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Five College New Music Festival

… New Music Festival The UMass Amherst Department of Music and Dance will host the 2019 Five College New Music Festival, … as well as world premieres, electro-acoustic works, and pieces by modern masters from the 20th and 21st centuries. The Festival includes nearly 50 …

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Labor’s Love’s Found

… Meisel Americans who view immigrants with suspicion and fear; corporations that exploit workers; appointed and elected government officials who represent Wall Street. … city’s massive expansion brought both immigrant workers and labor unrest, such as the infamous Homestead strike by …

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Division III Profile: Jennifer Maxwell Takes 'One Step Forward'

… took her across the United States, to jails, hospitals, and support groups, with one mission in mind: to encourage … art. Maxwell is combining her studies of art, animation and computer science to create what she calls “a community … silhouetted woman walking forward, representing depression and subsequent recovery. Using a network of online resources, …

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Game Design Professor Embeds Hidden Puzzles in R.W. Kern Center

… Embeds Hidden Puzzles in R.W. Kern Center Josh Murray and John Courtmanche Visitors of all ages exploring Hampshire … in The New York Times .] “I love puzzles, hidden secrets, and treasure hunts,” said puzzle designer Ira Fay, assistant … Arts where he led Pogo’s mobile-game development ( Pogo.com ) and released several top Web games. Before that he …

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Vehicle for Learning

… graduating class, 21-year-old Christina Salway, designed and executed a total renovation of a vintage recreational … into a guest bedroom in a project titled "Examination and Reconstruction of the Traveling Home: Rebuilding the … with a visit to the summer cottage of family friends Sally and Michael Moskowitz, an A-frame located just outside Port …

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Hampshire at the Largest Climate March in History

… air on Sunday morning, September 21, in Central Park West and 6 th Avenue. The feeling before a big thunderstorm: … It became the largest climate march in history, 400,000, and the Hampshire community was dutifully represented – with … of professors, faculty, parents of students, graduates, and, of course, students. After months of work, members of …

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Hampshire Student Is a Victory Congressional Intern

… as a Victory Congressional Intern, a program of the Gay and Lesbian Victory Institute, a nonprofit that supports openly gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) public officials. "It's a very exciting and overwhelming time," Carpenter-Winch says, noting the …

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Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for Hampshire Professor

… a Fulbright U.S. Scholar to Israel, where she will lecture and conduct research during academic year 2013-2014. … Rubinstein is associate professor of American literature and Jewish studies and the dean of academic support and advising at Hampshire …

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Hampshire College Represents at 2021 Mimesis Documentary Film Festival

… Film Festival Amy Diehl Hampshire College Film, Photo, and Video Professors Abraham Ravett and Hope Tucker , as well as alums Josh Weissbach 04F and Emily Drummer 09F, recently exhibited work at the 2021 …

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Statement In Support of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

… ceremony on May 20. We are appalled by the vicious and explicitly racist, misogynistic, and homophobic threats being directed against Professor Taylor in response to her remarks. And we condemn the actions of those who are inciting violence …

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A Director of Photography Reflects on How Hampshire Primed Him for Success

… in the movie industry. Hampshire’s Film, Photo, and Video Program has helped nurture countless students over … join ASC; cofounder of Florentine Films Buddy Squires 74S and Newton Thomas Sigel 73F are also members. Founded just … essentially, the coolest club a cinematographer can join — and the organization even has a clubhouse. “When you walk in …

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Lynne Hanley

… Lynne Hanley Lynne Hanley, professor emerita of literature and writing, received a B.A. from Cornell University, an M.A. in English from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. She has taught at Princeton, Douglass, and Mount Holyoke. At Hampshire, she offered courses on women …

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Hampshire Conducts Final Test for 100% Solar Campus

… test” with the utility Eversource on Tuesday November 28, and is awaiting permission to switch from conditional to full … 15,000 photovoltaic-panel arrays on two fields were built and are owned and operated by SolarCity, and Hampshire is purchasing the …

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Alum Makes $2 Million Donation, Second Seven-Figure Contribution This Month

… 70F contributed $2 million to partner with Paula H. and James S. Crown 71F on the Crown Founders Challenge, which … its launch, in January 2019. A retired NASA scientist and namesake of her own asteroid, Dr. McFadden is known … Science Center, where she helped refurbish the innovative and collaborative open laboratories. “As a member of …

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Student Plans Hampshire Deaf Studies Conference To Remove Barriers

… fourth-year student, is committed to bridging the hearing and Deaf communities within the bounds of her Division III … studies on portrayals of d/Deafness in mainstream media, and serving as lead organizer on a new Deaf Studies … open to everyone. Registration is required at www.tinyurl.com/deafinitions . The event will be held in Franklin …

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Three Hampshire Graduates Receive 2016-17 Fulbright Awards

… received Fulbright grants from the US Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, it … The awards to Eve Allen, Kristina Moss Gunnarsdóttir, and Leanna Pohevitz will enable them, respectively, to lead … in Mexico plus organize workshops for artisans there, and teach English and perform linguistics research in Turkey. …

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Hampshire Celebrates 2020 Graduates at 50th-Anniversary Commencement, Held Online

… which many upcoming graduates had to vacate campus early and missed the beloved tradition of ringing the Div Free bell … their Div III. Here are just a few examples of the diverse and highly individual projects. Elizabeth Green Dreamstate: … Micael Jude Sobel Consuming Food’s Image: Race, Gender, and Class in Contemporary Food Media Katherine Torres Causes …

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Suitable for Framing

… didn’t always look like diplomas.”  After she graduated and received one with her name on it, Lancaster 70F moved to California and didn’t give it another thought. Fast-forward to last … talking with Ken Rosenthal, a founding Hampshire employee and the College historian, and learned that his daughter had …

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Staff

Howard Wein 93F

… Wein 93F Leverett, Massachusetts Howard Wein is founder and principal of Howard Wein Hospitality, LLC, an advisory and venture firm serving both the local and global hospitality communities. He is an experienced …

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Paul Murphy

… of a great co-teaching team at the Early Learning Center and to be a member of the dynamic and inspired teaching staff. Paul believes in emergent curriculum, co-learning alongside children, and working together with everyone to discover, explore, and

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Hampshire Names New Dean of Students

… Dean McCrae served most recently as vice president and dean of student life at Washington & Jefferson College in … of the student affairs staffs of Sarah Lawrence College and the San Francisco Art Institute. McCrae holds a doctorate in educational leadership, administration, and policy from Fordham University as well as a master's in …

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Five College Africa Day on November 5

… Day on November 5 Posted: October 27, 2011 From drumming and dance to panel discussions and stories, Five College Africa Day offers something for … Joseph Sebarenzi, former speaker of the Rwandan Parliament and survivor of the Rwandan genocide, starts off the day's …

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Hampshire College Professor Alan Goodman to Present at Upcoming UN Training Conference

… is sponsored by the UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, a network established in 2012 to improve conversation and cooperation between various UN departments, agencies, and funding programs. Goodman’s “Master Class” presentation …

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Faculty

Lawrence J. Winship

… (magna cum laude, honors in biology) from Yale University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University, where he completed his dissertation on nitrogen fixation and nitrate assimilation by lupines in coastal California. He … woody plants, particularly alders. His recent research and teaching interests include the biophysics of gas …

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Kim Lee Ripley 90F

… is a Hampshire College alum who has been teaching infants and toddlers for nearly 20 years, including at Nonotuck … the Skinner Lab School at the University of Massachusetts, and, for the past 13 years, at the Early Learning Center.

 … in study tours of the early childhood schools of Pistoia and Reggio Emilia, Italy. Kim has been published in the book …

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