https://www.amherst.edu/ en https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/connect/news/enews/archive/e-news-2021-22/1-6-22/node/829099 <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">January 6, 2022</span> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Jessica Bonzek (inactive)</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2022-01-21T11:16:14-05:00" title="Friday, January 21, 2022, at 11:16 AM" class="datetime">Friday, 1/21/2022, at 11:16 AM</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Year in Review: Our Best Stories of 2021</strong></p> <p>Art exhibits, student voices, the Bicentennial party and more: look back, month by month, at the <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2021/12-2021/year-in-review-our-best-stories-of-2021">Amherst stories</a> that enlightened and inspired us most during a very long year.</p> <hr> <p><strong>Solidarity for Posterity</strong></p> <div class="e2ma-p-div">Get a close look at the Bicentennial’s community-wide anti-racism collaboration, the <a href="/about/today/amherst-in-pictures/solidarity-for-posterity">Solidarity Book Project</a>. What do participants have to say about <em>The Condemnation of Blackness</em>, <em>Song of Solomon</em>, Anne Frank’s diary and the other books that have challenged and expanded their understanding?</div> <hr> <p><strong>Two Young Researchers Win Projects for Peace Fellowships</strong></p> <div class="e2ma-p-div">The <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2021/12-2021/two-young-researchers-win-projects-for-peace-fellowships">funding</a> helped Emma Spencer ’23E interview and photograph Vietnam veterans, and Sabrina Lin ’21 create a podcast on U.S. Chinatowns.</div> <div class="e2ma-p-div"><hr> <p><strong>How Do You Say “Tusks Up!” in Latin?</strong></p> <div class="e2ma-p-div">Amherst classics professors to the rescue! The <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2021/12-2021/how-do-you-say-tusks-up-in-latin">story</a> of a vintage T-shirt, a slogan and some brand-new <a href="https://ac200.ajhastings.com/">Bicentennial merch</a>.</div> <div class="e2ma-p-div"><hr> <p><strong>Chris Bohjalian ’82: “We’re All Feeling Fine. We Really Are. Except We’re Not.”</strong></p> <div class="e2ma-p-div">“Despite the false optimism on social media,” the bestselling novelist <a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/12/21/magazine/were-all-feeling-fine-we-really-are-except-were-not">writes</a> in <em>The Boston Globe</em>, “the truth is that many of us continue to struggle as the pandemic barrels toward its two-year anniversary. Talking about these struggles, I’ve learned, is the first step toward healing our pandemic-addled souls.”</div> <div class="e2ma-p-div"><hr></div> <div class="e2ma-p-div"> <p><strong>Start Off the New Year with a New Podcast! <em>Amherst at 200</em><em>: Celebrating Mind, Heart &amp; Community</em></strong></p> <div class="e2ma-p-div">Released as a part of our Bicentennial celebration and narrated by Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright ’87, <em><a href="/about/bicentennial/bicentennial-podcast">Amherst at 200</a></em> showcases the stories of alumni from 70 years ago until the present. Each story is both a snapshot of life on campus and a reflection of the richness of an Amherst education.</div> <div class="e2ma-p-div">Recent episodes feature guests Kirk Johnson ’82, William Pritchard ’53 and Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11. And don’t miss the special presidential episode with President Biddy Martin and two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, in a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74.</div> </div> </div> </div></div> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 16:16:14 +0000 jbonzek 829099 at https://www.amherst.edu