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BREAKING NEWS: Jones Wins Johnson Grant
Dr. Randy Jones, H-SC '98, Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing won a three-year, $350,000 grant from the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation to study strategies to help patients feel more at ease in the final stages of life. Full Story...


Scott Cooper Film Gets 3 Oscar Nods
posterCrazy Heart , written, directed, and produced by Hampden-Sydney Alumnus Scott Cooper '92, has received three Academy Award Nominations:  Jeff Bridges - Best Actor ; Maggie Gyllenhaal - Best Supporting Actress; and Ryan Bingham and T-Bone Burnett for the Best Original Song, "The Weary Kind." Full Story...


Matt Dubroff and Noh Theatre Tour
DubroffLecturer in Fine Arts Matt Dubroff of the Hampden-Sydney Theatre Department toured with Theatre Nohgaku over the Winter Break.  (Dubroff is pictured at right in production at Hampden-Sydney in 2006.) 
 
The Oshima Noh Theatre of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, and Theatre Nohgaku, based in Tokyo and New York, collaborated for the first time in a joint production of classical and contemporary Noh theatre from December 2 to 10, 2009, in London, Dublin, Oxford, and Paris.  Full Story...


35th Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review
CoverThe 35th Edition of The Hampden-Sydney Poetry Review has been published. Full Story...


Hampden-Sydney Ranked 4th by Forbes.com
Forbes.com ratingIn its college rankings, "Best Colleges in the South," Forbes.com has ranked Hampden-Sydney 4th among private colleges and 6th among all colleges and universities in the South. Full Story...


H-SC to Host Gilder Lehrman Summer Seminar
PosterFrom July 18 to 24, 2010, Hampden-Sydney College will host a Gilder Lehrman Institute Summer Seminar for K-12 teachers and National Park Service interpreters.  The topic will be "Civil Rights in America." Full Story...


A Taste of Europe: Euro Night
Basil A. Panton '11 and Osric A. Forrest '12
One afternoon last semester started with unexpected disorder for a group of  Hampden-Sydney students.  These gentlemen, who were supposed to have already departed the campus to reach an event at the French Embassy in Washington, D.C, dubbed “Euro Night,” were just scrambling their way to the entrance of Graham Hall.  It was late afternoon, and disorganization reigned. Full Story...