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Alumni Profile: Linda Earle 70F, NY Arts Program

… first entering class, Linda Earle 70F found herself in the midst of an evolving campus, a place where new ideas were transforming the meaning of a liberal arts education. 40 years later, as the executive director of the New York Arts Program , Earle …

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Professor Susana Loza on Why a Hampshire Education is a Dialogue, Not a Monologue

… media studies at Hampshire. Her research interests include the social construction of race and sex in speculative media; … gender and ethnic performativity in digital spaces; and the post-racial turn in popular culture; among others. We sat … more about what she loves about teaching at Hampshire and the variety of approaches her students take to consider the

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Hampshire College Professor Chris Perry Receives Technical Achievement Award

… Professor Chris Perry Receives Technical Achievement Award The Hampshire College community is definitely excited about the 2014 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awards … crossed for alumna Lupita Nyong'o 03F who, after wins at the Screen Actors Guild and Critics Choice Awards, is widely …

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April 29, 2019: Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President

… our students and support their education as we reinvent the College for a long future. We asked every division of the College to reduce its budget. We have to reduce our … with changes to our faculty: Faculty are not classified the same as staff because each professor has a contract with …

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Holding Hands with Ilse

… Holding Hands with Ilse Abraham Ravett (reprinted from the Summer 2016 issue of Hampshire's Non Satis Scire … I had been invited to give a retrospective of my films at the WRO Art Center in Wroclaw — I felt an unaccountable unease while riding the Communist-era trains. I thought of my family’s 1950 …

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Former Students Honor Legacy of Longtime Teacher of Martial Arts

… Marion Taylor taught martial arts in a way that embraced the College’s interdisciplinary academic philosophy. His impact here is now celebrated through the Marion Taylor Endowment Fund. The fund was established by Robert Lemelson ‘79F and other …

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Luna Goldberg Receives Fulbright Award

… Studies. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential. The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program …

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Betsy Hartmann

… received her B.A. from Yale University and her Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. Her research, writing, and lecturing focus on the intersections between population, migration, environment, … issues. During her time at Hampshire, she served as the director of the Population and Development Program. She …

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Abraham Ravett

… and photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past thirty-five years. He was born in Poland and raised in Israel and the U.S. Ravett has received grants for his work from the Massachusetts Cultural Council; National Foundation for …

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Div III Student Jordan Foley Takes an Analytical and Creative Deep Dive into Splatterpunk Horror

… to learn more about their Div III exploration  into the horror genre, the joys of watching scary movies with modmates, and how … were a lot of things that drew me to Hampshire initially—the gay reputation, the small student population, the ability …

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Garbology Selected as Common Reading for Fall 2013

… export, most prodigious product and greatest legacy—the biggest thing we make?" The answer (trash) should be clear from the title of his most recent book, Garbology: Our Dirty Love …

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Hampshire Alum and Filmmaker Allison A. Waite Receives Directors Guild of America Student Film Award

… alum Allison A. Waite 11F was named one of two winners in the Best African American Student Filmmakers category of the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Student Film Awards for her documentary film The Dope Years: The Story of Latasha Harlins . The awards …

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Yasmine El Baggari Pushes Academic and Geographic Boundaries in her Search for Knowledge

… it a goal to visit all 50 states before she graduated. By the time the spring 2014 semester began, the Moroccan native had already made it to 33. More …

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Gifts Support "“Bridge to College”"

… Gifts Support "“Bridge to College”" The First Niagara Foundation and the Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation have each … Hampshire Youth Connect, begun as a pilot program in the summer of 2011 through the support of community and …

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Culture, Brain & Development Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards

… Program Spring 2019 Student Grant Awards Amy Dryansky The Hampshire College Culture, Brain and Development (CBD) program is closing out the semester by awarding over $14,000 in grant funds to seven students. The grantees represent many fields of study and range from …

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January 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees

… 23, 2019: Letter from Hampshire's Board of Trustees To the Hampshire Community, Last Tuesday, with President … surprise. We regret that this news seemed to come out of the clear blue sky. The Board has been working with Mim since she arrived to …

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Culture, Brain, and Development Program Announces Latest Student Grant Awards

… Program Announces Latest Student Grant Awards Amy Dryansky The Culture, Brain, and Development (CBD) Program has awarded $13,600 to students in its fall grant cycle. The funds will support the research of 11 Hampshire students working across …

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Grant Will Support Conference Organized by Prof. Falguni Sheth

… and Professor Mickaella Perina have received a grant from the American Philosophical Association to support their work organizing the 2014 California Roundtable on Philosophy and Race. Sheth … political theory at Hampshire College. Perina is chair of the philosophy department at the University of Massachusetts …

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Alum Benjamin Mako Hill 99F Awarded a National Science Foundation CAREER Award

… alum Benjamin Mako Hill 99F, an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, received a National Science … Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award. The NSF’s CAREER award is a prestigious grant that supports …

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Hampshire’s Community Orientation Day Focuses on Reaffirming Commitment to Anti-Racism

… on Reaffirming Commitment to Anti-Racism As part of the College’s community orientation on August 31, which kicked off the fall semester, students, faculty, and staff came together … Institution: Knowledge, Action, and Commitment.” The session reaffirmed the College’s commitment to becoming …

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David H. Matheson P11 P13

… David H. Matheson P11 P13 David H. Matheson P11 P13 David Matheson joined the Board in 2014. He is a senior advisor to the Boston Consulting Group, where he worked from 1980 to …

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Rebecca Holland 77F

… Rebecca Holland 77F Brooklyn, New York Rebecca Holland is the assistant vice president for global standards and … in social and political history, she earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. … began her legal career as a criminal defense attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York City, working in the

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Hampshire Listed in Top 5 Schools to Study Video Game Design

… Listed in Top 5 Schools to Study Video Game Design The Princeton Review chose the schools based on a survey it conducted in fall 2013 of … offering video game design coursework and/or degrees in the United States, Canada, and some countries abroad. The

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New Exhibit Showcases Young Photographers from Vietnam

… have its U.S. premiere at Hampshire College this month.  The young photographers were students in a modern photography … an independent documentary center in Hanoi, Vietnam. The works represent the contemporary experience of a group of young, urban …

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Sept. 2-27: Anchor House Artists

… College is proud to announce its opening show for the fall 2013 gallery season: An exhibition by the Anchor House of Artists will run September 2-27, with an … Anchor House of Artists works to subsidize and promote the interests of artists living with mental illness. Not …

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