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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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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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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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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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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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Alums Pallaoro and Tirado to Present Annual Tashmoo Lecture
… Alums Pallaoro and Tirado to Present Annual Tashmoo Lecture The Tashmoo Lecture Series welcomes director/screenwriter … Tirado, both Hampshire alums, who will present and discuss the award-winning film Hannah on Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. in the Jerome Liebling Center, Screening Room 120. At the 74th …
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Hampshire College to Host TEDx Event on October 18
… on Friday, October 18. It will be built around the theme "misadventures." Amherst, MA (September 23, 2013) - … Franklin Patterson Hall (FPH) on October 18, 2013. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the main lecture hall of FPH. The event is free and open to …
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I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me.
… every other college and university more than Division III, the primary occupation of every student's last year. At the four other Five College consortium schools, some people … added countless parenthetical "(senior project)"s after the words Division III, but that doesn't nearly cover it. …
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President’s Invite to Invent Hampshire’s Future
… College anew. Fifty years ago, as Hampshire opened, the College’s staff, students, faculty, and Board embraced a radical mission: to utterly reimagine the purpose of liberal education for the times in which they lived, and make that vision happen. …
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'Trans-Asia Photography Review'
… College photography professor Sandra Matthews established the Trans-Asia Photography Review . With the journal, she wanted both to recognize the rich history of nonwestern photography and to explore …
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Hanson, Pickles receive 2017 Staff Excellence Awards
… Staff Excellence Award at a presentation May 4. Hanson is the Hampshire College Farm CSA program manager; Pickles is a technical services assistant for acquisitions in the Harold F. Johnson Library. The awards recognize staff who, individually or as members of …
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Staff
Ronit Ben-Shir
… her army service when she was a youth chapter leader in the city of Kiryat Motzkin. Ronit received her B.A. in early … from Oranim, Academic College of Education. She moved to the U.S. in 1991 and has been an early childhood educator in the Boston area ever since. In 2002, Ronit opened and served …
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Faculty
Karen Koehler
… in English literature and M.S. in library science from the University of Illinois, her master's in art history from the University of Massachusetts, and an M.F.A and Ph.D. in … and design, with an emphasis on connections between the built environment, visual culture, and critical theory. …
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