News & Publications November 20, 2015

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"324361","attributes":{"alt":"Amherst Seal","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Amherst Seal","height":"150","nid":"616551","title":"Amherst Seal","width":"130"}}]]Mascot Poll Now Open — This week the faculty held an unofficial straw vote on the question of the College mascot, and the Association of Amherst Students conducted an online poll of students. In light of these developments, the Alumni Executive Committee is offering a poll of alumni. The one-question poll is open until 12 noon EST on Tuesday, Nov. 24.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"324355","attributes":{"alt":"President Biddy Martin","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"President Biddy Martin","height":"150","nid":"616545","title":"President Biddy Martin","width":"130"}}]]President Reflects on This Week at the College — On Friday, November 20, President Martin sent a letter to the Amherst community reflecting on a momentous week in the life of the College.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327088","attributes":{"alt":"Johnson Chapel","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Johnson Chapel","height":"150","nid":"622672","title":"Johnson Chapel","width":"130"}}]]Statement on Campus Protest from President Martin — In response to the recent student sit-in in Frost Library, President Biddy Martin shared a statement with the campus community.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327077","attributes":{"alt":"Frederick H Gillett","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Frederick H Gillett","height":"150","nid":"622637","title":"Frederick H Gillett","width":"130"}}]]Portrait of 1874 Alumnus Added to Congressional Speaker's Lobby — Many people are aware that U.S. President Calvin Coolidge graduated from Amherst in 1895. But did you know that one of the speakers of the House under Silent Cal was also an alum? A portrait of Frederick Gillett, class of 1874, now occupies a place of honor in the Speaker's Lobby of the Capitol.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327079","attributes":{"alt":"Prof. David Cox","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Prof. David Cox","height":"150","nid":"622639","title":"Prof. David Cox","width":"130"}}]]Math Professor's Book Wins Prize — Congratulations to David Cox, Amherst's William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics, for winning the American Mathematical Society's 2016 Steele Prize for Exposition. Cox and two colleagues from the College of the Holy Cross and New College of Florida were recognized "for their book Ideals, Varieties, and Algorithms, which has made algebraic geometry and computational commutative algebra accessible not just to mathematicians but to students and researchers in many fields."

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327083","attributes":{"alt":"Prof. Lawrence Douglas","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Prof. Lawrence Douglas","height":"150","nid":"622643","title":"Prof. Lawrence Douglas","width":"130"}}]]Boston Globe Interviews LJST Professor on Lessons from Nuremberg — This week marks the 70th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials. Amherst's own Lawrence Douglas, an expert on Nuremberg and war crimes, discusses "the law's first great effort to submit mass atrocity to principled judgment."

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[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327084","attributes":{"alt":"Illustration of cat and pills","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Illustration of cat and pills","height":"150","nid":"622644","title":"Illustration of cat and pills","width":"130"}}]]When a Math Professor Gives a Cat a Pill — A cat, thyroid meds and a math problem: Read the Amherst magazine story behind Daniel Velleman's award-winning paper.

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"327080","attributes":{"alt":"Mother and daughter at Family Weekend","class":"media-image image-align-left","desc":"Mother and daughter at Family Weekend","height":"150","nid":"622640","title":"Mother and daughter at Family Weekend","width":"130"}}]]Community Celebrates Amherst Family and Friends — Hundreds of parents and families joined their students on campus to celebrate Family Weekend November 6-8. Browse Family Weekend photos; watch recordings of programs about immigration, big data, students' research on Pluto, women leaders in business and finance, and an outstanding poetry reading; and listen to President Biddy Martin address families and answer questions on a range of current priorities. If you were here for Family Weekend, please take a moment to send us your feedback.