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March 17, 2009 e-News
Katherine Duke ’05 reports on hearing PostSecret creator Frank Warren, “the most trusted stranger in America,” talk at Johnson Chapel on March 10.
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March 17, 2009 e-News
Katherine Duke ’05 reports on hearing PostSecret creator Frank Warren, “the most trusted stranger in America,” talk at Johnson Chapel on March 10.
March 17, 2009 e-News
In a referendum on March 11, the Amherst student body voted overwhelmingly to give $50,000 of their own funding to financial aid and another $20,000 to help maintain staff pay among the college’s lowest-paid employees. The undergraduates had already donated $30,000 to create an Interim Student Life Fund, which will pay for student programming that is traditionally funded by the administration but has been cut or canceled due to the financial crisis.
March 2, 2009 e-News
Economics Professor Daniel P. Barbezat discussed his course “Consumption and the Pursuit of Happiness,” as well as mindfulness, well-being and how this all relates to the current economic downturn in articles in U.S. News & World Report, Inside Higher Ed and on the Amherst Web site.
March 2, 2009 e-News
Psychology Professor Matthew Schulkind sat down with Director of Public Affairs Peter Rooney to talk about his research into how the brain remembers music, why we identify tunes so easily and whether we remember as many tunes as we think we do.
February 4, 2009 e-News
Martha Sandweiss’ Passing Strange tells the extraordinary story of Clarence King, a 19th-century white explorer, geologist and writer who, for 13 years, lived a double life as a black Pullman porter and steel worker named James Todd.
February 4, 2009 e-News
At a time when some university galleries are being forced to sell off their collections, the Mead’s innovative work and ability to remain relevant to the college community were recognized by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with a sizable grant.
February 4, 2009 e-News
For centuries before the advent of computers or GPS navigation, sailors used the stars, sun and moon to determine their own locations in the vastness of the sea. That’s what 12 students began learning to do in Henry Parker Hirschel’s interterm course, “Celestial Navigation.”
January 22, 2009 e-News
The air on campus was full of cheers, laughter, applause and optimism Tuesday, Jan. 20, as members of the college community gathered in various spots to witness the historic swearing-in of President Barack Obama. Read some of their thoughts on what they believe to be the most pressing issue facing the new administration and why.
January 22, 2009 e-News
Catherine Sanderson and a team of collaborators—including Jenny Mutterperl Wallier ’00—found that both American and British girls can develop unhealthy misperceptions about their bodies as early as their adolescent years, but young women from England who believe their figures are not ideal are more likely than their peers across the Atlantic to experience symptoms of bulimia.
January 22, 2009 e-News
Katherine Duke ’05 learns about the complicated and fascinating psychology behind making an accusation in an Interterm course exploring blame.
December 17, 2008 e-News
Conor Clarke '08, currently a fellow at The Atlantic Monthly, is one of just 40 students and recent graduates in the country to receive the award, which will subsidize all of his expenses for two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.
December 17, 2008 e-News
Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought Professor Lawrence Douglas discusses recent developments with the International Criminal Court as well as his predictions and hopes for its future.
December 17, 2008 e-News
The permanently endowed fund will provide enough financial aid to cover the full demonstrated need of qualified former U.S. servicemen and servicewomen who are accepted by and enroll at the college, starting in the fall of 2009.
January 6, 2009 e-News
When Bessie Young ’11 registered for the college’s Collaborative Art course this past fall, she figured it would enable her to explore an interest of hers: how art affects communities. She had no clue how the class would affect her.
January 6, 2009 - e-News
At least three members of the college community have been tapped by President-Elect Barack Obama to serve in his new administration, while a fourth is reportedly being discussed for an appointment as well.