Area Of Study

Animation and Digital Art

… and computer scientists. Hampshire provides opportunities for students to develop their own voices as well as work on … and Control in Cyberspace Visceral Reality: New interfaces for the Digital Playground Cyborgs, Posthumans, and New … Malleability and Interactivity Digital Image Manipulation for Film and Video Data Structures Foundations of Digital …

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Women Welders

… Megan Kenney enrolled in a noncredit fabrication workshop for women just for fun during her first year at Hampshire College, she had … to work in the Dorothy and Jerome Lemelson Center for Design at Hampshire, a design and fabrication resource …

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Update on Accreditation: June 7, 2019

… April 5 when the Board decided to move forward with plans for an independent Hampshire. We are heartened by the … months we have an opportunity to secure a vibrant future for Hampshire and to respond successfully to the Commission’s expectations of compliance with its Standards for Accreditation. We have the fortitude and capacity to …

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April 5, 2019: Letter from Luis Hernandez 70F

… together. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I thank Mim for her efforts and wish her the very best for the future.   I know you have many questions. First and … principle in the days and weeks ahead. There will be more news to come, and we will keep you updated. In the meantime, …

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Layoffs Update and Ongoing Discussions: February 13, 2019

… I’ll send a comprehensive letter describing the plans for the reduction in the workforce, and the resources that … to dissolve these agreements that are currently binding for members of the Strategic Visioning Task Force (the … committee of faculty, staff, students, and trustees) and for the senior leadership team. We’ll replace them with …

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Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

… Hampshire’s Associate Director of Admissions, responsible for brand strategy and program development. Working in … Force. Gunnarsdóttir also helped to coordinate fundraising for the Undocumented Student Scholarship Fund.   In 2016 and … with the aim of developing economic and social mobility for her students. Most recently she volunteered with Ashoka …

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Barnard and Columbia Professor Neferti X. M. Tadiar to Deliver 13th Annual Schocket Lecture

… economy where all life serves as a direct means and source for the extraction of capitalist value. Drawing on examples … expendable life – exemplified by the urban poor targeted for extra-judicial murders in the financialized enterprise of … Sexual Economies and Other Philippine Consequences for the New World Order (2004). Her new book, Remaindered …

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Student Profile: Div III Kamil Peters 06F

… the talented metal sculptor is already getting commissions for his work. "When I got to Hampshire, I was searching for my medium. I had initially come here for sustainable living and architecture. I'd tried jewelry, …

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Welcome, Entering Class of Fall 2013!

… level, they: Carve stone. Build guitars. Raised $13,000 for Haiti Relief through a production of The Tempest . Created artwork for an iTunes album. Founded a feminist club and a feminist … Wrote and acted in an Off Broadway musical. Developed apps for the iPhone. Are working on a pilot's license and a …

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Staff

Zena Clift 90F

… and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those interested in applying for the All But Div III (ABD) degree program. … and extensions). She oversees the admissions process for students seeking readmission to the College and those …

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Division III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art

… III Profile: Sally Monroe Studies Renaissance Hospital Art For Sally Monroe, paintings from the Renaissance are a bridge … the experience provided by a given artwork," she says. For her Division III capstone project, Monroe 10F studied three Renaissance triptychs commissioned for hospitals: Matthias Grünewald's The Isenheim Altarpiece , …

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Division III: Using Microscopy to Extract Beauty

… the archaeologist, the photographer, and the artist for this project," says Quinn Berkman 09F. Berkman's Division … more in there, and the scanner wasn't providing that power for me," she says. Instead, she went to Cole Science Center … was on there, that toxic flood water was sitting there for two weeks in certain parts." For Berkman, who spent the …

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Appointment of Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

… student-directed education. Previously he served as VP for Enrollment at Juniata College and in director-level roles for Bennington, University of Puget Sound, and Bowdoin. Fumio … aid functions and successfully recruiting students for our spring and fall classes this year. Kevin has agreed …

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Hampshire Alum Dr. Vanessa Gamble Nominated to National Council on the Humanities

… as the director of the Tuskegee University National Center for Bioethics in Research and Health Care. Dr. Gamble has … a governmental apology from then-President Bill Clinton for the study. She has authored several widely acclaimed … medicine, including the award-winning Making Place for Ourselves: The Black Hospital Movement: 1920-1945. In …

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Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States

… Conference Examining Alcohol Policy in the United States For his Hampshire senior thesis, or Division III, Alex Torpey … graduated alcohol policies and drunk driving laws for the U.S. As chair of Hampshire's Community Council, or … gathered at Hampshire College in Franklin Patterson Hall for what Torpey hopes will be the first of many conferences, …

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Appointment of Co-Deans of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion

… and Inclusion (IDI) starting in July 2020. We are grateful for the work that Natalie Sowell, the current dean of IDI, … learning opportunities, and build a vision for an institutional culture that matches our aspirations. Leading the search for this important leadership position, Natalie has been …

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Alum Michael Carriere 94F Co-Authors Comprehensive History on Creative Placemaking

… and photographer David Schalliol. The National Endowment for the Arts defines creative placemaking as integrating … and/or social change, ultimately laying the groundwork for systems change.” The City Creative is one of the first … Chicago and was a junior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Pictured below: The Sweetwater …

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2014 CBD Fall Grant Awards Announced

… Division III, Dance-Based Movement as an Intervention for Neurogenerative Disorders .  Zoe Schact-Levine, Division … and an annual student retreat. See the CBD web site for more information about the program, grant deadlines, and … and Neil Stillings with seed funds from the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, CBD welcomes students from all …

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Kim Lee Ripley 90F

… College alum who has been teaching infants and toddlers for nearly 20 years, including at Nonotuck Community School, … Lab School at the University of Massachusetts, and, for the past 13 years, at the Early Learning Center.

 Kim … early childhood professional development conferences. For the past three years, Kim has participated in a …

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Faculty

Omar S. Dahi

… of the Hampshire AAUP, and as interim vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. He is the founding … of Critical Security Studies within the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS). Dahi has served as a lead … and Social Commission of West Asia's National Agenda for the Future of Syria program. Dahi was born and raised in …

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The Singing Tower

… to explore new intellectual or creative territory.   For his Division III, Olson developed and built the Singing … to know how to play it," he said. "I've been building it for two years and only playing it for a few weeks." The best comparison made so far for the …

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Hampshire to Offer 12th Annual ‘Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer

… 8 Filmmaking in Paris’ Course This Summer John Courtmanche For the 12th year Hampshire College will host students in France this summer for the course “Super 8 Filmmaking in Paris: Geographies of … successful Global Education Office courses in recent years for Hampshire and Five College students. Scheduled for June …

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'What Are Those Alien Things In Bacteria?' Professor Dobro and Team of Scientists and Students Publish Discoveries

… in the Journal of Bacteriology, from the American Society for Microbiology. The discovery and recording of these … distributed on WAMC and other stations, InsideHigherEd.com, and elsewhere on the Web. … work spaces. [Read more at https://www.hampshire.edu/news/2016/12/01/hampshire-opens-advanced-coll… ] PARTNERSHIP …

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Area Of Study

Writing and Creative Writing

… readers and practitioners. There are no prerequisites for this course, but students should be ready to engage … "Political Imagination" Style and Sensibility: Strategies for Fiction Writers The Practice of Literary Journalism Who's Telling This Story: Point of View for Fiction Writers Writing World Families: making inclusive …

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Issues of Migration and Immigration

… of Second Generation Turkish Women in Berlin, Germany For May 2007 Hampshire College graduate Sophie Woodruff, … in fall 2006 to conduct ethnographic field research for her Division III. Drawing on and expanding the network … on the experiences of this specific group of Muslim women. For Woodruff, a New Orleans native with a sunny, outgoing …

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