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Hampshire Alum Co-produces Academy Award Winner "The Lady in Number 6"
… of it." The 39-minute film, which won an Academy Award for Best Short Documentary, documents the story of Alice … camp, Herz-Sommer played more than 100 piano concerts for the other prisoners and the camp guards. She practiced … As co-producer of the documentary, Kitzen was responsible for marketing the film and dealing with any legal issues. …
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Professor Ethan Meyers and UMass Colleagues Win National Science Foundation Grant to Study Brain Function
… of a nationwide initiative to study deep-brain function for new insights into neural and cognitive systems. The … a cellular level when animals are in motion and deciding, for example, to move to the left or to the right. The team … GrantsCognitive ScienceFacultyFaculty ResearchFive College News Cognitive Science … After implanting tiny hardware into …
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Professors Barskova, Bernstein Win 2015 Gruber Awards
… Bernstein are the 2015 winners of the Gruber Awards for Excellence in Teaching and Advising. Each winner receives … Russian literature professor Barskova received the award for teaching, and physics professor Bernstein won the … as he credited his former professor as an inspiration for the awards. “It’s difficult for me to imagine having been …
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Hampshire Honored with Civic Engagement Award
… necessary to put their ideas into action. To be recognized for these efforts is particularly meaningful,” said Hampshire President Jonathan Lash. The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars, in partnership with … Hampshire’s Farm Center is a growing collaborative hub for members of the agricultural community and the Five …
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The Ultimate Limits of Computation
… that the freedom to self-direct is just as beneficial for studying complexity theory as it is for photography, anthropology, biology, playwriting, or … done," he says. This independence is especially important for Carmosino's work in such a specific field. Carmosino's …
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Fay Teaches Students the Work Behind the Games They Play
… science and game design Ira Fay has only been on campus for a short while, but word seems to have already gotten … approach me as teaching assistants, which is great for the students in the class, and for me so I can acclimate faster." Professor Fay has years of …
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Rebecca Thomas Earns Fulbright Award to Teach in Ecuador
… is a senior program assistant at the Five College Center for the Study of World Languages, in Amherst. Several … interest in foreign travel and culture, led her to apply for a Fulbright. “I saw how they enjoyed it and learned from … was named one of the nation's top-producing institutions for the 2014–2015 Fulbright U.S. Student Program, when four …
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Hampshire of Color Builds Community, Connections
… "I hope this is nothing less than a sweet inspiration for you going forward," said Ed Dees 71F , one of the alums … to retire this spring were among the weekend's highlights. For Melissa Scheid Frantz, assistant dean of students for community advocacy and director of multicultural and …
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New Endowment Promotes Women In Business Courses, Programs
… access, while analyzing strategies to change the landscape for women in business. A number of female professionals … 2016. In 2015, female full-time workers made only 80 cents for every dollar earned by males. Bornstein is Chief … her business career as a secretary, went back to school for her business degree, and advanced her way through …
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DEAFinitions Conference Draws Hundreds to Celebrate Deaf Culture
… event founders have not wavered: 1) to provide a platform for Deaf individuals to come together in the exchange of … Deaf and hearing communities, and 3) to raise awareness for the need for more sign language resources through ASL and Deaf Studies …
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Of Mice and Mastocytosis
… cells, Mercado says, “which are immune cells responsible for allergic diseases.” Allergies occur when the immune … in the development and progression of mutated mast cells. For her Div III, Mercado obtained a specific strain of mouse … possible. She hopes her research will provide an avenue for the development of more-effective therapies for …
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Letter to HampRiseUp from President Nelson: February 18, 2019
… and have added a principle to the core guiding principles for partnership considerations that addresses this concern. … commit to meeting with you to better understand your needs for a dedicated and accessible student gathering space that … times at this extraordinary college, it is inconceivable for us not to have been witness to the longest student …
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Hampshire in Havana Program Embraces Digital Humanities to Create a Dynamic Virtual Immersion Experience
… that the Hampshire in Havana program as it has existed for the past 22 years would need to reimagine itself. Due to … the seminar, students also gained a critical framework for understanding Cuba in a historical context through … Storymap, which they then presented as a final event for the class. Additionally, the class hosted a virtual arts …
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Sept. 12: Opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room
… we hope that it will become a favorite space to hang out for our community members.” Harold F. Johnson Library … realized how important Robert Seydel’s collection would be for this community. While Seydel had a huge impact on faculty … Creating an innovative and unique space was a priority for the renovation. She admits that Meo took the concept even …
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Preventing HIV: Teaching Thai Teens to Invest in Themselves
… of the HIV and sexual health course she's led in Thailand for the past two years. "I looked at it as training for myself," she said, "so I could understand how this kind … there were accurate tests and affordable treatments for HIV, many people around the world weren't getting tested …
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Catching Waves in the ERP Lab
… is a lot of work yet to be done on this. Studies of ADHD, for instance, are not often based on an understanding of what … going on in kids normally first." Sharing this passion for research with her students is something Couperus enjoys, … work and in turn my work shapes theirs." Kristen Iodice, for instance, is using the ERP lab for a study on attention …
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Complexities of Representations of Children
… Katelin Wilton's 05F , it's hard to know where to begin. For her Div III—"'Where there is no water we go to the ocean … returning to Hampshire, Wilton continued to seek funding for ZAPHA+ during spring 2008. UNICEF hired her as a paid … to write this report. "I wanted my Div III to be useful for this organization," she says, and it has been: ZAPHA+ …
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Healing the Spiritual Wounds of War
… by stories, not just as simple tales but as metaphors for explaining mysteries of the soul. Professor of Humanities … and exhibits on homecomings from war (nostoi is Greek for "homecomings"). Western Massachusetts is home to large … "Both sides said it was utterly transformative for them," he says. Beginning this fall, Meagher will …
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Playwright and Scientist
… College, penned a one-act play on eating disorders for her senior project (called the Division III). The play … the nature of eating disorders — and help prevent them for developing such disorders themselves. Writer Susan Kelly recently sat down for an interview with Spero about her academic work at …
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Slime-Mold Symposium and Reception Presented by Hampshire College Art Gallery
… College Art Gallery Two speakers known nationally for pushing the boundaries of science, art, and sciart, will … been featured in the New York Times , ScientificAmerican.com, and national science publications. A New York Times … been featured in the New York Times , ScientificAmerican.com, and national science publications. A New York Times …
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Hampshire Professors Chris Perry and Eric Sanders Co-Author New Scenewriting Book
… New Scenewriting Book SceneWriting, The Missing Manual for Screenwriters was co-authored by Chris Perry , professor … readers expect from your upcoming book? You've got an idea for the next great screenplay. Maybe you're just getting … into a fully-developed script. Learn how to prepare scenes for writing, construct sparkling, naturalistic dialogue, …
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Exhibition by Senegalese Graffiti Artists Opens October 15, 2021
… Crew . The residency will offer exciting opportunities for the Hampshire, Five College, Town of Amherst, and Pioneer … will introduce their work and the show and host a Q & A for guests. Look and Feel is curated by Associate Professor … into their coursework. The artists will host open studios for Hampshire and Five College students and the wider …
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Div III Participates in Harvard Linguistics Colloquium
… greatly from the inferences that hearers draw from it. For example, from the metaphor in (1), which literally means … the head, make us appreciate some fact—but not by standing for, or expressing, the fact." He argues that metaphorical … is based on imagination; a hearer infers (2) from (1), for example, by having an experience of imagining John as an …
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A Message from the AAG: January 31, 2019
… want to bring them your perspective. If you have questions for the board of trustees and President Nelson, please submit … want to bring them your perspective. If you have questions for the board of trustees and President Nelson, please submit …
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Student Groups & Activities
… is integrated with experience. Athletics Our teams compete for championships in four sports as members of the United …
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