… find art where scrap metal used to be. Even as a student, the talented metal sculptor is already getting commissions … niche," says Peters. A January term blacksmithing class in the Lemelson Center with Hampshire graduate Ben Westbrook 99F finally led Peters in the right direction. Metal was his medium. In the years …

… a long time and a part of ‘alternative education’ since the first time I was exposed to outdoor education with Project Use in NJ at age 14. A year with the Trailside Country School traveling the country meeting resource people, camping, backpacking, …

… Chen Chen 07F Chen Chen 07F Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further … (BOA Editions, 2017), which was longlisted for the National Book Award and won the Thom Gunn Award, among other honors. He is also the …

… Brundage’s Newest Book Named a Must-Read for July by “The Today Show” Amy Diehl Hampshire alum and author Elizabeth Brundage 78F’s newest book, The Vanishing Point , was recently named a must-read for July by The Today Show . The book was one of five selected by …

… professor emerita of philosophy, received her M.A. from the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland; and was a postdoctoral fellow in …

… Literary Politics and Public Culture was published by the University of Minnesota Press. Wallen has taught as a visiting professor at the Free University Berlin and at the University of Toulouse, and has been the director of …

… studied in Germany and Spain. He received an M.F.A. from the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Germany. His paintings and … have been presented internationally, including at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo in Oaxaca, Mexico; Alliance … in Munchen, Germany; Muzej Grada in Rijeka, Croatia; and the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College. He has taught …

… Lan Phuong “Panda” Nguyen Hoang’s Division III thesis has the potential to stretch from here to the moon with her research focused on superconducting … a case study that relied on classes available through the Five College Consortium, has earned her acceptance into a …

… third-year student Natalie Murphy Strohm has been awarded the first Ikeda Soka Scholarship, created with generous gifts … academic work relates to topics such as peace-building, the science of mind–body health, and developing greater humanity in self and society.  The endowment was established by Elisabeth Carter 82F, whose …

… renovation projects by Christina Salway 00F featured in The New York Times , Boston Globe , and NBC's The Nate Berkus Show. By Michael Samuels 09F "When I was in … dragged home things that I'd discovered abandoned in the alleys of my neighborhood," says Christina Salway 00F . …

… and Walker Staples 10F will represent Hampshire College in the 12th Annual Five College PoetryFest. It will be held … Lecture Hall in Fayerweather Hall at Amherst College. The event is free and open to the public. PoetryFest celebrates the quality and range of …

… Gamble 70F was interviewed on PBS NewsHour around the medical field’s long history of discrimination and abuse … patients and how these issues became magnified during the pandemic. Gamble is a professor of medical humanities at … University and an internationally recognized expert on the history of race and American medicine, racial and ethnic …

… officials combined free flu shots with an appeal to the strong social consciousness of students. For every … was given to Doctors Without Borders to support the fight against Ebola in West Africa. The funds were personal contributions from President Jonathan …

… African American studies and gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois, will speak on “Baldwin, Black Queer Radicalism, and the Critique of Western Civilization” at the ninth annual Eric N. Schocket Memorial Lecture on Class …

… down to a specific major after just a year of college. The Five College Consortium also offers many resources and … to study marine mammals, I decided to concentrate on the marine world. I conducted an independent study with Dr. Sayigh, during which I learned the software for analyzing vocalizations. While taking …

… initiative. Last year, students worked both to halt the sale of bottled water and to educate the entire campus community about its environmental and economic costs. In addition to the environmental impact of producing and transporting …

… Successful End-of-Year Fundraiser and Full Staff During the month of December, more than $2 million was committed to Hampshire’s campaign, making it the most successful December ever for raising funds for operating support. This comes on the heels of the official kickoff of Change in the Making: A …

… Aaron 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 History Aaron …

… Cookbook supports local farmers and local foods market The Pioneer Valley has a new cookbook, the product of an academic project completed at Hampshire … last spring. Local Delectables: Seasonal Recipes from the Pioneer Valley was written by a May 2005 graduate of …

… At Hampshire, we are working to identify and dismantle the structures of implicit bias and white supremacy that have … to them with creativity and determination. We are applying the same creative thinking to the challenge of designing a safe, meaningful college …

… for students, employees, and visitors. You can read the full announcement on the College's Covid-19 information page . With these policies and precautions in place, the College plans to proceed with its on-campus 50th …

… Saal 70F A. Kim Saal 70F Kim Saal is president and CEO of the Cooley Dickinson Physician Network and former cardiology … at Harvard Medical School, where he was recipient of the Blacklow teaching award for his work educating medical … and hospital staff. He was also recognized as teacher of the year at Mount Auburn Hospital. As a physician leader, he …

… professor emerita of art history. Levine holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. in art history from the University of Chicago. She is a specialist in the social history of 19th and 20th century European and …

… of African American History Amy Jordan have accepted the position of co-deans of Institutional Diversity and … Inclusion (IDI) starting in July 2020. We are grateful for the work that Natalie Sowell, the current dean of IDI, and the IDI team have performed all …

… as a senior content strategist at Google, where she crafts the personality of Google's A.I. called the Google Assistant. Her award-winning films have screened internationally at film festivals such as the Mill Valley Film Festival, PBS online film festival, …