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Sept. 12: Opening of the Robert Seydel Reading Room

… we hope that it will become a favorite space to hang out for our community members.” Harold F. Johnson Library … realized how important Robert Seydel’s collection would be for this community. While Seydel had a huge impact on faculty … Creating an innovative and unique space was a priority for the renovation. She admits that Meo took the concept even …

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Hampshire Alum's Music Documentary Embraced on Global Festival Circuit

… Austin Chronicle dubbed it “practically required viewing for all music aficionados.” Amherst Cinema will hold a … Stooges, the Velvet Underground, and the Modern Lovers. For the next four years, Toller says, he worked “all these … the economy was tanking,” he says. “Hampshire is really for the entrepreneurial, people who want to do it for

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Preventing HIV: Teaching Thai Teens to Invest in Themselves

… of the HIV and sexual health course she's led in Thailand for the past two years. "I looked at it as training for myself," she said, "so I could understand how this kind … there were accurate tests and affordable treatments for HIV, many people around the world weren't getting tested …

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Catching Waves in the ERP Lab

… is a lot of work yet to be done on this. Studies of ADHD, for instance, are not often based on an understanding of what … going on in kids normally first." Sharing this passion for research with her students is something Couperus enjoys, … work and in turn my work shapes theirs." Kristen Iodice, for instance, is using the ERP lab for a study on attention …

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Complexities of Representations of Children

… Katelin Wilton's 05F , it's hard to know where to begin. For her Div III—"'Where there is no water we go to the ocean … returning to Hampshire, Wilton continued to seek funding for ZAPHA+ during spring 2008. UNICEF hired her as a paid … to write this report. "I wanted my Div III to be useful for this organization," she says, and it has been: ZAPHA+ …

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Healing the Spiritual Wounds of War

… by stories, not just as simple tales but as metaphors for explaining mysteries of the soul. Professor of Humanities … and exhibits on homecomings from war (nostoi is Greek for "homecomings"). Western Massachusetts is home to large … "Both sides said it was utterly transformative for them," he says. Beginning this fall, Meagher will …

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Playwright and Scientist

… College, penned a one-act play on eating disorders for her senior project (called the Division III). The play … the nature of eating disorders — and help prevent them for developing such disorders themselves. Writer Susan Kelly recently sat down for an interview with Spero about her academic work at …

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Slime-Mold Symposium and Reception Presented by Hampshire College Art Gallery

… College Art Gallery Two speakers known nationally for pushing the boundaries of science, art, and sciart, will … been featured in the New York Times , ScientificAmerican.com, and national science publications. A New York Times … been featured in the New York Times , ScientificAmerican.com, and national science publications. A New York Times …

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Hampshire Professors Chris Perry and Eric Sanders Co-Author New Scenewriting Book

… New Scenewriting Book SceneWriting, The Missing Manual for Screenwriters was co-authored by Chris Perry , professor … readers expect from your upcoming book? You've got an idea for the next great screenplay. Maybe you're just getting … into a fully-developed script. Learn how to prepare scenes for writing, construct sparkling, naturalistic dialogue, …

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Exhibition by Senegalese Graffiti Artists Opens October 15, 2021

… Crew . The residency will offer exciting opportunities for the Hampshire, Five College, Town of Amherst, and Pioneer … will introduce their work and the show and host a Q & A for guests. Look and Feel is curated by Associate Professor … into their coursework. The artists will host open studios for Hampshire and Five College students and the wider …

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Div III Participates in Harvard Linguistics Colloquium

… greatly from the inferences that hearers draw from it. For example, from the metaphor in (1), which literally means … the head, make us appreciate some fact—but not by standing for, or expressing, the fact." He argues that metaphorical … is based on imagination; a hearer infers (2) from (1), for example, by having an experience of imagining John as an …

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Aligning Admissions With Mission

… enrolling too many students who lacked the independence for our unique academic model.      President Lash asked me … the next faculty meeting I announced the study and asked for names of our most successful third- and fourth-year … to stop asking for SAT and ACT scores. Once we did, U.S. News & World Report dropped us from its rankings. At that …

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Hampshire Student To Attend U.N. Climate Talks in Morocco

… Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, opened for signature in 1992 during the Earth Summit in Rio de … with an action framework to fight global warming The need for immediate action could not be greater, O’Rourke says, … 1880, according to scientists at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. The six-month period …

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Native American and Indigenous Studies Professor Robert Caldwell Brings Deep Research to His Teaching

… and focus on student portfolios confirms its reputation for student-centered and collaborative learning. Hampshire’s … was helping to found the New Orleans Workers’ Center for Racial Justice in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Five … I plan on teaching Indigenous Organizing and the Struggle for Liberation, 1945–Present, and Not Recognized: Struggle …

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Hampshire College to Reinvent Academic Program, Launching its Next 50 Years

… and financial models as it creates a vision and roadmap for its future, an effort critical to its admissions … as an experimenting college, and presents a model for others in higher education. The academic plan will be … with students, rigorous capstone projects, and its values for social justice, diversity, and community engagement. …

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Tutorials Initiate Students To Take Initiative Over Their Learning

… traditions, graphic novels, and the Syrian refugee crisis, for example. One tutorial is led by a professor of psychology … really only been taught at an intermediate to upper level for a long time,” says Stillings, who has been at Hampshire … PhD at Stanford and has been the principal investigator for two major National Science Foundation–supported projects …

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President-elect Ed Wingenbach Greeting to Hampshire College

… members with these remarks. ED WINGENBACH Thank you all for coming, I guess the first thing I need to do, actually … I need to loosen up my tie. I'll put this back on for the press, this is my outside clothing but... I really want to thank everybody for the opportunity here. I'm extraordinarily excited by this …

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First All-Campus Address by President Ed Wingenbach: September 3, 2019

… “I want to thank everybody—particularly the students—for taking the risk of sticking with us and sticking with … and knowing the work that's still to be done. Thank you for coming back, thank you for returning. “Hampshire College has an epic mission. We're …

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Hampshire College Student Awarded Dance Scholarship

… These scholarships are given annually to students for their valuable contributions to the Five College Dance … "Miriam has performed in FCDD faculty concerts annually for the last three years and she choreographed and performed for the Hampshire Winter Dance Concert 2014," said Jim …

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Lee Spector

… Spector is also an active editor, reviewer, and organizer for scientific journals and conferences. He recently received … highest honor bestowed by the National Science Foundation for excellence in teaching and research, the NSF Director's Award for Distinguished Teaching Scholars. He has held the …

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Jennifer Gutterman

… primary research interests are in 3D development for animation, analog and digital games, and accessibility … of world-building and concept development for games and animation. Gutterman developed and runs the … Eat, Drink, Be Merry: Developing Cultural Touchstones for Immersive Worldbuilding ," " Queer Game Design: More Than …

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Martial Arts Instructor Samuel Kanner Receives Award

… Karate of America—the 2013 Member of the Year, given for "exemplary service to SKA and its members in the East … Hampshire's Shotokan dojo as a whole also won a 2013 award for excellence in service. SKA is a national organization, … seniors from various U.S. regions nominate individuals for their accomplishments and service to SKA. There is a vote …

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BESSIE Recipient Karinne Keithley 92F: “"Stick with it.”"

… of an Oscar. Keithley won the Outstanding Production award for Montgomery Park, or Opulance . "I am so proud of that … at Hampshire." Keithley studied choreography at Hampshire for both her Division II and Division III projects. For Division II, she combined philosophy and choreography. …

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Welcome, Hampshire College Entering Class of 2012!

… Scholars, the largest-ever entering group in this program for talented students from traditionally underserved communities. Named for novelist James Baldwin, who taught at Hampshire, the … students from a record-breaking number of applicants for Hampshire's entering class. To list just a sampling of …

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Div II Profile: REJJIA CAMPHOR 16F

… our ways of writing performance art. Also, I’m a finalist for the Baltimore 2018 youth poet laureate competition, which …   THE PLAN Creative writing coursework including Writing for Performance and Poetry, Playwriting Workshop, and Poetry … in black girlhood, body politics, and more   
Signer for the FIRST Network group for first-generation students   …

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