Four Days in Frost That Changed Amherst Forever
Both Leader and Teammate: Jeremy Thomas ’21 Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Amherst’s student body president is one of just 32 Rhodes Scholars chosen from across the country this year. He intends his studies at Oxford to be a step toward a better future for the criminal justice system.
“We Already Know What They’re Going to Do: They’re Going to Shine”
Catherine Newman ’90 provides an update to Amherst magazine’s 2019 feature on the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program: Three years in, 15 students and young alumni are thinking and thriving and changing Amherst in the process.
A Tribute to George R. Johnson Jr. ’73
Johnson, who passed away on Nov. 15, “was a lawyer, a law school dean, a teacher, a college president, an Amherst College trustee, and an inspiration to generations of students from Georgia to Massachusetts and most places in between,” write Richard A. Ammons ’74 and Cullen Murphy ’74. Read Johnson's 1973 Commencement address, which centered on racial justice and anti-war efforts during his time at Amherst.
Amherst Spanish Department: Reimagining Extracurricular Activities in a Pandemic
¿Qué pasa, Los Amherst Mamuts? Carmen Granda, senior lecturer in Spanish, writes for The FLTMAG about how the department has used Instagram and other digital tools to give students a sense of community during a remote semester.
John Middleton ’77 Should Look to His Alma Mater to Shape Phillies’ Front Office, Says The Philadelphia Inquirer
“For a small liberal-arts school in central Massachusetts, Amherst has produced an oddly large cast of baseball executives,” notes sports reporter Scott Lauber. In addition to Middleton, who is managing partner and principal owner of the Philadelphia Phillies, these execs include Dan Duquette ’80, Neal Huntington ’91, Ben Cherington ’96, Duncan Webb ’04 and Jared Banner ’07.
What’s Happening / What Happened? Reflections on the Presidential Election and Its Aftermath
Watch or read a post-election conversation led by Professor Austin Sarat, featuring retired U.S. Rep. Tom Davis ’71, social work researcher and wealth literacy expert Chloe McKenzie ’14, Boston Globe editor Jennifer Peter ’90, and attorney and Amherst trustee Paul Smith ’76. View the Conversation.