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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 … has stepped down as president of Hampshire College. It is with a heavy heart that I accept her resignation. In the … honorably and well, and I am dismayed by what she has had to endure. What Mim tried to do was emphasize that …
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The Singing Tower
… year at Hampshire he was "just playing around," listening to a recording of Alvin Lucier's "Music on a Long Thin Wire." Intrigued, Olson taped a broken guitar neck to a railing outside his third-floor residence hall room and … The project takes at least the final year of study and is guided by a committee of faculty mentors recruited by the …
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Seeing the Forest for the Trees, and Much More
… Graduating student Emory Ellis 16F's favorite word is evapotranspiration . It’s the name of the process by which … inspired by the paper “ Forest, trees, water: Cool insight to a hot world ,” by David Ellison, et al. (2017). After … that the researcher had questions he didn’t have time to answer: How is forest cover influencing global and …
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Experiencing the Journey Through the Woods: A Theatrical Adaptation of Little Red Riding Hood
… Red Riding Hood By Michael Samuels 09F Allison Smartt "is a theatrical sound designer, but is also truly an … "there are three main sections of my Div III that add up to make a whole," says Smartt. The first is that the play is site-specific, performed on the trails around the Hampshire …
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Commencement Speaker Sonya Renee Taylor
… at 11 a.m. on the Harold F. Johnson Library Lawn. Taylor is founder and radical executive officer of The Body is Not … and injustice are manifestations of our inability to make peace with our own bodies and those of others. … fosters radical, unapologetic self-love that translates to radical human love and action in service toward a more …
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Summer Programs for High School and College Students Open for 2016
… programs designed for high school and college students to immerse themselves in project-based, experiential … as rigorous and hands-on, enabling enrolled students to drive their own studies and projects. The programs invite … video, and photography skills and practices. Gene Cloning is a biology laboratory-intensive boot camp. Summer Studies …
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A Div III that Includes Up-close Exploration of Shark Conservation
… changing for everyone on earth. And a lot of it comes down to what happens with the oceans." For his Hampshire College Division III (senior project), Fogel is making a documentary film about shark conservation. The … ? footage that Fogel is himself shooting. In order to enter a shark tank to film, he was required to have …
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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees
… January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees To the Hampshire Community, Last Tuesday, with President … announcement that Hampshire seeks a long-term partner to help us achieve a thriving and sustainable future, we know … are familiar to many of you. As Mim has stated, now is exactly the time for Hampshire to seek a strategic …
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Division III Profile: Joslyn Studies the Philosophy of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass
… seen as a philosopher, only as an orator—philosophy is thought to be written, not spoken,” Joslyn says. “I wanted to see what would happen if I looked at Douglass as a …
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Students and Athletic Staff Launch Hampshire Track and Trail Team as New Spring Sport
… and other student athletes passionate about track. “This is evidence of a student culture that’s excited and … program, and also enables winter and spring athletes to remain active and in training. On the roster this spring … who did track in high school and some who are brand new to the sport and just learning,” says Nazar. “For me, this is …
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Assault on Democracy — Letter from President Wingenbach
… by Donald Trump assaulted the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to overthrow the legitimate outcome of the election. Trump directing his followers to storm the Capitol to disrupt the peaceful transition of … of the actions of this regime, not a departure. It is despicable and deplorable, but not, sadly, shocking. Trump …
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Henry P. Kendall Foundation Grant Supports 100 Percent Local Food Efforts at Hampshire College
… A $250,000 grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation is supporting Hampshire College’s effort to eventually provide nearly 100 percent of food on campus from local sources. The two-year grant will be used to help increase local food purchasing while also fostering …
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Hampshire Student Awarded Five College Digital Humanities Student Fellowship
… Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F Hampshire student Mariel Nyröp 10F is a recipient of a Five College Digital Humanities Student … of the Five College Digital Humanities Program, are given to one student from each college and receive funding from the … that "things are still up in the air" when it comes to the ownership of digital art, and that it can be difficult …
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James Baldwin: The Fire Next Time, and This Time
… time as this? Has it prepared us? "The contemporary moment is rooted in our collective history, and understanding that allows us to understand our present," says McKinley E. Melton, a … College faculty member. “Baldwin's words continue to resonate,” he says, “to bring significant insight into …
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A New Spin on Sun Dried
… Dried Hampshire College student Daniel Boucher 10F, who is developing a clothes dryer that uses solar energy, is the … Each semester Five College students and alums are invited to apply for a grant to support a project exploring new directions in sustainable …
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Our Year of Renewal
… Hampshire I’ve been asked why I left a tenured position to lead a college that is rebuilding its enrollment and revenues and working to restore the faith of its community. My decision is …
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Alum Presenting at National Professional Conference
… College Early Learning Center, was recently selected to present at the National Association for the Education of … (NAEYC) annual conference in Orlando, Florida. NAEYC is the world's largest organization working on behalf of … Toddlers were observed arranging the school's studio space to their liking, and subsequently inviting the Center's …
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News Archive 2012 / 2013
… the Future Designing for a Purpose Gifts Support "Bridge to College" Photos from Div IV and Reunion 2013 "Guarding the … for Transfer Students Hitchcock Center's Hampshire Site and Design Team Announced Alternative Spring Break 2013 … Zoe Kleiman-Tapley 10F Professor Andrea Dezso: "The Metal is Paper" Ibis Evidence in Activism Award for Marlene Gerber …
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April 22: Earth Day – Regional Food System Strategies Panel
… be held in Franklin Patterson Hall’s Main Lecture Hall, is free and the general public is invited. A leading … the influential book Earth in Mind . He organized efforts to design the first substantially green building at a U.S. … Environmental Studies and Politics and special assistant to the president of Oberlin College. Kendall (pictured right) …
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The Documentary Histories of Hampshire College
… and Andy Weneczek. Find out why Harold F. Johnson decided to give $6 million of his own money to found the college. See the April Fool's Day 1973 … Piggy. Volume 4 includes documents from 1995-2005. Here is the New First Year Plan, and the beginning of the …
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October 11: Trek Nation Screening, Q and A with Rod Roddenberry 92F
… October 11 at 7 p.m. in Franklin Patterson Hall. Admission is free and anyone who would like to attend is welcome. Trek Nation trailer >> Rod Roddenberry … the eyes of his son. It documents a 10-year journey by Rod to explore his father's life, influence, and legacy. Cast …
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Carol Salzman 71F
… 71F Carol Salzman 71F Bethesda, Maryland Carol Salzman is a board certified physician practicing internal medicine … Medical School, where she teaches clinical medicine to first through fourth year medical students. She received … was in lipid digestion with a focus on its relationship to premature infants. Carol is married to Michael Mann 71F, …
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Int'l Science Journal Publishes Student's Bee Immunity Research
… A balanced diet may be important for bees in order to strengthen their immune system: the nectar of certain … of Biller’s Division III thesis project. This study is important because it may enable other researchers to come up with a list of plants with the medicinal …
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Frederick H. Wirth
… energy systems. One of his main goals at Hampshire is to create laboratory programs in the physical sciences and sustainable technology to help all students, regardless of their course of study, …
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Al-Mutanabbi Street Exhibition in the Hampshire College Art Gallery
… through their own personal lens. Al-Mutanabbi Street is named after the 10th-century Iraqi poet and had been the … of years. Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here "is a tribute to a street that grows into a large and archetypal symbol and … and in the oldest civilization that brought humanity to learning through writing, al-Mutanabbi Street is a call …
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