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Cuban Scholar Reflects on Mutual Benefit of Exchange Program

… feedback, and accessing academic resources. “I want to take the whole library with me,” he said before leaving … at the end of the two-month program. “It was good to find so much black intellectual production here, works you … of Arts and Sciences of Chiapas (Mexico), he came to the College to present his work in progress, and help to …

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Division III Profile: May Hemler's "Be My Body, Read My Books"

… digitally. “Large-format photography has the power to give subjects a heightened, more intense appearance — it … of your subjects,” she says. “I wanted all of the subjects to feel really powerful: that’s why I chose large format.” … by the general populace toward disabled people. “I tried to photograph my subjects in a way that turned the pitiful …

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Seeking Justice for the Disenfranchised

… of low-income people, the most important part of my job is to tell a story in a compelling way so that a jury or judge … was nervous when I enrolled at Hampshire and decided to study storytelling. I distinctly recall many questions … job I could get after graduation, and what it even meant to study stories. I had no clue what I was doing or where I …

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An Alternative Microcredit Model

… a human rights activist early in life?in the sixth grade, to be exact, when she and five of her classmates successfully … petitioned their St. Paul, Minnesota, school district to stop buying soccer balls made by child laborers (some as young as six) in Pakistan. Paprocki went on to found a chapter of Free the Children, and in 2000, when …

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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work

… been, the group partners with colleges and universities to engender cooperation between and among faith groups. Last fall Alyssa, who also goes by Al, was selected to become one of only 10 college students from across the country to serve in the IFYC Coach Program . Her cohort spent a long …

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Experimenting at Hampshire Summer Academic Programs

… Programs In June, dozens of students arrived on campus to dive into study areas they're passionate about with alums … and TESOL teacher training gave participants opportunities to engage in real-world situations and deep conversations … foundations of their work. "One of the reasons I was drawn to the Creative Media Institute is that I'm entering my Div …

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Flower Growing in Kenya

… a recent Hampshire graduate who is from Kenya, returned to her homeland last year to do an internship with the Federation of Women Lawyers in … but had never heard about this problem before. She decided to investigate the issue for her Division III. Nyong'o talked …

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April 6, 2019: Letter from Interim President Kenneth Rosenthal

… in Hampshire College. The Board of Trustees has asked me to become Interim President to help Hampshire find its way in a difficult time, and I will do my best.   Hampshire was always intended to be a college that would examine and re-imagine itself from …

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Reeve Thompson 93F: How Hampshire Prepared Me…

… created by the company, which allows nonprogrammers to easily make applications for smartphones. "We like to call it iApp," he says. Thompson began his career in … 1995, while still a student concentrating in film. He went to Red Hill Studios, a multimedia developer, and set up an …

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Recent Graduate and Documentary Filmmaker Mecca Lewis on How Investigation and Play Infuse her Work

… whose Div III investigated West Baltimore’s “Highway to Nowhere.” We sat down [virtually] with Lewis to learn more about her journey to Div III and how she used her experiences with Hampshire’s …

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March 29, 2019: Housing and Dining 2019-20

… and Dining 2019-20 Dear Hampshire Students, We’re writing to share updates on housing and dining for next year. For the … on campus. Housing all students in the mods enables us to run more efficiently, ensuring a safe and vibrant … living is the most requested option and we’re able to guarantee this opportunity for all students. We’ll close …

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Reproductive Realities

… about feminist philosophy and law when she was brought “to a screeching halt,” she says. “The day Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, I thought ‘This is it — the end of all … thesis — Litigation and Legislation: State Responses to the Overturning of Roe v. Wade (1973) — is a painstaking …

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Psychology

… Psychology Hampshire's cross-disciplinary approach to psychology offers a range of viewpoints from which to consider human behavior, emotion, and thinking. You are … language, music, and perception. Students are encouraged to explore psychology from multiple perspectives, since …

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Computer Collaboration

… Computer Collaboration Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) … project. Entitled DFlux , his Division III work seeks to expand a programming language so that it can allow multiple computers to handle complex tasks together. The project involves the …

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New Safety and Security Office Seeks Campus Input on Community-Based Model

… employees who will practice a community security model to replace the former policing model. Starting this week, all students, faculty, and staff are invited to come meet with and share ideas with new staff members who … Phillip Snow, Lead Supervisor. They said they look forward to meeting everyone at the open forums on Wednesday December …

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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Mother-Child Relationships

… her conscientiousness when describing her writing approach to questions of what is natural and what is horrific in … killing her children out of love, or what she believes to be love, because she perceives death by her own hand as … Div III. Instead of treating such ideas as too appalling to engage, Parker decided to apply Lacanian psychoanalysis to …

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Solving Email Overload

… Solving Email Overload Vibhu Norby 06S wants to make your life easier. At least, when it comes to your inbox. The idea first hit him last August, when he was trying to design a program that would notify him whenever he …

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Designing DNA

… DNA By Taliesin Nyala 07F Isaac Bruss 06F can tell DNA to self-assemble into a structure of his own choosing. In 2009, scientists took DNA nanotechnology to the next level: they figured out how to make nature's smallest building blocks self-assemble into …

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Fay Teaches Students the Work Behind the Games They Play

… has only been on campus for a short while, but word seems to have already gotten around about him. "My classes are … wonderful welcome," said Fay, who is teaching Introduction to Game Design and Introduction to Game Programming this fall. "I'm excited to get to know …

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Ground Broken for R. W. Kern Center

… building project in decades. The Center, designed to meet the exacting standards of the Living Building … a café. Equally important, said President Jonathan Lash to the crowd gathered for the event, is that it will clearly present Hampshire’s dedication to sustainable practices. “It’s such a remarkable challenge …

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Meo wins Mexican Cities Initiative fellowship from Harvard School of Design

… in participatory processes in design, and has contributed to and led design-build projects in Massachusetts, … in Mexico City and documenting ways cyclists use a bike to demonstrate resilience and shape perceptions of the city. … activists, and community leaders. Meo sees biking as a way to learn the land and build community. One of the first …

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Debating for Democracy

… and war, for more than a decade. In 2005 he was chosen to be a leader in the group's military counter-recruitment program, which goes to high schools and educates students about the realities of military service. He still remembers his first visit to Holyoke High School, accompanying two older members of the …

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Chemicals of Fear

… During her last month there, she was given freedom to design her own project, and chose to study Azteca ants. "These ants are important to shade coffee farms," she says. "Big trees are the perfect …

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Chemicals of Fear

… During her last month there, she was given freedom to design her own project, and chose to study Azteca ants. "These ants are important to shade coffee farms," she says. "Big trees are the perfect …

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What We Did This Summer: Students Showcase Their Work in Immersive Summer Programs

… 2017 Summer Academic Programs drew dozens of students to campus from across the Northeast and beyond — they came … colleges, and grad schools as did young professionals — to participate in intensive summer versions of Hampshire’s … students and some from colleges enroll as an introduction to Hampshire before applying to be full-time undergraduates.  …

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