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Fiction Writing Helped Amani Smith 15F Explore Relationships Between Time, Memory, and Generational Trauma
… Amani Smith 15F’s Div III project employed fiction writing to explore concepts of time, memory, and generational trauma … and diaspora. We sat down with Smith [virtually] to discuss how their educational trajectory changed over time … for future work. Where are you from? What attracted you to Hampshire? I’m originally from Brooklyn, New York, but I …
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Three Hampshire Graduates Receive 2016-17 Fulbright Awards
… Board, it was announced this spring. The awards to Eve Allen, Kristina Moss Gunnarsdóttir, and Leanna Pohevitz will enable them, respectively, to lead agricultural research in Peru, teach English language … graduates have received Fulbright Awards, according to Carin Rank, director of Hampshire’s Career Options …
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Hampshire Is Going 100% Solar for Electricity
… acres on the 840-acre campus, the centerpiece of its plan to produce 100 percent of campus electricity from on-site … Project partner SolarCity has applied for town permits to begin construction of the two photovoltaic (PV) solar … DC/3.5 AC megawatts, generating the electricity equivalent to powering about 530 US homes. Using the systems, Hampshire …
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Hampshire at the Largest Climate March in History
… thousands of organizers had mobilized their communities to march for change, ready to meet world leaders in the streets of New York City for the … one bus and two vans. Hampshire brought the most students to The People’s Climate March of any college in Western …
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Poet and Professor Polina Barskova
… first of her six books at the ripe old age of 15. She came to the United States at 20, in order to pursue graduate studies at the University of California, … have formed the Hampshire Poetry Group, meeting monthly to read to each other. Student Kelly Wehrle 07F, who took the …
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'Quidditch' as Artificial Intelligence Experiment
… fine-tuning his Quidditch skills. Crawford-Marks - set to graduate on May 22 - has created a computerized version of … proceed in competition or fall by the wayside according to their ability to adapt to the Quidditch environment. Put simply, teams …
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April 2, 2019: Statement from Trustees Kim Saal 70F and Fraser Beede
… and Fraser Beede Dear Hampshire Community, We are writing to share some regrettable news. Following a recent Board meeting, it came to our attention there was a significant breach of … of then Board Chair Gaye Hill. Trust is essential to the integrity and functioning of any Board. The Board …
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Student Receives $5,000 Award at Women's Entrepreneurship Competition
… company, Painter Printer, is developing robotic technology to perform the house painting process, aiming to provide professional quality results to both homeowners and contractors. “Think WALL-E the robot, …
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Hampshire Calls on Accomplished Culinary and Farming Alums for New Cafe
… the past five years consulting the college on its goal to dramatically increase sourcing of food from local farms … the Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc etc. That gig would lead to a second, even more memorable rock-and-roll catering job. … his mod at 1 a.m. when he got a call from someone claiming to be Mike D of the Beastie Boys. “I said, ‘No, it’s not,’” …
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Hampshire College Graduate Hayden Gadd 18S Announced as Winner of 2021 Lorna M. Peterson Prize
… annually based on nominations from Five College programs to a student who has demonstrated commitment to collaboration in their academic career. Gadd, who studied … zoom dances, and live-streamed dances. "I'm proud to be an alum of not only Hampshire, but of the Five College …
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Translation in Theory and Practice
… annotation, cultural and historical background, as opposed to it being just a good read." That was as good an introduction as any to the academic interests and rigorous preparation Hampshire students can bring to the classroom, and an entry point into the discussion of …
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Five College Connections: Three International Students Take MHC Sisters' Recommendation
… not unheard of for students at one of the Five Colleges to recommend another to younger siblings, Hampshire's current entering class … three students from Pakistan, whose sisters all went to Mount Holyoke. Nadir Khawaja 12F, Nauman Tazeem 12F, and …
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Visiting Cuban Scholar: “It’s about the people.”
… people.” Author Mirta Yáñez appreciated the opportunity to share Cuban culture and literature, particularly … and Five College students and faculty. “It’s important to have these exchanges to understand each other’s truths,” said Yáñez. “The most …
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In Memory of Marion Taylor
… loss. Marion was an inspiring teacher and timeless mentor to those who carry his legacy through the practices he … as those among us who were there saw him run swiftly to the threshold of the greatest adventure of all. In … Japanese tradition, the spirit takes 49 days after death to reach nirvana. As his loved ones in the mortal realm, we …
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Notable Alumni
Eugene Mirman 92F
… Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and authored The Will to Whatevs . It Started As a Joke , which chronicles his … Bob’s Burgers and Delocated , and the author of The Will to Whatevs. In an article in Worcester Magazine , Mirman … innovative curriculum allowed him unique opportunities to prepare for working in comedy. Writes Robert Duguay, …
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Personal Experience Shapes Occupy Class
… 17, 2011. A few weeks later she made her first visit to the encampment, and soon became involved with the People's … it operated horizontally, meaning everyone was empowered to 'bottomline' projects that moved them. It reminded me in … park at the time of the nighttime raid. Hardesty, who went to the 57th Street Sanitation Garage to salvage books after …
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The Blacksmith Collective
… mostly involves emergency medicine and education. Try to find these three third-year students on any given Thursday … shop about nine years ago, blacksmithing has managed to plant roots on campus. Dupuis' dad, a foreman at the … Springfield Armory, was the one who first introduced him to the trade, and he followed that early start with years of …
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New Study By 50 World Scientists Warns of More Severe Threat from Global Warming
… projected soil-carbon release would be approximately equal to adding an industrialized country the size of the United States to the planet. Critically, the researchers found that carbon … of ecosystem ecology , the study highlights the urgency to control carbon emissions now. “As a global society, we …
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Five College Womens Studies Research Center Events
… like Baker, perhaps now more than ever, seem committed to replicating and reenacting, to borrow a phrase of David Foster Wallace's, an experience … television, film, and theatre - offers an apt occasion to address the proliferation of "real-life" based …
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Summer Programs Offer Intensive Experiences Across Disciplines
… COLLEGE PROGRAMS College summer programs are open to current college students, graduates, postgrads, and young … They take place over four weeks in June and are available to both Hampshire and non-Hampshire students, the latter whom can earn up to four academic credits. · The Institute for Curatorial …
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Presidential Lecture Series
… a series of lectures bringing alumni and national experts to campus for discussions on the trends in higher education … a series of lectures bringing alumni and national experts to campus for discussions on the trends in higher education …
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I Am My Div III and My Div III Is Me.
… other Five College consortium schools, some people know to ask, "What's your Div III?" but with only a vague idea of … quality of Div III is the melodramatic language used to describe it. I have to admit, though, that the relationship is much more …
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SXSW Director Pierson Developed Critical Eye as Hampshire Student
… Pierson says she follows the same instincts that drew her to the cinema as a student at Hampshire. “I've always … and a hundred and ten shorts. I’m looking for something to surprise me.” This year's festival, which runs March … , in which Paul Reubens brings his iconic character to the big screen for the first time since 1988. Pierson and …
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Division III: Whose Story Does History Tell?
… 11F came across a Wikipedia entry that introduced him to a historical incident he had to know more about: The Houston Riot of 1917 grew out of a … were killed. In a case that eventually worked its way up to the desk of President Woodrow Wilson, the rioting soldiers …
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Div III Profile: Humphrey-Blanco Studies Genocide in Modern Guatemalan Art
… the ways in which art provides an alternative narrative to the violence perpetuated by the Guatemalan government … talked about in the United States,” he says. “I wanted to use this Div III as an opportunity to change that.” His father is from Guatemala, so …
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