Previous Short-Term Field Courses
… of globalization and the conflicts and choices it poses for individuals. Students will be asked to approach their own … of globalization and the conflicts and choices it poses for individuals. Students will be asked to approach their own …
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Student Innovations Shine at Digital Humanities Showcase
… program, which offers fellowships and project funding for students and faculty members, and residencies for scholars. At the symposium, students will discuss … at 2 pm geared toward helping students learn how to apply for a 5CollDH fellowship. The presentations will begin at 3 …
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Project Changes Paper Purchasing Policy
… statistics related to their performance in campus machines for one month. Her findings—which showed no overall … waste, 100 percent chlorine free recycled paper for general use in copiers and printers campus wide, … ecology and entomology, who chaired the faculty committee for Gravenstine's project. In addition to conducting the …
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Science Internship Gala
… in settings including New York University's Center for Neural Science, Harvard Medical School, laboratories at … assist students interested in arranging summer internships for 2009. The School of Natural Science and the Career … the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. Britton Van Vleek …
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Studying Interdisciplinarity in Arts Education . . . Interdisciplinarily
… Michael Samuels 09F "I've got quite a long title for my Div III," warns Michael Beggs. Learning Art: … both the theory and the practice of teaching art. For theory, Beggs wrote a history of the use of … of as a process that could be applied to any discipline." For practice, Beggs taught a January term course on color …
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Dana Pollan's Family Cookbook Encourages Healthy Eating
… and sometimes get stuck trying to come up with new ideas for dinners. They all turn to their mother, Corky, for recipes she made when they were growing up. Finally, they … wait to take turns—all of which are extremely important for developing social skills,” she says. Her experience at …
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Five Hampshire College Science Students Receive Coppinger Grants
… lab work with Jeffrey Blanchard, co-director of the Center for Microbiome Research at the University of Massachusetts. … Division II, “A Local Study of Molecular Adaptation for Cold-Select A. tsugae Populations.” Hecking’s study will … Castorino. Benjamin Liebman, Division II and preparation for Division III, “The functional significance of CD147 …
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In Memory of Marion Taylor
… his true passion in traditional Japanese martial arts for which he was more popularly known. He held senior ranks … Aikido. Marion worked as director of martial arts in OPRA for 39 years until his retirement in 2012. He is survived by … receive Marion properly. No elegant word exists in English for this section of the body but rather than keep Marion in …
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Aimee Aubin's Division III is a Gift
… she says. "I really looked at it as a year to take for myself, to really explore my education." Aubin's Division … the project's inspiration was a weekly collaborative group for women-identifying students, featuring women of different … willing to explore the questions I was interested in for my project." Creating an alternative space for women-only …
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An Alternative Microcredit Model
… student work at Hampshire. She designed, raised the funds for, and implemented a microcredit program, complete with business training, for economically disadvantaged women. A program of this magnitude would have made for an extraordinary Division III under any circumstances, …
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Division III: Researching Trace Metals in Rice
… if the food you're eating is as healthy as it appears? For her Division III project, Priyanka Basnet 09F examined … said. "It was such a great opportunity, because it's hard for international students to get good science internships." For her Div III (which included microbiology professor Jason …
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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum
… education. Weiss designed an inclusive sex-ed curriculum for K-12 schools based on a year of intensive research, with … would be like on a college campus. This is important.” For her thesis, Weiss took an exhaustive look at her subject: … In the Hampshire library, she read journal and news articles on sex-ed policy and curriculum change, as well …
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Grant Funds Database of Science and Islam Videos
… said Hameed, who was inspired by websites such as snopes.com and rottentomatoes.com. The Templeton Foundation supported the proposal, and … evaluate the content,” he said. “This site would be useful for professors looking for videos for use in their classrooms …
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Matthews Retirement Exhibit Reflects on Her Time at Hampshire
… of her career not only to teaching but also to a forum for the study of photography from Asia. In 2010, the gaps in … Trans Asia Photography Review, an international journal for which she serves as editor. The TAP Review showcases … have not been afraid to investigate challenging topics. For example, the theme of the current issue is photography in …
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Photos of Div III Showcase and Roos-Rohde House Groundbreaking
… Sig Roos 73F and family and friends broke ground for the Roos-Rohde House on Thursday, May 16. The Rehamping … house onto campus. It will serve as a gathering space for studying, meetings, and socializing, and is being named … Flickr. … Sig Roos 73F and family and friends broke ground for the Roos-Rohde House on Thursday, May 16. The Rehamping …
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Admissions Counselor
Brett Martin 89F
… Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad . He is a Correspondent for GQ Magazine , a three-time James Beard Award winner and a … program of Johns Hopkins University. Brett shares advice for young writers Admissions Counselor … Brett Martin is … Wire to Mad Men and Breaking Bad . He is a Correspondent for GQ Magazine , a three-time James Beard Award winner and a …
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Notable Alumni
Lupita Nyong'o 03F
… 03F Lupita Nyong'o 03F Actress Lupita Nyong’o won an Oscar for 12 Years a Slave . Other credits include Black Panther , … has received many awards, including an Academy Award for her performance in 12 Years a Slave , as well as two … has received many awards, including an Academy Award for her performance in 12 Years a Slave , as well as two …
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Notable Alumni
Rhys Ernst 01S
… , Ernst was awarded with the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on transgender representation in the media. His … Fusion, and the Mezipatra Film Festival, and was nominated for a 2020 GLAAD award. Notable Alumni … Ernst is a filmmaker … , Ernst was awarded with the ACLU Liberty Award for his work on transgender representation in the media. His …
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Chiyo Ishikawa 76F
… 76F Chiyo Ishikawa 76F Chiyo Ishikawa is deputy director for art and curator of European painting and sculpture at the … the insignia of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres for her contributions to French culture. Notable Alumni … … the insignia of Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres for her contributions to French culture. … Chiyo Ishikawa 76F …
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Our Thanks to Leslie Cox, Who Grew Community on the Farm
… Cox is leaving at the end of March to become farm director for the Trustees of Reservations. "This is an opportunity to … each student created an artistic project based on that." For students who became regulars at the farm, working with … has proven influential. "Leslie and Nancy were a model for what I wanted to do," said Tobin Porter-Brown 05F , who …
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Hampshire Board Decision on Admitting a Fall 2019 Class
… the College to admit two distinct categories of applicants for this fall: those students who accepted Hampshire’s offer … voted that Hampshire would not enroll any other applicants for fall 2019 or spring 2020. We reached our decisions after … and dynamic environment as we proceed with our plans for a partnership. The students who enroll this fall will …
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Roddenberry Foundation Funds Sustainability Solve-A-Thon
… team-taught interdisciplinary courses, ten travel grants for students engaged in project-related activities, symposia … grant provides us with a way to provide more opportunities for our community to engage with the questions related to our goals, and to explore what this involvement means for Hampshire and the world. The work starts here, but we …
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Creating a Community Cookbook: Redefining Healthy
… Creating a Community Cookbook: Redefining Healthy For Emma Brewster 05F, spending spring semester 2008 in … program in Cuba proved to be just the right ingredient for pulling together interests in public health, economics, … collecting recipes from the community, Brewster asked for "healthy" recipes without defining healthy. She found …
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Combining Environmental Science with Policy and Management
… to do in academia," Neale says. "So I took a year off." For the first three months of that year, he participated in … home to Maine and managing a small landscaping company for the summer. When he came back to Hampshire, Neale began … to see if dredging effectively controls their population. For his Div III, Neale expanded on this work, writing a …
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Students and Athletic Staff Launch Hampshire Track and Trail Team as New Spring Sport
… brand new to the sport and just learning,” says Nazar. “For me, this is an impressive first year, and we really want … 3k steeple, and hurdles: “I think those are an opportunity for us as a track team,” he says. But right now, the team is … list, and it’s growing, of things we can change or improve for next year,” says Nazar. “The big thing, though, is …
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