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Appointment of Co-Deans of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
… and Inclusion (IDI) starting in July 2020. We are grateful for the work that Natalie Sowell, the current dean of IDI, … learning opportunities, and build a vision for an institutional culture that matches our aspirations. Leading the search for this important leadership position, Natalie has been …
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2014 CBD Fall Grant Awards Announced
… Division III, Dance-Based Movement as an Intervention for Neurogenerative Disorders . Zoe Schact-Levine, Division … and an annual student retreat. See the CBD web site for more information about the program, grant deadlines, and … and Neil Stillings with seed funds from the Foundation for Psychocultural Research, CBD welcomes students from all …
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Staff
Kim Lee Ripley 90F
… College alum who has been teaching infants and toddlers for nearly 20 years, including at Nonotuck Community School, … Lab School at the University of Massachusetts, and, for the past 13 years, at the Early Learning Center.
Kim … early childhood professional development conferences. For the past three years, Kim has participated in a …
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Faculty
Omar S. Dahi
… of the Hampshire AAUP, and as interim vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of faculty. He is the founding … of Critical Security Studies within the Arab Council for the Social Sciences (ACSS). Dahi has served as a lead … and Social Commission of West Asia's National Agenda for the Future of Syria program. Dahi was born and raised in …
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Results of Removing Standardized Test Scores from College Admissions
… education to the outcomes of a test, the only incentive for schools and students to innovate is in the form of … and scores. Teaching to a test becomes stifling for teachers and students, far from the inspiring, adaptive … innovation, ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and a capacity for mobilizing collaboration and cooperation. We weighed …
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Area Of Study
Writing and Creative Writing
… readers and practitioners. There are no prerequisites for this course, but students should be ready to engage … "Political Imagination" Style and Sensibility: Strategies for Fiction Writers The Practice of Literary Journalism Who's Telling This Story: Point of View for Fiction Writers Writing World Families: making inclusive …
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Hampshire College Events: September and October 2017
… If you have an event that you would like to submit for future articles, please e-mail … and place in multimedia installations developed especially for this exhibition. Cuba Symposium Thursday, September 21, … 93 min.), is Abraham Ravett’s documentary about the search for the teenage German girl who took care of the filmmaker …
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Issues of Migration and Immigration
… of Second Generation Turkish Women in Berlin, Germany For May 2007 Hampshire College graduate Sophie Woodruff, … in fall 2006 to conduct ethnographic field research for her Division III. Drawing on and expanding the network … on the experiences of this specific group of Muslim women. For Woodruff, a New Orleans native with a sunny, outgoing …
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'Art Questions' Course Provides Sweeping, Immersive Arts Experience
… funded by a coveted grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) recently capped their studies by … and Art History Karen Koehler. Koehler applied for, and was awarded, a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) “Enduring Questions” grant, awarded …
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Student Presents Original Research of 16th Century Maya at American Chemical Society Symposium
… Society Symposium John Courtmanche and Mike Medeiros For her Division III capstone research last year, Hannah … health changed when the Spanish invaded that territory.” For her research, Huggins utilized Hampshire’s inductively … era, Huggins did not find lead in these children’s teeth. For her Division III research project, Huggins was also …
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Notable Alumni
Brett Morgen 87F
… in the Picture ) and the O.J. Simpson car chase (ESPN 30 for 30 short June 17, 1994 ). He has been nominated for Academy and Emmy Awards. Notable AlumniAlumni … Morgen … in the Picture ) and the O.J. Simpson car chase (ESPN 30 for 30 short June 17, 1994 ). He has been nominated for …
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Photos from TEDxHampshireCollege
… members of the worker-owned cooperative The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA); Dean of the School for Interdisciplinary Arts Djola Branner; and current … members of the worker-owned cooperative The Toolbox for Education and Social Action (TESA); Dean of the School …
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Student Receives $5,000 Award at Women's Entrepreneurship Competition
… that female entrepreneurs face when seeking funding for startup businesses. The competition has grown into a … in the competition. Last year, they won a $500 prize for the Painter Printer, demonstrating significant progress … our network, as we found some potential new members for our team at the event.” The Painter Printer team intends …
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Alum Filmmaker Shalini Kantayya’s Newest Documentary “Coded Bias” Airs on PBS
… from the Hamptons International Film Festival and an award for Best International Documentary from the Calgary … International Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Sundance Film Festival’s Grand Jury Prize and the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Science Documentary. Kantayya’s debut feature, …
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Notable Alumni
Jen Rosenblit 01F
… of a 2014 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Emerging Choreographer. Rosenblit is also an inaugural … recipient of the 2012 Grant to Artists from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and a 2009 Fresh Tracks artist (Dance … is also currently making Swivel Spot, a companion solo for Clap Hands to premiere Winter 2017 at The Kitchen in NYC. …
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Student Innovations Shine at Digital Humanities Showcase
… program, which offers fellowships and project funding for students and faculty members, and residencies for scholars. At the symposium, students will discuss … at 2 pm geared toward helping students learn how to apply for a 5CollDH fellowship. The presentations will begin at 3 …
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Project Changes Paper Purchasing Policy
… statistics related to their performance in campus machines for one month. Her findings—which showed no overall … waste, 100 percent chlorine free recycled paper for general use in copiers and printers campus wide, … ecology and entomology, who chaired the faculty committee for Gravenstine's project. In addition to conducting the …
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Science Internship Gala
… in settings including New York University's Center for Neural Science, Harvard Medical School, laboratories at … assist students interested in arranging summer internships for 2009. The School of Natural Science and the Career … the National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF REU) program. Britton Van Vleek …
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Studying Interdisciplinarity in Arts Education . . . Interdisciplinarily
… Michael Samuels 09F "I've got quite a long title for my Div III," warns Michael Beggs. Learning Art: … both the theory and the practice of teaching art. For theory, Beggs wrote a history of the use of … of as a process that could be applied to any discipline." For practice, Beggs taught a January term course on color …
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Dana Pollan's Family Cookbook Encourages Healthy Eating
… and sometimes get stuck trying to come up with new ideas for dinners. They all turn to their mother, Corky, for recipes she made when they were growing up. Finally, they … wait to take turns—all of which are extremely important for developing social skills,” she says. Her experience at …
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Five Hampshire College Science Students Receive Coppinger Grants
… lab work with Jeffrey Blanchard, co-director of the Center for Microbiome Research at the University of Massachusetts. … Division II, “A Local Study of Molecular Adaptation for Cold-Select A. tsugae Populations.” Hecking’s study will … Castorino. Benjamin Liebman, Division II and preparation for Division III, “The functional significance of CD147 …
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Faculty
Raymond Coppinger
… investigation into the behavior of a new kind of dog for farmers and ranchers in the United States has resulted in … to assistance dogs. His first-hand knowledge of harnesses for dogs, the mechanics and physiology of pulling, and the … always supplemented by a day or two searching local waters for the perfect fish. The Hampshire community mourns the loss …
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NSF awards $300,000 to Five Collegeled collaboration
… program at Mount Holyoke and the Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education (CAITE) are also … development, to determine the best opportunities for improvement. The heart of the WMMP will be five working … groups will develop an evidence-based project design for improving mathematics education and preparing new …
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Div III Profile: Flannery Weiss Drafts Sex Health Education Curriculum
… education. Weiss designed an inclusive sex-ed curriculum for K-12 schools based on a year of intensive research, with … would be like on a college campus. This is important.” For her thesis, Weiss took an exhaustive look at her subject: … multiple angles. There are very few federal regulations for sexual-health education in America, Weiss says; policy is …
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Grant Funds Database of Science and Islam Videos
… evaluate the content,” he said. “This site would be useful for professors looking for videos for use in their classrooms as well as for the general public …
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