One of my favorite things about Hampshire College is hearing what students are studying and what they’re doing—or planning on doing—for their Division III (senior) projects. Since Hampshire requires us to design our own “majors,” students must find ways to incorporate multiple interests and areas of study into a single endeavor.
With a book atop the South Korean bestseller list, Asian religions professor Ryan Joo has become a celebrated author in his native country. The book, roughly translated as Things That Appear When You Pause, is a collection of essays and shorter works written over the past year and a half. More than 100,000 copies have sold since the January release and it is currently South Korea’s number one bestselling nonfiction w
A student team from Hampshire won first prize in the Health Literacy Hackathon sponsored by CommunicateHealth, a company cofounded by Xanthi Scrimgeour 85F. Zeke Nierenberg 09F, Kira McCoy 09F, Jamie Matheson 11F, and Amit Ringel 08F created a tool—called Carrot/Stick—that uses recorded messages from friends and family to help smokers quit. Within weeks, the inventive team won another award in the Massachusetts Insti
