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Reinventing the Field Trip
by Bill Sweet
Professors ushered students to Spain, Austria, Costa Rica and Colombia—all on the College’s dime, rounding out their courses while serving a larger agenda, too.
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If Einstein Could Paint
by Katharine Whittemore
The Mead’s first-ever traveling exhibition reveals a lost genre from the 1930s–40s.
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A Baird Bounty
by Bill Sweet
Revealed: the inner thoughts of a legendary professor from his years in the classroom.
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Q&A: Professor of Spanish Sara Brenneis
interview by Emily Gold Boutilier
Sara Brenneis wrote Spaniards in Mauthausen: Representations of a Nazi Concentration Camp, 1940–2015 (University of Toronto Press, 2018), the first cultural study of Spanish political prisoners there.
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The Fun Part
by Rachael Hanley
At 18:21 in military time, the class of 2023 learned they’d been admitted to Amherst.
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We Need One Another
by Caroline Hanna
President Biddy Martin sent 484 new graduates out into the world with that message of hope.
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One Way To Create Jobs
by Caroline Hanna
Employment rises when land is conserved, a professor concludes.