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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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Hampshire Joins Launch of National Network for Mission-Driven Investing
… Network (IEN), recently helped launch a peer network to support endowment investment practices addressing … social, governance (ESG) and sustainability factors to enhance financial returns and align with institutional … of Massachusetts Foundation. Regular membership enrollment is now open to all endowments, foundations and practitioners …
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Hampshire a Top-40 College for Alums Earning a Doctorate, Federal Data Reveals
… #39 nationwide by percentage of graduates who advance to earn a doctorate, close on the list to Dartmouth, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Carnegie Mellon, and Columbia. The result is notable from a college whose students design their own …
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Alum Harry Rosenblum: Directing Theatre, Teaching Cooking, Brewing Vinegar
… a "radical cooking school" that teaches its students how to "cook like adults." Now , Rosenblum is having a moment, from The New York Times to an episode of The Untitled Action Bronson Show on Viceland …
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Language Learning
… Learning 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 … of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. Urdu is the national language of Pakistan, but it is also one of …
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Matthews Retirement Exhibit Reflects on Her Time at Hampshire
… retrospective two-part photography exhibit this month to mark her retirement. One part features photographic … more than 10 years and features images of people connected to the College combined over intervals of time or in generational groups. In the second part, Matthews is reprising Hampshire alum David Rosten’s Division III …
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Course Guides 2000-2009
… the years 2000 through 2003, the Spring Supplements were to be used with the previous year's Fall course guide, which … containing the full course descriptions. Click on a date to download a pdf of that course guide. Course Guides 2000 … These revolutions are different in their ideologies (one is Marxist and the other Islamic) and their modes of social …
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New Study By 50 World Scientists Warns of More Severe Threat from Global Warming
… projected soil-carbon release would be approximately equal to adding an industrialized country the size of the United States to the planet. Critically, the researchers found that carbon … recognize that the cycling of carbon through the biosphere is responding to climate change in ways that can …
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Filmmaker's Panel on Islamophobia, Being Muslim in America
… Pakistani American filmmaker Mara Ahmed, whose talk is titled “Being Muslim in America.” She will be joined by … rooted in stories passed down from one generation to another. Ahmed and Surbhi Dewan, a coproducer, are … Literature Festival, United Kingdom. It was invited to be shown at film festivals in San Francisco, Seattle, New …
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First Community Orientation Kicks Off Hampshire’s Fall Semester
… orientation. All students, staff, and faculty were invited to participate in a virtual event featuring Barbara Love, a … and reinforced the importance of the event’s themes. “What is true about white supremacy and structural racism is also … of global economic inequality, of pandemics now and to come, of the degradation of democratic institutions, of …
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Faculty
Mark Feinstein
… systems of human languages. He later turned his attention to the evolution of speech and language, and his research and teaching focus is now on the comparative study of vocalization, cognition, … in the general theory of evolution, and also hopes to learn more about the brain; computational modeling of …
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Board Member
Ellen S. Sturgis 77F
… 77F Ellen Sturgis joined the Hampshire Board in 2018. She is currently a principal of Night Heron Consulting which … of the Elementary School Building Committee. Previous to launching her consulting practice in 2018, Ellen worked … of experience in the world of nonprofits. Ellen went on to work with a variety of consumer and worker-owned …
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Theatre Professor Will MacAdams on Embodying New Possibilities
… Possibilities A student’s experience at Hampshire College is unlike anywhere else — and unlike anyone else’s. We sat … with Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre Will MacAdams to learn a little about what he finds so compelling about the … with colleagues. I have many favorites. One that comes to mind is "Theatre for Community, Revolution, and Radical …
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Jan. 22-Feb. 28: Barbara Norfleet Photography Exhibition
… Liebling Center at Hampshire College from January 22 to February 28. DRINK features Norfleet's early photographs … as a meditation on the subject of alcohol. Norfleet is the founder and director of the Harvard Photography … Albert Museum, and the George Eastman House. In addition to her own photographic work, she was one of the first people …
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Hannah Todd 03F Directs Up a Storm (Tempest)
… Todd 03F Directs Up a Storm (Tempest) Michael Samuels 09F To Hannah Todd 03F , Hampshire's theatre program stands out. … run a small theater company," Todd continues, "which is what I'm doing now." Todd is the director and co-founder … our own projects together, making our own opportunities to do the kind of work we wanted to do." The impulse led to a …
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Staff
Ronit Ben-Shir
… Ronit Ben-Shir Early Learning Center Director Ronit is an early childhood educator who grew up in Israel. Her … from Oranim, Academic College of Education. She moved to the U.S. in 1991 and has been an early childhood educator … of Greater Boston in Newton, growing the school from 10 to 15 classrooms. She believes that to be an excellent …
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Creating Art from Alienation
… family whenever they were in public, scanning their faces to try to understand “what” they were. My mother’s family is from South Korea and my father’s family is originally …
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Josiah Mardell
… in the field of education his whole life, (largely due to the fact that it is the field of both his parents, both his grandmother’s, and … Hill House in Providence as an AmeriCorps member for Ready to Learn Providence. Josiah first came to the ELC as a …
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Eric Gottesman's Political-Art Campaign 'For Freedoms' Earns ICP Infinity Award, Residency at MoMA/PS1
… first artist-led Super PAC (political action committee) to use art to spur political engagement. They invited artists … Nachtwey, Shirin Neshat, Mario Testino, and Ai Weiwei. ICP is the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography … hosting For Freedoms as an artist residency at its Queens site, MoMA PS1, running during the first 100 days of the new …
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CLA Awards for Student Groups' Hampedia Pages
… the diversity of groups and students' impressive abilities to communicate, organize, create, and take action. Web … with local, national, and international movements to transition toward a sustainable world. Re-Rad , a CLA Choice award recipient, is an activist group that helps maintain Hampshire's mission …
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Hampshire Chooses Bon Appétit as Food Service Provider
… Management Company —a food service provider committed to sustainable practices, culinary innovation, and creating … selected Bon Appétit following an extensive process to identify the food service provider that could best assist … Lash said in making the announcement. The campus community is invited to meet with the food service selection committee …
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Narratives of Struggle and Hope
… drug treatment? Most people would say that sobriety is the only legitimate marker of success. But Clara Wagner, a … “Sobriety is the main goal, but people in treatment have to gain a sense of control for their recovery to be successful. That in itself is an important milestone,” …
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Pamela Stone's Research Finds Oppression and Inequality in Medicine May Affect Childbirth Outcomes
… of the female body and looks at the greatest health risks to women during childbirth. Today there “are a confluence of … to give birth, and that the notion that childbirth is naturally dangerous due to the shape of a woman’s … To read Stone’s paper, visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22906/full. For more information on …
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Div III Profile- Grusha Prasad on the Cognition of "They"
… the pronoun they when it expects he or she — has helped to earn her a place in the prestigious cognitive science PhD … neuroscience technology in Hampshire’s brain-imaging lab to study how people process they as a singular pronoun. They is increasingly used to allow individuals to move beyond …
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Five College Womens Studies Research Center Events
… like Baker, perhaps now more than ever, seem committed to replicating and reenacting, to borrow a phrase of David Foster Wallace's, an experience of life as it is "lived on the nerves." Baker's work - as part of this …
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