Bulk Buying the Sun
By joining Bowdoin, Hampshire, Smith and Williams in a pioneering collaboration, the College will replace nearly half its energy use with solar power and reduce its carbon footprint by 17.5 percent.
Promise Campaign Launches Publicly with $100 Million Anonymous Gift
The effort—which seeks to raise $625 million over five years to support student aid, grow the faculty and promote the liberal arts—officially kicked off with a celebration on April 7.
The Surprising Lives of Librarians
On April 10—National Library Workers Day—we took time to appreciate some little-recognized people on campus doing extraordinary work.
Screen Saver
The Amherst chapter of a preventive health program ventures off campus to screen people for kidney disease.
How Big Forests Solve Global Problems
In a New York Times op-ed, John Reid ’88 P’20 makes a case that while forest conservation solutions are necessary, they can be practical and affordable too.
Sanderson Applauds Alum’s Journey to Happiness in CBS Sunday Morning Segment
The news program featured a piece on Cristian Hinojosa ’00 and his search for happiness, which saw him leaving a six-figure investment banking job to become a firefighter in Dallas. The show spoke with Catherine Sanderson, Amherst’s Manwell Family Professor in Life Sciences (Psychology), who is a known authority on the study of happiness and was Hinojosa’s advisor at Amherst.
A Thesis Quicker Than a Boiled Egg
The Three Minute Thesis competition aims to help students present their work in concise, entertaining and, they hope, winning ways.
Record-breaking Giving Day #ForAmherst
A record-breaking 1,473 people gave #ForAmherst! And we now have a $100,000 match to help keep Amherst extraordinary by providing amazing faculty in our classrooms, equipment for our teams, and countless opportunities for our students. Thank you to everyone who showed us their Amherst pride. We couldn’t have done it without you.