John Michael Higgins ’85 was a professional actor in high school when he learned about Amherst from an alumnus with whom he was working.
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Check out our featured book of the month!
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Join us for Homecoming on October 25-27, 2019!
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Join us for Family Weekend on November 1-3, 2019!
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Whether searching for friends in a city you’re visiting, finding an Amherst event in your area or looking for career advice, our alumni are a valuable resource for the entire Amherst community.
An Amherst education doesn’t end at commencement. We’re pleased to offer a variety of in-person and online learning experiences that will give you a lot to consider and discuss.
Since 1996, Katherine Chia's firm, Desai Chia, has established a reputation for authentic design, sustainable strategies and the craft of building. Her projects have received numerous accolades, including four American Architecture Awards and six American Institute of Architects Design Awards.
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Adam Vine ’01 and Andrew Epstein ’02 are consulting with companies in the cannabis industry to help them become more socially responsible, and in 2017, founded a two-pronged venture based in Los Angeles: the for-profit Cage-Free Cannabis and the nonprofit Cage-Free Repair.
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Miranda Marraccini ’12 was in the third year of her Ph.D. program in Princeton University’s English department when she learned about the Victoria Press, a London-based women’s-rights activist group from 1860. Starting in 2016, she set to work organizing their information for VictoriaPressCircle.org.
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P. Gabrielle Foreman ’86 is co-founder of the Colored Conventions Project, which has worked to make available six decades of Black political organizing information vital to the abolitionist movement and African-American activism.
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