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Third Annual Engage! Day Focused on Anti-racism, Social Justice, and Inclusion

… of Hampshire students, staff, and faculty gathered for the College’s third annual Engage! Community Day of Education … members were invited to workshops and events with the goal of strengthening relationships, celebrating … hurt and division caused by last spring’s debate over the future of the College. Attendees joined in nearly 20 …

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Students from Havana Exchange Program Present Final Projects

… Projects Seven students who studied abroad in Cuba with the Hampshire in Havana spring exchange 2019 program … and beyond in Cuban culture, connecting them with the creative community through partners in Cuba, and housing … professionals in their fields of interest. In return, the program brings Cuban artists and writers to Hampshire …

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Statement In Response to Executive Order on Immigration Policy

… Executive Order on Immigration Policy Jonathan Lash Over the past few days, I have spoken with community members concerned about the recent executive orders issued by the White House regarding immigration enforcement and …

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Peter Pan Pedagogy

… Peter Pan Pedagogy Abigail Meisel The epigraph of Xuemeng Zhao’s Div III — a quote from Indian … “In learning a language, when from mere words we reach the laws of words, we have gained a great deal . . . [but] … we come to literature, we find that, though it conforms to the rules of grammar, it is yet a thing of job; it is freedom …

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Hampshire College Alum Represents

… comics artist. Smith came to Hampshire from Jamaica with the intention of centering her work on the visual arts. Thinking that becoming a teacher was her … path, she also studied art education. “But because of the way Hampshire is structured, I explored a lot of other …

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Matthews Retirement Exhibit Reflects on Her Time at Hampshire

… than 10 years and features images of people connected to the College combined over intervals of time or in generational groups. In the second part, Matthews is reprising Hampshire alum David … students at Hampshire,” Matthews wrote in an e-mail to the Hampshire community, “He passed away two years ago after …

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Hampshire College's Climate Justice League Attends Students for Just & Stable Future Conference

… Conference Dineen O'Rourke 13F In November, members of the student group Climate Justice League attended the Students for a Just and Stable Future conference and networking retreat in Worcester, MA. The weekend soon became more than we had ever expected, and …

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Students in Summer Farm Program Learn Solar Design for Agriculture

… and Cooper Holland spent their summer helping to make the Hampshire College Farm a more sustainable operation, … funded by an $810,000 National Science Foundation grant.  The grant, awarded in 2014 to Holyoke Community College in … summer course in clean energy and sustainable agriculture the past two years. The 18 students who participated this …

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Spector Receives NSF Grant To Propel Computer Programs Modeling Biological Evolution

… has now received a three-year grant of $419,000 from the National Science Foundation — his second major NSF grant … in 2015. This cutting-edge work attempts to replicate the process of evolutionary biology in computers to solve … Spector says. He is co-leading a research group called the Hampshire College Computational Intelligence Lab, in …

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Hampshire Chooses Bon Appétit as Food Service Provider

… Bon Appétit following an extensive process to identify the food service provider that could best assist in its aspirations for provision of healthy food, connecting the campus farm to the curriculum, maintaining the College's reputation as a …

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Nov. 22: Screening of 'Our Nixon'

… at Hampshire College on Friday, November 22, at 1 p.m. in the Brand Screening Room of the Jerome Liebling Center. The duo will be on campus to discuss the film on Monday, …

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Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for Hampshire Professor

… professor of American literature and Jewish studies and the dean of academic support and advising at Hampshire … linguistic, geographical, and cultural boundaries. The students she will teach in Tel Aviv come from … In her Fulbright application materials, she wrote of the courses she will offer there: "One of the opportunities I …

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Michael Lesy Gives Keynote Speech at SPE Regional Conference

… Michael Lesy was selected as keynote speaker for the 2014 Society for Photographic Education (SPE) Midwest … regional conference. “Yesterday Today: Photography and the Archive” was the theme of the October 16-18 SPE regional conference , …

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Notable Alumni

Jeff Sharlet 90F

… 90F Jeff Sharlet 90F Journalist Jeff Sharlet received the National Magazine Award for Reporting in 2015. Among his books are C Street and The Family Jeff Sharlet is the author of  Sweet Heaven When I Die  and  The Family , and …

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‘Sharing Our Journey’ Gallery Exhibit February 6-24

… Hampshire College Students, Staff, Faculty, and Alumni The Hampshire College Art Gallery welcomed the public to the exhibit “Sharing Our Journey: Women of Color Engaging Our …

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Video of Commencement Keynote Address by Laverne Cox

… producer, and transgender advocate Laverne Cox delivered the keynote speech at the 2014 commencement ceremony at Hampshire College. Cox, who can currently be seen in the critically acclaimed Netflix original series Orange is …

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A 'Very Hampshire Approach' to Academics and Athletics

… offers to play NCAA soccer and basketball in favor of the intellectual challenge she knew Hampshire would bring. … feel I was going to be as engaged with my academics, the most important thing for me," she explains. Four years … examining changes in her home city of Detroit through the lens of conflict and conflict resolution, with a focus on …

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Leah Hager Cohen 85F: Finding a Story to Tell

… to Tell Posted: October 06, 2011 By Michael Samuels 09F The front page of the September 18 New York Times Book Review called Leah Hager Cohen 85F "one of our foremost chroniclers of the mundane complexities, nuanced tragedies and unexpected …

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Professors Receive Grants and Fellowships for Summer Research

… and fellowships for their research. Awards came from the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at Brandeis … University, and Project Pericles. These awards will aid the professors in creating cutting-edge content for their …

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Science Internship Gala

… Gala Some science students remained at Hampshire through the summer and worked with their professors on research that … Neural Science, Harvard Medical School, laboratories at the University of Massachusetts, Hartford Hospital's … cardiology department, Beth Israel Hospital, and the medical office of a general practitioner. These science …

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For Hampshire Alum Allie Thorpe, a “Cathartic” Div III Leads to a Fulfilling Career Path

… transferred to Hampshire College in 2010 after leaving the military and concentrated on LGBTQ+ history and web … stories of service members who were also part of the LGBTQ+ community, and, like herself, had been discharged under the military's former "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. …

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Neil Stillings Scholarship Fund Created for Cognitive Science Students

… Professor of Psychology Neil Stillings, cofounder of the first undergraduate cognitive science program in the nation, to support the work of outstanding students in the field.  Trustee Judy …

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Lili M. Kim

… Unlikely Enemy: Korean Americans, World War II, and the Transnational Struggle for Justice on the Homefront , investigates how Korean Americans negotiated the racial terrains of the homefront that witnessed mass …

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Alum Makes $2 Million Donation, Second Seven-Figure Contribution This Month

… million to partner with Paula H. and James S. Crown 71F on the Crown Founders Challenge, which aims to raise significant support from the College’s first five entering classes, 1970–1975, in honor of Hampshire’s 50th Anniversary year. Change in the Making: A Campaign for Hampshire has raised $22,538,810 …

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Hampshire Alum Heather Boushey 88F Serves as Key Member of Biden Economic Team

… of Economic Advisers (CEA), a group tasked with advising the president on economic policy. Boushey joined the CEA at the beginning of Biden’s term in January 2021. Boushey is …

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