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Valedictory Letter from Board Chair Luis Hernandez
… During this time, I’ve met students completely excited by the College’s learning process, faculty who have stoked the fires of inquiry, and staff whose dedication and hard work have truly moved mountains. As a member of the first class at Hampshire, I am enormously grateful to the …
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Unfinished Tom Joslin Film Completed at Hampshire College
… Friend , a coming out/love story of gay identity, and the posthumous, groundbreaking film Silverlake Life: The View from Here . Shot with a video camera, Silverlake Life documented the final months of the relationship of two gay men as both …
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Hampshire Alumni Authors Write in Support of Russian LGBT Community
… decided to "create a document that mostly doesn't exist." The collection of interviews, stories, and testimonials from … "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations." With the Sochi Olympics drawing worldwide scrutiny on how the law affects the Russian LGBT community, Huff-Hannon …
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Gould Named New Police Chief
… New Police Chief Ralph J. ("Buddy") Gould, Jr., will be the next chief of police for Hampshire, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges. Gould has served as the director of public safety at Holyoke Community College (HCC) since 2006. He will assume the Three College position on June 24 . The new chief of …
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Study of Acceptance of Evolution Among Muslim Physicians
… Hameed hopes to contribute to greater understanding of how the Muslim world views evolution by collecting and analyzing data on the perspectives of physicians and medical students. The three-year study is funded by a $372,500 National Science …
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For Div I Student Arlo Zwicker, Hampshire College’s Orchards and Gardens are Their Classroom
… What attracted you to Hampshire? I realized during the pandemic, once my high school switched to online, that I … and getting much more into my own work. I learned more in the last two months of my senior year teaching myself about … learning rather than teaching myself and having the teachers pull my attention. You are a Div I [first-year] …
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It's On You: Symposium Shows What it Takes to be an Entrepreneur
… an Entrepreneur “Don’t wait to be asked to dance. Create the ball,” Hampshire alum Sabrina Hamilton 73F told students at the "Entrepreneurship the Hampshire Way" symposium, hosted last week by the …
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Creating a Community Cookbook: Redefining Healthy
… Hampshire's study abroad program in Cuba proved to be just the right ingredient for pulling together interests in public health, economics, and anthropology and forming the base of her Div III, the compilation of a community cookbook with recipes gathered …
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NYC Latina Activist to Speak at Hampshire
… community activist Iris Morales, who rose to prominence in the Vietnam War era as one of the first female members of the revolutionary Latin@/Latinx organization the Young Lords …
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Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics
… Hampshire to Host National Symposium on Black Aesthetics The burst of new thought on black aesthetics, incited in part by the tragic deaths, incarceration, and inequality of black people today and their response in resistance, is the focus of a public symposium taking place this weekend, …
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Hampshire and Partner Colleges Win $250,000 Award to Increase Local Food on Campus
… award to encourage college and university campuses in the region to work together to increase the amount of regionally-produced food on campus menus, it was announced by the Henry P. Kendall Foundation. This year, the Foundation …
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How a Personalized Curriculum Drove Successful Entrepreneurship
… Curriculum Drove Successful Entrepreneurship “No” was the response that Darleane Torres heard repeatedly from … search. “They were telling me that I had to choose one or the other because the majors are so rigorous ,” Torres says. “But when I asked …
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Connecting Philosophy and Music
… puts that challenge to his students, he can never predict the outcome. Almost everyone has an opinion when it comes to … generally it's more passionate than reasoned. Getting past the primary emotional response, and moving on to a more … critical analysis, is what Professor Cox likes to see in the classroom. "First year students say they want to write on …
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Boston Globe Sunday Reports Hampshire's 'Major Leap Forward' Toward Sustainability
… 'Major Leap Forward' Toward Sustainability A feature in the Boston Sunday Globe today recognizes Hampshire's legacy at the forefront of sustainability efforts, and calls the college's latest efforts toward its goal to be carbon …
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Three Hampshire Graduates Receive 2016-17 Fulbright Awards
… Hampshire graduates have received Fulbright grants from the US Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, it was announced this spring. The awards to Eve Allen, Kristina Moss Gunnarsdóttir, and …
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Hampshire Professor D’Avanzo Writes Eco-Mystery
… Hot Sea (Torrey House Press) was released on June 7. The book is the first in what D’Avanzo says will be her Maine … readers in climate-change science and politics. Among the numerous positive reviews, independent publisher Foreword …
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Notable Alumni
Gabrielle Hamilton 83F
… Hamilton 83F Gabrielle Hamilton 83F Gabrielle Hamilton is the chef/owner of Prune restaurant and the author of New York Times bestsellers Blood, Bones & Butter and Prune Hamilton is the chef/owner of PRUNE, which she opened in New York City’s …
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An invitation to do things differently
… Hampshire College is a small liberal arts college in the heart of the Pioneer Valley. Founded in 1965, our goal is to empower … students with a method to self-actualize, now and for the rest of their lives. Students co-design their …
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Five Hampshire College Science Students Receive Coppinger Grants
… and Tim Stiles — to support research projects in the cognitive and biological sciences. Professor Emeritus Ray Coppinger was a founding member of the Hampshire faculty and a leader in establishing the College’s emphasis on student inquiry and research. The …
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April 5, 2019: Letter from Luis Hernandez 70F
… April 5, 2019: Letter from Luis Hernandez 70F To the Hampshire community: You know by now that Miriam Nelson … It is with a heavy heart that I accept her resignation. In the nine months she has been with us, Mim has served the College honorably and well, and I am dismayed by what she …
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'Beet' Poetry
… 'Beet' Poetry Beetitude . The word, coined by Hampshire College student Sam Teitel 05F … coauthor Steve Subrizi, an Emerson graduate, is used as the title of their latest joint poetry collection. The genesis: random conversations spurred by stage banter …
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Creating Cuban Consciousness
… as part of Hampshire’s Cuba Program . “This experience was the most life changing thing that could ever happen to someone,” says Mazaheri. “Because of the program, I’ve met two of my favorite poets, who have told … and studio arts. It operates in partnership with the Alejo Carpentier Foundation, a Havana-based organization …
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Grant Funds Database of Science and Islam Videos
… Salman Hameed was awarded a $199,656 one-year grant from the John Templeton Foundation to create a website that collects and evaluates the intellectual content of videos on Islam and science that are available online. “By the end of summer 2015, we expect to have a website that …
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National Science Foundation Awards Hampshire Major Grant for New Spectrometer for Student, Faculty Research
… Faculty Research Mike Medeiros and John Courtmanche For the past two decades, Hampshire undergrads studying science … chemical properties of solid objects. Now this year the National Science Foundation has awarded the college a major research grant to acquire the latest …
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Student Plans Hampshire Deaf Studies Conference To Remove Barriers
… language courses she’d taken. On her first day of class, the professor used sign language to introduce an interpreter, but announced this would be the last day the interpreter was available; starting with the next …
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