News
Radio Interview with Dean Roof: Students Help Transform Campus Energy Use
… the efforts of students partnered with campus leaders and others to take responsibility for the energy we use on campus. Their results include a plan for the campus to go solar this year, and the construction of a new carbon-neutral living building …
Read More
Short-term Field Courses
… 1 Summer Courses: March 1 Application Instructions Apply for a short-term field course through The GEO Portal Applications for winter courses will open in September Applications for summer courses will open in January Students may only …
Read More
Faculty
William Kramer
… Kramer, emeritus professor of theatre, holds the B.F.A. and M.F.A. degrees in design for the theatre. He has directed for stage and television. Professor Kramer’s designs have been seen in …
Read More
News
OPRA's Karen Warren Selected to Give 2014 Kurt Hahn Address
… 2014 Kurt Hahn Address Hampshire College Outdoor Programs and Recreational Athletics (OPRA) instructor Karen Warren … Hahn Address at the 42nd Annual International Association for Experiential Education (AEE) Conference in October. … award. It recognizes Warren for innovative programming and numerous publications and presentations in the United …
Read More
News
Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President: July 10, 2019
… College Community, As we start our new fiscal year and prepare for what promises to be a transformative school year for … anniversary in fall 2020—I want to recognize our staff and faculty who have remained with the College under the most …
Read More
News
Roddenberry Big Impact Grants Awarded
… Grants Awarded Two Hampshire graduates, Aaron Wieler 01F and Benjamin Herson 95F , have been awarded a total of … Impact grant program. Funded by the Roddenberry Foundation and run by Hampshire's Creativity Center, the grant program … things I've done this year." A grant of $7,060 was awarded for Wieler's project, a prototype of a set of connecting …
Read More
Admissions Counselor
Robyn Smith 11F
… 11F Robyn Smith (she/her) is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town , … DC Comics' Nubia: Real One (written by L.L. McKinney), and Black Josei Press' Wash Day (written by Jamila Rowser). … She has an M.F.A. from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has worked on comics for College Humor, The Nib, and …
Read More
News
Professor Roosbelinda Cárdenas Wins Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
… hold sway little in their country; yet, they’ve fought for social and economic justice in the face of continuous adversity. … Roosbelinda Cárdenas, assistant professor of anthropology and Latin American studies. Last spring, she was awarded a …
Read More
News
Hampshire Alum Heather Boushey 88F Serves as Key Member of Biden Economic Team
… as Key Member of Biden Economic Team Amy Diehl Economist and Hampshire alum Heather Boushey 88F currently serves as a … 2021. Boushey is co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, where she served as president and CEO from 2013-2020 before joining the Biden team. Boushey …
Read More
News
University of California Professor To Talk Class Struggle in Black Studies at 2017 Schocket Lecture
… tenth-annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class and Culture. University of California English Professor Fred Moten, a 2016 Guggenheim Fellow and researcher of black studies, performance studies, … subjects and objects? What work does such looking do on or for or to or against the world? Moten’s talk is an engagement …
Read More
News
Fall 2020 Update from the President
… Fall 2020 Update from the President Dear students, staff, and faculty, As we pass the middle of the fall semester, we … both how much effort was required to make it possible for our community to gather (mostly) in person, and how impressively Hampshire has risen to the challenge of …
Read More
News
Hampshire has Four Connections to 2014 Academy Awards
… has Four Connections to 2014 Academy Awards Three alums and one faculty member from Hampshire College have received … Arts & Sciences: Lupita Nyong'o 03F won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 12 Years a Slave. … More » Chris Perry, associate professor of media arts and science, was honored at the Academy's Scientific and …
Read More
News
Video of Commencement Keynote Address by Laverne Cox
… Keynote Address by Laverne Cox Actress, writer, producer, and transgender advocate Laverne Cox delivered the keynote … She lends her voice to the cause of transgender visibility and equality, and is committed to telling diverse and … affect the trans* community. Cox received critical praise for her role in the independent feature film Music Chairs in …
Read More
News
Hampshire Brings Choice to an Increasingly Conformist Higher Education Landscape
… Higher Education Landscape Students, alumni, employees, and communities say "colleges like Hampshire bring choice to … conformist higher education landscape; serve as incubators for education innovation; help students thrive who would be … democracy.” Read the The Hechinger Report . Listen on GBH News. Portraits by Sophie Park for The Hechinger Report …
Read More
Notable Alumni
Jonathan Friedland 77F
… 77F Jonathan Friedland is the chief communications officer for Netflix. He has spent more than 20 years in journalism and communications Friedland leads a global team responsible … communications, social media, brand public relations, and publicity for original Netflix shows such as Orange is …
Read More
Faculty
Abraham Ravett
… Abraham Ravett Abraham Ravett holds a B.F.A and M.F.A in filmmaking and photography and has been an independent filmmaker for the past thirty-five years. He was born in Poland and …
Read More
News
College Innovators Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift
… has got all this great, useful stuff created on campus, and sometimes it's hard to get it out into the world," said Colin Twitchell, instructor for design and innovation for social change. "This can really help turn …
Read More
Admissions Counselor
Unique Mical Robinson 05F
… Unique Mical Robinson is a writer/performer, professor, and proud Baltimore, Maryland native. She received her M.F.A. in English from Mills College, and a B.A. in creative writing/Black studies from Hampshire … and direct action campaigns, including increasing funding for Baltimore City Schools in her youth, reproductive …
Read More
News
Div III Profile: Project Partners Design Natural Haircare Product Venture
… “Have you ever read the back of your shampoo bottle, and struggled to figure out what those ingredients really … Office. “I noticed there wasn’t an infrastructure for hair products black folks could use in Germany," Schrade … Beauty Supply in Amherst , and online at lymphandhoney.com . “I feel lucky. I just turned 22, and I know what my …
Read More
News
Joshua Reynolds Awarded Earl Ubell Grant
… has influenced generations of American science writers. For his Division III project, Reynolds is creating an … says the book will also "touch on issues of climate change and human impact on the environment." His Div III faculty … from 1966 to 1972, and from 1978 to 1995. He served as the news director for WNBC-TV News from 1972 to 1976. Ubell …
Read More
Notable Alumni
Jacob Reider 83F P10
… who wants the world to be more healthy. He has worked for decades to improve the health of our communities through the innovative use of technology, and the promotion of benevolence in business. He is … Health, a New York health transformation initiative, and serves as adviser, investor, and/or Director for several …
Read More
News
Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President: June 13, 2019
… that would empower them to direct their own education and lead independent work. As a community of lifelong … that empowers students like no other. We are hopeful for Hampshire’s future, and along with our entire leadership … it coming in the last couple of months in response to the news of our current challenges. On April 5, I agreed to serve …
Read More
News
Sports Recap: Three Hampshire Teams Compete in League Playoffs
… (USCAA) Nationals. Hampshire women’s soccer qualified for the first-round play-in game this year for the YSCC … women’s basketball also qualified for the playoffs, and traveled to Maine for the regional tournament. The men’s and women’s cross-country team competed at the YSCC …
Read More
Admissions Counselor
William S. Null 72F P08
… William S. Null 72F P08 William S. Null 72F P08 Chair Audit and Risk Management Bill Null joined the Board of Trustees in 2013 and is currently serving as Vice Chair. Bill is a partner at … & Feder LLP. He has served as the firm’s managing partner for 15 years and was a member of the management committee for …
Read More
News
President’s Invite to Invent Hampshire’s Future
… Invite to Invent Hampshire’s Future Dear Staff, Students, and Faculty, I invite us all to work together this fall to … Hampshire opened, the College’s staff, students, faculty, and Board embraced a radical mission: to utterly reimagine the purpose of liberal education for the times in which they lived, and make that vision …
Read More