Hampshire College Closure Announcement
Find information
News

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 …

Read More
News

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, …

Read More
News

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

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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

Read More
News

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

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

‘'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 …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
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 …

Read More
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. …

Read More
News

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 …

Read More
News

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. …

Read More
News

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. …

Read More
News

Campus Gathers at Engage! Conference to Learn, Listen, and Build Community

… Conference, a daylong learning opportunity to advance the College’s goals of promoting a deeper understanding of … Organized by a 20-member planning committee under the aegis of the The Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education , …

Read More
News

Researching Better Ways to Teach 21st Century Science

… ways to better teach 21st century scientific practices. The grant is funded through the NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and … about helping people understand how science works in the twenty-first century," said Zimmerman, who noted that …

Read More
Faculty

Michele Hardesty

… from Columbia University, and her B.A in English from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  Professor Hardesty’s courses explore the multiple literary cultures of the United States, in national and transnational frameworks. …

Read More
News

Update from President Nelson: March 8, 2019

… couple weeks, day in and day out, as it should be, given the challenges before us. I have the deepest respect and gratitude for everyone who has been … even before I officially joined this amazing community, the world needs Hampshire. And we need Hampshire to continue …

Read More
News

'What Are Those Alien Things In Bacteria?' Professor Dobro and Team of Scientists and Students Publish Discoveries

… structures in bacteria and published its findings in the Journal of Bacteriology, from the American Society for Microbiology. The discovery and recording of these macromolecular …

Read More