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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 4d

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 Peoples’ understanding of land and place." We're so proud! 🐸 #MacFellow

www.hampshire.edu/news/cartogr...

Cartographer Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F Recognized as 2025 MacArthur Fellow

Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F has been recognized as a 2025 MacArthur Foundation Fellow. Popularly known as the “genius grant,” Macarthur Fellowships are awarded to talented individuals in a variety of ...

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 5d

Hampshire College has appointed Jennifer Chrisler as its ninth president.

www.hampshire.edu/news/jennife...

Jennifer Chrisler wearing a white turtleneck, orange jacket, and glasses and smiling while standing on a path with trees in the background.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 7d

10/18: Join documentary filmmaker Ken Burns 71F, AI expert Gary Marcus 86F, & Lynn Pasquerella P08, president of the American Association of Colleges & Universities, for a discussion: “Urgent and Unbounded: The Role of Liberal Arts Education in an Age of Rising Authoritarianism.”
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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats to alum Torrey Peters 00F -- her novel Detransition, Baby is number 87 on The New York Times Book Review's list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century

As voted on by 503 book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 11d

🍂☀️🌰☕Fall vibes are strong on campus...and of course, happy The Life of a Showgirl ❤️‍🔥day to all who celebrate!

The words The Life of a Showgirl written in chalk on a sidewalk surrounded by stars and a shadow of the person taking the photo.

Two people sitting at a picnic table in front of a building surrounded by trees.

Trees with yellow leaves in front of a white building and blue sky.

A hammock between two tall pine trees with a yellow building in the background.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 13d

The deadline for Spring 2026 transfer applications is one month from today: www.hampshire.edu/.../apply......
🐸Transfer students can build a customized program of study drawing upon coursework they've already completed. They're eligible for merit scholarships & are considered upon application. 🐸

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 14d

Our first fall open house is Monday, October 13—so very soon! ⭐ Register here: hamp.it/OpenHouses2025 ⭐Come meet our unique students, faculty, and staff, see their incredible work, and discover if Hampshire is right for you.

Four people walking and smiling on a sunny, leafy path at Hampshire College, surrounded by trees and buildings.

Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 14d

Congrats to Hampshire-based band I Have No Mouth on the release of their debut EP, recorded with Hampshire grad Will Killingsworth of iconic Hampshire-formed band Orchid!
🤘🐸🤘
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Hampshire College screamo band I Have No Mouth release debut EP

I Have No Mouth released their EP, recorded with Orchid guitarist Will Killingsworth, on Sept. 20.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 18d

Fall is here 🍂 & so is Hampshire’s 55th Anniversary Celebration! 🥳 Join us October 17-19! Stay on campus in Greenwich! Go🦇 bat watching & bug catching with the Animal Behavior Club! Take a wagon ride to the farm 🐑!
Show off at the open mic 🎤! And so much more! www.hampshire.edu/alumni/alumn...

55th Anniversary Celebration

Register nowHousingLocal hotels

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 25d

2024 was an amazing year for Hampshire alum Sylvia Bashevkin 72F, who was awarded a Canadian Persons Award from Canada’s Minister for Women & Gender Equality AND made an Officer of the Order of Canada, which described her as "one of Canada's top scholars of gender and politics."

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 26d

Lynne Brill, former director of Hampshire's Early Learning Center, died on August 28, 2025. "She modeled kindness, empathy, creativity, and belief in the power, intelligence, capability, and importance of our youngest children." - alum Josiah Litant 00F www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...

Two people standing in front of the Early Learning Center plaque smiling.

A woman sitting with her arms around three children standing in front of her with a guitar off to the side.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · 28d

Sugar Maple Glacial Lake Station by alum Sara Smith F90 is now on display at the Hampshire College Art Gallery through 11/7. The installation is part of a larger multimedia project & inspired by octopi and Chicana activist and scholar Gloria Anzaldúa. www.hampshire.edu/news/alum-sa...

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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · Sep 12

Two weeks into the semester at Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social

I love my courses and students. The students--most of them just starting college--are great: smart, lively, engaged.

So here's a frog

frog stretched out and floating on the surface of a small pond near the rock wall
blackish water with reflection of gray sky at left

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're different from every other college. Come let us show you why! An open house is the perfect opportunity to experience our community. Come discover if Hampshire College is right for you. Monday, 10/13 and Saturday, 11/8. Register: hamp.it/OpenHouses2025

A group of smiling people walking on the Hampshire College campus on a sunny day.

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Adam Sweet - Songwriter @adamrsweet.bsky.social · Aug 27

I wrote “Hampshire’s Light” — a folk tribute to Hampshire College & Joan Braderman, feminist film pioneer. Class of ’85, I opened my studio that summer. 40+ yrs later, her light still inspires. 🎶

🎧 adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/hampsh...

Hampshire's Light, by Adam Sweet

track by Adam Sweet

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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · Sep 5

and two more

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mirror images of the same frog, this time sitting on a gray rock at the edge of a pond

each has a yellow speech bubble with yellow text above his head

left: Non satis scire
right: Non satis no scire

the first, Latin for "to know is not enough," is the college motto

the second, Latin for "not to know is not enough," was the original title of the student handbook (till 2014)

Chapter 9: Origins of Hampshire Institutions | Hampshire College

https://www.hampshire.edu/chapter-9-origins-hampshire-institutions#19B

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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · Sep 5

The new academic year is fully underway at Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social

so here's your frog
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small green frog floating calmly in the water with his head stiicking out
he is aligned with the diagonal edge of a gray stone from the pond wall at left
above his head a yellow leaf
to the right, silvery wavy patterns: light reflecting on moving water

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hampshire ranks 15th out of 1,421 liberal arts colleges! The Washington Monthly rankings consider contribution to the public good in four categories: access for nonwealthy students, overall affordability, academic & financial student outcomes, & how well the college promotes public service. ❤️🐸

An aerial shot of the Hampshire College campus overlaid with the words "We're Number 15! 2025 rankings, liberal arts colleges, Washington Monthly."

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ravett’s 1994 film, “Forgotten Tenor,” will screen on September 3 at Amherst Cinema as part of its “Sound and Vision” series. www.hampshire.edu/news/profess...

Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett Soon to Retire, but Still Screening

When Ravett arrived at Hampshire, in 1979, he wasn’t yet familiar with the College’s alternative curriculum and student-directed studies. “I knew the work of three faculty members — Jerome Liebling, E...

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Aug 29

Interim President Jennifer Chrisler in the Boston Globe: "We’ve been really clear with our community and our campus that we aren’t going to engage in anticipatory compliance...We’re helping students think critically. We’re helping them wrestle with, ‘What does it mean to be an engaged citizen?'"

Students returning for the fall, but Boston-area campuses are not the same - The Boston Globe

It's back-to-school time at Boston-area colleges and universities, but as political and economic challenges mount, this fall feels a little different.

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Aug 28

Today is the day! Welcome, new students! We can't wait to meet you! 🐸

Three people standing in front of a dorm smiling.

Six people standing in front of a dorm smiling

Three people standing by a parking sign smiling.

A person standing in front of a dorm smiling.

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Adam Sweet - Songwriter @adamrsweet.bsky.social · Aug 22

Hear the fire of Brivele's Spirit, a klezmer folk-punk anthem steeped in Yiddishkeit. Born from Hampshire College alum Stefanie Brendler’s vision Lyrics of community, resistance, and joy. Snag it now and let Brivele’s flame light your soul!

adamsweet.bandcamp.com/track/brivel...

Brivele's Spirit, by Adam Sweet

track by Adam Sweet

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Get Tickets for the Dance @tixforthedance.bsky.social · Aug 11

First year at Hamp I took a class on puzzles taught by prof. Kelly. He was the sweetest, most charming, quirky old guy. He collected ceramic pigs, obsessed over numbers, lived in a beautiful modern house in the woods, got kids excited about math, and let me profile him for a journalism course. RIP.

Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Aug 11

Emeritus Professor David C. Kelly — known to many simply as Kelly — died on June 10, 2025. He taught mathematics at the College from 1970 to 2015, and was founder and director of the Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics program (HCSSiM), which is ongoing. www.hampshire.edu/news/hampshi...

Hampshire College Mourns Founding Faculty Member David C. Kelly

Kelly was one of the original faculty members at Hampshire and, with the late Ken Hoffman, the backbone of the math department for decades. Popular classes he taught included Complex Function Theory, ...

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Jim Wald @citizenwald.bsky.social · Aug 15

And here, especially for the Hampshire College (@hampshirecollege.bsky.social) community--many of whom (well, at least the students) are nightowls--I managed to get a view of a little frog who likewise decided to sit out here and enjoy the cool night air

night scene:

small green frog facing right sits on brownish rock partly underwater, one level beneath a gray stone to his right

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Hampshire College @hampshirecollege.bsky.social · Aug 18

Brutal? No, beautiful: Holyoke artist [and Hampshire alum!] Michael Karmody 84S has found beauty — and a decent living — in concrete creations valleyadvocate.com/2025/06/26/b...

Brutal? No, beautiful: Holyoke artist Michael Karmody has found beauty — and a decent living — in concrete creations

By Samuel Gelinas Staff Writer Artist Michael Karmody knows a hard truth about concrete — that it is often associated with sidewalks and jails, not attractive things. But, serious question. What does ...

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