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Congratulations to the Hampshire College Equestrian Team for winning first place against nine other schools at the Smith College competition! Want to learn more about our team? Email hampshire.equestrian@aol.com or check out our Instagram (@hampshire.equestrian).

Visit us on campus by signing up for an information session and tour here!

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Winter Dance 2018 opens tonight and runs Feb 1-3. Doors open at 7:30p. All pieces choreographed by five college students. @fivecollegedance @fivecolleges @humansofhampshirecollege #hampshirecollege #fivecollegedance #studentchoreography #dance #youwanttogotothere (at Hampshire College)

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Hampshire in the snow!

Ever wondered what Hampshire College looks like in the snow? Over the past few weeks, we were treated to lots of it! We think it suits us. Don’t you agree?

Applications for Fall 2018 entrance are due this coming Monday, January 15th. Apply here, and experience the magic of New England winters firsthand! We’ll bring the sleds.

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#Repost ・・・ We are sad to announce the passing of Austin the llama over the weekend. At approximately age 107 (in llama years), Austin was the last of Hampshire’s guard llamas. In retirement, along with rams Buddy and Dodge, he greeted visitors to the farm for many years, serving as an unofficial “farm ambassador” to the broader community. @hampshirecollegefarm #hampshirecollege #RIP #hampshirecollegefarm (at Hampshire College)

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Hampshire Chorus Winter Concert happened on Sunday! This year the college is bidding farewell to Chorus Director Lainee Ginsberg who is retiring after 17 years of music-making at Hampshire. Thank you, Lainee!

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Recent graduate and Hampshire Admissions Counselor Suhilah Booker studied dance, education, and childhood development for her innovative Division III (senior capstone) project.  What will you create during your time at Hampshire?

To learn more about Suhilah’s work, check out this article and video interview!

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Most pigs in the US live in indoor pens, but April Nugent is studying raising pigs in two outdoor settings – at the Hampshire College Farm she's researching a pasture versus a woodlot for benefits to animal nutrition and welfare. https://www.hampshire.edu/…/student-research-on-the-hampshi…

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The view of Amherst today from Bare Mountain, campus in the foreground behind Atkins Market.

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In this episode of NPR’s ‘How I Built This,’ Hampshire alum Gary Hirshberg discusses his path to building America’s largest organic yogurt company, Stonyfield Farms. His thoughts on Hampshire? “It turns out it was probably the best training for an entrepreneur that there is.”

Hampshire was recently ranked by Forbes as one of America’s top ten most entrepreneurial colleges. To learn more about Hampshire’s innovative, interdisciplinary Entrepreneurship Program, visit our website

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Nicole DelRosso came to Hampshire to study sculpture. DelRosso had been accepted to an art school, but decided to go somewhere where she could also take classes in subjects she hadn’t yet fully explored. Six years later, she has won a Fulbright to work in a German lab building a nanoscale motor to work inside human cells.

For her project, DelRosso developed methods for performing computations on the genetic material of living cells, and helped to devise reusable and adaptable DNA computing systems. Professor Lee Spector said he learned a lot about DNA nanotechnology from DelRosso. “In meetings Nicole would give us dynamic presentations, and we would press her for details and explanations in terms that all of us could understand. This was hard,” he says, “these meetings were sessions in which Nicole was a teacher and each committee member played a dual role, of teacher in some areas and of student in others.”

Over the last six years, fourteen Hampshire College students and grads have won Fulbright Scholarships. Find out why by visiting us for an info session and campus tour! Our Admissions Office is open Monday through Saturday for prospective students and their families. Register now for your visit here.

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Yesterday’s rally for disaster relief in Puerto Rico featured faculty and student speakers from Hampshire, the Five Colleges, and community partners, many of whom shared harrowing stories about how Hurricane Maria has affected their friends and families, as reported by the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

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Recent Hampshire graduate and expert swordsmith Emiliano Carrillo, actor Danny Trejo, and director Robert Rodriguez team up on the new TV show “Man at Arms” to bring historical weapons back to life. Check out this awesome promo video!

Interested in learning more about Emiliano’s experience swordsmithing and bladesmithing at Hampshire? Learn more about his groundbreaking Division III project here.

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Ahead of Sunday’s premiere of his new PBS documentary series, The Vietnam War, Ken Burns is profiled by The New Yorker, and gives credit to his Hampshire College mentor Professor Jerry Liebling, recounting a lesson he learned when Liebling ejected him from his office.

Learn more about Hampshire’s Film, Video, and Photography Program here.

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Welcome to Hampshire Fall 2017 Students!

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“In 2014, we chose to fire the consultants and abandon the rankings race. And they’re probably just as surprised now to learn that three years later… we’ve improved our diversity, yield, and ability to meet financial need without sacrificing retention.”

In this essay in Inside higher Ed, Former Dean of Enrollment and Retention Meredith Twombly reflects on Hampshire’s journey towards renewing our commitment to a “mission-driven” admissions process three years ago.

Recognizing that Hampshire is “an uncommon college for an uncommon student,” we adopted an admissions practice that aligns with our institutional mission, attracting those students “with the maturity, curiosity, passion and compassion to thrive in a student-directed program.” We’re proud of all we have accomplished in the years since, and excited to continue working to honor our founding principles!

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Hamp alum Derry Noyes is art director at the US Postal Service and she's designed some new panes, including this sharp-looking collection of Sharks Forever stamps.

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One month till Orientation day – we're excited to welcome our incoming class of new and transfer students.