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Earl Ubell Grant Awarded to Zoe Kleiman-Tapley 10F
… awarded an Earl Ubell Grant. Named to honor the memory of Earl Ubell, whose distinguished career has influenced generations of science writers, the grant program recognizes and supports … Kleiman-Tapley's project will include creation of a series of acrylic paintings and short essays, with the …
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Alum and Graphic Novel Artist Robyn Smith’s “Nubia” Featured in New York Times Article on “When Blackness Is a Superpower”
… art by Hampshire College alum Robyn Smith 11F, is one of several graphic novels featured in a recent New York Times … came to Hampshire College from Jamaica with the intention of centering her work on the visual arts. Thinking that … career path, she also studied art education. “But because of the way Hampshire is structured, I explored a lot of other …
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Soundin' Like Weself: Jacob Hochberger's radio documentary featured on Afropop Worldwide
… series Afropop Worldwide. The documentary is the result of Hochberger’s fall semester abroad in Trinidad, where he … core courses in Caribbean civilization at the University of the West Indies. There, he interned at the Hott 93 radio … with young producers and media creators pushing the bounds of popular music,” says Hochberger, “and through them I came …
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Faculty
Lise Sanders 90F
… in English language and Literature from the University of Chicago. Sanders works on 19th- and 20th-century British … Victorian England: Science, Sexuality, and the Affliction of Being Female , co-authored with Pamela K. Stone … Rebecca Zorach (Routledge, 2002); and a critical edition of Millicent Garrett Fawcett’s 1875 novel Janet Doncaster …
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President-elect Ed Wingenbach Greeting to Hampshire College
… Ed Wingenbach Greeting to Hampshire College Today, members of Hampshire College's Presidential Search Committee … President-elect Ed Wingenbach to a campus gathering of staff, faculty, and students. Wingenbach was unanimously appointed this month by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the search committee . …
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Area Of Study
Agricultural Studies and Rural Life
… Rural Life Agricultural Studies and Rural Life The study of food, agriculture, and rural life brings together faculty … and cultural issues that dominate contemporary discussion of food and agriculture. You are here Sitewide Search … scholars. Students gain experience with the complex issues of sustainability through internships and apprenticeships …
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Students in New Social Enterprise Course Learn to Develop Tech Serving Small Farms Worldwide
… Tech Serving Small Farms Worldwide This spring a class of Hampshire students learned how to design prototypes and technology for agriculture, with the goal of benefiting underserved communities both locally and … on established design classes and adding the perspective of social enterprise. The new course was supported by a grant …
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Alan Goodman
… Alan Goodman Alan Goodman, professor of biological anthropology, teaches and writes on the health and nutritional consequences of political-economic processes such as poverty, inequality, … on malnutrition in Mexico and Egypt, and the stresses of slavery in New York. Before coming to Hampshire, he …
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Fall 2020 Update from the President
… Dear students, staff, and faculty, As we pass the middle of the fall semester, we should recognize both how much … and how impressively Hampshire has risen to the challenge of keeping one another safe. It was never certain that we … made it possible. This semester may not be the one any of us would have chosen, absent a pandemic. But we have given …
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For Amber Bonarrigo, Ice Meets Math in Svalbard
… Division III: Modeling Arctic Lake Linn é : An Exploration of Lake Ice and its Implications for Climate Change Faculty Advisers: Steven Roof, Professor of Earth and Environmental Science; Sarah Hews, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Academic Intersections: Geology, Mathematics, …
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Robert Meagher
… Robert Meagher Robert Emmet Meagher, professor emeritus of humanities, with degrees from the University of Notre Dame (summa cum laude) and the University of Chicago, joined the Hampshire faculty in 1972. Prior to …
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Anacapa Society
… Society Hampshire professor Herb Bernstein is a co-founder of the Anacapa Society , a new national organization of theoretical and computational physicists who work in … and Hampshire College supported the first workshop of the Anacapa Society, held in summer 2009 in Amherst, …
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February 12, 2019: Letter Concerning Accreditation and Admissions by President Nelson
… to secure its future, I want to be clear that our Board of Trustees considered multiple reasons for its decision not … to admit a full entering class for fall 2019. The prospect of eventual changes in the state’s regulatory environment—which remain, as of now, still undefined—was not a deciding factor. Among the …
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Invitation for Public Comments for NEASC Reaccreditation
… by a team representing the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Commission on Institutions of …
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Lecture on Using Land to Mitigate Climate Change
… help stabilize global temperatures. Melillo's talk, part of the Five College Sustainability Studies Lecture Series, … History Museum. Melillo's research focuses on the impact of human activity on terrestrial environments. His research … in ecosystems has taken him from the arctic shrublands of northern Sweden to the temperate forests of North America …
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Translation in Theory and Practice
… Translation in Theory and Practice During one of her first classes at Hampshire, Andrew W. Mellon … studies Corine Tachtiris asked her students their opinion of the ideal translation. "Their answers were the opposite of what I expected they would say," said Tachtiris. "They …
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Karen Koehler
… literature and M.S. in library science from the University of Illinois, her master's in art history from the University of Massachusetts, and an M.F.A and Ph.D. in art and … from Princeton University. Koehler is a 2016 recipient of Hampshire's Gruber Award for Excellence in Advising and …
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Computer Collaboration
… Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) final Hampshire project. … complex tasks together. The project involves the principle of distributed processing. "The basic idea behind it is that things can be handled more quickly by larger numbers of computers," Tarasuk-Levin says. "I'm exploring a …
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The Quartz Cantabile
… innovative musical instrument, exploring both the physics of sound and design issues. The seeds for the switch were … when George Washington University Associate Professor of Engineering Management Michael Duffey gave a lecture at the Lemelson Center on the conversion of heat to sound. "His focus was on solar heat. I decided to …
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Prof. Michael Klare to Speak at APEC CEO Summit
… economy and will be represented at the summit by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and many business executives, Klare … only American academic appearing on the program. Director of the Five College Program in Peace and World Security Studies (PAWSS), Klare is the author of 14 books, with subjects ranging from global security …
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Archaeological Project Co-Directed by Dr. Pamela Stone Awarded AAUW Community Action Grant
… Action Grant WASHINGTON — The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has awarded a 2019–2020 Community … Hampshire College, Dr. Ventura Peréz from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Dr. Debra Martin from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and Samuel Sisneros from the University …
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From car radios to hotspots: Students in Media In Cars amassing public archive
… are amassing an online archive documenting the history of automobile media, from car radios to Wi-Fi, that has shaped the evolution of car culture and experience. The new course Media In Cars … on emerging media dates back to the earliest years of the American automobile. “My argument is that the car is a …
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Area Of Study
Psychology
… cross-disciplinary approach to psychology offers a range of viewpoints from which to consider human behavior, emotion, … cognitive and affective neuroscience; and the psychology of language, music, and perception. Students are encouraged … from multiple perspectives, since integrating a range of approaches will lead to richer investigations and the …
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Division III Profile: Nicole DelRosso on DNA Computing
… tutorial.” She was fascinated to learn methodology of designing experiments to test questions: “I had never been … led to her Division III thesis studies. “Regeneration of Molecular Circuit Components to Perform Iterative … Smith College labs with Professor Nathan Derr and a team of students there. DelRosso presented her research in April …
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Trustees Establish Environmental Professorship to Honor Jonathan Lash Presidency
… Lash’s tenure as Hampshire’s sixth president and lifetime of service to the global environmental movement, the board of trustees has established the Jonathan Lash Endowed Chair … issues. The faculty member will be based in the School of Cognitive Science to ally the hard sciences and social …
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