… Side and the way its history has been rewritten over time to meet the needs of those in the local community. Philip … TEDx conferences and music festivals. She strives to find interdisciplinary approaches to bridging communities and catalyzing empowerment and …

… I just hate everything else about them. I didn’t want to make a Div III project that just makes computer … more than the actualization of man’s greatest desire to possess and control.” That sent me on this tangent … hides beneath these mechanical structures. I wanted to express that in the form of robotic metal sculpture …

… crowd at the panel "Making Waves: Social Justice at 45" to shout out the names of alums who were bringing change to the world, she did something very Hampshire. "We're here," … College President Jonathan Lash in his opening remarks, "to honor a remarkable past, celebrate the present, and set …

… known as a BESSIE award. The BESSIE is often referred to as the dance world's equivalent of an Oscar. Keithley won … It's an extremely dense piece of text that took me ages to figure out how to stage." Combining elements of opera, radio play, light …

… groups of college students and recent graduates to explore different national histories of discrimination and resistance to injustice, as well as examples of contemporary issues … affecting minority groups. The programs are also intended to instill in Fellows a responsibility to recognize the need …

… designs by ten local craftspeople. From bespoke shoes to flat caps and everything in between, ten expert artisans … and narrative storytelling materials will be on display to educate the public about producing local textile — introducing them to the land, the people, and businesses integral to the …

… Finkelstein honed her fluency in Spanish during visits to Costa Rica and other Central American countries, but last … she began putting her familiarity with the language to use on a new challenge. Working primarily with the community group Holyoke Organized to Protect the Environment (HOPE), Finkelstein was one of …

… courses — four on the college level and six precollege — to its innovative Summer Academic Programs, which are now … programs run four weeks, June 4–29, and are open not only to college and graduate students but also to professionals; the precollege programs, for secondary …

… are scavengers, they are good for the environment." Due to urban runoff, water quality in the bay is worsening, leading to degradation of sea grass, the habitat of choice for blue crabs too small to fend for themselves in open water. Over the past four …

… of the Five College Digital Humanities Program, are given to one student from each college and receive funding from the … that "things are still up in the air" when it comes to the ownership of digital art, and that it can be difficult to determine who truly owns artwork once it is posted online. …

… Short Story Prize is an international award given annually to promote talented new and emerging voices and bring them to a global audience. D’Almeida is the first Sri Lankan to win the overall prize and the second to win for the Asia …

… that substantially expand, or swell, in water. Le points to their importance in our daily lives, used in everything from contact lenses to baby diapers, biomaterials, sensors, and drug delivery … "Before the project, we didn't have a good system to look at [the properties of hydrogels]," she says. Le's …

… entire life and Hampshire College has always been special to me. I believe in Hampshire’s mission and the comprehensive education available to students. I love that students are able to fully dive into their personal passions and interests and …

… She would find another, more practical area of study to focus on, and dancing, well, as always, dancing would be … after her courses began revealing how much more she had to learn about the field. Taking the Dancing Modern I class … class blew my mind," Firkins says. "It opened my eyes to all the movement opportunities I'd dismissed. She had us …

… Division III student Milo Muise says. "Poetry is able to approach an idea without caging it, without reducing it to something small and comprehensible. Sometimes poems make … dizzy, echo around in me for days after reading." To Muise, poetry isn't about finding a straightforward …

… Non-Human Scholars-In-Residence Hampshire College is proud to announce the founding of the world's only academic program … office in the Cole Science Center. "We are delighted to have representatives of the Physarum genus join our … from a non-human perspective, these superorganisms promise to greatly enhance intellectual life on campus by helping us …

… our collective history, and understanding that allows us to understand our present," says McKinley E. Melton, a … College faculty member. “Baldwin's words continue to resonate,” he says, “to bring significant insight into contemporary issues such as …

… Commencement ceremony in 1975, she expected the College to use it once, retire it, then ask another student or professor to reimagine it the following year. The practice dated back to the first Commencement, in 1971. “Students had been coming …

… Samuels 09F Maud Daudon 73F has a resume that's hard to beat. She has been the chief financial officer of the Port … Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. She recently decided not to run for mayor. For Daudon, these positions are "perches" to help the public sector. "I want to bring the private …

… accounts, their profile info was automatically transmitted to Chapsky. He organized the data around the "Big Five Theory of Personality." The theory is used to describe human personality through five traits: openness … compassion and cooperation), and neuroticism (a tendency to experience unpleasant emotions easily). "Each person has …

… at various music festivals. They submitted a video to FreshGrass in August, and were thrilled to make the finals. For Hargreaves, it was less about winning … with others. She believes that music is “a chance to lose yourself and become part of a greater whole.” When …

… Revolving Fund (SURF) comes in. It lends money to environmentally friendly projects that will save money … down the road. Once the money is made back, it returns to the fund to be used for another project. In 2011, Hampshire joined the …

… and questioning work, Hampshire students are encouraged to develop a responsive vision of the world around them, … students discover and develop their own voices, and learn to read as writers. Our faculty also believe that each student's journey to writing is unique. Students are encouraged to develop …

… were starving during the siege. Most people don’t want to read about this. But I guess I’m in a strange kind of role. I’m the person who wants to read this.”            Barskova, associate professor of … She was born in Leningrad — known as St. Petersburg prior to 1924 and returning to that name in 1991 — and was a …

… aquaponics growing structure, which Robert and Liam refer to as a “wall,” is packed with a variety of edible greens, … side. The setup is tall, but just a couple of feet wide. To build their wall, the sustainably minded duo took … by Robert in a lake near his Connecticut home. “I like to make the best out of what you have,” Liam says, “scraps, …