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Div III Profile: Julia Rauch on Histamine and Nerve Regeneration
… Nerve Regeneration Joshua Murray Julia Rauch’s inspiration for her Division III project came under unique circumstances: … military service, or factory work. “My real inspiration for this project is to help people,” she says. “The great … navigate her way through intensive lab work and research for the first time, she says. “Both of them taught me that …
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Immigrants' Rights Issues Drive Kamika Bennett's Studies
… found herself increasingly involved in rights issues for undocumented immigrants. She spent last summer interning … to Hampshire College proved to be an ideal fit for Bennett, as she sought to deeper understand the issues … Sujani Reddy . She notes that the Community Partnerships for Social Change (CPSC) program has "been an amazing …
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'Art Questions' Course Provides Sweeping, Immersive Arts Experience
… funded by a coveted grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently capped their studies by … and Art History Karen Koehler. Koehler applied for, and was awarded, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) “Enduring Questions” grant, awarded …
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Student Presents Original Research of 16th Century Maya at American Chemical Society Symposium
… Society Symposium John Courtmanche and Mike Medeiros For her Division III capstone research last year, Hannah … health changed when the Spanish invaded that territory.” For her research, Huggins utilized Hampshire’s inductively … era, Huggins did not find lead in these children’s teeth. For her Division III research project, Huggins was also …
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PVTA Agrees to Five Colleges Bus Route Recommendations
… of the Five Colleges community responded to its invitation for comments, PVTA this week agreed to the following revised … at the end of August 2017, look for updates at www.pvta.com and www.pvta.com/schedules.php . In responding to PVTA’s invitation for …
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Christoph Cox Publishes 'Sonic Flux: Sounds, Art, and Metaphysics'
… attention, a world of sound beyond music and speech, for this mechanical contraption registered with equal … Press, 1999) — he has also been a music journalist for Artforum , The Wire , and Index magazines and written exhibition essays for a variety of venues, such as the Whitney, the Museum of …
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Artificial Intelligence Made Simple
… and Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath met at Hampshire’s orientation for incoming international students, they hit it off, but … do it? These questions change from industry to industry. For example, retail companies want to predict daily foot … nontechnical people but the tools to answer them were made for technical people.” Finding such answers requires “complex …
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Notable Alumni
Brett Morgen 87F
… in the Picture ) and the O.J. Simpson car chase (ESPN 30 for 30 short June 17, 1994 ). He has been nominated for Academy and Emmy Awards. Notable AlumniAlumni … Morgen … in the Picture ) and the O.J. Simpson car chase (ESPN 30 for 30 short June 17, 1994 ). He has been nominated for …
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Photos from TEDxHampshireCollege
… members of the worker-owned cooperative The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA); Dean of the School for Interdisciplinary Arts Djola Branner; and current … members of the worker-owned cooperative The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA); Dean of the School …
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Student Receives $5,000 Award at Women's Entrepreneurship Competition
… that female entrepreneurs face when seeking funding for startup businesses. The competition has grown into a … in the competition. Last year, they won a $500 prize for the Painter Printer, demonstrating significant progress … our network, as we found some potential new members for our team at the event.” The Painter Printer team intends …
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Alum Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya’s Newest Documentary “Coded Bias” Airs on PBS
… from the Hamptons International Film Festival and an award for Best International Documentary from the Calgary … International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Science Documentary. Kantayya’s debut feature, …
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Notable Alumni
Flavia Mayrinck Vidal 88F, Chair
… literary studies from Brandeis University. She then worked for 20 years at Phillips Academy, Andover, where she was director of the Brace Center for Gender Studies and instructor in English and … board of Lextended Day (2011-14), an after-school program for the public elementary schools in her town of Lexington, …
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Alice Petty 89F Joins Hampshire Board as Alumni Trustee
… an active alum since she graduated in 1993, volunteering for the Campaign for Hampshire, writing postcards to accepted students, and … Alumni Circle. Alice currently works with the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education in the Office of Academic …
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Notable Alumni
Jen Rosenblit 01F
… of a 2014 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Emerging Choreographer. Rosenblit is also an inaugural … recipient of the 2012 Grant to Artists from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and a 2009 Fresh Tracks artist (Dance … is also currently making Swivel Spot, a companion solo for Clap Hands to premiere Winter 2017 at The Kitchen in NYC. …
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Advantages of Consolidating Your Federal Loans
… consolidation is the elimination of the minimum payments. For example, if you have a $2,625 Stafford loan and a $3,500 … consolidation is the elimination of the minimum payments. For example, if you have a $2,625 Stafford loan and a $3,500 …
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Area Attractions
… rich in opportunities to explore. Whether you're looking for small towns or big cities; museums or outdoor adventures; …
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Previous Short-Term Field Courses
… of globalization and the conflicts and choices it poses for individuals. Students will be asked to approach their own … of globalization and the conflicts and choices it poses for individuals. Students will be asked to approach their own …
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Science Internship Gala
… in settings including New York University's Center for Neural Science, Harvard Medical School, laboratories at … assist students interested in arranging summer internships for 2009. The School of Natural Science and the Career … the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. Britton Van Vleek …
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Studying Interdisciplinarity in Arts Education . . . Interdisciplinarily
… Michael Samuels 09F "I've got quite a long title for my Div III," warns Michael Beggs. Learning Art: … both the theory and the practice of teaching art. For theory, Beggs wrote a history of the use of … of as a process that could be applied to any discipline." For practice, Beggs taught a January term course on color …
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Dana Pollan's Family Cookbook Encourages Healthy Eating
… and sometimes get stuck trying to come up with new ideas for dinners. They all turn to their mother, Corky, for recipes she made when they were growing up. Finally, they … wait to take turns—all of which are extremely important for developing social skills,” she says. Her experience at …
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Five Hampshire College Science Students Receive Coppinger Grants
… lab work with Jeffrey Blanchard, co-director of the Center for Microbiome Research at the University of Massachusetts. … Division II, “A Local Study of Molecular Adaptation for Cold-Select A. tsugae Populations.” Hecking’s study will … Castorino. Benjamin Liebman, Division II and preparation for Division III, “The functional significance of CD147 …
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In Memory of Marion Taylor
… his true passion in traditional Japanese martial arts for which he was more popularly known. He held senior ranks … Aikido. Marion worked as director of martial arts in OPRA for 39 years until his retirement in 2012. He is survived by … receive Marion properly. No elegant word exists in English for this section of the body but rather than keep Marion in …
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Aimee Aubin's Division III is a Gift
… she says. "I really looked at it as a year to take for myself, to really explore my education." Aubin's Division … the project's inspiration was a weekly collaborative group for women-identifying students, featuring women of different … willing to explore the questions I was interested in for my project." Creating an alternative space for women-only …
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Division III: Researching Trace Metals in Rice
… if the food you're eating is as healthy as it appears? For her Division III project, Priyanka Basnet 09F examined … said. "It was such a great opportunity, because it's hard for international students to get good science internships." For her Div III (which included microbiology professor Jason …
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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum
… education. Weiss designed an inclusive sex-ed curriculum for K-12 schools based on a year of intensive research, with … would be like on a college campus. This is important.” For her thesis, Weiss took an exhaustive look at her subject: … In the Hampshire library, she read journal and news articles on sex-ed policy and curriculum change, as well …
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