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Hampshire Opens Advanced Collaborative Modeling Center
… screens, tablets, physical modeling accessories, and collaborative work spaces. Hampshire’s Collaborative … Modeling Center opened this year in Cole Science Center, and already teams of students are using the space for … across disciplines, while faculty are conducting workshops and teaching classes there. “A lot of our big questions at …
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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards
… Awards Amy Dryansky The Hampshire College Culture, Brain and Development (CBD) program is closing out the semester by … students. The grantees represent many fields of study and range from second year students to those completing their … projects. CBD’s competitive awards are made twice a year, and make it possible for students to pursue independent …
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Four Receive Earl Ubell Grants
… have been awarded Earl Ubell Grants, which recognize and support exceptional work that in some way seeks to make … introduce eighth graders to basic cognitive neuroscience and experimental design. Prasad also plans to use the … the importance of studying science beyond engineering and medicine, and the exciting opportunities …
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The Soul Returns to the Land It Knows
… Nyala 07F examined the neurobiological, psychological, and cultural effects of abuse on children. In addition to … in scientific articles, Biblical stories, mythology, and literature—Nyala worked at an intimate violence shelter … (long story form) examining the effects of child abuse, and a nonfiction essay to bridge the two. "Because the issues …
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Roddenberry Foundation Renews $100,000 Gift to Hampshire
… the Roddenberry Foundation to support student, faculty, and alumni inventions and innovation. This is a renewal of a $100,000 gift first … college to fund a variety of scientific, technological, and design projects intended to benefit society and the …
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Hampshire to Host College Outdoor Festival April 16
… Saturday, April 16. The goal is to introduce Hampshire and other Five College students to the many trails in the area, and to local organizations that provide recreational … by Hampshire’s Office of Outdoor Programs, Recreation, and Athletics (OPRA) in conjunction with Joshua Surette, New …
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Researching Better Ways to Teach 21st Century Science
… Century Science Visiting Assistant Professor of Cognition and Education Tim Zimmerman is using a $409,000 National … the NSF Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST) program. "This project is really about … that "Science 2.0" is driven by collaborative research and tools, multi-user databases ("Big Data"), open source and …
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20th Annual Eqbal Ahmad Lecture Highlights “The Fight Back”
… “The Fight Back” Joshua Murray Racism, discrimination, and persecution against immigrants in the United States were … of the State: Immigration Control, Mass Incarceration, and the Fight Back, featured lectures by UCLA Professor of African American Studies Kelly Lytle Hernández and grassroots organizer Fahd Ahmed. Hernández’s lecture …
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Womens Activism in 20th Century Iran
… The fact that Dooler Campbell's 07F Division III—"Nature and Development of Women's Activism in 20th Century … Pahlavi regime when modernization was on the rise in Iran--and women's responses to both Westernization and the sharp shift to Islamic reform. "Both sides used women …
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Professor Ravett's 'Holding Hands With Ilse' To Premiere at Multicultural Film Fest
… Film Fest For Hampshire College Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett, a single grainy photograph … at UMass Amherst, 137 Isenberg School of Management, and Ravett will be present. Knowing only her first name and circulating to communities overseas a small photograph …
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Hampshire Community Invited to Celebrate the New Year of the Trees
… at its annual Tu B’Sh’vat celebration of music, poetry and a feast of fruits from the trees. The event is Sunday, February 4, at 6:00 p.m. in the Red Barn, and is organized by the student group in collaboration with … holiday for Hampshire, where trees are held in high esteem and where the official seal of the school is a tree. …
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Students across Five Colleges to compete in DataFest
… Colleges will compete to see who can best analyze big data and attract the interest of employers at the 2015 American … 27-29. During the 48-hour event that begins Friday evening and concludes Sunday afternoon, each team from Hampshire, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and Smith Colleges and the University of Massachusetts …
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Hampshire College Student Dances for Parkinson’s
… college knowing that she had two passions — neuroscience and dance — with not many schools where she could study both. … “I always knew I wanted to combine neuroscience research and dance,” she said. “And Hampshire was one of the only schools that would let me …
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Notable Alumni
Jeffrey Hollender 74S
… Generation, the American Sustainable Business Council, and Sustain Natural Jeffrey Hollender is a leading authority on corporate responsibility, sustainability and social equity. More than twenty years ago, he co-founded Seventh Generation and went on to build the fledgling company into a leading …
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Scholarship in Honor of Hampshire Alum, Local Educator Established
… had studied with the renowned Caribbean writer, poet, and journalist Andrew Salkey and was influenced by his work. Marie found her calling helping children learn, and the Marie Hershkowitz Memorial Scholarship will provide …
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Faculty
Raymond Coppinger
… professor emeritus of biology, majored in literature and philosophy at Boston University. His Ph.D. thesis in … University of Massachusetts is on the effect of experience and novelty on avian feeding behavior. He joined the founding … at Hampshire College in 1969. He lectured around the world and organized research on animal behavior, especially the …
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Five College Fund Established in Honor of Consortium Pioneer Jackie Pritzen
… programs. A Fulbright fellow who studied at Cambridge and Yale, Pritzen was already a veteran of consortium campuses, having taught at Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges. Over the next 26 years she worked closely … executive directors, playing a leading role in creating and sustaining such collaborations as faculty seminars, the …
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Grant to Support Animal Communication Research
… Grant to Support Animal Communication Research The John T. and Jane A. Wiederhold Foundation has awarded a grant of … Partan . The goal is to collect data on signaling behavior and coat color of Eastern gray squirrels in urban and rural habitats in western Massachusetts. By using robotic …
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Div II Profile: CLAIRE SHILLINGTON 15F
… CLAIRE SHILLINGTON 15F CONCENTRATION TITLE Human Health and the Environment AREAS OF FOCUS Environmental studies, … SUPPORTED YOU THROUGH DIV II? My advisers, Chris Cianfrani and Sarah Hews, and my friends have been my strong support system for …
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Hampshire Plans for In-Person Academic Year 2021-22
… that we plan on welcoming all students back to campus and anticipate resuming a fully in-person student experience … Once again, we will welcome all students back to campus and anticipate being able to resume a fully in-person student … remaining vigilant about the safety needs of our community and aligned with public health guidance and practices, we are …
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First Community Education Day Centers on Anti-Black Racism
… 91F On September 17, the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (IDI), in partnership with the Community … Days are part of the College’s new curricular model and will be integrated throughout the academic year. The … issue was selected as a tool to explore the history and impact of Black slavery in the United States. Interactive …
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Hampshire Mourns the Loss of Former Art Professor Denzil Hurley
… was saddened to learn of the death of influential painter and former art professor Denzil Hurley in June of 2021. Hurley was born in Barbados and received a BFA from the Portland Museum Art School and an MFA at Yale University. He showed his acclaimed work …
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Faculty
Norman Holland
… his A.B. in Comparative Literature from Dartmouth College, and an M.A and a Ph.D. in romance languages from The Johns Hopkins … University. He also studied at the University of Toulouse and the University of Buenos Aires. He has served as …
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Elizabeth Conlisk
… received her B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and M.S. and Ph.D. in epidemiology from Cornell University. She has a … of public health experience at local, state, national, and international agencies, including the North Carolina …
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John Slepian
… John Slepian John Slepian, Five College professor of art and technology, received a B.F.A. in film and television from New York University and an M.F.A. in new genres from the San Francisco Art …
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