Professor of Music Jenny Kallick has created the Amherst Schubert Project, featuring concerts, "Pocket Recitals," talks and a sound installation Sept. 19-21, all in celebration of Schubert and his fascinating final composition.
e-News September 18, 2014
The Committee on Honorary Degrees invites your nominations of candidates to be awarded degrees at Commencement. Submit your nominations for candidates online.
e-News September 18, 2014
While he may have "the armor of a good heart" and high hopes for the future of the country, the president hasn't been able to engage Congress productively, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward told a crowd of nearly 600 members of the Amherst community during a presentation at Johnson Chapel on Sept. 9. Watch a video of the event (login required) with the legendary newsman.
e-News September 18, 2014
A new school year means new works, new classes and new discoveries being made at the College's art museum, starting with an exhibition that simultaneously occupies the gallery space and cyberspace.
e-News September 18, 2014
Judith Frank's All I Love and Know, set largely in Northampton, Mass., addresses numerous timely issues—the Israel/Palestine conflict, gay marriage, unexpected parenthood, trauma and grief—by showing how they intertwine to shape one particular family. The novel will be the November Amherst Reads feature.
e-News September 18, 2014
Traduzione. перевод. Übersetzung. Translation. No matter how you say it, it's the theme of a yearlong series of guest lectures, films, performances, discussions, publications and more.
e-News September 18, 2014
When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944 by Ronald C. Rosbottom, the Winifred L. Arms Professor in the Arts and Humanities and Professor of French and European Studies, made the National Book Foundation's 2014 Longlist for Nonfiction. It's also the current Amherst Reads Featured Book of the Month.
e-News September 18, 2014
"The New Face of College" highlighted how Amherst is "leading the way among elite colleges in serving a much more diverse group of students." (The segment featuring Amherst starts at around the 13:20 mark.)
e-News September 18, 2014
It may not have a life-sized cutout of Will Ferrell, but the office was cited as one of several college career centers across the country that have been successfully revamping their physical spaces and services to draw in more students.
e-News September 18, 2014
Six years after the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression, what is the state of financial markets and financial reform? Join a group of distinguished Amherst College alumni and faculty to discuss the impact of financial reform in their sectors during "Finance: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on Oct. 2 and 3.
e-News September 18, 2014
Well Mixed is a collection of guest posts from Amherst writers, artists, scholars, professionals, teachers, parents, students and everyone in between. Check out the first post by Rachel (Ravreby) Lintgen '94.
e-News September 18, 2014