End of the petroleum age Jul 3, 2008
Michael T Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, the author of Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books, 2008)and a columnist for Foreign Policy In Focus. Klare's previous book, Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum has been made into a documentary movie - to order and view a trailer, visit www. (Asia Times Online)
Traip Academy announces top students Jun 19, 2008
She plans to attend Hunter College having been accepted at University of Maine at Orono, USM, UVM, Hampshire College, San Francisco College. Courtney is a National Honor Society member, serving as co-president, member of Project Search, Heritage Club, Spanish Exchange club and co-founder of Traip's first Environmental Club, Team Green. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Cruising on veggie power Jun 18, 2008
As a mechanical design major at Hampshire College in Amherst back in the late 1990s, Justin Carven became interested in technologies that would let farmers in rural areas of Asia and Africa use vegetable oils for fuels. As part of his program, he spearheaded efforts to convert a farm tractor to run on vegetable oil. (Boston Globe)
Nazareth Academy graduates eight residents in Class of 2008 Jun 9, 2008
Ashley McQuaid graduated with honors and received a Founders Grant of $5,000 from Boston University, a St. Michael s College Book Award and Scholarship of $57,200 from Saint Michael s College, a RIT Presidential Scholarship of $36,000 from the Rochester Institute of Technology, a Trustee s Scholarship of $56,000 from Quinnipiac University, and a Non Satis Scire Scholarship of $30,000 from Hampshire College. She has decided to attend the Rochester Institute of Technology in the fall. (Medford Transcript, MA)
New world energy order Jun 9, 2008
Hampshire College professor of peace and world security studies Michael T. Klare, in an essay highlighted on Asia Times Online recently, said the world was facing a frightening reality: a marked slowdown in the expansion of global energy supplies just as demand rose precipitously. Klare, who is also the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil, opined that the combination of rising demand, emergence of powerful new energy consumers and contraction of the global energy supply was demolishing the... (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Honors and plans of Corvallis High grads Jun 8, 2008
Katherine Elizabeth Frank: Hampshire College, undecided; Hampshire Faculty Scholarship, National Honor Society. Danielle Marie Franklin: OSU, Biology. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Action! They're ready to take the helm May 26, 2008
Montague (he goes by a single name), 28, Rocklin, Maine, undergraduate degree from Massachusetts' Hampshire College. Deanna Erdmann, 28, Victorville, an undergraduate degree from UC Irvine. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Planet Wall Street: The US century: Oblivion becomes the oblivious May 23, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Miriam Goodman, 69; poet also nurtured others' art May 16, 2008
He now teaches at Hampshire College and lives in Northampton. Their marriage ended after about a decade, and the two shared custody of their daughters Julia, who now lives in Arlington, and Sarah. (Boston Globe)
Providence is burning May 16, 2008
Max Pearl is a first-year student at Hampshire College who blogs about under-21 events in Boston. He can be reached at maep07@hampshire. (Boston Globe)
Benjamin Bratt's lessons for success May 16, 2008
This year, they both graduate from college - one from Hampshire College, the other Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - on the same day. What are the parents to do. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Scott Miller, 40; showed others how to live with rare disease May 15, 2008
The Miller family still has the letter he wrote in 1988 to New Hampshire College in Manchester supporting Scott's application for admission ... Both Scott and his brother were admitted to New Hampshire College, and both graduated in 1992. (Boston Globe)
Law blog: Sunstein-Power engaged May 10, 2008
Then there's executive producer David Nicksay, who graduated from Hampshire College and worked here on the Danny DeVito/Martin Lawrence, um, comedy "What's the Worst that Could Happen?" Another of the film's producers is Pittsfield native Elizabeth Banks, who probably won't be on set much because she's busy playing Laura Bush in Oliver Stone's biopic "W." (Her character's on the cover of the new Entertainment Weekly. . (Boston Globe)
An oil-addicted ex-superpower May 10, 2008
Michael Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and author of the just-released Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books). A documentary film based on his previous book, Blood and Oil, is available from the Media Education Foundation and can be ordered at bloodandoilmovie. (Asia Times Online)
A Mechanical Squirrel in Mass. May 5, 2008
It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns. Related Articles. (Time.com)
Robotic Squirrels Help in the Study of Real Critters May 4, 2008
It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns. Dubbed "Rocky" after the cartoon character, the robo-squirrel is working its way into Hampshire's live-squirrel clique, controlled by researchers several yards away with a laptop computer and binoculars. (Fox News)
Gay Couple To Become Master Act At Yale May 4, 2008
"You can never control for every loose cannon, but I just don't think this is an issue anymore," said a close friend, Ralph Hexter, the openly gay president of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. "People will be pleased he's in the college, whether he's gay or straight," said Joe Gordon, an openly gay dean at Yale. (FOX61, CT)
Mechanical squirrels, robot lizards jump into research May 3, 2008
It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing the warning was powered by amps, not acorns ... Rocky, a mechanical "robo-squirrel," roams around Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. (AZCentral -- News)
Scientists call in the mechanical squirrels for research May 3, 2008
Rocky, a mechanical 'robo-squirrel,' at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. Sarah Partan, Hampshire assistant professor of animal behavior, left, and student Maya Gounard, 20, spy on real squirrel activity nearby. (USA Today)
Galleries for the rest of us May 2, 2008
Max Pearl is a first year student at Hampshire College who blogs about under-21 events in the Boston area. He can be reached at. (Boston Globe)
The rise of the new energy world order Apr 17, 2008
Michael T Klare is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College and the author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil. Consider this essay a preview of his newest book, , which has just been published by Metropolitan Books. (Asia Times Online)
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns sees 'drama in what was and what is' Apr 8, 2008
Burns, 54, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. When he studied film design at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. he thought he was going to be a feature filmmaker. (Ellensburg Daily Record, WA)
'Play Group' cast members: Make me famous Apr 8, 2008
Sanders is a playwright and teaches writing at Hampshire College in western Massachusetts. His plays have been produced in Chicago, New York and London, and he is currently participating in the Hero Project at the Drilling Company in New York. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Personnel Announcement From the Office of the White House Press Secretary Apr 3, 2008
Ms. Duke received her bachelor's degree from New Hampshire College and her master's degree from Chaminade University. The President intends to nominate Brandon Chad Bungard, of Virginia, to be General Counsel for the Federal Labor Relations Authority, for a five-year term. (PR Newswire)
Their words against ours Mar 31, 2008
Three are from New England schools: Emerson College, Hampshire College, and Dartmouth College ... The Gringo Choir at Emerson College and the Hampshire College Slam Collective team, which have been squaring off at the Cantab, were both formed within the past few months, mostly for the purpose of attending the national competition ... Conlon, the organizing member of the Hampshire College team, said he feels similarly. (Boston Globe)
McKean competes at '08 Masters World Cup Mar 28, 2008
He was a professor of anthropology and the Dean at Hampshire College from 1971 to 1977 and was also the Headmaster at Concord Academy from 1977 to 1981. I was aware that the likelihood of having good snow conditions and good ski conditions were possible, he said. (Courier Publications, ME)
Survey finds N.H. students taking on more debt Mar 25, 2008
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) -- New Hampshire college students are falling deeper in debt on two fronts: borrowing to attend school and using their credit cards. A recent study found that the average student expects to owe more than $20,000 upon graduation. (Concord Monitor)
Women in Film & Video/New England to present Image Awards Mar 23, 2008
He was a college intern at the village, and shot his first film there in 1975 while working on his undergrad degree at Hampshire College. The 28-minute short is called "Working in Rural New England" and was his senior project. (Boston Globe)
Stonyfield CEO: Consumers have world of power Mar 23, 2008
In the 1970s, he was one of the first graduates of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. where he got a degree in environmental studies. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Dancing with the underage stars Mar 21, 2008
Max Pearl is a Hampshire College student who blogs about under-21 events in Boston. Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Grease fuels this car Mar 15, 2008
The idea came to Carven in 1998, when he was studying alternative fuels as a mechanical design major at Hampshire College in Western Massachusetts. After reading a book titled "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank," he thought it might be possible to run a variety of diesel engines on waste vegetable oil from restaurants. (Conshohocken Recorder, PA)
US's fancy guns are trained on China Mar 8, 2008
Michael T Klare is a professor of peace and world-security studies at Hampshire College, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist and the author of the forthcoming Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy (Metropolitan Books, 2008). (Posted with permission from ). (Asia Times Online)
Studying climate change above the Arctic Circle Mar 2, 2008
and Steve Roof of Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. The trio has been studying the effects of global warming on climate change by collecting and analyzing sediment samples from the surface and bottom of a glacial lake on one of the Svalbard islands. (Courier Publications, ME)
Mortgage crisis spills over into school loans Feb 25, 2008
Thomas Horgan, president of the New Hampshire College and University Council, said he expects banks or the federal government will step into the gap, particularly for loans backed by the federal government. "The potential is there to have a a disaster, but the reality is, I think there's way too many interested parties - students, guarantee agencies - all of which are depending on there being a solid pipeline of funds available for students to go to college.". (Concord Monitor)
UMass Tennis Set For First Home Match Of The Spring Season Feb 24, 2008
UMass Tennis Is Set For It's First Home Match Of The Spring Season :: Match to take place at the indoor Hampshire College courts ... Match to take place at the indoor Hampshire College courts ... - After a slight delay, the UMass women's tennis team is set to take on the Army Black Knights on February 24 at 12 p.m. The match will take place at the Hampshire College indoor courts. (Umassathletics.com)
No Oil, No Peace, No Problem Feb 22, 2008
Klare, a professor at Hampshire College in Massachusetts, called the prospect of a world war over oil "very plausible" and said he saw potential for the game to raise awareness of the issue among young people. "If you want to have an impact on young people on important issues, it's important to reach them outside the classroom as well as inside the classroom," he said, "Therefore entertainment has to be part of the mix.". (ABC News -- Business)
How oil burst America's bubble Feb 2, 2008
Michael Klare, author of Resource Wars and Blood and Oil, is a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College. His newest book, Rising Powers, Shrinking Planet: The New Geopolitics of Energy, will be published by Metropolitan Books in April 2008. (Asia Times Online)
Tennis Match Postponed Due To Weather Feb 2, 2008
- The tennis match that was supposed to be held tonight at 7:30 at the Hampshire College tennis courts has been canceled due to the weather. The match is tentatively rescheduled for the end of the month, but will be held at Boston College, not at UMass. (Umassathletics.com)
'Absolutely Safe' looks at the silicone implant safety debate Jan 27, 2008
Also on Saturday, Hampshire College alumnus Brett Morgen ("The Kid Stays in the Picture") will be at the Academy of Music in Northampton for the New England premiere of "Chicago 10," his new movie about the radicals who disrupted the 1968 Democratic National Convention with antiwar protests. There's a reception at 6 p.m. with the screening and Q&A at 7 p.m. (413-584-9032 and acad ). (Boston Globe)
The Left's Ronald Reagan? Jan 9, 2008
Watching the New Hampshire college students pour out to vote for Obama, I kept picturing the young Miss Rodham delivering her cri de couer at Wellesley's commencement, way back in 1969: "We're searching for more immediate, ecstatic and penetrating modes of living," a way to live "in relation to one another in the full poetry of existence." ... Watching the New Hampshire college students pour out to vote for Obama, I kept picturing the young Miss Rodham delivering her cri de couer at Wellesley's... (Townhall.com)
Alviso/Christie wed in June Jan 6, 2008
The groom earned his Bachelor of Science degree in sports management at New Hampshire College, now Southern New Hampshire University, in 1999. He is employed at Planet Fitness, corporate office. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Blogging under 21 Jan 3, 2008
Brookline native Max Pearl, an 18-year-old student at Hampshire College in Amherst, has a blog called "Under 21 in Boston" (). While the project is still young, the website's goal is provide a resource, including an interactive calendar and listings of venues for the "elusive, inaccessible places" - that often lack a solid Internet presence - where events for all ages take place. (Boston Globe)
Eventually, the Skiles style didn't work in Chicago Dec 30, 2007
There are now at least three NBA head coaches who have New England college jobs on their r sum s: Boylan, Stan Van Gundy (Castleton State, UMass-Lowell), and P.J. Carlesimo (New Hampshire College. . (Boston Globe -- Sports)
It's not every day you find an industry that hasn't been transformed by the Internet. Dec 24, 2007
At Hampshire College in Massachusetts, she triple-majored in sculpture, philosophy, and linguistics. But her budding art career soon took a backseat to a budding interest in Web design, which led to a job at Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as a product manager. (FastCompany)
Effort aims to keep college grads in state Dec 18, 2007
BEDFORD Results of more than 3,100 surveys of New Hampshire college seniors and recent alumni released Monday demonstrate a positive perception of the quality of life in the state, but show that many of those educated individuals leave the state because they are concerned about job opportunities here. As part of the 55% Initiative, an effort to retain more college graduates in the state, the University of New Hampshire Survey Center released results from surveys at the Forum on the Future... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Klare: Iraq & Climate Change Dec 12, 2007
No doubt some will say, "Who are the culprits? Who is responsible for our desperate situation? Why didn't they do time behind bars? But by then, it will be too late. So the Iraq War, for all its distinctive features, has to be seen in relation to the massive catastrophe of global climate change that is coming toward us at a terrifying pace. Like the peril of all-out nuclear war, this will constitute an ultimate threat to our nation's survival. If we had any sense at all, we would terminate... (Zmag.org)
N.H. Senate president honored Dec 10, 2007
The New Hampshire College and University Council will present the award to Larsen on Tuesday. The council said it chose Larsen in recognition of her leadership and support for increasing access to higher education in New Hampshire. (Concord Monitor)
Marbury wasn't told of father's death Dec 4, 2007
The 20th Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire College Football Recruiting Night will be held tonight from 7 to 9 at the Tewksbury Country Club. Admission is free and several Eastern colleges will be represented. (Boston Globe)
Anthropologists battle over ethics of embeds Nov 28, 2007
"The debate has been a real sign of vibrancy and the seriousness with which we take anthropology and the growing importance of anthropological field work," says Alan Goodman, president of the anthropologists group and a professor at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. An ad hoc committee today will present a report on the engagement of anthropology with the U.S. security and intelligence communities, but chairman Jim Peacock of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill says the report was... (USA Today -- News)
Taking a look at the local sports scene Nov 26, 2007
Jim Tufts, longtime head coach of the Exeter High School hockey team, and his brother, Peter, he of former New Hampshire College Penmen head coaching fame, are both heavily involved in youth programs at the Exeter Ice House. The Brothers Tufts know the game, how it should be played, and most importantly, they're both good with kids. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Candidates Fight To Stay Fit On The Trail... Nov 24, 2007
And probably spoke for all the candidates when he arrived at a New Hampshire college for a speech on Sunday night and surveyed the snack foods set out backstage. Id love some spaghetti, he said wistfully, as if a warm, comforting meal could somehow be conjured out of the air. (The Drudge Report)
Hutchinson kicks-off bid for state rep: cites need for unbiased, non-partisan view in State House Nov 22, 2007
Hutchinson graduated from New Hampshire College in Manchester since renamed Southern New Hampshire University with a degree in communications, after initially pursuing a general business degree. Communication is a broad degree. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Lawmakers Play Catch Up at the Capitol Nov 16, 2007
The impetus for this legislation was Michelle Morse, a New Hampshire college student diagnosed with colon cancer. Facing chemotherapy and other treatment, Michelle's insurance plan required her to either continue taking a full class load or lose her health insurance. (Agri-View, WI)
Sports in Brief Nov 9, 2007
The 20th annual Eastern Massachusetts and Southern New Hampshire college football recruiting night will be held Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7-9 p.m. at the Tewksbury Country Coub, 1880 Main St., Tewksbury. Several area college representatives will attend. (Boxford Tri Town Transcript, MA)
Participating colleges Nov 5, 2007
Schools taking part in NSSE - USATODAY.com. Take the first step towards finding a better job. (USA Today)
Teaching Trash? Nov 2, 2007
Among other unusual-sounding electives: "Kitchen Ecology" at Hampshire College in South Amherst, Mass. "The Final Four Experience" at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Fox News)
Man who lost son to heroin wants to help others facing same tragedy Nov 2, 2007
After his death, his older brother Michael graduated from a New Hampshire college and is working there as an architect. His younger brother Keith, who graduated from Farmington High School about a month after Chris died, is a sophomore at Central Connecticut State University. (Farmington Valley Post, CT)
Giuliani makes appearance in Durham Oct 16, 2007
"People are able to ask the tough questions over their waffles and pancakes instead of in front of a crowd of thousands," said Bill Hunt, the UNH chapter president of the New Hampshire College Republicans. Hunt, who stood in front of Young's while he waited for Giuliani's arrival, emphasized that even a brief stop can be critical for a candidate when on the campaign trail in the Primary State. (The New Hampshire, NH)
* Obama campaign reaches out to young voters Oct 10, 2007
Senator Barack Obama has struck a chord among young voters and his campaign is making what seems to be the most sophisticated effort of any of the Democrats to reach out to them, sending recruiting teams to Iowa high schools and trying to ensure that New Hampshire college students who might be out of state on Primary Day get absentee ballots. Fred Thompson, a Republican candidate for president, spoke to a few hundred people the other night in at the Marriott convention center in Coralville,... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Top 100 Cable Systems - Systems Directory Oct 10, 2007
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Putting Your World (Wide Web) On One Page Oct 3, 2007
The site is currently available at just six schools - UMass Amherst, UConn, George Mason University, Amherst College, Plymouth State University and Hampshire College - but CampusLIVE is looking to expand to many others, including Arizona State University, in the near future. According to Cassidy, the newest version of the Web site is scalable, meaning that it doesn't take long for new schools to be added. (The Daily Campus, CT)
N.H. philanthropist buys building for needy children's group Sep 24, 2007
After a successful stint on Wall Street, Finlay now runs his own private investment company, Hillcrest Management LLC. He is a trustee and supporter of SNHU, which was called New Hampshire College when Finlay graduated in 1992 with a degree in economics and finance. Finlay, 37, and his wife, Karin, live in Peterborough with their four children and run their own philanthropic foundation. (Concord Monitor)
College adds to language network Sep 20, 2007
and Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass. According to Michael Geisler, vice president for Language Schools, Schools Abroad and Graduate Programs, the creation of MMLA compliments the 2005 acquisition of the Monterey Institute by extending the trajectory of language programs associated with the College. (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
Hampshire College president and longtime partner announce marriage Sep 19, 2007
AMHERST - Faculty and staff at Hampshire College gathered yesterday at the president's house for what they thought would be a traditional back-to-school event, the annual reception marking the launch of a new academic year ... Hexter and Kollmeier wed during Labor Day weekend, but delayed their public announcement until they could share it with the Hampshire College community ... "This is our way of celebrating Hampshire College, which so warmly welcomed us as a couple when I was named president... (Boston Globe)
Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns to Address National Press Club Sep 18, 2007
Burns, 54, will give a speech entitled "No Ordinary Lives," regarding the American experience in World War II. His upcoming seven-part documentary, "The War," will debut on PBS on Sunday, September 23 at 8 p.m. Burns graduated from Hampshire College with a B.A. in film studies in 1975 and formed his production company, Florentine Films, the following year. His first project, "Brooklyn Bridge," made its national premiere on PBS on May 24, 1982, the 99th anniversary of the bridge's opening. (PR Newswire)
