June 11, 2009 e-News
Sarah Bloom Raskin ’83 will fill a vacancy left on the college’s board by outgoing member Jonathan I. Landman ’74. Her six-year term starts July 1.
May 26, 2009 e-News
The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to present Frank E. Stevenson II—also an Amherst parent—with the honor, which recognizes a member of the college community who has demonstrated extraordinary devotion to the college.
May 26, 2009 e-News
In his traditional Commencement address May 24, Amherst President Anthony W. Marx urged the college’s graduates to “step into the forest ahead, toward rewards you had not even known you would seek” because “what we do is invest in you, in your possibilities.” To read more about Marx’s speech and the address of senior speaker Marshall Nannes, view photos or listen to audio, check out the Amherst Web site.
May 26, 2009 e-News
This month, 10 students or young alumni have received Fulbright Fellowships or Beinecke or Goldwater Scholarships. Martin Aguilera ’09, Sarah Bass ’06, Raj Borsellino ’09E, Jesse Corradi ’08, Emma Fink ’11, Leigh Harris ’10, Suzanne Hulick ’09, Kelly Rich ’08, Jennifer Suh ’09E and Andrew T. Werner ’10 are among the latest Amherst prize winners.
May 26, 2009 e-News
During the college’s 188th graduation ceremony, Amherst awarded bachelor of arts degrees to 419 students and honorary degrees to eight distinguished guests. Learn other fun facts and figures about the newly-minted graduates and the weekend’s activities.
May 13, 2009 e-News
April 23 was the college’s first Day of Mindfulness—a series of events from stress reduction workshops to meditation breaks inviting members of the college community to explore various contemplative practices.
May 13, 2009 e-News
Neither the cool breeze nor light rain could dampen the spirits of 15 alumni who played in a vintage baseball game May 3 marking the 150th anniversary of the first match-up between Amherst and Williams College, also the first intercollegiate baseball game in history. The day’s activities—which featured chess matches and the regularly scheduled Amherst-Williams varsity baseball game as well—were covered by The New York Times, Boston Globe, Yahoo!Sports and National Public Radio’s Only a Game, among other media.
May 13, 2009 e-News
Renowned pianist and conductor Leon Fleisher, PayPal Founder Elon Musk, abstract artist Frank Stella and five other fellow honorary degree recipients—including members of Amherst’s classes of ’71, ’76 and ’81—will speak in a series of conversations on campus the day before the college’s 188th Commencement.
May 13, 2009 e-News
Every spring, graduating seniors at Amherst choose a professor and three fellow students to speak at Senior Assembly. This year’s speeches were humorous, poignant and thought-provoking. Listen to the addresses and view some photos of the May 8 event.
April 29, 2009 e-News
After several decades away from campus, former U.S. Poet Laureate and two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur ’42 has returned to his alma mater to teach “Writing Poetry I.” He recently spoke with Public Affairs’ Caroline Hanna about his craft, the first poem he ever published and a conversation he had with legendary New Yorker editor Katharine White—yes, that would be Mrs. E. B. White—in a Q&A and video.
April 29, 2009 e-News
Amherst geology professor Whitey Hagadorn and a colleague believe they have identified the fossilized tracks of the first animals to have left the oceans and adapted to life on land millions of years ago. Their findings were published in this month’s issue of the journal Geology.
April 14, 2009 e-News
Wako Tawa will use the A.V. Davis Foundations' funding to strengthen the teaching of “category four” languages (tongues that are particularly difficult for native English speakers to master), especially at the secondary level.
April 14, 2009 e-News
American studies and history professor Kevin Sweeney discusses “The Material Culture of American Homes,” his course that has him and his students traveling throughout New England—and back in time—to explore the American home and its influence on society and culture.
March 31, 2009 e-News
Calista McRae ’09 will use the prestigious fellowship to explore ruins and their “suggestive power,” which she says is responsible for a “millennium of poetry and art” that is often sentimentalized and allegorized out of all proportion.
March 31, 2009 e-News
Katherine Duke ’05 explored the work of Artist-in-Residence Nathalie Miebach, who “combines science, art and music all in one,” in her latest Campus Buzz dispatch.