Want to relive the glory of the 2009 undefeated Lord Jeff football team? Amherst has created a special DVD documentary honoring the squad. Order your copy of Amherst Football: A Season to Remember, which features a series of team interviews reflecting on Amherst’s 8-0 season and the 2009 NESN broadcast of the “Biggest Little Game in America.”December 8, 2009 e-News
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Antonis Samaras’ victory as the leader of Greece’s New Democracy conservative opposition party came just weeks after former Amherst roommate George Papandreou ’75 was elected the country’s prime minister. Stories about Samaras’ win and his relationship with Papandreou appeared in various national and international media outlets, including AthensPlus, a newsweekly published by The International Herald Tribune and Kathimerini SA.
December 8, 2009 e-News
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His brother died in a POW camp. Now Martin Vogel ’48 knows why. Read his story in the latest Amherst magazine. Also in the new issue: “The Off-Brand Conservative,” 50 things to do at Amherst, a review of The Lost Symbol and much more.
December 8, 2009 e-News
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Help preserve Amherst’s many traditions for current students by submitting your favorite college memories and stories. All entries will be posted online and archived, so log on and share your knowledge!
November 24, 2009 e-News
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A reviewer wrote glowingly of She Turned on the Light, a one-woman production written by Wendy Woodson of the college’s Theater and Dance Department and performed by Marina Libel ’01. Also involved in the play are Amherst’s Suzanne Dougan, set and costume creator, and Kathy Couch ’95, lighting designer.
November 24, 2009 e-News
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Photos from the spectacular end to a perfect football season , a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and more are now available through Amherst’s Flickr set. Stop by and see what's been happening on and off campus.
November 24, 2009 e-News
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Believing that every person’s story matters, several students founded the Amherst Story Project in 2004 to highlight the fascinating lives and unique experiences of a few of their classmates. Listen to the stories of Leslie Roth ’13, Ariana Cook ’12, Luis Feliz ’12E, Gina Rodriguez ’10 and Ashley Soto ’11.
November 11, 2009 e-News
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Photos from this year’s Family Weekend are now online at the college’s Flickr site. Stay tuned to the Amherst.edu homepage for links to videos and audio of Family Weekend events!
November 11, 2009 e-News
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Austin Sarat was honored with the Hugo A. Bedau Award from Massachusetts Citizens Against the Death Penalty and the Rappaport Center for Law and Public Service at an awards ceremony in Boston on Oct. 28. Interested in learning more about his work on capital punishment? Participate in the first of the college’s new Amherst Telephone Lecture Series, featuring Sarat on Nov. 19 at noon EST. Register for the event online or listen to the audio on the Amherst Web site after the lecture.
November 11, 2009 e-News
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Dr. F. Sessions Cole’s famed newborn intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital was hailed in a lengthy article as “one of the biggest, busiest and most technically advanced in the country” and “in the forefront of ‘family-centered care.’”
November 11, 2009 e-News
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In response to a call for first-person essays describing how the recession is affecting young people today, Ophelia Hu ’12 recounted her activities canvassing for the poverty organization Save the Children, in a piece titled “Save the Children, in Zimbabwe and at Home.” The essay earned Hu a finalist nod from the magazine’s editors.
November 11, 2009 e-News
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The two donations, from separate anonymous alumni, will support the college’s efforts to provide the finest possible undergraduate education and access to it. The gifts are the largest in the history of Amherst and generated coverage in the Associated Press and other media outlets across the country.
October 27, 2009 e-News
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Allen Guttmann, professor of English and American studies, received the honor at a special two-day meeting of the International Society of Olympic Historians in Cologne, Germany, in August.
October 27, 2009 e-News
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Professor Lawrence Douglas spoke with PRI’s The World about the war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic and the challenges of an international court.
October 27, 2009 e-News
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This fall, three of the college’s tour guides have volunteered to share their knowledge and perspectives through blogs on the admission Web site. Learn more about each of them and catch up on what life is really like as an Amherst student.