President Martin's Academic Year-End Update — In
a letter to the community, President Biddy Martin reflects on the 2015-16 academic year and provides updates on building projects, faculty hiring, the new first-year class and more.
#AlwaysAmherst: Places We Love — Do you miss long conversations over meals in Valentine, studying in Frost, sledding down Memorial Hill? All month long, the Annual Fund is celebrating the Amherst places we love.
Make a gift by June 30 and, in the comments section on the gift form, tell us about a place on campus you especially love. As a thank-you, a student photographer will take a photo of your place and email it to you. Help us reach our goal of 2,500 new donors in June.
Relive Reunion 2016 — The latest in cancer research. A guide to retirement investing. A discussion about what's up in space. With more than 140 programs and events, an Amherst reunion is unlike any other. See our full coverage of Reunion 2016, including a
news recap,
photos and
video.
Two Alumni Join Board of Trustees —
Kimberlyn Leary '82 and
Paul Smith '76, P'09, will each serve a six-year term beginning July 1. Also,
Andrew J. Nussbaum '85, a trustee since 2010, will continue on the board, having been appointed to serve a second six-year term.
Shakespeare in Prison — In the new
Amherst magazine, Professor of Spanish Ilan Stavans writes about his experience teaching
Hamlet at the local jail and wonders: in and of themselves,
can the years in prison be valuable? Plus: letters from
three students in Stavans' course.
A Look Back at Amherst's 1949 Production of Julius Caesar — If you were watching television on the evening of April 3, 1949, chances are you were choosing between only two programs: WATV's broadcast of a western film or NBC's broadcast of
Julius Caesar, performed by the Amherst College Masquers. It was the first nationally televised performance of a Shakespeare play.
Celebrating 40 Years of Amherst Women's Athletics — Michelle Morgan moderated a
wide-ranging panel of five alumnae representing four decades of women's sports at Amherst.
Why Chris Bohjalian '82 Became a Novelist — "There are a variety of reasons why I wound up a novelist, but a very big one is Amherst College," the 2016 honorary degree recipient told
The Armenian Weekly.