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April 19, 2019: Securing Hampshire’s Future: A Letter from Ken Rosenthal

… needs more great thinkers, innovators, problem solvers, and experimenters; we need more graduates with ethics, empathy, and a selfless commitment to social justice and community. We learned of our latest challenge yesterday …

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Redefining College Dining: Hampshire College'’s Food Plan for the Future

… be. "We are questioning everything that is currently done and every practice that has become routine," said President … changing how food on campus is produced, prepared, served, and consumed. That means making "a strong commitment to offer … on the transition. He owns the hospitality advisory and venture firm Howard Wein Hospitality. Hampshire's history …

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Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You

… the other fairly new to the College. L. Brown Kennedy and Mei Ann Teo got together on April 19, with a camera … earliest years. She has special interests in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century literature and culture (Shakespeare, Elizabethan and Jacobean drama, …

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Sports Recap: Three Hampshire Teams Compete in League Playoffs

… women’s basketball also qualified for the playoffs, and traveled to Maine for the regional tournament. The men’s and women’s cross-country team competed at the YSCC Championship in Lake Placid, New York, and went to Lakeland, Florida, to compete in Nationals.  …

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Div II Profile: LAURA HOWARD 15F

… Profile: LAURA HOWARD 15F CONCENTRATION TITLE Art, Power, and the Institution AREAS OF FOCUS Visual arts, history, art … students, the Career Options Resource Center, and all of my wonderful friends. My Division II investigates … the dynamic relationship between the history of power and the history of art. Specifically considering the voices …

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Acclaimed Comics Journalist Featured as Hampshire Writer in Residence

… as Hampshire Writer in Residence Internationally renowned and award-winning comics journalist Joe Sacco will be a writer in residence this fall at Hampshire College, and will be featured this month in a moderated event, free and open to the public. Sacco is a Guggenheim fellow and a …

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Kara Lynch

… kara lynch is a time-based artist living in the Bronx, NY, and was born in the auspicious year of 1968. Ambivalent … culture, she is curious about duration, embodiment, and the aural. Through collective practice and social intervention she explores aesthetic/political …

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Endowed Fund for Research on Women Created in Memory of Hampshire Parent, Trustee Helen Astin

… has announced a new endowed fund that will support faculty and student research on women’s leadership and advancement.  In honor of his late wife, Hampshire parent … that will contribute to women’s leadership development and enhance our understanding of societal structures that …

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Feb. 20-22: Hampshire College Winter Dance Concert

… 2014 at 8 p.m. in the Main Dance Studio of the Music and Dance Building. Guest artist and Hampshire alumnus Christopher Mcmillan 03F presents Let … 413.559.5889 or emailing HampDanceReservations@gmail.com beginning February 10. Ticket prices are $10.00 for …

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Oct. 24-25: Scapegoat Garden Dance Theater Company

… in Hampshire’s Main Dance Studio Friday, October 24, and Saturday, October 25, at 8 p.m. as part of Family and Friends Weekend. Conceived and directed by new Assistant … call 413.559.5889 or email hampdancereservations@gmail.com . DanceEventsFamily and Friends Weekend … Scapegoat …

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Kate Nicoloau

… College, Kate enjoys embracing children's creativity and looks for opportunities to incorporate music and movement into the curriculum. Kate has presented along … the Education of Young Children on her work with children and her view of children as capable and inspiring people. …

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Board of Trustees Statement on a New Model for the Hampshire College Student Experience

… improve its perceived value among prospective students, and motivate potential donors to contribute significant … leader by building a genuinely unique, clearly relevant, and authentically Hampshire approach to the student … audiences the core of this distinctiveness with passion and precision.  The process led this summer and fall by the …

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Hampshire Student Selected as National Geographic Emerging Explorer

… a glaciologist, a planetary geologist, an artist, and an entrepreneur as one of 17 visionary, young … work fighting to stop the ritualistic killing of infants and children in Ethiopia's Omo River Valley and providing … Comprehensive profiles http://www.nationalgeographic.com/emerging . … Hampshire College student Lale Labuko 11F …

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A Year of Events Celebrating 50 Years

… College — its 50th anniversary. Sadly, for the safety and well-being of our students and guests, we had to postpone the in-person portion of our … a calendar full of virtual events with impressive alums and faculty. We’ve already hosted two great opportunities to …

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NSF Grant for Cross-campus Clean Energy/Sustainable Agriculture Programs

… Programs Working in partnership with Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Holyoke … clean energy studies with sustainable agriculture and share new resources that will benefit students at all … separate sides of sustainability education – clean energy and agriculture,” said Kate Maiolatesi, coordinator of HCC’s …

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Hampshire Faculty Recognized with Awards, Fellowships, Other Honors

… ideas into action around the country, across the globe, and on paper. Here’s a sampling of recent projects, fellowships, awards, and other honors. Margaret Cerullo (sociology) was part of a … election observers in Mexico organized by the University and Citizen Network for Democracy and accredited by the …

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Viveca Greene

… US politics, critical humor studies, audience research, and disinformation. Her research focuses on far-right extremists’ uses of irony and social media, feminist satire and rape culture, and … online publications (Cultural Critique Online, TheNation.com, and In Media Res) . Viveca is also co-editor (with Ted …

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CLA Awards for Student Groups'’ Hampedia Pages

… 11F Hampshire College boasts more than 95 student groups, and they play an important role in the campus community. Last … group Hampedia pages, highlighting the diversity of groups and students' impressive abilities to communicate, organize, create, and take action. Web content manager Amy Diehl, chief …

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Dana Pollan's Family Cookbook Encourages Healthy Eating

… Gorry-Hines 11F Hampshire College alumna Dana Pollan 80F and her family have always loved cooking and sharing recipes with each other. She and her two sisters—Lori and Tracy—are busy mothers with …

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NSF awards $300,000 to Five College–led collaboration

… of K-12 school districts, higher education institutions, and nonprofit organizations has received a $300,000 grant … seven public school districts in western Massachusetts and mathematics faculty members from Springfield College, … Western New England University, Westfield State University and the member institutions of Five Colleges (Hampshire, …

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Student Enterprise In Agricultural Technology Awarded A $20K Venturewell Grant

… team designed its first prototype device, the Health and Environmental Analytics Toolkit (HEAT), to save farmers time and money by alerting them when cattle are in peak fertility. The system tracks an animal’s drinking of water and makes fertility predictions in real time. The team is …

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Lili M. Kim

… Kim Lili M. Kim is a scholar of U.S. history from a global and transnational perspective, who specializes in (im)migration, critical race and ethnicity, gender, imperialism, empire, feminism, Korean-American history, and Asian-American studies. Her first book manuscript, …

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Hampshire College Faculty News: Fall 2017

… Hampshire College Faculty News: Fall 2017 This summer and fall, Hampshire College professors have been producing … — books, articles for peer-reviewed journal, films, plays, and panel presentations — outside of the classroom. Whether … Award, Hampshire faculty are sharing their scholarship on and off campus. Susana Loza Associate Professor of Critical …

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President Lash's Convocation Speech

… Thank you, Diego. We are so proud of what you have done, and are doing, and of Hampshire's long association with Nuestras Raíces. As we at Hampshire become more intentional about how and what we eat, I hope that you, your organization, and your …

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Rebecca Thomas Earns Fulbright Award to Teach in Ecuador

… Assistants from other countries work with students there, and she says their experiences, coupled with her interest in foreign travel and culture, led her to apply for a Fulbright. “I saw how they enjoyed it and learned from it,” says Thomas. “As a language-training …

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