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Hampshire Policy Institute Releases Research By Non-Human Scholars in Gallery Exhibition, Symposium

… at Hampshire College known as the Plasmodium Consortium is the first in the world to feature policy analysis by non-human scholars, slime … at a public symposium on March 2nd. "All are invited to attend," says gallery director Amy Halliday, who serves as …

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When Two Tibets Meet

… between Tibetans born in Tibet before emigrating to India and those who were born in exile. Her project, When … Tibetans, two born in India and two born in Tibet, and is based on research completed during four and a half months … exchange of ideas," she says. That diversity contributes to the wide variety of experiences her subjects describe.  A …

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Martha Pskowski 09F Receives Fulbright Award

… has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to Mexico in environmental studies, the United States … as well as demonstrated leadership potential. Pskowski is a 2013 graduate of Hampshire College. Her Division III … program sponsored by the U.S. government and is designed to increase mutual understanding between the people of the …

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Deborah Gorlin Wins Sarton Poetry Prize

… May Sarton (1912-1995) who has long been an inspiration to Gorlin. As winner of the prize, Gorlin’s book has been … White Pine Press Poetry Prize in 1997. Life of the Garment is arranged into three sections. The first third is comprised of elegies to the people and places in Gorlin’s life that are now gone. …

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Five Colleges Signs Purchase and Sale Agreement for Library Annex Land

… Land The Five College consortium has signed an agreement to purchase 46 acres of land in Hadley, Massachusetts, as the site for a 2.5-million-volume Library Annex that will provide … site used for the project. The initial phase of the Annex is a 38,000-square-foot facility that includes 30,000 square …

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Sept. 3: Convocation

… p.m. in the Robert Crown Center. Anyone who would like to attend is welcome. Angarita is assistant executive director of … in Holyoke, Massachusetts, through projects relating to food, agriculture, and the environment. Other scheduled …

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March 30: Eqbal Ahmad Lecture by #BlackLivesMatter Co-founders

… March 30, at 4 p.m. in the Robert Crown Center, and is free and open to the public. The lecture keynotes a weeklong symposium at … for Social Justice) planning committee in response to, and as a call to action in the face of, anti-Black …

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Computer Collaboration

… Computer Collaboration Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) final Hampshire … project. Entitled DFlux , his Division III work seeks to expand a programming language so that it can allow …

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Juecheng Zhao 12F

… Zhao 12F Juecheng Zhao 12F P.R. of China Juecheng Zhao is the student trustee alternate. He is currently a third … philosophy, strategies, and prophets. His studies seek to validate the importance of prescience as the reasoning of … he does not yet have a family of his own, but he is happy to be a part of the Hampshire family. Term ends 6/30/15 …

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The Superman Orchestra

… The Superman Orchestra By Taliesin Nyala 07F The animation is gorgeous. No two scenes are alike. Each has the same … 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 …

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Div III Profile: Milo Muise's 'Magic, Exile, and Defiant Miracles'

… Defiant Miracles' Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F "For me, poetry is all about rich layers of complexity and contradiction," … Division III student Milo Muise says. "Poetry is able to approach an idea without caging it, without reducing it to something small and comprehensible. Sometimes poems make …

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Hampshire College Welcomes First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence

… First Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence Hampshire College is proud to announce the founding of the world's only academic program … office in the Cole Science Center. "We are delighted to have representatives of the Physarum genus join our …

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Alumni Artists Use Found Objects in Library Gallery Exhibit

… both use found objects and materials for their artworks is on display in the Harold F. Johnson Library Gallery … 10F is exhibiting dozens of drawings he has made reacting to cardboard beer coasters from around the world. Both … use found objects and materials, their works linked to contemporary culture, sustainability, and the history of …

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Student Innovations Shine at Digital Humanities Showcase

… computer mapping, virtual floor plans and 3D renderings to document building a house out of salvaged material. Or … that can sift through thousands of proverbs and learn to compose its own. All of this and much more is happening within the Five College Digital Humanities …

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Visiting Cuban Scholar: “It’s about the people.”

… people.” Author Mirta Yáñez appreciated the opportunity to share Cuban culture and literature, particularly … and Five College students and faculty. “It’s important to have these exchanges to understand each other’s truths,” said Yáñez. “The most important thing is to actually know what a place is like, and not what you’re …

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Invitation for Public Comments for NEASC Reaccreditation

… The Commission on Institutions of Higher Education is one of seven accrediting commissions in the United States … a regional basis. Accreditation is voluntary and applies to the institution as a whole. The Commission, which is … An evaluation team will visit the institution to gather evidence that the self-study is thorough and …

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Hampshire College Art Gallery and Amherst Poetry Festival Partner for Special Events in September

… , features “poetry presented in three-dimensional space,” is partnering with the Fifth Annual Amherst Poetry Festival to present special events September 15–17 at the Emily … California, she often explores the role of the body as the site of memory. She is the author of the novel The Gangster …

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Sander Thoenes Research Award Recipients Announced

… memory of Hampshire graduate  Sander Thoenes 87F  and go to students working in international relations, peace studies, or journalism. Preference is given to projects conforming to the spirit of Thoenes' remarkable, …

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Number Theory

… Number Theory You never know when you're going to find your calling. For some, it's a lifelong search. For … surpassed my expectations so much that I knew I would have to focus on that." Number theory, in particular, is what really catches Engberg's attention. Essentially a …

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Statement In Support of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

… Taylor On behalf of Hampshire College, we write to express our solidarity with Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, whom we invited to be the keynote speaker at Hampshire’s commencement … and hope in advancing justice. She reminded us that it is the resistance of ordinary people that ultimately …

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Sustainable Revolving Fund Lights Up Hampshire Performances

… and very hot. What might not cross every actor's mind is how much electricity those lights use. A week of … Revolving Fund (SURF) comes in. It lends money to environmentally friendly projects that will save money … down the road. Once the money is made back, it returns to the fund to be used for another project. In 2011, …

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Computer Collaboration

… Computer Collaboration Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) final Hampshire … project. Entitled DFlux , his Division III work seeks to expand a programming language so that it can allow …

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Kent State, One Generation Removed

… monuments. We are all, for that matter, monuments to our own lives and the era in which our lives occur. Michel Foucault wrote that self is written on the body. So too, is history, and also, within … D.C., monuments and memorials, so omnipresent in her day-to-day life that they became almost invisible to her. Another …

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Dance Professor Deb Goffe Joins New England Foundation of the Arts’ Regional Dance Development Initiative Cohort

… Dance Deborah Goffe was named one of twelve cohort members to join the New England Foundation of the Arts Regional Dance … Now . The Regional Dance Development Initiative (RDDI) is a program of the National Dance Project (NDP). The purpose of RDDI is to increase the scope, visibility, and viability of dance …

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Hampshire College Student Dances for Parkinson’s

… College Student Dances for Parkinson’s Miriam King applied to college knowing that she had two passions — neuroscience … where she could study both. “I always knew I wanted to combine neuroscience research and dance,” she said. “And … would let me study two seemingly disparate fields.” King is working on a Division III (senior) project, entitled …

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