Year in Review: Our Best Stories of 2021
Art exhibits, student voices, the Bicentennial party and more: look back, month by month, at the Amherst stories that enlightened and inspired us most during a very long year.
Solidarity for Posterity
Get a close look at the Bicentennial’s community-wide anti-racism collaboration, the Solidarity Book Project. What do participants have to say about The Condemnation of Blackness, Song of Solomon, Anne Frank’s diary and the other books that have challenged and expanded their understanding?
Two Young Researchers Win Projects for Peace Fellowships
The funding helped Emma Spencer ’23E interview and photograph Vietnam veterans, and Sabrina Lin ’21 create a podcast on U.S. Chinatowns.
How Do You Say “Tusks Up!” in Latin?
Amherst classics professors to the rescue! The story of a vintage T-shirt, a slogan and some brand-new Bicentennial merch.
Chris Bohjalian ’82: “We’re All Feeling Fine. We Really Are. Except We’re Not.”
“Despite the false optimism on social media,” the bestselling novelist writes in The Boston Globe, “the truth is that many of us continue to struggle as the pandemic barrels toward its two-year anniversary. Talking about these struggles, I’ve learned, is the first step toward healing our pandemic-addled souls.”
Start Off the New Year with a New Podcast! Amherst at 200: Celebrating Mind, Heart & Community
Released as a part of our Bicentennial celebration and narrated by Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jeffrey Wright ’87, Amherst at 200 showcases the stories of alumni from 70 years ago until the present. Each story is both a snapshot of life on campus and a reflection of the richness of an Amherst education.
Recent episodes feature guests Kirk Johnson ’82, William Pritchard ’53 and Dr. Meron Hirpa ’11. And don’t miss the special presidential episode with President Biddy Martin and two of her predecessors, Tony Marx and Tom Gerety, in a discussion moderated by Cullen Murphy ’74.