… Community, As we begin the new year and students prepare to return to campus, I’d like to provide an update on the Hampshire Visioning Project …

… the communications professor and a dozen others gathered to dedicate a new bus stop outside of the Robert Crown Center … and burned with the belief that journalism had the power to give voice to ordinary people. The bus was Sander’s vehicle of choice. …

… philosopher and social activist José Carlos Mariátegui led to Roberto Rodriguez 09F's Division III project Peruanismo … said Rodriguez, who grew up in California. "I was exposed to the legacy of Marxist theory at a young age. These ideological tendencies drove me to come to a place like Hampshire. I wanted a school that …

… “Sobriety is the main goal, but people in treatment have to gain a sense of control for their recovery to be successful. That in itself is an important milestone,” … in Northampton, Grace House provides family housing to women in treatment for substance abuse so they can keep …

… think all Hampshire College students by definition lean to the left, meet Ricky Tsay 06F, who was elected April 18 as … argued that the Republican Party in Massachusetts needs to be renewed and that demoralized Republican youth need to be reenergized. In interviews, he talks a lot about being …

… Division III." Her project began with a visit to the summer cottage of family friends Sally and Michael … or their sons could be comfortably housed. They paused to look at an abandoned trailer, huddled for nearly two … the guest room project. As Salway envisioned creative ways to bring the RV back to life, she realized she had stumbled …

… just see “man’s best friend.” Dogs are “an amazing system to study for evolutionary biology,” Drake says, pointing to their relatively quick evolution as a species and their … with their ancestor, the wolf. “It’s incredibly rare to have the opportunity to study both the descendant and the …

… beloved 1940s Superman cartoons were a perfect choice to be dusted off and re-imagined as live performance pieces … show Filmusik: The Superman Orchestra . Their goal was to bridge the genres of film and music to create a show that appealed to a wide audience: they …

… and hiked the tallest hill in Parc de Montjuïc to sit on top of a fortress's walls and look out over the … Back at Goldsmiths, the differences took some getting used to. The emphasis was still on papers rather than tests, but there were lectures to attend with hundreds of other students, and Goldsmiths' …

… Explores the Humanities "The Hampshire people are willing to fight. They're not going to stop." In asserting the need for the humanities in a … Humanities. Alums of Hampshire College, which was created to challenge and enliven the traditional liberal arts …

… Connecting Philosophy and Music Try to explain music. When philosophy professor Christoph Cox puts that challenge to his students, he can never predict the outcome. Almost everyone has an opinion when it comes to music, and generally it's more passionate than reasoned. …

… 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 … wires weighted with 200 pounds of rocks toward the ground to see what sounds he could create. That spontaneous little …

… energy project has started delivering electricity to five New England colleges—and to tens of thousands of students, staff and faculty—as a new … NextEra Energy Resources , a leading clean energy company, to construct a utility-scale solar power facility that …

… two largest in Brooklyn and Manhattan each caring for up to 500 animals a day. Care is given to all creatures that come through the doors, which means a … species with diverse problems. "Many people are surprised to hear that we run one of the most successful animal …

… with Assistant Professor of Animal Behavior Laela Sayigh to learn a little about dolphin bioacoustics, how freeing it is not to teach to exams, and what she finds so compelling about the …

… on the lawn outside the Cole Science Center. Their aim: to create a miniature wetlands, a lesson related to the wetlands being constructed around the Kern Center to help treat the building’s wastewater. Avery’s team is one …

… Amy Diehl As part of Hampshire’s continuing commitment to making the College more accessible to transfer students, Hampshire recently signed on to the Massachusetts Independent College Transfer Guarantee …

… of Hampshire Halloween contracted with five bands to play as part of the entertainment line-up on Friday night. … concerns about cultural appropriation and the need to respect marginalized cultures. The students tried to be clear that they meant no disrespect to the members of …

… diabetes. We sat down for a virtual interview with them to talk about their Hampshire journey and what they’re up to now. What did you study at Hampshire? What was your Div … I treated them with CBD. I also used a control treatment to see if it was actually the CBD that was killing them. At …

… provides ample opportunity for the musically inclined to connect: Pale Cowboy features alums Karl Helander 09S … Cass on bass, formed in 2009 after Helander transferred to Hampshire from the University of Miami. "That's when things got going. When I transferred to Hampshire, it definitely was a launching point for us," …

… College has a new stop-motion animation studio, thanks to Hollywood animation veteran and alum Dillon Markey, who … projects for Oscar-nominated director PES, said the chance to fill in for Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences … while Perry was on sabbatical — Markey’s first return to campus since graduating — seemed like an ideal opportunity …

… by Dayna Cunningham  Every black mother I know struggles to find the school that will understand their children and know them to be the learners and the voracious seekers that they … gap” describe the sense of insufficiency that attaches to them at the earliest ages. At ten my perceptive son asked, …

… of ?Bio 101' where you only learn what you're supposed to know, you can learn to apply [what you are studying] to your own interests," says Emily Waters 09F. Waters' …

… of President Ed Wingenbach Hampshire College is pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees unanimously agreed to offer President Ed Wingenbach a five-year extension of his … Wingenbach successfully developed a viable multi-year path to financial sustainability; restructured the operating …

… with Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Will MacAdams to learn a little about what he finds so compelling about the … with colleagues. I have many favorites. One that comes to mind is "Theatre for Community, Revolution, and Radical … Joy," which explores how theatre artists have responded to thresholds of history and revolution and worked in …