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Hampshire College Alum Kanya D'Almeida 06F Wins the 2021 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
… Sri Lankan to win the overall prize and the second to win for the Asia region. The Commonwealth Foundation announced … often dismal systems that govern us. To have won the prize for a story about two destitute, aging women in Sri Lanka … a firm order from the universe to keep inventing ways for the powerless to gather together, giggle together, and …
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Notable Alumni
Naomi Wallace 78F
… Drama Award, Obie Award, and the 2012 Horton Foote Award for most promising new American play. She is also a recipient … of the MacArthur Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Arts development grant. In 2013, Wallace received the inaugural Windham Campbell prize for drama, and in 2015 an Arts and Letters Award in …
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Sept. 3: Convocation
… agriculture work, farm to school initiatives, and support for local markets to supply fresh produce to SNAP … He developed a youth leadership development program for Nuestras Raíces that teaches teenagers about Puerto Rican … on Youth Organizing as well as the organizing committee for the Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Working Group. He …
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Faculty
Salman Hameed
… taught the courses Evolution, Islam, and Modernity, Sagans for the 21st Century: Creating Short Videos for Science Communication, Astrobiology: Ethics to Exoplanets … communication and has a weekly astronomy segment on radio for New England Public Media (NEPM) in Massachusetts. Through …
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Hampshire in Fiske Guide to Colleges 2013
… counselors, and college-bound students have turned to for more than 25 years is the Fiske Guide to Colleges . Hampshire College is again among those schools chosen for inclusion in the independent guide. Featured colleges are … counselors, and college-bound students have turned to for more than 25 years is the Fiske Guide to Colleges . …
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Staff
Edward Dees 71F
… who specializes in emergency and internal medicine. For most of his career, he practiced medicine in the New … inspiration, financial support, and programmatic guidance for this very successful reunion and celebration. In addition … who specializes in emergency and internal medicine. For most of his career, he practiced medicine in the New …
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Notable Alumni
Leslie Hiebert 73F
… Defense Section of the state Office of Public Advocacy for 20 years, she went into private practice for a few years before leaving to help the older generation … Defense Section of the state Office of Public Advocacy for 20 years, she went into private practice for a few years …
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Board Member
Wendy Webb Williams 86F
… She has previously held positions as general counsel for the North America and Europe regions at Mead Johnson Nutrition and as associate general counsel for US Foods. Wendy holds a J.D. from the University of … She has previously held positions as general counsel for the North America and Europe regions at Mead Johnson …
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Hampshire College Welcomes Five New Members to the Board of Trustees
… Schecter 71F and Jesús Colmenares 03F were also renewed for additional terms. Vibhu Norby 06S is a multidisciplinary … CEO of b8ta, a venture-backed tech company that is known for its award-winning electronics stores around the world. … Plenty 01F serves as the contract administration manager for the office of the chief financial officer in the …
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Student-Driven Theatre On Display in Hampshire’s Theatre Board
… performing arts on campus, occupied the main lecture hall for several days in protest. But whether it’s legend or fact … season is run, and I think Theatre Board prepares students for the possibility of working in professional theater much … called the Slotted Season. Students bring forth proposals for the productions they want to get “slotted” — that is, …
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Enter the Line, See Where it Leads You
… written by Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo, composed by Du Yun for Theatre Above in Shanghai, and is working on a film to be … my students to enter it. I don’t foreground the argument for them. I let them find what the problems are in the … to us — figuring out what that means in this moment for the audience we’re going to meet. Those are two very …
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Entrepreneurship Talk and Q&A with Daphne Kis 72F
… Up with Hampshire: Entrepreneurship as a Requirement for Success," is free and open to the public. Kis serves as … School of Business and a B.A. in history from Hampshire. For more information, please contact Joanna Olin at … Up with Hampshire: Entrepreneurship as a Requirement for Success," is free and open to the public. Kis serves as …
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Faculty
Ellie Siegel
… She has been an affiliated scholar at the Pembroke Center for Advanced Research on Women at Brown University and … in radio and print journalism. She was fiction editor for Sojourner , a feminist monthly, and associate editor of … She has been an affiliated scholar at the Pembroke Center for Advanced Research on Women at Brown University and …
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Hampshire Students' Scripts in WORD! Festival of Staged Student Readings
… which then offered artistic and dramaturgical support for students to prepare their work for the stage. The students whose scripts are featured in … the committee does this by awarding mini-grants for student-centered productions. Five College NewsStudents …
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Division III Profile: Speech, Music, and Emotion
… previous work on emotion in music. When she returned home for her final year at Hampshire, Opitz felt dissatisfied with … applied the properties to melodies they had programmed for the four emotional traits. Participants generally rated … to pursue an advanced science degree in the future, but for now hopes to work in a student life office …
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A Message on the Pittsburgh Shooting from Mim Nelson, David Ko, and Ellen Bernstein
… Office (Dakin J basement) will be open throughout the week for students, staff, and faculty who would like to speak. Here is the schedule for drop-ins: Monday, 2:00 pm-4:00 pm; Tuesday and Wednesday, … to work together to make a kinder world, with empathy for all. With respect, Mim, David, and Ellen Miriam Nelson, …
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February 12, 2019: Letter Concerning Accreditation and Admissions by President Nelson
… that our Board of Trustees considered multiple reasons for its decision not to admit a full entering class for fall 2019. The prospect of eventual changes in the … graduate students who are currently enrolled at Hampshire. For the past nine months, Hampshire has been monitoring the …
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Hampshire Alum and Filmmaker Allison A. Waite Receives Directors Guild of America Student Film Award
… the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards for her documentary film The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha … events.” According to the DGA, the Student Film Awards for African American, Asian American, Latino, and women … Arts and Sciences in September of 2020. Watch a trailer for The Dope Years . Waite is an award-winning director and …
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Hampshire College Graduate Hayden Gadd 18S Announced as Winner of 2021 Lorna M. Peterson Prize
… American Sign Language (ASL) from the Five College Center for World Languages . Gadd also served as a technical director's assistant for Hampshire’s dance department beginning in February of … understanding and expanding opportunity, especially for students. View a virtual performance of “Glory” featuring …
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Research Begun in Div III Featured on Journal Cover
… suggests that spiciness in fruits may not have evolved for the sole purpose of defending plants from their enemies, … influences the seed dispersal process. Here's the citation for his published research: Baldwin, J.W. , Whitehead, S.R. … through a bunch of articles that we had no preparation for, and highlight every word we didn’t understand, and look …
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Hampshire College, Hitchcock Center Sign Ground Lease
… 17 signing of a 95-year ground lease, the Hitchcock Center for the Environment is relocating to the Hampshire College … independent, plans to complete a new building in time for its fall 2016 programming. The Center plans an official … natural landscapes and open spaces of Hampshire's land for outdoor learning will be an important aspect of the new …
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Stephan Jost appointed Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario
… and its membership was more than doubled. Responsible for the AGO’s artistic vision, strategic and financial … further growth and development. The position calls for a candidate with deep institutional experience, an abiding passion for art and learning, and a commitment to community building …
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Stargazing with Samuel Singer 00F
… Wyoming Stargazing allows Singer to pursue his passion for teaching astronomy. "I get really excited and animated … Wyoming Stargazing. Learn more at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyoming-star-gazing Alumni … Samuel Singer 00F … Wyoming Stargazing. Learn more at http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/wyoming-star-gazing … Stargazing with Samuel …
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'Trans-Asia Photography Review'
… board and is currently managing a lively Facebook page for the Trans-Asia Photography Review . The audience for TAP Review is both academic and nonacademic, Matthews … contemporary photography from Asia as fully as possible. For more information about TAP Review , please contact …
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Hampshire Grads Launch Web Show
… "I was working on a documentary theater piece for my Division III (senior) project. I worked tirelessly on … "Meanwhile, I was writing comedy sketches, usually just for fun, because I was so wound up." In a moment of … Pope encouraged Ellis to use her written comedy sketches for her project and abandon the frustrating documentary. …
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