Amherst Magazine

Fall 2018

Dam Geniuses

A new book by environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb ’09 might make “Beaver Believers” of all of us.

Interview by Geoffrey Giller ’10

The Art of Science

Ora White Hitchcock's drawings helped 19th-century Amherst students learn geology. Finally, they are being celebrated as art.

by Emily Gold Boutilier

Listen & Linger: An Ode to Barrett Hall

Inspired by an 1878 photograph, a professor traces the history of Barrett Hall from gymnasium to classroom building.

by Ilan Stavans

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