We will honor and celebrate the accomplishments of the amazing Hampshire graduates from winter 2025 and spring 2026 on May 16, and look forward to having families and friends on campus to cheer them on! Learn more at commencement.hampshire.edu
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Congratulations to Ava Trask F22 whose presentation, "Complete Synthesis of a Novel Organocatalyst for CO2 Incorporation into Organic Compounds," won two awards at the American Chemical Society: Connecticut Valley Section's Undergraduate Research Symposium! Ava is graduating in June. 🐸🔔💚
"[Hampshire] prepares you to critically engage, view, and navigate the world around you, and to do so in such a way that enables you to care for yourself while also caring for others." - Dr. Brit M. Williams 08F www.hampshire.edu/news/where-a...
“Where Are They Now?” Brittany M. Williams 08F Makes Tenure History at the University of Vermont
When we spoke with her in 2022, Williams had just been selected as a NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow by the National Academy of Education. Three and a half years later, she’s a proud interdisciplinar...
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Once again, we're going to continue to celebrate the Hampshire community for as long as we can, and that includes running features completed before the closure announcement! ❤️🐸❤️ www.hampshire.edu/news/rafael-...
Rafael Guevara F22 Doesn’t Study Filmmaking Because of His Famous Family
That all changed once Guevara tried directing. He went on to learn about his grandfather’s groundbreaking documentary Let There Be Light and is now using his own style as a documentarian to tackle the...
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We're going to continue to celebrate the Hampshire community for as long as we can, and that includes running features completed before the closure announcement! ❤️🐸❤️ www.hampshire.edu/news/profess...
Professor Jeff Barton and Student Grover Patteson Hernandez F24 Use Math to Fight Partisan Gerrymandering
“When I came to Hampshire I planned to study computer science,” said Div II student Grover Patteson Hernandez F24. “But I found a love for math and data analysis during my first two semesters. I have ...
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“This is an incredibly painful moment for the Hampshire community, and we are doing everything to support our students in completing their studies and assist our faculty and staff in navigating what comes next.“ — President Jennifer Chrisler www.hampshire.edu/closure-info...
Kit, Amelia, & Rio all have very different scientific concentrations at Hampshire, but they're all working together on a community analysis project in bioinformatics led by professor Julie Johnston. www.hampshire.edu/news/hands-b...
Love to see our very own Hampshire College ⭐Yurt Radio⭐ as Radio Station Visit No. 196 at Radio Survivor, featuring Advanced Media Technical Specialist John Bruner 94F and Yurt Radio Signer Teddy Stahl F22! www.radiosurvivor.com/2026/04/radi...
Radio Station Visit #196: Yurt Radio at Hampshire College - Radio Survivor
Every college campus is an adventure, requiring advance planning on my part so that I am able to navigate as quickly as possible to radio stations that are often in hidden-away locations. Before my visit to Hampshire College radio station Yurt Radio, its staff advocate John Bruner emailed specific directions. In light of the recent […]
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Hampshire alums Colin Twitchell 78F and Glenn Armitage 81F forged beloved campus makerspace the Center For Design in 1995. Glenn is retiring from Hampshire College this year, after working with, teaching, and inspiring countless members of the community. www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Hampshire’s Spirit of Invention and the Center for Design
In a way, Hampshire’s Center for Design began before alum Colin Twitchell 78F was even a student at the College. In high school, Twitchell was an avid and accomplished outdoor athlete and became inter...
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The Hampshire Dance Program will present the Div III Dance Festival, Thursday, April 9- Saturday, April 11, 2026. Program A: LIGHTWORK, Thursday at 7:30 & Saturday at 7:30 PM. Program B: BELOVED FORMS, Friday at 7:30PM & Saturday 4 p.m. Info and tickets: hampdance.ludus.com
In classic interdisciplinary Hampshire fashion, alum soon-to-be Dr. Talia Adi 10F studied both dance and neuroscience as an undergraduate. She recently defended the Ph.D. portion of her Ph.D./M.D. dual degree with a focus on neuropathic pain disorders. Interview: www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Sending out a big "Get well soon!" to beloved Hampshire alum, actor, and comedian Eugene Mirman 92F who "suffered serious injuries" after being pulled from a burning car at a toll plaza in Bedford, New Hampshire on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken to a local hospital and is reportedly on the mend.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Art Molly Morin, who is a sculptor and fiber artist, currently has a show up through April 9 in the South Gallery of Greenfield Community , _Made en Mass_ www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Security in Context is pleased to host Prof. Fernando Brancoli for a residency at The Five College Consortium with events at @hampshirecollege.bsky.social, @mountholyoke.bsky.social. Special thanks to @umassissr.bsky.social. @ufrjoficial.bsky.social @instituteforadvancedstudy
🐸 Great news! The online HampStore is now open! Get your fresh Hamp merch delivered right to you! Tees, sweats, totes, stickers, drinkware, hats, pennants...it's all happening right here: hamp.store 🐸
Shout out to Hampshire student Gabriel "Dome Lettuce" Carter-Weidenfeld F23, who recently released his thirteenth rap album, "CHOPSZN." An interview with Carolyn Brown for the Daily Hampshire Gazette: gazettenet.com/2026/03/13/i...
'I can only do me': Hampshire College student releases his 13th rap album - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Reaching Amherst rapper Gabriel “Gabe” Carter-Weidenfeld’s recording studio requires a steep climb. It starts with three sets of outdoor stairs to his apartment, then another two flights inside. The f...
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Local Developers! Boston Gamedev Week (gamedev.boston) still needs to fill 50, 25, and 10-minute talks for the MiniCon on the 24th and 25th! boston-gamedev-con-pretalx.onrender.com/minicon-2026... @hampshirecollege.bsky.social, @umassamherst.bsky.social Come share your your art! #gamedev #boston
BOSTON GAMEDEV WEEK
Get a full week of gamedev goodness here on the bay. Coinciding with PAX East, Boston Gamedev Week is a slate of events focused on developers.
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Elle Chan 87F is our new Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees!🎉🐸 www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Hampshire College Names Alum Elle Chan 87F as Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees
Hampshire College announced today that Elle Chan 87F, cofounder and CEO of TRADEMARK, has been named chair-elect of the Board of Trustees. As of July 1, 2026, she will succeed Jose Fuentes 05F, who is...
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On Wednesday, March 25 Hampshire's own Dr. Juliet Johnson will be the guest speaker at the ever-popular SciTech Cafe! Get to the Abandoned Brewery in Easthampton by 6:30 for her talk Everybody Poops: How Microbes Clean Your Wastewater. Be there or be...💩? scitechcafe.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/e...
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Ken Burns on revisiting America’s founding at its 250th anniversary in which he talks about his @hampshirecollege.bsky.social education & how it enabled him to combine the study of #film + #history You can see his senior thesis project here: youtu.be/yyxv1f0knME... www.reuters.com/lifestyle/cu...
Ken Burns on revisiting America’s founding at its 250th anniversary
The award-winning documentarian reflects on the complexities of the U.S.'s origin story — and the lessons it offers the present.
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The warmest of welcomes to the Hampshire College incoming class of fall 2026! Check your email—admission decisions are rolling out starting TODAY! 🎉🐸🎉 Froggy artwork by Peter Watko 18F
Listening to Ken Burns talk long form you can’t help but notice the way he comes at so many things is informed by the inquisitive skills he had to have learned at @hampshirecollege.bsky.social I love how much he enjoys the process and the study of the details. Such joy and thoughtfulness here:
Testing Ken Burns’ Music Knowledge | The Track Star Podcast
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Hampshire’s December Challenge is underway, with the goal of raising $2 million in critical funds by December 31. As an added incentive, starting today, a generous donor will match the next $250,000 dollar for dollar. You can make your gift and follow the challenge total at hamp.it/decemberchallenge
End of a long but satisfying day: oral exams for seniors graduating this month The writing faculty--both Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social alums--organized a party for the students. Moments like this make all the hard work worthwhile, remind us why we took this jon
Congratulations to our new crop of Div FREE Hampsters! We celebrated our 30 winter graduates in the R.W. Kern Center with friends, family, cupcakes, and well wishes from Dean of Faculty Gary Hawkins and President Jennifer Chrisler. ❄️🐸🎓🔔
Congratulations to Hampshire Professor of Creative Writing and African American Literary Arts Nathan McClain who has been selected for a 🔥MacDowell Fellowship🔥! www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Hampshire recently hosted Queer Science's second local multidisciplinary STEM outreach event for high school students. Participants tried out an assortment of STEM demos alongside LGBTQ+ scientists from the Five College Consortium. sites.hampshire.edu/queerscience/ 🔬🧬🦠🏳🌈🐸🏳️⚧️🧪𝞹📈
Tomorrow at 🌟Amherst Cinema, 7pm: Short Films of Hampshire alum Kelly Sears 96F! "[Her] films traverse the uncanny terrain between documentary and speculative fiction...Each frame becomes a site of possibility, where histories are reexamined and futures imagined." amherstcinema.org/films-and-ev...
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