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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Div III that Includes Up-close Exploration of Shark Conservation
… Posted: February 19, 2013 Amir Fogel 09F thinks the next 20 years will be "the most influential and life changing for everyone on earth. And a lot of it comes down to what happens with the oceans." For his Hampshire College Division III (senior …
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NSF Grant for Cross-campus Clean Energy/Sustainable Agriculture Programs
… Programs Working in partnership with Hampshire College and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Holyoke Community College has been awarded an $810,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to create collaborative … that will benefit students at all three schools. “The main purpose of the grant is to marry what has for the …
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Div III Profile: RJ Sakai, Multimedia Designer
… graphic design, tourism, and cultural authenticity—how the experiences of tourists are designed, and why people … Massachusetts town known for its quirky events. One of the most well known events in Turners Falls is "Suzee's … designers create outfits out of discarded clothing and use the washing machines as a runway. To complete his research, …
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CLPP 28th Annual Reproductive Justice Conference
… creates reproductive rights opportunities at many levels." The Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP) program at … Abortion Rights to Social Justice: Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom—will take place Friday, April 11, through Sunday, April 13, 2014. The conference focuses on broadening the fight for …
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Board Statement: February 18, 2019
… Board Statement: February 18, 2019 Yesterday the Board of Trustees of Hampshire College met to discuss progress on the efforts to envision and plan for Hampshire’s future. The Board voted to issue the following statement: First, we …
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Notable Alumni
Jeffrey Hollender 74S
… is cofounder of home-products company Seventh Generation, the American Sustainable Business Council, and Sustain … ago, he co-founded Seventh Generation and went on to build the fledgling company into a leading natural product brand … and provoke business leaders to think differently about the role they and their companies play in society. Along the …
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Student Enterprise In Agricultural Technology Awarded A $20K Venturewell Grant
… farms, has been awarded a $20,000 VentureWell grant. Over the past two years, the Agrigatr team designed its first prototype device, the Health and Environmental Analytics Toolkit (HEAT), to …
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Erick Msumanje Awarded Princess Grace Foundation Film Scholarship
… Film Scholarship Erick Msumanje 09F has been awarded the Princess Grace Foundation-USA 's 2012 John H. Johnson … student working in film. Msumanje plans to use the scholarship money to make his Hampshire College Division III film, tentatively titled My Mother's Songs . The scholarship will enable him to return to his home country …
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