… 13, 16, 17: Wilhelm Verwoerd and Journeys Through Conflict The Grandson of Apartheid Prime Minister Brings Message of … on peace and reconciliation. It is a significant moment: the grandson of the "Architect of Apartheid" will address the first U.S. …

… a project focused on ethical engagement and leadership. The Leadership and Ethical Engagement Project will provide a … model for integrating a deliberate focus on ethics within the academics and culture of an educational institution, with a distinctive focus on contributing to the common good. The Leadership and Ethical Engagement …

… when she was brought “to a screeching halt,” she says. “The day Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court, I thought ‘This is it — the end of all the things the people I know have been …

… and filled with a warm April sun and breeze. Just the day prior, Hampshire was highlighted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in High Education (AASHE) …

… language courses she’d taken. On her first day of class, the professor used sign language to introduce an interpreter, but announced this would be the last day the interpreter was available; starting with the next …

… Faculty Research Mike Medeiros and John Courtmanche For the past two decades, Hampshire undergrads studying science … chemical properties of solid objects. Now this year the National Science Foundation has awarded the college a major research grant to acquire the latest …

… College. Hampshire’s application is now live on the Common App for new and transfer students to apply to enroll in either fall or spring 2020, reinstating the College’s longstanding admissions practice of allowing students to begin or transfer in either semester. The College’s leadership team and the Board of Trustees …

… runs in her family: mastocytosis.  Her 32-page thesis, “The Effects of Antioxidants on P815 Mouse Mastocytoma Cells,” … and a highly personal one.” “I worked building off the scientific literature,” Mercado says. “I sandwiched … together two ideas that I think are cool: mast cells and the use of antioxidants as therapeutic agents.” Mastocytosis …

… III capstone project shatters preconceived notions about the disabled, and she accomplishes that partially through sheer size. The project, “Be My Body, Read My Books,” features ten 40" x … and processed digitally. “Large-format photography has the power to give subjects a heightened, more intense …

… awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to support his research. The John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, based in New York City, … productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Photo Credit: Kane Stewart Professor Lesy's current project, Looking Backward: Images of the World, 1900-1910 , examines mass-marketed, 3D stereo …

… volunteer a single word to describe James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, the book they’d been assigned months ago as the College’s common reading. It’s their second day as …

… May Help Form Minerals Are living things involved in the creation of minerals? Hampshire College microbiology … professors recently received a $40,000 grant from the Keck Geology Consortium to investigate just that. The funding will support the group, with the inclusion of six …

… they reveal sustained progress in aligning admissions with the college’s mission. Again, the practice disqualifies Hampshire from the U.S. News annual college rankings, as the publisher …

… Fogel 09F says of his experience diving with sharks at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk Connecticut. For his … entitled Niche , about shark conservation, which included the aquarium dive with lemon sharks and sand tiger sharks. The film portrays conservation issues from all perspectives, …

… his Division III project of writing a thesis examining the medical use of cannabis and its legalization in Massachusetts in 2012. "My Division III contextualizes the Massachusetts law within the past, present, and future of cannabis prohibition and …

… classes is already fierce. Vaisman can guess why: " The Yiddish Book Center is here, which is not a resource that exists anywhere else." That's why the College and the National Yiddish Book Center partnered to create a …

… books, among them award-winning children’s books such as the best-selling  I Like You , historical novels, lyrical adaptations of the Bible and Old English classics, as well as scholarly … nonfiction reporting and analysis. Her landmark work,  The Hospice Movement , played an important role in bringing …

… Hampshire student Charlotte Giles was able to learn the basics of Urdu through resources within the Five College consortium, but when it came to digging deeper into the grammatical foundations of the language, she decided to …

… President Nelson Dear Hampshire Community, As we begin the new year and students prepare to return to campus, I’d like to provide an update on the Hampshire Visioning Project announced last fall and tell … a thriving and sustainable future for Hampshire. With the guidance and passion of Hampshire’s trustees we’ve begun …

… infection that can result in meningitis — swelling of the covering of the brain and spinal cord — and bloodstream infection. Because the disease can be so serious, UMass Health Services has …

… archiving, and bringing a certain kind of life" to the images and sounds he records. It's a link that ties together the disparate musical styles featured in three of his most … first heard Devashish Dey at a performance held during the singer's time as a visiting professor of music at Smith …

… Hoe Down Abigail Meisel The annual summer conference of the Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) will convene at Hampshire Aug. 9–11.  The three-day event celebrates grassroots organic farming and …

… of film, video and Africana studies, has been awarded the Princess Grace Foundation-USA’s 2014 Undergraduate Film … undergraduate student working in film. Waite plans to use the Princess Grace Foundation scholarship money to shoot her … College Division III film in Los Angeles this fall. The film will concentrate on a fictional portrayal of the …

… Jamie Matheson 11F, and Amit Ringel 08F—won first prize in the inaugural Health Literacy Hackathon . The Hackathon, held October 13 and 14 at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was sponsored by …

… nonprofit organizations has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve mathematics … through college in Massachusetts' Pioneer Valley. The Western Massachusetts Mathematics Project (WMMP) is the latest project of the 27-year-old Five College Schools …