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Artificial General Intelligence: Why Aren’t We There Yet?

… We There Yet? Gary Marcus 86F Alum Gary Marcus 86F gave the following lecture as part of Neilfest, an event celebrating the legacy of Psychology Professor Neil Stillings in April. … a little booklet, an excerpt of a cognitive science text. The cognitive science book that Neil put together hadn’t …

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Nathan Kensinger Finds Beauty in Forgotten Spaces

… Currently based in Brooklyn, Kensinger has been exploring the fringes of New York City since 2000. He has explored … forgotten spaces and off-limit landscapes, and uncovers the beauty and untold stories within them. Many of the places Kensinger photographs are slated for destruction, …

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Friends Since Day One, Alums Collaborate on Exhibition "To Have and To Owe"

… La Berge earned a Ph.D. in American studies. In 2011, the two Hampshire alums began work on a collaborative … and representations of economics. Ptak suggested pursuing the idea of debt, inspired by how other artists had been addressing economic issues during the financial crisis. La Berge was intrigued by the idea. "So …

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New Safety and Security Office Seeks Campus Input on Community-Based Model

… who will practice a community security model to replace the former policing model. Starting this week, all students, … with and share ideas with new staff members who will lead the new Safety and Security Department: Chuck Furgal, … They said they look forward to meeting everyone at the open forums on Wednesday December 5, Wednesday December …

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Photographic Storytelling and Adapting to Change

… and Adapting to Change Anne Pinkerton 91F Early in the 2020 spring semester, Emma Symanski 17F was excitedly studying the intersection of photography and language. An avid Spanish … involve presenting their stories in a gallery show. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and no one could safely gather for …

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Abby Grace Drake's "Significant" Discovery About Dog Evolution

… as a species and their coexistence with their ancestor, the wolf. “It’s incredibly rare to have the opportunity to study both the descendant and the ancestor,” she says. Drake, an …

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Andrea Dezsö

… holds an M.F.A. and a B.F.A. in visual communication from the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design in Budapest, Hungary. Professor Dezsö has been on the faculty at Parsons School of Design, Maryland Institute … at Penland School of Craft, Paper & Book Intensive, The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, The Museum of Arts …

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Alumni Profile: Linda Earle 70F, NY Arts Program

… first entering class, Linda Earle 70F found herself in the midst of an evolving campus, a place where new ideas were transforming the meaning of a liberal arts education. 40 years later, as the executive director of the New York Arts Program , Earle …

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Professor Susana Loza on Why a Hampshire Education is a Dialogue, Not a Monologue

… media studies at Hampshire. Her research interests include the social construction of race and sex in speculative media; … gender and ethnic performativity in digital spaces; and the post-racial turn in popular culture; among others. We sat … more about what she loves about teaching at Hampshire and the variety of approaches her students take to consider the

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Jenna Bitar Receives Sander Thoenes Research Award

… Sander Thoenes Research Award Jenna Bitar 10F received the 2013 Sander Thoenes Division III Research Award at Hampshire College. The annual award supports student work in international … journalism. Preference is given to projects conforming to the spirit of Sander Thoenes 87F's remarkable, if tragically …

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Hampshire College Professor Chris Perry Receives Technical Achievement Award

… Professor Chris Perry Receives Technical Achievement Award The Hampshire College community is definitely excited about the 2014 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards … crossed for alumna Lupita Nyong'o 03F who, after wins at the Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice Awards, is widely …

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April 29, 2019: Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President

… our students and support their education as we reinvent the College for a long future. We asked every division of the College to reduce its budget. We have to reduce our … with changes to our faculty: Faculty are not classified the same as staff because each professor has a contract with …

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Is Hampshire College Closed? Nope. No Way. Not By a Long Shot.

… Hampshire College was designed to change and respond to the challenges facing humanity, and we’ve been reinventing … all along. We continue to do just that, evolving to meet the needs of today’s students, instilling essential skills to prepare them to thrive in the real world.           Our mission has always been to …

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Div III Student Jordan Foley Takes an Analytical and Creative Deep Dive into Splatterpunk Horror

… to learn more about their Div III exploration  into the horror genre, the joys of watching scary movies with modmates, and how … were a lot of things that drew me to Hampshire initially—the gay reputation, the small student population, the ability …

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Holding Hands with Ilse

… Holding Hands with Ilse Abraham Ravett (reprinted from the Summer 2016 issue of Hampshire's Non Satis Scire … I had been invited to give a retrospective of my films at the WRO Art Center in Wroclaw — I felt an unaccountable unease while riding the Communist-era trains. I thought of my family’s 1950 …

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Former Students Honor Legacy of Longtime Teacher of Martial Arts

… Marion Taylor taught martial arts in a way that embraced the College’s interdisciplinary academic philosophy. His impact here is now celebrated through the Marion Taylor Endowment Fund. The fund was established by Robert Lemelson ‘79F and other …

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Yasmine El Baggari Pushes Academic and Geographic Boundaries in her Search for Knowledge

… it a goal to visit all 50 states before she graduated. By the time the spring 2014 semester began, the Moroccan native had already made it to 33. More …

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Luna Goldberg Receives Fulbright Award

… Studies. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program …

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Betsy Hartmann

… received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Her research, writing, and lecturing focus on the intersections between population, migration, environment, … issues. During her time at Hampshire, she served as the director of the Population and Development Program. She …

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Abraham Ravett

… and photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past thirty-five years. He was born in Poland and raised in Israel and the U.S. Ravett has received grants for his work from the Massachusetts Cultural Council; National Foundation for …

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Division III Profile: Speech, Music, and Emotion

… emotions: anger, joy, sadness, and relaxedness. During the summer before Div III, Opitz undertook a similar study with speech at the University of Vienna. Opitz worked with a team of the University researchers who had a group of participants …

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Garbology Selected as Common Reading for Fall 2013

… export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy—the biggest thing we make?" The answer (trash) should be clear from the title of his most recent book, Garbology: Our Dirty Love …

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Hampshire Alum and Filmmaker Allison A. Waite Receives Directors Guild of America Student Film Award

… alum Allison A. Waite 11F was named one of two winners in the Best African American Student Filmmakers category of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards for her documentary film The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins . The awards …

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Gifts Support "“Bridge to College”"

… Gifts Support "“Bridge to College”" The First Niagara Foundation and the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation have each … Hampshire Youth Connect, begun as a pilot program in the summer of 2011 through the support of community and …

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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards

… Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards Amy Dryansky The Hampshire College Culture, Brain and Development (CBD) program is closing out the semester by awarding over $14,000 in grant funds to seven students. The grantees represent many fields of study and range from …

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