New Agreement Extends Historic Link Between Amherst, Doshisha

Ever since Joseph Hardy Neesima (Class of 1870) founded Doshisha University in Kyoto, the university has had a special reciprocal friendship with the college. Last week, the presidents of the two schools signed a formal document to extend the partnership.

e-News June 27, 2014

New Dean of Students, Director of the Counseling Center Named

Following extensive national searches, Amherst has appointed two higher education veterans to the Student Life positions.

e-News June 27, 2014

Taking a New Look at Childhood

This coming year, American studies and English professor Karen Sánchez-Eppler plans to delve into various archives to study a culture that's often overlooked by scholars, though we all have at some point belonged to it: the culture of children.

e-News June 27, 2014

Taking a New Look at Childhood

This coming year, American studies and English professor Karen Sánchez-Eppler plans to delve into various archives to study a culture that's often overlooked by scholars, though we all have at some point belonged to it: the culture of children.

e-News June 27, 2014

Top 2013-2014 News Stories

Major League Baseball and NCAA tennis. A synthetic magnet and a wild moose. A dance party in an operating room and an a cappella concert in New York City. These are just a few highlights of the past year in Amherst College news.

e-News June 27, 2014

'80 Author Chronicles Rail-Riding Adventure with Son

Ted Conover '80 embarked on a "quasi-legal, father-son mission to train-hop through the changing American West" and wrote about it for Outside magazine.

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Publishers Weekly Profiles '94 Editor

The publication featured the career and life of Julie Strauss-Gabel '94, vice president and publisher at Dutton Children's Books.

e-News June 27, 2014

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