… of the Eqbal Ahmad Symposium with activist panels and lectures on the topics of immigration, incarceration, and state power. The events are free and open to the public. On Thursday, November 9, at 4 p.m. in …

… can share their online collections with each other and the world. The current shared collections database at Five Colleges was developed more than 20 years ago, and this commitment to a consortial database has enriched collaboration across the Five Colleges and opened up discovery and access to museum collections for …

… Of far more significance to the Hampshire College student and Washington, CT, poet laureate is how he might help … poetry camp. “I was definitely more excited about reading and writing than in learning multiplication tables or anything science related, and my mom recognized that,” Steinmetz says. “My family is …

… up to see what random bit of information might take hold and weave itself into the text. For as long as she can … just as essential. "I'm really opposed to letter grading and testing. I wanted to go to college, but I couldn't stand … College's academic approach would give both the freedom and support to develop as an author. When she took a class …

… by photographer Barbara Norfleet, DRINK: The Pleasures and Perils of Alcohol , will be in the Jerome Liebling Center … on the subject of alcohol. Norfleet is the founder and director of the Harvard Photography Collection, and has been a pioneering artist and thinker in photography …

… of 2021. Shmita Hives is a year-long art-, play-, and discussion-based curriculum for adults designed by Edes and artist and farmer Alexander Vickery. The project takes its name from …

… Lansky 73F Aaron Lansky 73F Aaron Lansky is the founder and president of the Yiddish Book Center and author of the Massachusetts Book Award–winning Outwitting … Jews who could not read the language of their parents and grandparents.  So he took what he expected would be a …

… , a grassroots organization that promotes human, economic, and community development in Holyoke, Massachusetts, through projects relating to food, agriculture, and the environment. Other scheduled speakers include … President Jonathan Lash, Dean of Students Byron McCrae, and Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty …

… 05F . "I figured I was going to have to move far away, and that it was going to take a long time." Hampshire's Farm … Center was a grounding force, providing both nourishment and inspiration, to my academic study. I worked with both the livestock and CSA operations and received a lot of valuable skills and …

… from the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University, and a master's in industrial design from the Rhode Island … the Boston Center for Independent Living as a designer and builder of devices for people with physical disabilities. … design process emphasized collaboration with the end user and the use of low-cost tools and materials. This way of …

… By Brigid Gorry-Hines 11F Adam Sweet 80F began studying and playing music at the age of four, when he started violin … to pursue music as a student at Hampshire College, and also studied animal behavior theory and psychology. At Hampshire, Sweet met student musicians who …

… College's more than 100 clubs gather to present themselves and woo new members. As a student-writer for Hampshire … I've covered the event every year. It's always fun and always fascinating. (What's Wool People? Why is that … close along one wall. Waiting in that line, I turned right and suddenly saw Hampfest. As I said, I've covered Hampfest …

… Hampshire build collaborative networks with local farmers and community agricultural organizations. “As we move forward with the College’s strategic plan, healthy food and sustainability are part and parcel of what we do here,” said Beth Hooker, director of …

… for schools that would allow me to study both neuroscience and dance. Dancing is how I express myself—I love being able to move and connect with people without verbal communication. I … something beautiful happens when an audience witnesses and then finds meaning in moving bodies, in a shared space, …

… College undergrad to relay basic health information and help victims in underserved areas find emergency … capital in fall 2015 as part of a community-development and health program facilitated by Hampshire’s Global Education Office, and researching the camp, located about 50 miles from Amman, …

… she was director of the Brace Center for Gender Studies and instructor in English and interdisciplinary studies at the Jonathan French … Environment, Sustainability). Her academic interests and scholarship center on postcolonial studies, transnational …

… Raymond Coppinger's book, Fishing Dogs Packing your tackle and wading a river without a trusted fishing dog is a recipe … title is Fishing Dogs: A Guide to the History, Talents, and Training of the Baildale, the Flounderhounder, the Angler Dog, and Sundry Other Breeds of Aquatic Dogs (Canis piscatorius) . …

… Gorry-Hines 11F RJ Sakai grew up surrounded by design and photography, and developed an interest in their effect on social issues. … As a student at Hampshire College, Sakai studied design and anthropology. He began to make links between graphic …

… Imagine using computer mapping, virtual floor plans and 3D renderings to document building a house out of … a program that can sift through thousands of proverbs and learn to compose its own. All of this and much more is happening within the Five College Digital …

… a tech startup founded by Hampshire alums Nirman Dave 15F and Tapojit (Tapu) Debnath 15F, recently announced it had … $4.7 million in seed funding to support its research and development work. The Berkeley-based Obviously AI is a no … people with little to no technical backgrounds to build and train machine learning models. These models help …

… Hayden Jacqueline Hayden, professor emerita of film and photography, has been a professional artist since 1979 … Yale University. Ms. Hayden has been a professor of film and photography at Hampshire College in Amherst, … awards, including a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist …

… a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.Phil. from Yale University, where she was a doctoral … of a Ford Foundation Fellowship in women's studies, and in 1993-94 a fellow of the Five Colleges Women's Studies … a special issue on "Women in the International Economy" and another in Urban Political Economy. She is a co-editor of …

… , the new four-part documentary by award-winning filmmaker and Hampshire College alum Ken Burns 71F,  will air over four … world with his mesmerizing combination of speed, grace, and power in the ring, and charm and playful boasting outside of it. Ali insisted on …

… of the award-winning book Puerto Rican Citizen: History and Political Identity in New York City will speak in … Red Barn on March 31 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Thomas is a professor in the … University. Her research explores ideas about rights and equality in the twentieth century Americas. Puerto Rican …

… committed to sustainable practices, culinary innovation, and creating food made from fresh, local ingredients in a … reputation as a thought leader in sustainable innovation, and linking the wider agricultural community beyond Hampshire's campus to its ongoing and daily food service operations. Bon Appétit will become …