… was recently awarded a four-year, $953,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) as part of a nationwide … for new insights into neural and cognitive systems. The research aims to develop new methods with potential … neuromotor control, such as Parkinson’s and Huntington’s. The five-member team, which includes four researchers at …

… Alum Orisanmi Burton 99F Named 2021 Freedom Scholar The annual award from Marguerite Casey Foundation and Group … and prisons and policing. His current research focuses on the wave of prison rebellions across the United States in 1970, and he is finalizing his first …

… Hernandez Pays It Forward Abigail Meisel Anonymity marked the start of Luis Hernandez’s relationship with Hampshire, but today he’s one of the school’s staunchest champions and vice chair of the board of trustees. His education funded by scholarships …

… participate in interactive community education activities. The event doubled as Hampshire’s second day of Community Education, part of the new academic curriculum ; the first was held on September 17 . Sponsored by the Office …

… first incoming class in 1970, died in May 2013. The award was established by his classmates, friends, and … family to honor his dedication to organizing and building the collective voice and power of workers and their unions as … and others most impacted by war.   Rappaport will use the $2,100 award to intern with the Pan-African Association …

… Collaboration Getting computers to work together is the goal of Gabriel Tarasuk-Levin's (04F) final Hampshire … allow multiple computers to handle complex tasks together. The project involves the principle of distributed processing. "The basic idea …

… announces a new $5 million investment in its Change in the Making campaign. This second $5 million gift to the campaign, given by an anonymous benefactor, will fund the Ken Burns Initiative to Transform Higher Education, …

… Rights and Policy Marushka Grogan 09F's Div III involves the development of a handbook intended for use by communities across the country facing conflicts over water rights. "There are a … conflicts that have no preparation for it," said Grogan. "The water resources handbook is geared towards communities …

… Application Hampshire College is pleased to join with the Universal College Application. In response to serious technical problems with the Common Application this fall, Hampshire is now offering students the alternative of using the Universal College Application …

… Success Hampshire’s Professor Bernstein posed the theory of SuperDense quantum teleportation more than a … state from one part of a laboratory to a remote station. The report — “SuperDense Teleportation Using Hyperentangled … significant advances within various scientific fields. The article authors are Trent Graham, Bernstein, Paul Kwiat, …

… R.W. Kern Center's Water Treatment System The R.W. Kern Center’s design documents explain that the building’s greywater—water from the bathrooms and kitchen sinks and drinking fountain …

… shape her future to such a large degree. Four years later, the Manchester, Vermont, native, who will graduate on May 17, is completing her final academic project on the history of women welders. "I had never done any welding, … Throughout college, Kenney continued to work in the Dorothy and Jerome Lemelson Center for Design at …

… Dynamics of Wolf Pack Behavior A paper published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface sheds light on the effectiveness of cooperation in wolf pack hunting. …

… Hampshire College is proud to announce the founding of the world's only academic program for non-human species. The first scholars-in-residence, plasmodial slime molds known …

… of African American literature and culture. “When you read the writings of African Americans in the eighteenth century, during and just after the Revolutionary era, their sermons, letters, and …

… Amherst, Massachusetts Ken Rosenthal was president of The Seeing Eye until his retirement in 2006. The Seeing Eye is the premier dog guide school in the world, with the mission …

… Are they eating well? Are they spending enough time in the library? —can file this under "good ideas": At Hampshire College, students can visit the library, riffle through an old wooden card catalog, and … garden on campus or grow tomatoes on their windowsill. The library offers gardening resources to help guide the …

… of literature and critical theory received a B.A. from the Honors College at Michigan State University, a M.A. in Comparative Literature from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in Romance Studies from Cornell University. She also studied at the University of Rome and the University of Bologna. She was …

… Gary Marcus 86F Gary Marcus 86F Gary Marcus, director of the Infant Language Learning Center and a professor at NYU, is the author of books including Guitar Zero and Kluge Gary … neural science at NYU, Marcus has written four books about the origins and development of the mind and brain, including …

… May 20, completed her Division III in geology, researching the formation of serpulid reefs in Baffin Bay, Texas. … surfaces, such as stone or shell. They are found around the globe and in a range of environments, but almost always … form they are extremely rare. Kelly wanted to know why the reefs formed: what caused this unique and fascinating …

… Loretta Ross To Be Hampshire College Commencement Speaker The keynote speaker at Hampshire College’s 48th Commencement … professor at Hampshire this year, Ross was selected by the College's 2018 graduates, voting on nominees submitted by fellow students, employees, and trustees of the College. Ross is an author and speaker nationally and …

… four young alums have won Fulbright Awards, bringing to 15 the number from Hampshire who’ve earned this competitive grant the past six years to fund overseas research, teaching, and international exchange. The four awardees announced in 2017: Leanna Pohevitz, who …

… College is pleased to report a successful reopening for the spring semester. A carefully planned phased approach … As of February 5, there are no known active cases at the College. Regular weekly testing for this group will take place every Tuesday at the Robert Crown Center gymnasium through the semester. Each …

… Justin Xavier Moore 07F was awarded a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his … and racial disparities in mammography screening and care. The grant from the NIH’s National Institute on Minority Health and Health …

… for bees in order to strengthen their immune system: the nectar of certain flowers contains chemicals that bolster a bee’s defense against parasites. That was the finding of research conducted by Hampshire alum Olivia … a student here, research that was recently published in the scientific journal PLOS One. The research came directly …