Area Of Study
Psychology
… introducing students to a range of methodologies for exploring attention, language, memory, neuroscience, … and music perception while providing opportunities for students to become involved in the research process. … on Sonic Aesthetics Music as a Rehabilitative Tool for Cochlear Implant Users Born a Sociopath, Made a Sociopath …
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Poet and Professor Polina Barskova
… to leave" - remains present in her research and teaching. For a book project titled "Petersburg Besieged: Culture of … in the Soviet years." The city was "some kind of Atlantis for amazing intellectuals and writers. Most of my … centuries is relevant, that it is also about today and for today," she says. Another course, The State of Poetry, …
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$423,000 NSF Grant to Evolve "Robust" Software
… has received numerous grants and awards in the past for his work in evolutionary computing and genetic … Adapt "We can only get so far. We can only build software for things that we understand well enough to write it," says Spector. "It takes a lot of time and effort for human programmers, and the way we do it produces systems …
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Notable Alumni
Eliot O'Connell 18F
… Writing Center as a faculty assistant and at the Center for Feminisms, where I help plan events. On Wednesdays, I … good as I know that it can be. Hampshire is a safe haven for me after a really rough four years in high school. I … Writing Center as a faculty assistant and at the Center for Feminisms, where I help plan events. On Wednesdays, I …
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Faculty
Susan Darlington
… and human rights, and the creative use of ritual for social change. She also teaches about socially engaged … Asian studies. She is actively involved in the struggle for human rights in Burma. Susan Darlington 228085 Professor … and human rights, and the creative use of ritual for social change. She also teaches about socially engaged …
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Jill Lewis
… She has been teaching at Hampshire one semester a year for over 25 years, with a home base in Europe. Her interests … and the politics of gender have linked importantly for her with HIV/AIDS prevention education in recent years, … She has been teaching at Hampshire one semester a year for over 25 years, with a home base in Europe. Her interests …
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Carol and Blair Brown Staff Awards Criteria
… to create a culture and climate of respect and inclusion for diversity in the workplace. Employees who value … to create a culture and climate of respect and inclusion for diversity in the workplace. Employees who value …
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Division of Finance and Administration
… risk management and compliance. We are also responsible for various self-directed units, including the bookstore, One … risk management and compliance. We are also responsible for various self-directed units, including the bookstore, One …
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Choosing China
… study abroad program in China's Hefei, Anhui province. For Hansen, studying abroad was key. "If we want to have a … China's rising influence in many fields, the job market for Chinese teachers is likely to keep growing. "The promise … that a future job will be there is a very good thing for any recent graduate," she says. "More than just helping …
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"It Was A Building That Spoke The Loudest"
… an extraordinary new building on campus was the rationale for an inspired daylong event. Almost 700 members of the … through improving. This process is what’s greatest for me because what’s now needed in the world is not more … unleash all of our passion and humor and loyalty and honor for those and them and all who matter to us, which is …
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Notable Alumni
Sarah Goldfinger 94F
… Scene Investigation . She was a writer-producer on CSI for almost a decade. She has also been a co-executive … producer on Jane the Virgin. She has also written pilots for Paramount and HBO. Sarah has created an endowed theater … Scene Investigation . She was a writer-producer on CSI for almost a decade. She has also been a co-executive …
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Laura Sizer
… identity. She has published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Philosophical Psychology , and … and religion. Professor Sizer is on the steering committee for the Culture, Brain, and Development Program at Hampshire … identity. She has published in The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, Philosophical Psychology , and …
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Division III: Bats Around the World
… males." After graduation, Baldwin will head to Vermont for a bird-monitoring program, and then continue on to Peru in the fall for further bird research while applying for funding for his master's degree. Division III faculty …
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Student Research on the Hampshire College Farm: Raising Pigs Outdoors in Natural Settings
… that had become available locally. “This breed is known for being docile,” Nugent says. “Students work with them, so … okay with people touching their faces. They’ll lie down for belly rubs.” The sows in her study began giving birth in … her initial findings suggest there’s a nutritional benefit for the pregnant sows to live in the woods; they’ve gained …
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Hampshire College Mourns the Loss of Professor Emeritus and Author Norton Juster
… after the popular work. While perhaps best known by many for Tollbooth , Juster’s architectural career was his main professional focus for much of his life. Earl Pope, who team-taught with Juster for many years, recalled, “We came to Hampshire because the …
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Hampshire Student Murphy Hunn Bridges History and Craft through Metalworking
… but Hampshire really values the practice of art as well. For your Div II project, you designed and built a bascinet. … with people handling. So, I'd like to make work for museums that are historically accurate and maybe bridge … influenced my work. I've also been a teaching assistant for a couple of Donna's classes. There are a lot of …
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Karen Marshall's Exhibit 'Between Girls: A Passage to Womanhood 1985-2015' on View at Hampshire
… the work, a sponsored project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, have been shown at various international venues including the OK Centrum for Contemporary Art in Linz, Austria in 2008, but the project in its entirety will be exhibited in full for the first time at Hampshire College. Hampshire president …
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State College Republican Chair
… it, “articulating a post-modern conservatism.” He ran for MACR chair on a platform that argued that the Republican … and in his home state of Florida. But he has broader goals for the MACR: using Web 2.0 social networking technology to … the MACR into a group that provides social connections for young conservatives in Massachusetts. Tsay said what drew …
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Depicted Space
… in our house. I constructed this image as source material for a painting not yet made, and which began with me thinking … of King Philip IV and has compelled generations of artists for many reasons — one of which is the complex use of space … device, withholding and revealing critical information. For example, the way those most central Renaissance figures, …
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Baldwin Program Receives $150,000 Grant from Kenan Trust
… program, envisioning the James Baldwin Scholars as a means for Hampshire to address gross societal imbalances in … , who added that more than 60 students have applied for admission to the program in 2013. "This past year has … contribute in a similar way to the program," said Marquez. For more information on how to support the Baldwin Scholars …
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Statement on Hampshire Halloween
… Hampshire Halloween is a student-organized event, paid for by Hampshire students in their student activity fees, and is designed to be a fun evening for our entire student community. Unfortunately, voices unconnected to our campus and the planning for Hampshire Halloween drowned out what should have been a …
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Hampshire Grad Worked on Frozen's Academy Award-winning Animation
… grossing over $1 billion worldwide and winning an Oscar for Best Animated Film. Fiske was also part of a team of eight animators who won a Visual Effects Society award for Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Commercial … animation and he believes "there's a role out there for everybody." AlumniAwards and GrantsFilm … From an early …
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Blair McLaughlin Saves Trees One Seed at a Time
… — put the idea of establishing water-resourced refuges for these oaks on the map with the article “Hydrologic … can protect these areas through targeted land acquisition for conservation, protecting groundwater and sustainable … has begun creating a climate-adaptive genetic bank for the California blue oak, in partnership with the …
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Daniel Baldwin to Speak on Family, Race Relations, and Growing Up Mixed Race
… to talented students from underserved communities for more than 25 years. Daniel Baldwin’s talk at Hampshire … Weinstein, was a second-generation American from Brooklyn. For more information, contact Uzma Aslam Khan, assistant … Studies, the School of IA, the School of CSI, the Office for Diversity and Multicultural Education, and Ethics and the …
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Div II Profile: CLAIRE SHILLINGTON 15F
… Hews, and my friends have been my strong support system for Division II. I’m always in close contact with my … reward to see that happen. Now I’ve studied the systems for two years and used them as context for the courses I’ve taken. As a result, I now have a solid …
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