After Orientation, Acclimating to College Life —
The Boston Globe featured a
new Amherst program designed to help first-year students grow academically, personally and interpersonally. One of several initiatives to give students confidence, social bonds and opportunities for reflection, it is headed by Associate Dean of the Faculty and William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science Austin Sarat.
Committee Identifies Mascot Semifinalists — After receiving 2,046 mascot suggestions from alumni, students, faculty and staff, the Mascot Committee has reviewed them, applied criteria and winnowed down those nominations to 30 semifinalists. To see the lists and the rationale, as well as information on the overall process, go to the
mascot website. Next, student and alumni delegates will rate the semifinalists. Then the committee will choose five finalists to be put forward for a full community vote.
Amherst Senior Pens
New York Times Letter on Campus Response to Election — President Biddy Martin's "nuanced speech offered winners and losers a path forward, and was far more than another shout in a liberal echo chamber," wrote David Atkins '17 in a
letter to the editor rebutting postelection coverage.
Listening Through History — How do classes evolve at Amherst? After two decades of teaching, David E. Schneider, the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music, offers insights into the
changing world of musicology.
Golf Outing at Bandon Dunes — Alumni are invited to take a unique trip that combines exceptional golf, intellectual engagement and support for Amherst College. Through the generosity of Michael Keiser '67, the College has planned this
special retreat for May 4-7, 2017, at Oregon's Bandon Dunes, one of the greatest golf resorts in the world.
Dine and Learn — At Pindar Field Dinners, students dress up, enjoy an elegant meal and learn something new--all while socializing with people they don't know. See
photos from recent dinners in the series.
Taubman on Gorbachev — Professor William Taubman, whose biography on Nikita Khrushchev won a Pulitzer Prize in 2004, will release a much-anticipated book on Mikhail Gorbachev next fall. The Washington Post named the biography one of
10 books on leadership to read in 2017. Taubman is the Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science, Emeritus.
A Job in Riyadh — When you hear that someone has dropped everything to take a
position thousands of miles from home, you might imagine an ambitious 22-year-old, not a '72 alumnus well-settled in his career.
Register for Amherst Today: Food —
Amherst Today offers a two-day on-campus program with intellectual exploration on a single topic for alumni, parents and students. April 21-22, we will explore food from a variety of disciplines including anthropology, politics, entrepreneurship, chemistry, and history. We will also have the opportunity to sample many wonderful foods and wine!
