'10 Alumna Wins Short Story Prize
Makena Onjerika ’10 won the Caine Prize for African Writing for “Fanta Blackcurrant,” which follows a street child named Meri in the author’s home city of Nairobi, Kenya. Read the BBC Feature.
Read the New Amherst Magazine
Meet the College’s oldest living graduate, hear from alumni who trained first-responders in Syria and find out about a life-changing spring-semester Spanish class.
Setting Things Right
How does a country, region or community re-establish justice in the aftermath of war or civil unrest? Some 50 scholars, including Professor Lawrence Douglas, have come together to create an answer. They call it The Oxford Handbook of Transitional Justice.
The 25-Year Club
At a dinner in Lewis-Sebring, President Biddy Martin thanked this year’s faculty and staff retirees for their long service to the College, and honored other colleagues who’ve worked at Amherst for 25 years or longer.
Five Little Known Facts About Calvin Coolidge
In celebration of his would-be 146th birthday, Smithsonian Magazine presented five little-known facts about the 30th president, class of 1895, pictured here after the 1924 signing of the Indian Citizenship Act.
Listen to Scholars
Amherst is now the web host for the New Books Network, which has to date published more than 5,000 podcast interviews with authors of academic books, including some Amherst professors. Explore the interviews.