … them. That meant living in Chartres outside of Paris and researching in the library there and “convincing a …
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DEAFinitions Conference Draws Hundreds to Celebrate Deaf Culture
… DEAFintions, the weekend of March 24-25, to celebrate and learn about Deaf culture. The event has become important to the Deaf community in Western Massachusetts and beyond. “Deaf people often feel like they live in … of knowledge, 2) to build bridges between the Deaf and hearing communities, and 3) to raise awareness for the …
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Five College New Music Festival
… New Music Festival The UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance will host the 2019 Five College New Music Festival, … as well as world premieres, electro-acoustic works, and pieces by modern masters from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Festival includes nearly 50 …
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Labor’s Love’s Found
… Meisel Americans who view immigrants with suspicion and fear; corporations that exploit workers; appointed and elected government officials who represent Wall Street. … city’s massive expansion brought both immigrant workers and labor unrest, such as the infamous Homestead strike by …
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