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Marlene Fried

… for Reproductive Justice , November, 2004 (awarded the Myers Outstanding Book Award by the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights), and co-authored the

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Omar S. Dahi

… at Hampshire, as faculty trustee, as a representative of the Hampshire AAUP, and as interim vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. He is the founding director of Security in Context, a research … affairs. He has published in academic outlets such as the Journal of Development Economics and Applied Economics , …

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'Adventures of a Kid'

…   "...when imagination and reality were seamless."   On the outside, Freddie may look like "a dumpy little kid in a … Inside, she teems with ideas and imagination: Observing the world around her—grownups fighting, schoolmates playing, … a graphic novel titled Adventures of a Kid. Through the character Mendes explores her own ideas about childhood. …

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Literary Collaboration and Control

… Collaboration and Control Benjamin "Mako" Hill sees the humor in his senior thesis—he sits alone at a computer and writes about the importance of collaborative authorship. But, he's been … Politics and Indymedia." He co-authored "Quality and the Reliance on Individuals in Free Software Development," …

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Hampshire Update On Strategic Options: February 23, 2019

… we don’t all agree on how best to save Hampshire. The Board is in active communication with the academic deans and faculty leadership to resolve … all want to preserve this College and secure its future. The Board has charged me with leading that effort. We have to …

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Kunga Chonyi 17F on His Div III Journey to Neurobiology and Nursing

… graduate Kunga Chonyi 17F came to Hampshire College in the fall of 2017 through a student exchange program with the Central University for Tibetan Studies. We sat down with … a Tibetan refugee family in India. While I was attending the Central University for Tibetan Studies, I learned about …

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CLPP Conference Celebrates 35 Years of Mobilizing for Reproductive Freedom

… 35 Years of Mobilizing for Reproductive Freedom Right now, the Supreme Court is deliberating Whole Women’s Health v. Hellerstedt, one of the most historic cases on the subject of abortion since Roe v. Wade. The past five …

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Hampshire Social Justice Summer Program a Model for MSU Initiative

… Kylie Dennis was approached by her school’s dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, Dr. R. Gregory Dunaway, … was ecstatic. But first she needed to develop a plan for the program to pitch to faculty and others who would need to … a summer academic experience during which she could learn the practice of social justice through hands-on experience, …

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Mimi Alkattan: Researching Sustainable Water-Treatment Alternatives

… Division III project: Water Resource Engineering at the Edges: Application of Drinking Water Resource Engineering … Science and Critical Social Inquiry "Sixty percent of the water projects in the developing world fail. I’ve done two projects in Kenya …

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$423,000 NSF Grant to Evolve "Robust" Software

… NSF Grant to Evolve "Robust" Software At some point in the future, human programmers will no longer manually create … and evolution.  A $423,000 grant awarded to Spector by the National Science Foundation will move that long-term goal forward. "In the future, programs won't be things that people sit down and …

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Student Project Creating Smartphone Software to Monitor Blood Sugar

… blood sugar. "There's a lot of hardware on glucose readers—the screen, a lot of the computing technology—that everybody who's carrying around a smartphone already has," he explains. "And that's the expensive part. The cheap part is the part that actually …

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March 24, 2019: Update on Board of Trustees Meeting Today

… Trustees meeting today, where we were joined by members of the Campus Options Committee comprising faculty, students, and staff, and the President’s Options Working Group comprising alums, … finances and short- and long-term needs, 3) discuss the status and potential of fundraising efforts, and 4) ask …

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Student Presents at Middle East Studies Conference

… student Yasmine El Baggari 11F was selected to speak at the 2013 Middle East Studies Association Conference, held in … El Baggari presented research on women's empowerment and the education system in her native Morocco, and the implications of a multilingual education system, as …

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Research Begun in Div III Featured on Journal Cover

… their role in plants’ seed dispersal. These chemicals are the same ones that cause black pepper to taste spicy and prevent insect predators and pathogens from feeding on the plants. And he has now achieved the rare feat of publishing his undergraduate research, as a …

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Chemistry Professor Expands Research on Mummies and Toxic Metal Contamination

… Chilean mummies more than a decade ago, his research on the accumulation of trace metals in the mummies’ hair revealed evidence of arsenic poisoning.  … and chemistry, which enabled him to expand his research on the ancient mummies to determine their exposure to other …

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Lecture on Using Land to Mitigate Climate Change’

… Studies Lecture Global temperatures are climbing, the icecaps are melting and droughts are becoming more … and Trade offs," Jerry Melillo, senior scientist at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory, explored how … stabilize global temperatures. Melillo's talk, part of the Five College Sustainability Studies Lecture Series, was …

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First All-Campus Address by President Ed Wingenbach: September 3, 2019

… Ed Wingenbach: September 3, 2019 ED WINGENBACH “We have the opportunity to save Hampshire College as an independent institution. The work that was done last spring didn't save Hampshire College. It gave us the opportunity to save it and that's the work that we have …

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Devyn Manibo Receives 2013 Princess Grace Award in Film

… Film Hampshire College student Devyn Manibo 10F received the 2013 Princess Grace Awards' Undergraduate Film Scholarship . The award, presented to Manibo at a ceremony in New York City, is given by the Princess Grace Foundation-USA to support emerging talent. …

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Daniel Baldwin to Speak on Family, Race Relations, and Growing Up Mixed Race

… Race Artist and sound engineer Daniel Baldwin, a nephew of the iconic writer James Baldwin, will deliver a public talk … Young to Write an Autobiography: James Baldwin, A Look in the Mirror. ” Baldwin will talk about his relationship with … evolved,” he says, “and how it affects our worldview.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will take …

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Alum and Graphic Novel Artist Robyn Smith’s “Nubia” Featured in New York Times Article on “When Blackness Is a Superpower”

… New York Times Article on “When Blackness Is a Superpower” The graphic novel Nubia , written by the author L.L. McKinney with art by Hampshire College alum … Black artists are reconceiving superhero mythologies. Read the New York Times article. Smith came to Hampshire College …

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Theatre Students Travel to NYC to See Alum Lupita Nyong'o in Eclipsed

… , which is set to have its Broadway debut in February. The group, which included students from Professor Talya … Division III Theatre Seminar, enjoyed a performance of the sold-out run at the Public Theater. Written by Danai Gurira, who plays …

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Whiting Fellowships Will Support International Research

… , and entomology and ecology professor Brian Schultz . The Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation established the fellowships to enable present and prospective teachers to … associated. Professor Dobro (pictured right) will use the grant to travel to Thailand and South Africa this summer …

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Community Commons Summer Grants Announced

… are invaluable to students as they explore and envision the academic and career paths they want to pursue. This year, however, the COVID-19 pandemic made on-site internships untenable, and … or a qualified individual mentor. These awards illustrate the tremendous range and inventive capacity of Hampshire …

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Grads Urged to Nurture Community, Work for Justice at 2017 Commencement

… Michael Medeiros President Jonathan Lash’s nod to the bell ringing, the “very sweet sound that brightens every spring” and marks … III project, was coupled with another acknowledgment: of the families who supported the 306 students receiving …

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Hampshire Student Selected as National Geographic Emerging Explorer

… as one of 17 visionary, young trailblazers from around the world who have been selected as this year's National … being honored for his humanitarian work fighting to stop the ritualistic killing of infants and children in Ethiopia's … Valley and providing shelter, care, and education for the children he rescues. He divides his time between Ethiopia …

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