… the college’s 50th anniversary next year and the launch of its second half-century. The effort is led by President Ed … The intensive community discussions will lead to Board of Trustees action on a plan in October.   The College is … Smith, and Mount Holyoke Colleges, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.   With its new plan, Hampshire has …

… Their Learning Joshua Murray and John Courtmanche Hundreds of Hampshire first-year students are transitioning to … and lecture classes are getting their first taste of Hampshire’s special sauce: courses that span disciplines … facilitated by the professor.  Perhaps the best example of this is the first-year tutorial. This fall, all incoming …

… Verwoerd and Journeys Through Conflict The Grandson of Apartheid Prime Minister Brings Message of Peace and Reconciliation When Wilhelm Verwoerd visits … reconciliation. It is a significant moment: the grandson of the "Architect of Apartheid" will address the first U.S. …

… a philanthropic venture co-founded by the former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt and his wife Wendy. He is presently … Virtual Center for Advanced Potential, a global network of researchers and practitioners working to advance the field of talent discovery and development, connecting more …

… The Fire Next Time, published in 1963 at the height of the civil rights movement and considered one of the most important essays on the history of black protest and race relations in the U.S., help us …

… Lynn Miller Lynn Miller, professor of biology, was one of the 'founding faculty' of Hampshire. His Ph.D. (biology) is from Stanford. He taught …

… Founding Years Amy Mittelman This is an abridged version of a 1986 interview with Ken Rosenthal conducted by Amy … became acquainted with Hampshire College? KR: The founding of Hampshire was big news, in the New York Times [in August … in a law office in Newark, New Jersey. I was a graduate of Amherst College and I’d worked for the College the year …

… Alum Gary Marcus 86F gave the following lecture as part of Neilfest, an event celebrating the legacy of Psychology Professor Neil Stillings in April. Stillings … not loving high school. I loved what I was doing outside of high school, which was computer programming and thinking …

… by now that Miriam Nelson has stepped down as president of Hampshire College. It is with a heavy heart that I accept … toward actually addressing that issue together. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank Mim for her efforts and wish her the …

… Gift to Hampshire Hampshire College has received a gift of $100,000 from the Roddenberry Foundation to support … and alumni inventions and innovation. This is a renewal of a $100,000 gift first given in 2012, which allows the college to fund a variety of scientific, technological, and design projects intended to …

… Robert Rakoff Robert Rakoff, professor emeritus of politics and environmental studies, received his B.A. from … Oberlin College and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He taught at the University of Illinois/Chicago and worked for the U.S. Department of …

… Studies Health and Pre-Medical Studies The study of science at Hampshire College engages students in … As in graduate school, students build a foundation of technical and analytical skills that they apply to … These skills are becoming increasingly valued in the field of medicine, which has been undergoing rapid changes. …

… graduated. "I decided to make a film that involves a lot of people," he said. "Instead of doing something small with just a few people, why not try something bigger?" The film, focused on "the dangers of youthful ignorance," has involved more than 50 students, …

… which aims at supporting local and sustainable methods of food production and cooking. By starting a Slow Food group … when they hosted the first Hampshire Slow Food meeting of the new semester in the Dakin Living Room. "Since we talk … with a hands-on introduction to the subject in the form of a vegetable and tofu stir fry, corn chowder and apple …

… Polina Barskova and Herbert Bernstein are the 2015 winners of the Gruber Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Advising. … winner receives $10,000 and, in the year following receipt of the award, either gives a lecture or organizes a symposium … is about dialogue with students,” Barskova said. “It’s one of the most intense classroom processes I can imagine. It’s …

… at STUDENTx Showcase on November 19 STUDENTx, a University of Massachusetts Amherst Registered Student Organization, … STUDENTx 2015, a showcase featuring a diverse lineup 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 …

… 74S is asked about his new position at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, he refers to college founder Thomas Jefferson. "Jefferson's vision of the university was to train the men and women who are …

… Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) final Hampshire project. … complex tasks together. The project involves the principle of distributed processing. "The basic idea behind it is that things can be handled more quickly by larger numbers of computers," Tarasuk-Levin says. "I'm exploring a …

… Division III (senior project) at Hampshire. In a series of slowly shifting scenes, the five-minute animated film … scenes evolving into a new form - a natural environment of trees and water and clouds - in a cycle of reclamation. Color values move fluidly from the subtle and …

… by Office for Civil Rights In July 2014, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) initiated a … agreement with OCR, which, along with its letter of findings outlines specific steps the College will take to … policies and procedures as written, OCR made no findings of non-compliance with Title IX in the implementation of any …

… her identity through art — specifically, the medium of the tunnel book. A type of book art akin to pop-ups, tunnel books create … are intricately crafted by cutting and layering pieces of paper.   Burke first learned about tunnel books in a class …

… practices exclusively in civil-rights litigation on behalf 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 will find in favor of my client. Everyone in my family was nervous when I …

… learn and evolve, following processes similar to those of biological learning and evolution.  A $423,000 grant … computing and genetic programming, and is editor-in-chief of the journal Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines. … the next three years as he attempts, with the assistance of two University of Massachusetts Amherst doctoral students …

… Mary Russo Mary Russo, professor emerita of literature and critical theory received a B.A. from the … a M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from Cornell University. She also studied at the University of Rome and the University of Bologna. She was the recipient …

… Gary Marcus 86F Gary Marcus 86F Gary Marcus, director of the Infant Language Learning Center and a professor at NYU, is the author of books including Guitar Zero and Kluge Gary Marcus is a … best-selling author, and serial entrepreneur — founder of Robust.AI and Geometric.AI (acquired by Uber). An emeritus …