Summer Academic Programs
… June and July, Hampshire College has offered a variety of summer academic programs designed to reflect our academic … June and July, Hampshire College has offered a variety of summer academic programs designed to reflect our academic …
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Vehicle Idling
… In order to reduce the health and environmental effects of vehicle exhaust, comply with the state's idling reduction … In order to reduce the health and environmental effects of vehicle exhaust, comply with the state's idling reduction …
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The Environmental Committee
… Committee The Environmental Committee (EnviroCom), made up of elected and appointed faculty, staff, and students, …
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The Global Education Office
… in contacting a GEO staff member. Students: In the event of an emergency while abroad, contact your local program … in contacting a GEO staff member. Students: In the event of an emergency while abroad, contact your local program …
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Short-Term Field Courses
… Short-Term Field Courses Hampshire College offers a number of faculty-led short-term field courses that provide students …
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News
'Quidditch' as Artificial Intelligence Experiment
… to graduate on May 22 - has created a computerized version of the rapid-fire game played by young witches and warlocks in J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter novels. But Crawford-Marks is doing far more … experiment that involves computerized generation of teams that either proceed in competition or fall by the …
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Student Plans Hampshire Deaf Studies Conference To Remove Barriers
… than other language courses she’d taken. On her first day of class, the professor used sign language to introduce an … the hearing and Deaf communities within the bounds of her Division III project. Her Division III thesis project … writing two audience research studies on portrayals of d/Deafness in mainstream media, and serving as lead …
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Reeve Thompson 93F: How Hampshire Prepared Me
… Thompson's work as a videogame producer and cofounder of the software company Department of Behavior and Logic. He also demonstrated Bali, a program … going on with this thing?' So I ended up learning all of these amazing technologies," he says. Red Hill Studios was …
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New Faculty Q&A with Jennifer Bajorek
… fourth-year student Emily Lawson gets to know one of the College’s newly appointed faculty members, Jennifer … earned her PhD in comparative literature at the University of California Irvine and followed that with a postdoc in the … Before Hampshire, she taught at Goldsmiths, University of London. Emily: First, a classic icebreaker. What’s a fun …
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Faculty
John Castorino
… research focus is examining the intracellular trafficking of the cancer-related protein CD147 and a family of monocarboxylate transporters. Due to the excellent work of his students, a new trafficking partner of CD147 has …
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Hampshire College Hosts Mount Holyoke Students Displaced by Storm Damage
… were no injuries reported. This is not the first example of mutual aid between Mount Holyoke and Hampshire College, or between Hampshire and the nearby community. In August of 2020, Hampshire announced that in partnership with the town of Amherst, the College would offer an isolation shelter for …
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Hampshire College Professor Alan Goodman to Present at Upcoming UN Training Conference
… UN Training Conference Hampshire College Professor of Biological Anthropology Alan Goodman will lead a training … session for all United Nations (UN) agencies as part of an upcoming conference dedicated to addressing racial … by the UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, a network established in 2012 to improve …
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Notable Alumni
Flavia Mayrinck Vidal 88F, Chair
… years at Phillips Academy, Andover, where she was director of the Brace Center for Gender Studies and instructor in … French Foundation. During the summers, she ran one of Andover’s learning in the world travel programs, Brazil … Flavia was a student representative to the School of Humanities & Arts and a S.A.M. in Merrill House. Flavia …
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Free Flu Shot Plus Funds for Doctors Without Borders
… shots with an appeal to the strong social consciousness of students. For every Hampshire student who received a flu … personal contributions from President Jonathan Lash, Dean of Students Byron McCrae, and health and counseling services … idea. Aierstuck was dealing with the practical concerns of setting up free flu shots, which are offered on scheduled …
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Faculty
Viveca Greene
… Her research focuses on far-right extremists’ uses of irony and social media, feminist satire and rape culture, … transdisciplinary academic journals ( Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society , Studies in American Humor , … Social Semiotics ), edited volumes ( The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy, The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in Late …
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Hampshire's Policy on Environmental, Social, and Governance Investing
… an SRI policy in the 1970s. In December 2011, the Board of Trustees voted to approve a new Policy on Environmental, … whose products and policies align with our core values of social responsibility and sustainability, rather than … to specific economic sectors. We are now nearing the end of the process of implementing the ESG policy, and one result …
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Chemistry Professor Expands Research on Mummies and Toxic Metal Contamination
… and Toxic Metal Contamination Mike Medeiros When Professor of Chemistry Dula Amarasiriwardena first studied Chilean … more than a decade ago, his research on the accumulation of trace metals in the mummies’ hair revealed evidence of arsenic poisoning. Last month, Amarasiriwardena returned …
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Letter on Historical Harassment Complaint Decision
… the investigation the College heard other allegations of inappropriate behavior, suggesting that this was not an … in coming forward to share them. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees has met to review the findings of the …
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Welcome Chief Advancement Officer Jennifer Chrisler
… advancement. Before that, she was vice president of alumnae relations at Smith College, her alma mater. Jennifer will be a member of Hampshire’s leadership team, guiding the development of our strategic advancement plan including an emerging major …
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Number Theory
… really catches Engberg's attention. Essentially a study of the properties of integers (negative and positive numbers and zero, … fractions), it's a field that has captivated some of history's greatest mathematical minds. "There are a lot of …
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Folk Music Collective
… fiddles, whatever works when it comes to the task of making a little harmonious noise. For a while inside it's … Folk Music Collective. Emily Haynes Horne 07F is one of the founders of the group. Though she enjoyed playing music with some …
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Aimee Aubin's Division III is a Gift
… summer employer offered her full-time work at the expense of her last year of college. After briefly considering the offer, Aubin … explore my education." Aubin's Division III, a collection of fiction entitled Like a Nice Warm Bath , explores …
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Local Food Challenge
… never mind stocking up on soda. Heck, even bananas are out of the loop. But does that seem to faze Hampshire students … that's completely native," said Malaika Mara Spencer, one of the students involved in the challenge. As the name … here, that's been around about five or six years, so a lot of students are eating locally. But the next step was to do a …
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Bridging Divides, Embracing Diversity Through Spiritual Student Life Work
… understanding and mutual respect about differences of faith and worldview as a vital step toward a less divided … Alyssa, who also goes by Al, was selected to become one of only 10 college students from across the country to serve … with skills to bring together students from a variety of backgrounds, histories, and religions. Al manages …
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Faculty
Amy Jordan
… Amy Jordan Amy Jordan, associate professor of African American history, received her doctorate in history from the University of Michigan in 2003. Amy has conducted oral histories with … in Mississippi, and has conducted workshops on the history of anti-poverty and welfare rights activism. Her essay, …
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