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Hampshire College Graduate Hayden Gadd 18S Announced as Winner of 2021 Lorna M. Peterson Prize
… College graduate Hayden Gadd 18S was announced as the winner of the 2021 Lorna M. Peterson Prize. The Lorna M. Peterson Prize supports scholarly and creative …
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New Students at Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice
… Hampshire Join a Conversation on Race and Justice How does the legacy of slavery continue to shape, and even haunt, the understanding of race, gender, and power in contemporary … was sent to all incoming students in June to read over the summer. Professor Chris Tinson will deliver a public …
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April 1, 2019: Statement from Luis Hernandez 70F and Kim Saal 70F
… Statement from Luis Hernandez 70F and Kim Saal 70F To the Hampshire Community, We write to you with the news that Chair Gaye Hill P02 has resigned from … Board of Trustees effective immediately. As stipulated in the College’s bylaws, Luis Hernandez 70F, the longest serving …
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Hampshire Plans for In-Person Academic Year 2021-22
… resuming a fully in-person student experience for the 2021–22 academic year. Once again, we will welcome all … student experience. While remaining vigilant about the safety needs of our community and aligned with public … amenities, co-curricular activities, and services in the coming academic year. Our optimism stems from our proven …
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Jutta Sperling
… Jutta Sperling Jutta Sperling received her M.A. from the Universität Göttingen and her Ph.D. from Stanford … history and visual culture, with a special emphasis on the Italian Renaissance, global cults of the Virgin Mary, medieval Ethiopia, decolonial archive …
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ParaNorman Set Dresser Duncan Gillis
… February 25, 2013 By Michael Samuels 09F ParaNorman , the stop-action movie from Laika Entertainment, about a … for Best Animated Feature Film at this year's Oscars. The movie's credits include directors Sam Fell and Chris … as a set dresser," he explains. "We start with all of the set pieces and various props which have been built for …
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After Service In AmeriCorps and Peace Corps, Leanna Pohevitz Earns Fulbright to Brazil
… an opportunity to advance her teaching skills; learn about the people, education system, and culture of the country; and practice Portuguese. A prolific world … that if I spoke them, opportunities to engage with the world became available.” Before leaving for her Fulbright …
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Hampshire Alum Evan Viera Animates Coldplay's Interactive Video "Ink"
… Video "Ink" Coldplay’s new interactive video features the animation work of Hampshire College alum Evan Viera 02F. The video, made for the song “Ink” off of the band’s 2014 album Ghost Stories , …
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Alum Lisa Trivedi to Give Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement
… Lecture in Honor of Professor's Retirement In honor of the retirement of Professor of History and American Studies Susan Tracy at the end of this term, her former student Lisa Trivedi 86F will return to campus December 4 to give the lecture "The Mother's Death: Bombay's millwomen and the …
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CLA Awards for Student Groups' Hampedia Pages
… than 95 student groups, and they play an important role in the campus community. Last semester, Campus Leadership & … a contest for student group Hampedia pages, highlighting the diversity of groups and students' impressive abilities to … mission to allow students to design their own education. The group preserves the College's alternative nature by …
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In Memory of Marion Taylor
… born in Chicago, passed away peacefully on November 17 at the Fisher House in North Amherst. He met death bravely, … 2012. He is survived by many hundreds of students across the country and friends around the world, all of whom mourn his loss. Marion was an …
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Carol Varney Elected Alumni Trustee
… Mike Medeiros Carol Varney ’90F was voted in as one of the College’s two elected alumni trustees last spring, … she plans to draw on her work as executive director of the Bay Area Video Coalition (BAVC)—and her experiences as a … Varney brings years of nonprofit experience: she’s been on the boards of the Bay Area Chapter of the NAMES Project, …
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A Tree of Cultural and Economic Importance
… around trees. Emily Horne 07F might not have chopped down the proverbial cherry tree, but she did explore the story of the American chestnut for her Division III project. "It's a …
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Alumni Profile: Gerald Warburg 74S
… When Gerald Warburg 74S is asked about his new position at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of … college founder Thomas Jefferson. "Jefferson's vision of the university was to train the men and women who are going to run our democracy, and we …
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The Ultimate Limits of Computation
… The Ultimate Limits of Computation Michael Samuels 09F Marco … Hampshire to do what is, basically, math. He contends that the freedom to self-direct is just as beneficial for studying … Carmosino's Division III project deals with "P versus NP," the unanswered question of whether or not the solution to any …
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Fish, Food, and Funerals
… with anthropology and food studies. These topics were the focus of his Division III (senior project), "Going Native with Disposable Chopsticks," a study of the popularity of ethnic restaurants and how they shape the American view of other cultures. His current work …
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A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Game Design
… Fay led Cognitive Science 327, a cutting-edge class where the liberal arts tradition meets the professional world. Over the course of three months, a group of students, faculty, …
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Statement on Investment Policy and Fossil Fuel and Private Prison Industries
… Industries David Dinerman, Hampshire Trustee and Chair of the Investment Committee Hampshire College has had a … Governance (ESG)-oriented investing, which dates back to the college’s early days. As an example, Hampshire was the first college to divest from South Africa. Hampshire’s …
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Writing Comics About Monsters and God
… Comics About Monsters and God Giovana Romano Sanchez The first time Gabriel Horvath 14F felt a spiritual … connection, something they could call “divine,” was the first time they came out as transgender. Maybe, they … me meant that something in me could also open itself up to the presence of God.” So Horvath decided to write – and draw …
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Student Presents Original Research of 16th Century Maya at American Chemical Society Symposium
… to study ancient Mayan teeth and try to assess the degree to which the Spanish who invaded their region in the 16th Century had affected their health. “Teeth grow like …
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Hollywood Animation Alum Builds Stop-Motion Studio at Hampshire
… animation veteran and alum Dillon Markey, who led the building of it while on a one-year teaching assignment at the College this past year. Markey and his wife, fellow filmmaker Sanda Lozancic, with the help of students, built the studio in a former storage …
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Artist and Hampshire Alum Leidy Churchman 98F’s Paintings are Absorbing Meditations of Consciousness
… curiosity, ideas of perception and knowing. From the scale of Churchman’s paintings, which can vary from … Churchman’s work is currently in collections at the Whitney Museum of American Art and mumok, and their work … Brandhorst in Munich, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2019, the …
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Playwright and Scientist
… play on eating disorders for her senior project (called the Division III). The play was staged on campus, with the actors also leading a forum to discuss eating disorders. …
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'Quidditch' as Artificial Intelligence Experiment
… not Hogwarts Academy, Raphael Crawford-Marks has spent the past year fine-tuning his Quidditch skills. … graduate on May 22 - has created a computerized version of the rapid-fire game played by young witches and warlocks in … of teams that either proceed in competition or fall by the wayside according to their ability to adapt to the …
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Music Professor Junko Oba Uses Listening to Explore Musical Sensibilities and Sound Cultures
… Oba was recently selected for a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)-funded summer seminar for higher education faculty working around the political, social, and cultural impacts of radio and … decolonization. Earlier this year, Oba was also chosen for the first cohort of Hampshire’s Ethics and the Common Good …
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