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
Elle Chan 87F is our new Chair-Elect of the Board of Trustees!ππΈ
www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
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...π©? scitechcafe.wordpress.com/2026/02/26/e...
Ken Burns on revisiting Americaβs 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...
An illustration of a frog flying an airplane towing a banner with the Hampshire College logo with the words "Welcome, admitted students! Where will a Hampshire education take you?"
The warmest of welcomes to the Hampshire College incoming class of fall 2026! Check your emailβadmission decisions are rolling out starting TODAY! ππΈπ
Froggy artwork by Peter Watko 18F
Listening to Ken Burns talk long form you canβt 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:
Dancer in pink blouse and wide pants striking a dynamic pose on stage with hair flipping, reflected on the floor. The Hampshire College logo is in the corner with the words "Change in the Making: A Campaign For Hampshire."
Hampshireβs 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
a lemon cake--pink frosting with white trim--from Atkins Farms (across from the college), the farmstand that turned into the go-to place for local produce and baked goods Inscription in black script: We Survived Hampshire! Congrats Graduates https://atkinsfarms.com/
three happy students on a green sofa in front of a light brown wooden table on which are champagne, digital candles, paper flowers in ceramic mugs, and the cake from the preceding photo
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
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A stack of tote bags reading Hampshire College Alumni.
Three people sitting in chairs; two are smiling.
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. βοΈπΈππ
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Congratulations to Hampshire Professor of Creative Writing and African American Literary Arts Nathan McClain who has been selected for a π₯MacDowell Fellowshipπ₯!
www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
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A person looking through a microscope.
A pair of hands picking up a rock from a pile of rocks.
Six people sitting or standing around a table wearing plastic gloves and looking at a specimen in a tray.
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/
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Tomorrow at πAmherst 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...
Watch President Jennifer Chrisler on InFocus with Patrick Berry talking about the importance of the liberal arts and, of course, what makes Hampshire such a special place. πΊπΈπ youtu.be/shESTa-9CSA?...
A person in a gray sweater smiling and sitting in a chair behind a book cover reading Marlene Fried, Loretta Ross, Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance.
Hampshire College Professor Emerita & former interim president Marlene Fried has published "Abortion and Reproductive Justice: An Essential Guide for Resistance." The book brings visibility to an inclusive & intersectional framework for reproductive health β¨ www.hampshire.edu/news/former-...
Two people's headshot photos stacked on one another, one in a pinstriped jacket with stuffed sheep perched on shoulder in a Hampshire College tshirt, the other outside in front of a flowering shrub.
πππCongratulations to professors Juliet Johnston and Jennifer VanWyk and the members of spring 2025's Bioinformatics: Community Analysis class on their new article examining bee gut health and climate change! It's a very Hampshire collaboration. www.hampshire.edu/news/communi...
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β° It's about that time! First Year Early Action applications are due one short week from today on Monday, December 1. π It's free to apply: www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
Four people sitting on a stage talking in front of an audience under the words Alexandria Film Festival.
Alum Lysandra Petersson 00F broke into filmmaking after meeting alums Susie & Roy Finch, both 78F, & interning for Susie's Wildwell Films. Today, Petersson has her own full-service production house, Deep Structure, & has made several award-winning series & films. www.hampshire.edu/news/filmmak...
A person in a reproduction vintage circa-1860s blue gown and bonnet standing in front of a tree.
During her time at Hampshire, Div II student Lila Maher F24 has become a true historical fashion scholar, using independent studies to sew her own reproduction vintage clothing. Our flexible curriculum is enabling her to become an expert in a unique field. hampshire.edu/newsβ¦
A visit to Hampshire College is now just a click away β at any time and from anywhere. Our new virtual campus tour lets anyone from anywhere in the world get an up-close look at our beautiful campus at their own pace and convenience. Check it out: www.hampshire.edu/admissions/v...
π₯Hey heyπ₯βthe Early Decision I deadline is THIS SATURDAY, November 15! ποΈ If you're sure Hampshire is the place for you, it's time to lock in that place! β€οΈπΈβ€οΈ
www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
A person in a blue shirt stands smiling in the jungle by a metal trail sign reading "Phyllis D. Coley formerly/antes Am. Mus. Nat. Hist."
Hampshire alum and trailblazing biologist Phyllis "Lissy" C. Coley 70F was recently honored by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute with a Barro Colorado Island research trail renamed in her honor www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...
Great interview with Izzy Hagerup 16F aka Prewn -- " I was in college, I think my first year is when I joined Blood Mobile and we started playing shows in the dirty basements and it was all exciting and thrilling for me..." post-trash.com/news/2025/10...
Tomorrow, November 1, is the deadline for applications for Spring 2026! apply.hampshire.edu
Thinking about transferring? Want to finish your degree? Hampshire is transfer-credit friendly and 95% of students receive financial aid. The deadline for Spring 2026 transfer students is this Saturday, November 1. www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
Four people standing and one person sitting in a wheelchair on a sidewalk. They are all smiling and wearing Hampshire College t-shirts.
The next Hampshire College Open House is coming right up on Saturday, November 8! Register right here: explore.hampshire.edu/portal/open-...
A sunny and colorful fall weekend brought families, friends, alums, faculty, and staff together on the Hampshire College campus to reunite, learn from one another, and have fun. Attendees commemorated 55 years of radical and positive Hampshire changemaking... www.hampshire.edu/news/weekend...
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The Hampshire Dance Program is proud to present the 2025 SEED (Show up, Express, Exchange, Dance) concert this Saturday, October 18th at 7:30 p.m. in the Hampshire College Music and Dance Building.
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Advance sliding scale tix: hampdance.ludus.com/index.php
The deadline for Early Decision I for first-year students is just one month from today! ποΈ If you're sure Hampshire is the place for you, it's time to lock in that place! β€οΈπΈβ€οΈ
www.hampshire.edu/admissions/a...
Congratulations to Hampshire alum Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F, who was named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow!
Pearce is "a cartographer who creates maps that foreground Indigenous Peoplesβ understanding of land and place." We're so proud! πΈ #MacFellow
www.hampshire.edu/news/cartogr...
