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April 5, 2019: Letter from Luis Hernandez 70F
… together. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank Mim for her efforts and wish her the very best for the future. I know you have many questions. First and … principle in the days and weeks ahead. There will be more news to come, and we will keep you updated. In the meantime, …
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Layoffs Update and Ongoing Discussions: February 13, 2019
… I’ll send a comprehensive letter describing the plans for the reduction in the workforce, and the resources that … to dissolve these agreements that are currently binding for members of the Strategic Visioning Task Force (the … committee of faculty, staff, students, and trustees) and for the senior leadership team. We’ll replace them with …
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Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
… Hampshire’s Associate Director of Admissions, responsible for brand strategy and program development. Working in … Force. Gunnarsdóttir also helped to coordinate fundraising for the Undocumented Student Scholarship Fund. In 2016 and … with the aim of developing economic and social mobility for her students. Most recently she volunteered with Ashoka …
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Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th Annual Schocket Lecture
… economy where all life serves as a direct means and source for the extraction of capitalist value. Drawing on examples … expendable life – exemplified by the urban poor targeted for extra-judicial murders in the financialized enterprise of … Sexual Economies and Other Philippine Consequences for the New World Order (2004). Her new book, Remaindered …
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Student Profile: Div III Kamil Peters 06F
… the talented metal sculptor is already getting commissions for his work. "When I got to Hampshire, I was searching for my medium. I had initially come here for sustainable living and architecture. I'd tried jewelry, …
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Sept. 6-8: Five College New Music Festival at UMass Fine Arts Center
… music. Anthony Tommasini, the classical music critic for the New York Times , wrote in 2011: "The inclusion of new … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, … details and other information can be found at www.5cnmf.com . For more information, contact Kevin Kennedy, …
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Welcome, Entering Class of Fall 2013!
… level, they: Carve stone. Build guitars. Raised $13,000 for Haiti Relief through a production of The Tempest . Created artwork for an iTunes album. Founded a feminist club and a feminist … Wrote and acted in an Off Broadway musical. Developed apps for the iPhone. Are working on a pilot's license and a …
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Staff
Zena Clift 90F
… and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those interested in applying for the All But Div III (ABD) degree program. … and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those …
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Division III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art
… III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art For Sally Monroe, paintings from the Renaissance are a bridge … the experience provided by a given artwork," she says. For her Division III capstone project, Monroe 10F studied three Renaissance triptychs commissioned for hospitals: Matthias Grünewald's The Isenheim Altarpiece , …
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Division III: Using Microscopy to Extract Beauty
… the archaeologist, the photographer, and the artist for this project," says Quinn Berkman 09F. Berkman's Division … more in there, and the scanner wasn't providing that power for me," she says. Instead, she went to Cole Science Center … was on there, that toxic flood water was sitting there for two weeks in certain parts." For Berkman, who spent the …
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Appointment of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
… student-directed education. Previously he served as VP for Enrollment at Juniata College and in director-level roles for Bennington, University of Puget Sound, and Bowdoin. Fumio … aid functions and successfully recruiting students for our spring and fall classes this year. Kevin has agreed …
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Hampshire Farm Provides Free Vegetables to Students
… receive small shares; those with four or five (the maximum for mod housing this year) are eligible for large ones. A total of 77 mods are currently taking … amazing to have a free and reliable source of vegetables for an entire season,” says student Katherine Godsil-Freeman …
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Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities
… as the director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. Dr. Gamble has … a governmental apology from then-President Bill Clinton for the study. She has authored several widely acclaimed … medicine, including the award-winning Making Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement: 1920-1945. In …
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Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States
… Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States For his Hampshire senior thesis, or Division III, Alex Torpey … graduated alcohol policies and drunk driving laws for the U.S. As chair of Hampshire's Community Council, or … gathered at Hampshire College in Franklin Patterson Hall for what Torpey hopes will be the first of many conferences, …
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November 1: Eqbal Ahmad Lecture by Michelle Alexander
… public. The New Jim Crow received the NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work of nonfiction. It has been … holds a joint appointment at the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Moritz College of … Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Seymour Hersh, and Tariq Ali. For further information, please email jlcPR@hampshire.edu . …
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Hampshire Films Featured in Historic Northampton Series
… makers working in a variety of genres. View a schedule for the film series >> "This is an opportunity for the Pioneer Valley community to see a broad range of … participant in the city's creative arts and offer a venue for the many talented artists in the region. This new film …
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Appointment of Co-Deans of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
… and Inclusion (IDI) starting in July 2020. We are grateful for the work that Natalie Sowell, the current dean of IDI, … learning opportunities, and build a vision for an institutional culture that matches our aspirations. Leading the search for this important leadership position, Natalie has been …
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2014 CBD Fall Grant Awards Announced
… Division III, Dance-Based Movement as an Intervention for Neurogenerative Disorders . Zoe Schact-Levine, Division … and an annual student retreat. See the CBD web site for more information about the program, grant deadlines, and … and Neil Stillings with seed funds from the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, CBD welcomes students from all …
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Kim Lee Ripley 90F
… College alum who has been teaching infants and toddlers for nearly 20 years, including at Nonotuck Community School, … Lab School at the University of Massachusetts, and, for the past 13 years, at the Early Learning Center.
Kim … early childhood professional development conferences. For the past three years, Kim has participated in a …
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Faculty
Omar S. Dahi
… of the Hampshire AAUP, and as interim vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. He is the founding … of Critical Security Studies within the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS). Dahi has served as a lead … and Social Commission of West Asia's National Agenda for the Future of Syria program. Dahi was born and raised in …
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The Singing Tower
… to explore new intellectual or creative territory. For his Division III, Olson developed and built the Singing … to know how to play it," he said. "I've been building it for two years and only playing it for a few weeks." The best comparison made so far for the …
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Hampshire to Offer 12th Annual ‘Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer
… 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer John Courtmanche For the 12th year Hampshire College will host students in France this summer for the course “Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris: Geographies of … successful Global Education Office courses in recent years for Hampshire and Five College students. Scheduled for June …
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'What Are Those Alien Things In Bacteria?' Professor Dobro and Team of Scientists and Students Publish Discoveries
… in the Journal of Bacteriology, from the American Society for Microbiology. The discovery and recording of these … distributed on WAMC and other stations, InsideHigherEd.com, and elsewhere on the Web. … work spaces. [Read more at https://www.hampshire.edu/news/2016/12/01/hampshire-opens-advanced-coll… ] PARTNERSHIP …
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Area Of Study
Writing and Creative Writing
… readers and practitioners. There are no prerequisites for this course, but students should be ready to engage … "Political Imagination" Style and Sensibility: Strategies for Fiction Writers The Practice of Literary Journalism Who's Telling This Story: Point of View for Fiction Writers Writing World Families: making inclusive …
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EMT and Artist Andrew Sapini 17F’s Div III Art Show Focused on the History of the Emergency Medical Service
… out their Div III project, the recent graduate was looking for ways to combine their passions for art and history. When they joined the student-run … art show focused on the history of the EMS—and their plans for completing nursing school and potentially becoming a …
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