If picturing a New England college campus in their minds, many people would see wide expanses of close-cropped lawn. Here at Hampshire College, sustainability-minded students had a different image.
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
The Ordination of a Tree: The Thai Buddhist Environmental Movement, a new book by Professor Sue Darlington, examines a Buddhist monastic movement in Thailand that aims to reverse environmental degradation and unsustainable economic development through ordination of a tree. Published by SUNY Press, the hardcover edition was released in early December, with the paperback version following in February 2013. The book exa
