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Sept. 24: Hampshire Fall Feast & BAMCO Eat Local Challenge

… This event is tonight, Tuesday, Sept. 24, from 5-7 p.m. in the RCC. All in the Hampshire campus community are invited. Each fall for the past few years, students involved in the Local Foods …

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Professor Annie Rogers on Language and Art by Patients in Psychosis

… Annie Rogers’s  Incandescent Alphabets: Psychosis and the Enigma of Language (Karnac Books, May 2016) explores the connection between speech patterns and art made by … in psychosis and incorporates first-person accounts of the experience.  On April 27, 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., Rogers will …

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Notable Alumni

Jeff Ritter 78F P14

… a long time and a part of ‘alternative education’ since the first time I was exposed to outdoor education with Project Use in NJ at age 14. A year with the Trailside Country School traveling the country meeting resource people, camping, backpacking, …

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Chen Chen 07F

… Chen Chen 07F Chen Chen 07F Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further … (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. He is also the

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Hampshire Alum Elizabeth Brundage’s Newest Book Named a Must-Read for July by “The Today Show”

… Brundage’s Newest Book Named a Must-Read for July by “The Today Show” Amy Diehl Hampshire alum and author Elizabeth Brundage 78F’s newest book, The Vanishing Point , was recently named a must-read for July by The Today Show . The book was one of five selected by …

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Monique Roelofs

… professor emerita of philosophy, received her M.A. from the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland; and was a postdoctoral fellow in …

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Jeffrey Wallen

… Literary Politics and Public Culture was published by the University of Minnesota Press. Wallen has taught as a visiting professor at the Free University Berlin and at the University of Toulouse, and has been the director of …

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Daniel Kojo Schrade

… studied in Germany and Spain. He received an M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany. His paintings and … have been presented internationally, including at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Oaxaca, Mexico; Alliance … in Munchen, Germany; Muzej Grada in Rijeka, Croatia; and the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. He has taught …

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Student Profile: Div III Kamil Peters 06F

… find art where scrap metal used to be. Even as a student, the talented metal sculptor is already getting commissions … niche," says Peters. A January term blacksmithing class in the Lemelson Center with Hampshire graduate Ben Westbrook 99F finally led Peters in the right direction. Metal was his medium. In the years …

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Roddenberry Foundation Renews $100,000 Gift to Hampshire

… Hampshire College has received a gift of $100,000 from the Roddenberry Foundation to support student, faculty, and … of a $100,000 gift first given in 2012, which allows the college to fund a variety of scientific, technological, … and design projects intended to benefit society and the greater good. The Roddenberry Foundation is led by …

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Div III Profile: Hampshire’s Phuong Leverages Five Colleges for Advanced Engineering Studies

… Lan Phuong “Panda” Nguyen Hoang’s Division III thesis has the potential to stretch from here to the moon with her research focused on superconducting … a case study that relied on classes available through the Five College Consortium, has earned her acceptance into a …

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Hampshire Awards First Ikeda Soka Scholarship for Studies of Peace-Building, Empathy, Ethical Leadership

… third-year student Natalie Murphy Strohm has been awarded the first Ikeda Soka Scholarship, created with generous gifts … academic work relates to topics such as peace-building, the science of mind–body health, and developing greater humanity in self and society.  The endowment was established by Elisabeth Carter 82F, whose …

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Hampshire's Cristina Peña and Walker Staples Will Read in Five College PoetryFest

… and Walker Staples 10F will represent Hampshire College in the 12th Annual Five College PoetryFest. It will be held … Lecture Hall in Fayerweather Hall at Amherst College. The event is free and open to the public. PoetryFest celebrates the quality and range of …

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Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble 70F Interviewed on PBS NewsHour Regarding Black Patients’ Struggle for Equal Access

… Gamble 70F was interviewed on PBS NewsHour around the medical field’s long history of discrimination and abuse … patients and how these issues became magnified during the pandemic. Gamble is a professor of medical humanities at … University and an internationally recognized expert on the history of race and American medicine, racial and ethnic …

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Free Flu Shot Plus Funds for Doctors Without Borders

… officials combined free flu shots with an appeal to the strong social consciousness of students. For every … was given to Doctors Without Borders to support the fight against Ebola in West Africa. The funds were personal contributions from President Jonathan …

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Univ of Illinois Professor of African American Studies To Deliver Schocket Lecture

… African American studies and gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois, will speak on “Baldwin, Black Queer Radicalism, and the Critique of Western Civilization” at the ninth annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class …

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Framing Fantasy

… based on an invented mythic world. Her project was titled The Forbidden Trinity: A Graphic Novel, Story Cycle and Experimental Art Piece . Chapman-Hirsch's use of the graphic novel reflects her interest in animation, which … East Coast options limited. Hampshire offered not only the opportunity to study animation, but also the ability to …

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Professor Andrea Dezsö: “"The Metal is Paper"”

… Professor Andrea Dezsö: “"The Metal is Paper"” Michael Samuels 09F Three mosaics for the U.S. embassy in Bucharest, Romania, are only the most recent of numerous large-scale public art pieces by …

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No More Bottled Water Sales at Hampshire

… initiative. Last year, students worked both to halt the sale of bottled water and to educate the entire campus community about its environmental and economic costs. In addition to the environmental impact of producing and transporting …

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Advancement Office Celebrates Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff

… Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff During the month of December, more than $2 million was committed to Hampshire’s campaign, making it the most successful December ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A …

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Notable Alumni

Aaron Lansky 73F

… Aaron Lansky 73F Aaron Lansky 73F Aaron Lansky is the founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center and author of the Massachusetts Book Award–winning Outwitting History Aaron …

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Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President: May 8, 2019

… 2019 Dear Hampshire College Community, Every time I hear the Div-Free bell, it brings a smile. Congratulations to our … a Division III gallery exhibit running all next week, then the Division III Project and Performance Showcase next … honor our graduates’ accomplishments, as well as recognize the support of the many faculty, staff, and family members …

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Taking a Deep Dive into Dolphin Communication

… down to a specific major after just a year of college. The Five College Consortium also offers many resources and … to study marine mammals, I decided to concentrate on the marine world. I conducted an independent study with Dr. Sayigh, during which I learned the software for analyzing vocalizations. While taking …

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A Fresh Look at Local Flavor

… Cookbook supports local farmers and local foods market The Pioneer Valley has a new cookbook, the product of an academic project completed at Hampshire … last spring. Local Delectables: Seasonal Recipes from the Pioneer Valley was written by a May 2005 graduate of …

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Classes to Begin August 25: Planning for Fall at Hampshire

… At Hampshire, we are working to identify and dismantle the structures of implicit bias and white supremacy that have … to them with creativity and determination. We are applying the same creative thinking to the challenge of designing a safe, meaningful college …

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