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Massachusetts Officials and Eversource Meet on Hampshire's Groundbreaking Solar Plan

… Eversource Meet on Hampshire's Groundbreaking Solar Plan The offices of U.S. Congressman Jim McGovern and … SolarCity to advance Hampshire College's plan to be the first US residential college 100% powered by on-site solar energy systems. In the spring, Hampshire plans to build on its Amherst campus …

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Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Hampshire for Community Engagement

… Foundation Recognizes Hampshire for Community Engagement The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has awarded Hampshire College the 2015 Community Engagement Classification. The

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Hampshire College Dance Program Makes Strong Showing At National Festival

… Festival Hampshire College Dance Program, a part of the Five College Dance Department, attended the American College Dance Association's New England Festival … Ailey Picasso and Madison Palffy submitted solos to the Festival for adjudication. The adjudicators, knowing only …

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An Alternative Habitat

… her work finding an alternative nursery habitat for the tiny crabs in Chesapeake Bay. "It's exciting work, and … she says. "Because they are scavengers, they are good for the environment." Due to urban runoff, water quality in the bay is worsening, leading to degradation of sea grass, …

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Sept. 3: Convocation

… Sept. 3: Convocation A leader in the regional food movement, Diego Angarita 04F will be the keynote speaker at Hampshire's opening convocation on Tuesday, September 3, at 4:30 p.m. in the Robert Crown Center. Anyone who would like to attend is …

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Faculty

Viveca Greene

… American Humor , and Social Semiotics ), edited volumes ( The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy, The Joke Is on Us: Political Comedy in Late Neoliberal Times, and We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media …

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Letter from Ken Rosenthal, Interim President: July 10, 2019

… to recognize our staff and faculty who have remained with the College under the most fluid, ambiguous, and in some cases severely … in April, I’ve seen how difficult and frustrating the work can be on campus, and I’m sorry we haven’t always …

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Thoenes Research Awards for Alissa Graff, Marleigh Higgins

… 10F have been awarded Sander Thoenes Research Awards. The Thoenes Awards support fieldwork and research costs … in completion of recipients' Division III projects, the senior thesis required of all students for graduation from Hampshire College. The award, which honors the memory of Sander Thoenes 87F , …

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Feb. 20-March 11: "James Baldwin at Hampshire, 1983-86" Photo Exhibition

… 11: "James Baldwin at Hampshire, 1983-86" Photo Exhibition The Main Gallery at Hampshire College, Johnson Library … to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The exhibition is free and open to the public. "James Baldwin at Hampshire, 1983-86" documents …

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Alumni Artists Use Found Objects in Library Gallery Exhibit

… objects and materials for their artworks is on display in the Harold F. Johnson Library Gallery through March 17, 2016. … has made reacting to cardboard beer coasters from around the world. Both artists use found objects and materials, … works linked to contemporary culture, sustainability, and the history of the found object in art. A reception with …

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Leadership Team Update from President Wingenbach

… staff and faculty across campus. I’ve only scratched the surface meeting new colleagues to learn about their needs, the scope of their work, and their service to the College. I’m grateful to the many employees who remain …

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Grant for Purchase of Scientific Equipment

… Conference Memorial National College Grant (PCMNCG) for the purchase of scientific equipment. Professor of Chemistry Dula Amarasiriwardena, who wrote the funding proposal, said the grant will purchase a UV-visible spectrometer and field …

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April 19, 2019: Securing Hampshire’s Future: A Letter from Ken Rosenthal

… We may face new challenges, but I’m confident we are on the right path. This is our chance to secure our future as a … when we received word that Hampshire’s accreditor, the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE), is … withdrawn. In its upcoming meeting on May 30, 2019, the Commission will consider information that our senior …

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Brooke Huguley 17F Examines How Reproductive Justice and Embodied Movement Can Heal Trauma

… Amy Diehl Brooke Huguley 17F began her Div III journey on the first day she stepped foot on campus (literally). We sat down with the recent Hampshire graduate to learn more about the path to her Div III in reproductive justice and …

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Notable Alumni

Ken Burns 71F

… filmmaker Ken Burns’s work includes Country Music, The Civil War , Baseball , Jazz , Prohibition , and The Roosevelts Award-winning documentary filmmaker Burns has been making films for more than 40 years. Since the Academy Award-nominated Brooklyn Bridge in 1981, he has …

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Robin Coste Lewis 86S

… Coste Lewis 86S Poet and professor Robin Coste Lewis won the 2015 National Book Award for Poetry for her collection Voyage of the Sable Venus Poet and professor Lewis won the 2015 National Book Award for poetry for her collection …

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President-elect Ed Wingenbach Greeting to Hampshire College

… Wingenbach was unanimously appointed this month by the Board of Trustees on the recommendation of the search committee . He greeted campus community members …

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College Innovators Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift

… College Innovators Supported by Roddenberry Foundation Gift The impact of a recent $100,000 gift by alum Eugene "Rod" … Foundation has already been felt at Hampshire. But the main goal of that gift is to help students make an even bigger impact once they leave the College. "Hampshire has got all this great, useful stuff …

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Three Hampshire Professors Receive Grants for Research Abroad

… have a direct impact on enriching their courses. This year the Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation awarded grants to … and Professor of Comparative Literature Jeffrey Wallen. The purpose of the grants is to stimulate and broaden the minds of teachers …

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Hampshire to Host Five College PoetryFest 2016

… Nora Miller and Lily Cook will represent Hampshire at the Five College PoetryFest on Thursday, March 24, in … Hampshire's Airport Lounge.  Launched in 2002 to celebrate the art of poetry by giving recognition to student poets,  the Five College PoetryFest features two students from each …

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Professor Ellis Recognized for Blending Social Media in Humanities

… students analyze challenging novels, poems and essays.” The article acknowledges Ellis’s innovative use of digital … widely acclaimed book Citizen: An American Lyric . In the fall term, Professor Ellis used a Mellon Foundation Five … learning of digital tools into her class “Writing from the Diaspora: Reading in Contemporary Women’s Fiction.” The

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Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir Named Interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

… Hampshire College alum Kristína Moss Gunnarsdóttir assumed the role of interim Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid on … her responsibilities included: coordinating recruitment to the James Baldwin Scholars Program; conducting data analysis … yield. She served as an elected staff representative to the Board of Trustees Finance Committee and the Staff …

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Solving Email Overload

… your life easier. At least, when it comes to your inbox. The idea first hit him last August, when he was trying to … in those emails without opening them individually. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that this web application could be …

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Putting More In, Getting More Out

… and art. He says it wasn't until he got to Hampshire that the students actually paid attention to his full list—instead of cutting him off somewhere near the middle—and engaged him in conversation about it. "They … excited, and it was obvious that they were inspired by the work they were doing," he says. "I was drawn to Hampshire …

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Identity and Culture

… is as comfortable discussing captivity narratives from the 1700s as she is explaining Rabbinical discourse from the 500s CE. Dr. Rubinstein, assistant professor of Jewish … book on Jewish perspectives of Native American culture in the past two centuries, to be published by Wayne State …

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