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Alumni Panel Event To Focus On Immigration, Anti-Immigrant Policy
… Policy As immigrants and immigration have become the fodder for electoral battles again this season, a … two decades of anti-immigrant policy at an event open to the public on campus this month. The panelists work on the front lines investigating and …
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Salman Hameed: Producing Science for Muslim Societies
… Salman Hameed: Producing Science for Muslim Societies With the bright glow of a green screen behind him, Associate … and Humanities Salman Hameed begins his talk on Pluto and the images of the dwarf planet and its moons taken by the New Horizons …
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Animated Film Takes Owen Neuburger from Div III to Pixar
… was hired at Pixar studios. His experience in creating the animated film Union for his Division III capstone … an introductory 3-D animation course. He then continued the following year with Associate Professor of Media Arts and … III chair, with Professor of Computer Science Lee Spector the other member of the committee. Neuburger’s talent with …
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Hampshire College Receives Largest Single Donation Since Founding
… is announcing a $5,000,000 investment in its Change in the Making campaign by Paula H. and James S. Crown 71F. Mr. … Challenge that aims to raise significant support from the College’s first five entering classes of 1970–1975 in honor of Hampshire’s 50th Anniversary year. Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire has raised $19,456,747 …
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April 5, 2019: Letter from Miriam Nelson
… as an undergraduate, because I understood very quickly the extraordinary role Hampshire plays in transforming the lives of our students. Coming to Hampshire as a student … education is anything but safe. A college that embodies the motto “to know is not enough” demands a deeper …
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Hampshire College Raises Projection for Student Enrollment, Relaunches Admissions
… 4. Preliminary projections for fall enrollment on the Amherst, Mass. campus: 700-750 students representing 42 … Wingenbach has appointed key administrators and is guiding the College in its work advancing other key priorities: delivering a quality education in the most student-driven degree program in the country, …
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Alumni Profile: Maud Daudon 73F's "Triple Bottom Line"
… Daudon 73F has a resume that's hard to beat. She has been the chief financial officer of the Port of Seattle, the president and CEO of an employee-owned investment bank, …
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Number Theory
… I would do philosophy, and those were good classes. But the math classes surpassed my expectations so much that I … really catches Engberg's attention. Essentially a study of the properties of integers (negative and positive numbers and … yet, that are fascinating and extremely important in the field," he says, noting that even when answers are …
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Faculty
Raymond Coppinger
… at Boston University. His Ph.D. thesis in biology at the University of Massachusetts is on the effect of experience and novelty on avian feeding behavior. He joined the founding faculty at Hampshire College in 1969. He …
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Hampshire Alum David Shulkin Appointed US Secretary of Veterans Affairs
… John Courtmanche Hampshire alum David Shulkin, one of the most accomplished physicians and medical executives in the nation, was unanimously confirmed across party lines by the Senate in February and is now serving as US Secretary of …
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From Reel to Reel to Reel
… Reel to Reel to Reel Abigail Meisel No one would ever use the word dynastic to describe Hampshire College. But it’s undeniable that the film program has linked one cohort of successful documentarians to the next, providing successive generations of directors, …
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Ken Rosenthal and Friends Endow Fund for Hampshire Faculty
… made a major endowment gift to support faculty. He’s the lead donor for the budding Rosenthal Fund for Faculty, which will generate … so far, from Rosenthal and more than 50 other donors. The four institutions that founded Hampshire — Amherst, …
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Hampshire Alums D'Aloia and Cantwell Return to Talk Business
… to speak to a class led by Bret Golann 71F, coordinator of the College’s Entrepreneurship Program. Cantwell 74F is one of the most prominent voices in the craft-beer movement, an author, and cofounder of the …
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Notable Alumni
Jamie Citron 01F
… member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama Foundation, Jamie Citron 01F was recently named to the Biden-Harris administration. Jamie Citron 01F serves as deputy assistant to the President and principal deputy director of the White …
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Professor Alan Goodman featured in Discover Magazine and Two Podcasts Focused on Race and Structural Racism
… of Biological Anthropology and former president of the American Anthropological Association Alan Goodman was featured on the Human Biology Association’s podcast SoS . In the episode, titled “How the Outside Gets In,” Goodman and …
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Hampshire Professors Raymond Coppinger and Mark Feinstein Collaborate on 'How Dogs Work'
… of cognitive science, both leading researchers in the field of dog behavior, are co-authors of the upcoming book How Dogs Work. Approaching dogs as a … decades of research and field experiments to explain the evolutionary foundations underlying dog behaviors. They …
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Combining Environmental Science with Policy and Management
… Management By Michael Samuels 09F Max Neale 05F goes at the Asian clam from all angles: In his Division III (senior) … fluminea, in Lake Tahoe, California , Neale examines the science, politics, and economics of the invasion and management of the Asian clam, a species that …
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Hampshire a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
… Hampshire a Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars The U.S. State Department and the Chronicle of Higher Education have named Hampshire … Hampshire is one of 11 bachelor’s institutions to receive the designation this year. Hampshire qualified for the …
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Hampshire Student Nirman Dave Presenting at STUDENTx Showcase on November 19
… of student speakers, performers, and local businesses from the Five College Consortium in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. This showcase will be held on November 19 , 2015 (Thursday) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Campus Center …
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Finding Focus
… Andersen 06F arrived on campus two years ago, she began the difficult task of narrowing down her interests to find … "Over my first year I bounced around a lot, and between the first and second year I thought a lot about what my time … so many issues, immigration, people living their lives in the shadows and outside the law. And that's everywhere in the …
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Studying in London
… in London By Lynne Powers 05F Division III student In the fall of 2007, my flatmates were English, Welsh, and Japanese, along with one other American. The busy street outside - roaring with mini-cabs and red … southeast London. From September through December, I spent the weeks in the city, attending class and exploring, and the …
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2014 Gruber Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Advising
… of Organic Chemistry Rayane Moreira are recipients of the 2014 David Gruber Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Advising. David Gruber 72F established the awards in 2012 in order to showcase faculty excellence at … are asked to give a lecture or organize a symposium on the topic of teaching or advising, with a goal of encouraging …
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New Class of Students Urged to Own Their Education, at Orientation Shaped by Students
… started college with an immersive, four-day orientation the first week in September, and participated in a range of … students to co-lead orientation programming attracted the attention of one of the largest global media outlets, the Guardian . Just as …
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Honorary Degrees for Chuck and Polly Longsworth
… Charles R. (Chuck) Longsworth and Polly Longsworth during the May 18 commencement. Chuck and Polly Longsworth were involved from the beginning in the creation and leadership of what was to be a new kind of …
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May 16: A Celebration of Board Chair Sigmund Roos 73F
… board chair Sigmund Roos 73F on May 16. He has served on the board 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 …
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