Amherst College e-News 4/6/2015

Senior Publishes First English Translation of a Turkish Classic — Melih Levi '15 and Monica M. Ringer, associate professor of history and Asian languages and civilizations, together translated Ahmet Mithat Efendi's 1875 novel Felâtun Bey and Râkım Efendi.


Student Films Win Awards at Festival — At this year's Five College Student Film and Video Festival, Miranda Dershimer '15E prevailed in the Best Experimental category for her visually evocative film Presentiments. Exposure (Thoughts Occasioned By), by Jose Rodriguez '15E, was named the best submission from Amherst College.


Amherst to Welcome the Dalai Lama — The Tibetan spiritual leader will participate in events in the region and on campus during the College's Homecoming Weekend, October 23-25.


Saving the Earth, Making It Laugh: The 2015 Watson Fellows — Two Amherst seniors have received Thomas J. Watson Fellowships to explore how other cultures deal with two basic products of human life: laughter and garbage.


The Next Generation of Art Historians: Three Students Present Work at Symposia — The three gave presentations on 17th-century European art at "Baroque Brilliance," a series of two inaugural student symposia held at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Amherst undergraduates were three of only eight student speakers selected from prestigious art history programs.


'64 Doctor Tapped to Lead National Cancer Institute — Douglas Lowy '64 will succeed fellow physician and Amherst alumnus Harold Varmus '61, who stepped down from his post earlier this month.


Marketplace, New York Times Spotlight Two AlumsTimes columnist Ron Lieber '93 wrote about his own experiences applying for financial aid, while Amy Speace '90 spoke and sang about her life as a musician trying to pay the bills. The pair's stories were featured by both the NPR program and the newspaper as part of a special section on financial turning points in people's lives.