Faculty
Donna Cohn
… from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, and a master's in industrial design from the Rhode Island … the Boston Center for Independent Living as a designer and builder of devices for people with physical disabilities. … design process emphasized collaboration with the end user and the use of low-cost tools and materials. This way of …
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Alumni Profile: South Hadley Mandolin Orchestra Founder Adam Sweet 80F
… By Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F Adam Sweet 80F began studying and playing music at the age of four, when he started violin … to pursue music as a student at Hampshire College, and also studied animal behavior theory and psychology. At Hampshire, Sweet met student musicians who …
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Hampfest: Hampshire on Display
… College's more than 100 clubs gather to present themselves and woo new members. As a student-writer for Hampshire … I've covered the event every year. It's always fun and always fascinating. (What's Wool People? Why is that … close along one wall. Waiting in that line, I turned right and suddenly saw Hampfest. As I said, I've covered Hampfest …
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Henry P. Kendall Foundation Grant Supports 100 Percent Local Food Efforts at Hampshire College
… Hampshire build collaborative networks with local farmers and community agricultural organizations. “As we move forward with the College’s strategic plan, healthy food and sustainability are part and parcel of what we do here,” said Beth Hooker, director of …
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'Movement as an Intervention' with Miriam King
… for schools that would allow me to study both neuroscience and dance. Dancing is how I express myself—I love being able to move and connect with people without verbal communication. I … something beautiful happens when an audience witnesses and then finds meaning in moving bodies, in a shared space, …
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Hampshire College to Host TEDx Event on October 18
… (FPH) on October 18, 2013. The event will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in the main lecture hall of FPH. The event is free and open to the public, with limited seating (100 seats). It … live into two overflow rooms in Franklin Patterson's east and west lecture halls, each also limited to 100 seats …
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Div III Profile: Syrian Refugee Accounts Inspire Student's Emergency Response App
… College undergrad to relay basic health information and help victims in underserved areas find emergency … capital in fall 2015 as part of a community-development and health program facilitated by Hampshire’s Global Education Office, and researching the camp, located about 50 miles from Amman, …
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Notable Alumni
Flavia Mayrinck Vidal 88F, Chair
… she was director of the Brace Center for Gender Studies and instructor in English and interdisciplinary studies at the Jonathan French … Environment, Sustainability). Her academic interests and scholarship center on postcolonial studies, transnational …
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Professor Emeritus Raymond Coppinger's book, Fishing Dogs
… Raymond Coppinger's book, Fishing Dogs Packing your tackle and wading a river without a trusted fishing dog is a recipe … title is Fishing Dogs: A Guide to the History, Talents, and Training of the Baildale, the Flounderhounder, the Angler Dog, and Sundry Other Breeds of Aquatic Dogs (Canis piscatorius) . …
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Div III Profile: RJ Sakai, Multimedia Designer
… Gorry-Hines 11F RJ Sakai grew up surrounded by design and photography, and developed an interest in their effect on social issues. … As a student at Hampshire College, Sakai studied design and anthropology. He began to make links between graphic …
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Student Innovations Shine at Digital Humanities Showcase
… Imagine using computer mapping, virtual floor plans and 3D renderings to document building a house out of … a program that can sift through thousands of proverbs and learn to compose its own. All of this and much more is happening within the Five College Digital …
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Tech Startup Founded by Two Hampshire College Alums Raises $4.7 Million in Seed Funding
… a tech startup founded by Hampshire alums Nirman Dave 15F and Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath 15F, recently announced it had … $4.7 million in seed funding to support its research and development work. The Berkeley-based Obviously AI is a no … people with little to no technical backgrounds to build and train machine learning models. These models help …
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Faculty
Jacqueline Hayden
… Hayden Jacqueline Hayden, professor emerita of film and photography, has been a professional artist since 1979 … Yale University. Ms. Hayden has been a professor of film and photography at Hampshire College in Amherst, … awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist …
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Student Use of Academic Services Doubles in Knowledge Commons
… Writing Program) Transformative Speaking Library Research and Media Quantitative Resource Center Instructional … Art Gallery student-exhibition support Center for Teaching and Learning Holistic Learning This month, Inside Higher Ed … who advance to earn a research doctorate in Librarianship and Communication: 6th/872, or top 0.7% ( source: NSF Survey …
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Laurie Nisonoff
… a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.Phil. from Yale University, where she was a doctoral … of a Ford Foundation Fellowship in women's studies, and in 1993-94 a fellow of the Five Colleges Women's Studies … a special issue on "Women in the International Economy" and another in Urban Political Economy. She is a co-editor of …
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“Muhammad Ali” by Award-Winning Documentarian Ken Burns 71F to Air on PBS
… , the new four-part documentary by award-winning filmmaker and Hampshire College alum Ken Burns 71F, will air over four … world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. Ali insisted on …
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March 31: Lorrin Thomas to Speak on Her Book, 'Puerto Rican Citizen'
… of the award-winning book Puerto Rican Citizen: History and Political Identity in New York City will speak in … Red Barn on March 31 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Thomas is a professor in the … University. Her research explores ideas about rights and equality in the twentieth century Americas. Puerto Rican …
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Hampshire Chooses Bon Appétit as Food Service Provider
… committed to sustainable practices, culinary innovation, and creating food made from fresh, local ingredients in a … reputation as a thought leader in sustainable innovation, and linking the wider agricultural community beyond Hampshire's campus to its ongoing and daily food service operations. Bon Appétit will become …
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Aug. 30: Edward Humes, Author of Garbology
… Edward Humes , a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and the author of a dozen nonfiction books, will speak at … the Robert Crown Center . (Doors open at 7:15.) A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow his talk. The event is open and …
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Div II Profile: CONNIE CHANG 15F
… to write for television. I’m still interested in sci-fi and fantasy, though. And horror. Certain concerns emerge in my writing. I want my … of oppression, to encourage the questioning of authority, and to tackle the worship of capital. I’m fascinated by the …
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Alum Lisa Trivedi to Give Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement
… In honor of the retirement of Professor of History and American Studies Susan Tracy at the end of this term, her … give the lecture "The Mother's Death: Bombay's millwomen and the physicians who treated them." The lecture will be … in East Lecture Hall of Franklin Patterson. It is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture …
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Enchiridion to Hampshire History
… the first Division III students Frog : The Hampshire frog and the Frogbook Hammen : Ruth Hammen, "The Mother of the … the first Division III students Frog : The Hampshire frog and the Frogbook Hammen : Ruth Hammen, "The Mother of the …
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Art by Numbers
… Box Project Andrea White sees connections everywhere, and they show up aplenty in her final project. After four … gallery as much more than space waiting to be filled and wanted to use it "to address the Hampshire community." … the campus mailroom, 15 feet from the gallery door, and the library, just up a short flight of stairs. Her …
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A Gift to Support Humanities Students' Research
… Research A $5,000 gift from Assistant Professor of German and Comparative Literature Alicia E. Ellis and artist and former visiting faculty member David H. Munson will be …
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Five Colleges Receives Grant to Celebrate Taiwanese Arts
… 18 months a world music ensemble, a puppet theater group and a dance company will visit college campuses and elementary school classrooms, with each visit culminating … culture through lectures, workshops, performances and exhibitions. Central to the project is visits by …
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