College Names New Library Director
Martin Garnar, who joins Amherst from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, “was the unanimous and enthusiastic choice of the search committee, which was impressed with his wide range of experience, leadership style, and enthusiasm and support for the liberal arts mission,” says Provost and Dean of the Faculty Catherine Epstein.
Teaming Up for Amherst
One encouraging effect of the move to remote learning is that students, faculty and staff have joined forces in new and creative ways.
Amherst on Their Minds
What do students miss most about campus? Do they want to give a faculty or staff member a shout-out? Here are their answers to those questions.
COVID Conversations: Thinking Through the Pandemic
Today, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. EDT: Watch a live conversation with Harold Varmus ’61, M.D., co-recipient of the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and trustee emeritus David A. Kessler ’73, M.D., former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Trustee Shirley M. Tilghman H’08, professor of molecular biology and public affairs and president emerita of Princeton University, will host; audience members may submit live questions for the Q&A. Register here for this and future installments of this speaker series.
If you missed Tuesday’s conversation between trustee emeritus Joseph Stiglitz ’64 H’74, the Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor of economics at Columbia University, and private equity executive and Amherst trustee David Novak ’91, catch up here!
Alumni, Have You Voted Yet?
The polls are open for the 2020 Amherst College Alumni Trustee Election: alumni, please read the candidate statements and cast your vote! If you need assistance or prefer a paper ballot, email alumni@amherst.edu or call (413) 542-2313. Voting closes at noon EDT on Monday, May 18. VOTE