Hampshire news (communications office)
STUDENTS IN THE NEWS:
Sam Hoffman (04F) helped create a new allergen-free frozen dessert, Alpine Ice, and was featured in the Sept. 19 "Daily Hampshire Gazette." Read more about Hoffman's new dessert.
Nina Stewart (04F) talked about the effects of Hurricane Katrina on her home city, New Orleans, during an interview published in the Sept. 14 "Daily Hampshire Gazette." In a thoughtful reflection on the things that made New Orleans special, she wondered if its uniqueness can be brought back. ("Gazette" articles are available online only through subscription.)
Brianne Milder (04F) was profiled in the Sept. 4 "Boston Globe Magazine" for her style and fashion sense
May graduate Sydney Hoover (01F) is in South Korea for the 2005-2006 academic year as the recipient of a Fulbright grant in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
WORK BY FACULTY AND STAFF:
Composer, digital artist, and Professor of Music Dan Warner's recent work is featured in a one-person show at the Olin Art Gallery at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, throughout the month of September. The exhibition includes two DVD projection multimedia installations, "Hortus Musicus" and "On the Conduct of Water." The installations take the environs of Rome, Italy, as their ostensible subject. A third installation, "Wall of Sound," invites the audience to sample contemporary Roman ambient culture through large-scale photographs of urban graffiti and accompanying sound recordings made throughout the city. For more: http://www.kenyon.edu/x28608.xml.
Betsy Hartmann, director of the Population and Development Program, is a member of the international advisory committee of the 10th International Women and Health Meeting, being held Sept. 21-25 in New Delhi, India. Several representatives of Hampshire are joining Hartmann as presenters: Amy Oliver, coordinator of the Population and Development Program, Civil Liberties and Public Policy Director Marlene Fried, Eesha Pandit, CLPP associate director of programs, and Maria Cristina Rangel, CLPP program associate. At the conference, Population and Development is launching its new publication, "Reviving Reproductive Safety," a compilation of eight issue papers on critical themes of reproductive rights, contraception, and women's health. Learn more about the conference: http://www.10iwhmindia.org/.
"Emphasize conservation, alternative fuels," an op-ed by Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael T. Klare, ran in the Sept. 8 "Sun-Sentinel" (Florida). You can read his essay, "Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch," from the Sept. 6 issue of "The Nation". "The failed mission to capture Iraqi oil" is in the Sept. 22 "Asia Times". Klare also was a guest on the "Al Franken Show" on Air America Radio on Sept. 2.
"Lunch with Fela," the most recent film by Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett, will have its European premiere at the 2005 Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) October 14-26.
Dean of the School of Natural Science and Professor of Ecology Charlene D'Avanzo advocated for the importance of "student-active" learning and research at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, covered in the Aug. 8 "Chronicle of Higher Education." Read <"Ecologists Focus on New, Student-Oriented Teaching Approach at Their Annual Meeting".
"The Roll of a Lifetime," the latest essay by Secretary of the College Nancy Kelly, about the joys of cooking with refrigerated dough, aired Aug. 22 on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.
School to Farm Program Coordinator Nikki Robb and the Hampshire College Farm Camp were featured in the Aug. 14 "Springfield Republican".
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Studies Stephanie Levin's course on "Draft Resisters and Warriors" opened with a visit on the first day of class by a former Marine, Aaron Crowell of Montague, who talked about his experiences in Somalia in 1994. Crowell spoke through the Veterans Education Project, and his talk and the course were covered by the "Daily Hampshire Gazette" ("Class learns of scars reluctant warriors carry," Sept. 13). The course is designed to offer a nonpartisan view of issues surrounding military service and to reveal all dimensions of military service.
Two presentations by Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Steven R. Roof are scheduled for the 17th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October. Roof and Five College colleague Al Werner of Mt. Holyoke College will present on "20 Year Lichen Growth Rates on Svalbard" and "Holocene and Modern Climate Change in the High Arctic: The Svalbard REU Program." The Svalbard REU program provides research opportunities for undergraduates in arctic geology and scientific study of climate change.
NEWS ABOUT ALUMNI:
Eric LeShay (98F) talked about the importance of the Lemelson Center of Hampshire College in an interview in the Sept. 3 "Brattleboro Reformer." You can read "For Eric LeShay, experience is catalyst for inventions" and learn more about his Bellows Falls-based business, Brigantian Designs, online #.
Work by sculptor Andrew Simsak (96F), currently completing an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art, was shown in "Meditations on Movement"at the Museum of New Art in Pontiac, Mich., in July and August.
Artist Justin Lowe's (96S) show at Printed Matter, through Sept. 24, was reviewed in the Aug. 5 "New York Times" (scroll down until you find Lowe's show).
Manavi Menon (92F) has been promoted to senior vice president of network development and marketing of WorldNow, a leading provider of internet technology.
Actor Liev Schreiber (85F) is making his directorial debut. Schreiber also wrote the screenplay, based on Jonathan Safran Foer's 2002 novel, "Everything Is Illuminated.".
Sarah Buttenwieser (81F) recently published an op-ed in "USA Today." Read "Fame undermines therapy in reality TV's ‘Brat Camp'".
Ricky Greenwald's (78S) "Child Trauma Handbook: A guide for helping trauma-exposed children and adolescents" has been published by Haworth. A practicing clinical psychologist, Greenwald is founder and executive director of the Child Trauma Institute.
Denise M. Warren (76F) has been promoted to vice president and director of investor relations of First American Corporation.
Sam Hoffman (04F) helped create a new allergen-free frozen dessert, Alpine Ice, and was featured in the Sept. 19 "Daily Hampshire Gazette." Read more about Hoffman's new dessert.
Nina Stewart (04F) talked about the effects of Hurricane Katrina on her home city, New Orleans, during an interview published in the Sept. 14 "Daily Hampshire Gazette." In a thoughtful reflection on the things that made New Orleans special, she wondered if its uniqueness can be brought back. ("Gazette" articles are available online only through subscription.)
Brianne Milder (04F) was profiled in the Sept. 4 "Boston Globe Magazine" for her style and fashion sense
May graduate Sydney Hoover (01F) is in South Korea for the 2005-2006 academic year as the recipient of a Fulbright grant in Teaching English as a Foreign Language.
WORK BY FACULTY AND STAFF:
Composer, digital artist, and Professor of Music Dan Warner's recent work is featured in a one-person show at the Olin Art Gallery at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, throughout the month of September. The exhibition includes two DVD projection multimedia installations, "Hortus Musicus" and "On the Conduct of Water." The installations take the environs of Rome, Italy, as their ostensible subject. A third installation, "Wall of Sound," invites the audience to sample contemporary Roman ambient culture through large-scale photographs of urban graffiti and accompanying sound recordings made throughout the city. For more: http://www.kenyon.edu/x28608.xml.
Betsy Hartmann, director of the Population and Development Program, is a member of the international advisory committee of the 10th International Women and Health Meeting, being held Sept. 21-25 in New Delhi, India. Several representatives of Hampshire are joining Hartmann as presenters: Amy Oliver, coordinator of the Population and Development Program, Civil Liberties and Public Policy Director Marlene Fried, Eesha Pandit, CLPP associate director of programs, and Maria Cristina Rangel, CLPP program associate. At the conference, Population and Development is launching its new publication, "Reviving Reproductive Safety," a compilation of eight issue papers on critical themes of reproductive rights, contraception, and women's health. Learn more about the conference: http://www.10iwhmindia.org/.
"Emphasize conservation, alternative fuels," an op-ed by Professor of Peace and World Security Studies Michael T. Klare, ran in the Sept. 8 "Sun-Sentinel" (Florida). You can read his essay, "Katrina and the Coming World Oil Crunch," from the Sept. 6 issue of "The Nation". "The failed mission to capture Iraqi oil" is in the Sept. 22 "Asia Times". Klare also was a guest on the "Al Franken Show" on Air America Radio on Sept. 2.
"Lunch with Fela," the most recent film by Professor of Film and Photography Abraham Ravett, will have its European premiere at the 2005 Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) October 14-26.
Dean of the School of Natural Science and Professor of Ecology Charlene D'Avanzo advocated for the importance of "student-active" learning and research at the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, covered in the Aug. 8 "Chronicle of Higher Education." Read <"Ecologists Focus on New, Student-Oriented Teaching Approach at Their Annual Meeting".
"The Roll of a Lifetime," the latest essay by Secretary of the College Nancy Kelly, about the joys of cooking with refrigerated dough, aired Aug. 22 on WAMC, Northeast Public Radio.
School to Farm Program Coordinator Nikki Robb and the Hampshire College Farm Camp were featured in the Aug. 14 "Springfield Republican".
Visiting Assistant Professor of Legal Studies Stephanie Levin's course on "Draft Resisters and Warriors" opened with a visit on the first day of class by a former Marine, Aaron Crowell of Montague, who talked about his experiences in Somalia in 1994. Crowell spoke through the Veterans Education Project, and his talk and the course were covered by the "Daily Hampshire Gazette" ("Class learns of scars reluctant warriors carry," Sept. 13). The course is designed to offer a nonpartisan view of issues surrounding military service and to reveal all dimensions of military service.
Two presentations by Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Steven R. Roof are scheduled for the 17th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October. Roof and Five College colleague Al Werner of Mt. Holyoke College will present on "20 Year Lichen Growth Rates on Svalbard" and "Holocene and Modern Climate Change in the High Arctic: The Svalbard REU Program." The Svalbard REU program provides research opportunities for undergraduates in arctic geology and scientific study of climate change.
NEWS ABOUT ALUMNI:
Eric LeShay (98F) talked about the importance of the Lemelson Center of Hampshire College in an interview in the Sept. 3 "Brattleboro Reformer." You can read "For Eric LeShay, experience is catalyst for inventions" and learn more about his Bellows Falls-based business, Brigantian Designs, online #.
Work by sculptor Andrew Simsak (96F), currently completing an MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art, was shown in "Meditations on Movement"at the Museum of New Art in Pontiac, Mich., in July and August.
Artist Justin Lowe's (96S) show at Printed Matter, through Sept. 24, was reviewed in the Aug. 5 "New York Times" (scroll down until you find Lowe's show).
Manavi Menon (92F) has been promoted to senior vice president of network development and marketing of WorldNow, a leading provider of internet technology.
Actor Liev Schreiber (85F) is making his directorial debut. Schreiber also wrote the screenplay, based on Jonathan Safran Foer's 2002 novel, "Everything Is Illuminated.".
Sarah Buttenwieser (81F) recently published an op-ed in "USA Today." Read "Fame undermines therapy in reality TV's ‘Brat Camp'".
Ricky Greenwald's (78S) "Child Trauma Handbook: A guide for helping trauma-exposed children and adolescents" has been published by Haworth. A practicing clinical psychologist, Greenwald is founder and executive director of the Child Trauma Institute.
Denise M. Warren (76F) has been promoted to vice president and director of investor relations of First American Corporation.
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