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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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Faculty

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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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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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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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees

… 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees To the Hampshire Community, Last Tuesday, with President … surprise. We regret that this news seemed to come out of the clear blue sky. The Board has been working with Mim since she arrived to …

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Culture, Brain, and Development Program Announces Latest Student Grant Awards

… Program Announces Latest Student Grant Awards Amy Dryansky The Culture, Brain, and Development (CBD) Program has awarded $13,600 to students in its fall grant cycle. The funds will support the research of 11 Hampshire students working across …

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Recent Graduate and Documentary Filmmaker Mecca Lewis on How Investigation and Play Infuse her Work

… senior year of high school, I thought Hampshire would be the best fit for me because it provides space for students to intersect the arts and their academics and encourages investigation and … My personal filmmaking practice generally benefits from the structure of a Hampshire College education, as my work …

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Hampshire Offering Innovative Summer Programs

… and lifelong learners as well as undergraduates. From the opportunity to participate in a film workshop with famed … innovative leadership in selected academic fields. The summer programs also give the College's faculty and staff a time to implement and …

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When Identity Trumps Self-Interest

… Trumps Self-Interest Abigail Meisel For Olivia Brochu, the political is personal.  The first germ for what would be her thesis — White Women for … intelligent woman was also antifeminist? Fast-forward to the 2016 presidential election. The results perplexed and …

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Faculty

Kay Johnson

… a professor of Asian studies and politics and director of the Hampshire College China Exchange Program. Her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. were from the University of Wisconsin. In Memory of Kay Johnson, … and Mentor "Sue Darlington, dean of CSI, expressed the feelings of many on campus, writing to school colleagues …

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Dean Couperus Creating National Model for Teaching Brain Imaging

… Teaching Brain Imaging Michael Medeiros Undergrads around the country will soon benefit from a curriculum on … awarded to a team including Jane Couperus, dean of the School of Cognitive Science and associate professor of developmental cognitive neuroscience. The NSF awarded $600,000 through its Improving Undergraduate …

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Hampshire Listed in Top 5 Schools to Study Video Game Design

… Listed in Top 5 Schools to Study Video Game Design The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey it conducted in fall 2013 of … offering video game design coursework and/or degrees in the United States, Canada, and some countries abroad. The

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Asymptomatic Testing Program for Fall 2020

… Asymptomatic Testing Program for Fall 2020 During the fall 2020 semester, Hampshire College is conducting … testing for asymptomatic COVID-19 infection through the Broad Institute Clinical Research Sequencing Platform Safe for School program. The test is a PCR viral assay and involves a quick and easy …

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New Exhibit Showcases Young Photographers from Vietnam

… have its U.S. premiere at Hampshire College this month.  The young photographers were students in a modern photography … an independent documentary center in Hanoi, Vietnam. The works represent the contemporary experience of a group of young, urban …

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Sept. 2-27: Anchor House Artists

… College is proud to announce its opening show for the fall 2013 gallery season: An exhibition by the Anchor House of Artists will run September 2-27, with an … Anchor House of Artists works to subsidize and promote the interests of artists living with mental illness. Not …

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Grant Will Support Conference Organized by Prof. Falguni Sheth

… and Professor Mickaella Perina have received a grant from the American Philosophical Association to support their work organizing the 2014 California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race. Sheth … political theory at Hampshire College. Perina is chair of the philosophy department at the University of Massachusetts …

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Alum Benjamin Mako Hill 99F Awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award

… alum Benjamin Mako Hill 99F, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, received a National Science … Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The NSF’s CAREER award is a prestigious grant that supports …

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Hampshire’s Community Orientation Day Focuses on Reaffirming Commitment to Anti-Racism

… on Reaffirming Commitment to Anti-Racism As part of the College’s community orientation on August 31, which kicked off the fall semester, students, faculty, and staff came together … Institution: Knowledge, Action, and Commitment.” The session reaffirmed the College’s commitment to becoming …

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David H. Matheson P11 P13

… P11 P13 David H. Matheson P11 P13 David Matheson joined the Board in 2014. He is a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked from 1980 to 2010 and served as a senior partner. He was the founder and global leader of the firm’s health care …

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Staff

Rebecca Holland 77F

… Rebecca Holland 77F Brooklyn, New York Rebecca Holland is the assistant vice president for global standards and … in social and political history, she earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. … began her legal career as a criminal defense attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York City, working in the

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