2,190 Miles, 148 Days, One Amazing Journey
Three alumni celebrated their recent graduation with a trek across the Appalachian Trail. Taylor Hallowell ’17 describes the experience from start to finish, including the scariest day of the trip. Read their story.
Through Stats, Advancing Science
“What could be more of a liberal art than learning how to make sense of the data that increasingly dominates our society?” asks Nicholas Horton, professor of statistics. He was elected by his peers as a new fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Scanning the Past
In preparation for the College’s 200th anniversary, a team of Amherst archivists is undertaking a huge project to digitally preserve—and make available to the public—what Amherst of old left behind.
’15 Alum Wins Spot on Forbes List
The business magazine named Eli Harris ’15, co-founder and CEO of EcoFlow Tech, as one of its “30 Under 30 in Energy 2018.”
In Conversation: An Amherst Senior and “The Ethicist”
Before his talk at Amherst, author, professor and philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah—who writes “The Ethicist” column in the New York Times Magazine—sat for an interview with Stefan Yong ’18. They discussed moral relativism, dignity, respect and our capacity to recognize human suffering. Watch the interview.