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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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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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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as a … when we received word that Hampshire’s accreditor, the New England Commission on Higher Education (NECHE), is … withdrawn.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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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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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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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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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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Notable Alumni
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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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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In Memoriam: Kirk Robert Simon 1954-2018
… his documentary short Strangers No More — a film detailing the struggles of refugee and immigrant children at a school … in Tel Aviv — he devoted part of his Oscar speech to “the children who opened their hearts to us.” That shout-out … ( Chimps Like Us , 1990), an MTV reality series detailing the struggles of gay men and lesbians ( Coming Out Stories , …
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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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When Two Tibets Meet
… India, either a permanent or temporary home since 1959, the year the Dalai Lama fled China and set up a Tibetan government in exile there. In the ensuing 50 years, a unique Tibetan society has grown in …
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Faculty
Daphne Lowell
… emerita of dance and movement studies, and member of the Five College Dance Department, holds a B.A. in cultural … from Tufts University and an M.F.A. in modern dance from the University of Utah. She is co-founder-director of … physicians, and nurses) of all ages and from all over the country and abroad since 1989. They initiated and hosted …
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Finding Immutable Personality on Facebook
… answered a series of questions about themselves, via the social networking site. When the application was installed on their accounts, their … was automatically transmitted to Chapsky. He organized the data around the "Big Five Theory of Personality." The …
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Letter on Historical Harassment Complaint Decision
… with difficult and important news. An alumna shared with the administration allegations about inappropriate behavior in the 1970s by the late faculty member Lester Mazor. Following a directive …
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Helen Cohen's New Film Chronicles Physician's Recovery after Devastating Injury
… her new documentary at theaters and film festivals around the country, she considered how audiences would react to the emotional subject matter. States of Grace , which screens … Amherst Cinema on Thursday, March 19, at 7:30 p.m. , tells the story of Grace Dammann, an HIV/AIDS physician whose life …
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Hampshire College Recognized for Challenging Status Quo in Higher Education
… for Challenging Status Quo in Higher Education When the U.S. Dept of Education announced recently it was … Hampshire College once again made national news, extending the results of our campaign to lead national discussions … education. We’ve been aggressively promoting our stance as the one college committed to putting our mission before …
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