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Yash Patankar 06F Receives Dartmouth Graduate Fellowship

… 06F is one of the recipients of the John H. Cophenhaver and William Thomas Fellowship at Dartmouth College for the 2013 academic year. The fellowship provides a stipend for a year for graduate students in the molecular and cellular biology program at Dartmouth. "I know that what …

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How Hampshire Celebrated Earth Day 2015

… at Hampshire College this year was lively, strategical, and filled with a warm April sun and breeze. Just the day prior, Hampshire was highlighted by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in High Education …

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Eugene Mirman 92F

… Eugene Mirman 92F Eugene Mirman 92F Actor, comedian, and writer Mirman is the voice of Gene Belcher on the Fox … , cohosts StarTalk Live! with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and authored The Will to Whatevs . It Started As a Joke , … with his wife and the comedy festival he hosted for a decade, received accolades at multiple film festivals. …

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Unpacking Uber

… Sacrifice in the 21st Century: Notes on Labor, Uber, and Capitalist Social Control,” Ongweso writes that Uber’s … and they’re killing themselves. They’re being sacrificed for profit.” Ongweso initially met Uber drivers when he was … graduation. “They’re all talking about driving strategies, news [about Uber], and getting by,” he says. “Reading the …

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Study Abroad: A Semester in Madrid

… 09F "No tenemos ni notas ni examenes," I explained, again and again, to almost everyone I met. "Y cada uno de nosotros … all kinds of surprising benefits, new skills learned and new ideas encountered. For a Hampshire student, it also means getting good at …

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Jennifer Chrisler

… Hampshire’s chief advancement officer from 2019 to 2024, and during her tenure launched the largest major fundraising … plan. In July 2024, she became vice president for institutional support, where she leads fundraising, alumni and family relations, enrollment, financial aid, marketing …

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Alumni Profile: Gerald Warburg 74S

… University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, he refers to college founder Thomas … "Jefferson's vision of the university was to train the men and women who are going to run our democracy, and we don't … Warburg studied educational policy and law at Hampshire. For his Division III (senior) project, he wrote a thesis on …

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Hampshire College Offers Scholarship to Attend Vermont Law School

… to Attend Vermont Law School  Hampshire College students and alums who would like to shape policy affecting the … energy, take note. Hampshire offers an annual scholarship for a student or an alum within ten years after graduation to earn a master’s degree and/or JD from Vermont Law School (VLS), consistently ranked …

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Harris-Veit Artists'’ Grant Fund Will Support Student Work

… Support Student Work A $200,000 gift from Joan A Harris and Steven W. Veit to Hampshire College has established an endowed fund that supports grants for Division III (senior) projects for students concentrating … with funding to buy materials for their projects and to host gallery shows that exhibit their Div III work. …

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Jamie Citron 01F Named to Biden-Harris Administration

… was recently named a special assistant to the president for presidential personnel for the Biden-Harris … Citron is a former Obama White House staff member and longtime director of development strategy at the Obama … special assistant to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood …

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Jeffrey Hollender 74S

… Generation, the American Sustainable Business Council, and Sustain Natural Jeffrey Hollender is a leading authority on corporate responsibility, sustainability and social equity. More than twenty years ago, he co-founded … company into a leading natural product brand known for its authenticity, transparency, and progressive business …

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New Board Chair Jose Fuentes Letter to Hampshire Community

… I’ve had the privilege of founding two ed-tech companies and developing software platforms to increase access to knowledge and move education forward. I’ve also gratefully served … Hampshire is being forced to change, and we are overdue for change. It’s a great honor and opportunity to be able to …

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Alum Ché Williams Uses Filmmaking to Tell Stories From the Inside Looking Out

… Williams 16F has been working as a production assistant for a docuseries on the Tulsa Race Massacre that will air on … the commodification of youth basketball, why who we film and how we film matters, and what inspired him to choose Hampshire. What first brought …

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Experimenting at Hampshire Summer Academic Programs

… dive into study areas they're passionate about with alums and other faculty at the forefront of their fields. The Creative Media Institute; the Food, Farm, and Sustainability Institute; the Institute for Curatorial Practice; the Institute for Transforming …

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Fall Internship Dinner 2013

… Options Resource Center (CORC), Community Partnerships for Social Change (CPSC), Civil Liberties and Public Policy (CLPP), James Baldwin Scholars, Global Migrations Fund, Law Program, and Human Rights Fund hold the event to showcase the success …

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Hampshire Alum Evan Viera Animates Coldplay's Interactive Video "Ink"

… of Hampshire College alum Evan Viera 02F. The video, made for the song “Ink” off of the band’s 2014 album Ghost Stories … through a tale of a man seeking out his lost love. Viera and fellow animation lead John Robson worked with a team of … with Blind, the agency that produced “Ink,” through friend and studio mate Paul Kim, who served as art director on the …

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Community Commons Summer Grants Announced

… through grant-funded internships, volunteer placements and independent projects. These experiences are invaluable to students as they explore and envision the academic and career paths they want to … and students had to quickly figure out alternatives for summer work. In response, several Hampshire programs …

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Mellon Grant of $1.2 Million Funds Reinvention of Hampshire Library

… projects from concept through collaboration to completion. And a major foundation has endorsed the plan by awarding the … to the College’s proposal, titled Learning Commons 3.0, for the reinvention of the Harold F. Johnson Library. … team will utilize the funds to develop service models and to modernize and transform the library into an integrated …

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Alumni Profile: Maud Daudon 73F’'s "“Triple Bottom Line”"

… financial officer of the Port of Seattle, the president and CEO of an employee-owned investment bank, and the deputy mayor and chief of staff for the city of Seattle. She co-chairs Washington State's …

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Board Statement: February 18, 2019

… College met to discuss progress on the efforts to envision and plan for Hampshire’s future. The Board voted to issue the … this time of transformative change. We greatly respect and appreciate her integrity, knowledge, skill, and fortitude …

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A New Spin on Sun Dried

… recipient of a grant award from the Timothy Harkness Fund for Invention. The Harkness Fund grants awards for innovative work in applied design and invention in the areas of sustainability and renewable energy. Each semester Five College students and

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Mary Pless Awarded Earl Ubell Grant

… support her academic work. The Earl Ubell Grants recognize and support exceptional student work that in some way seeks … findings accessible to nonscientists. They are named for Earl Ubell, whose distinguished career has influenced … from 1966 to 1972, and from 1978 to 1995. He served as the news director for WNBC-TV News from 1972 to 1976. Ubell …

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Alumni Profile: Bakepedia's Dédé Wilson

… her passion was. She initially wanted to study journalism and writing, and then moved on to more science-oriented topics in her … Wilson realized what she truly loved: food and baking. For her Division III final project, she studied restaurant …

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Hampshire Successfully Implements Campus COVID-19 Testing Program

… repurposed the Robert Crown Center as a testing center for asymptomatic COVID-19 infection. Every other week, all students and those faculty and staff members working on campus in close proximity with …

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Howard Wein 93F

… Wein 93F Leverett, Massachusetts Howard Wein is founder and principal of Howard Wein Hospitality, LLC, an advisory and venture firm serving both the local and global … have included senior vice president of food and beverage for the Morgans Hotel Group, chief operating officer for

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