The newspaper averaged the ordinal rankings from several lists to create a new ranking of liberal arts colleges.
If you want to figure out where the next Nobel laureate will come from, look to small liberal arts colleges, notes an article in Nature.
This week President Biddy Martin took part in a panel discussion hosted by the Ford Foundation. The event, called "Funding Futures: Scholarships as Agents of Social Change," is available for viewing on the Ford website. To see Martin, begin at 5:26:45.
In an interview with New Republic, Amy Fox '97 talked about female ambition, Wall Street and her new film, Equity.
"You are now part of a conversation that would be lacking without your voice," said Brittanie Lewis '17 in The New York Times, offering her advice to new college students.
"I vividly recall my reaction when I learned that I had been admitted to Amherst College," writes David Kirp '65 in The New York Times: "The admissions office must have made a terrible mistake." His op-ed is a timely reminder about the importance of confidence.
In a piece for The Chronicle of Higher Education, Assistant Professor of History Ellen Boucher argues that it's time to stop penalizing undergraduates for late work.
What does a tuition number really mean? As former trustee Danielle Allen argues in The Washington Post, it may be the opposite of what your instincts are telling you.
Anthony Wright '93 and Health Access, the nonprofit he leads, were recognized for their work to "expand quality care to middle- and low-income people."
Roger Creel '13 created and helped produce William's Folly, a ballet based on 20 of the Bard's sonnets.
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz '64 discussed the future of the euro on American Public Media's Marketplace, while Dean of the Faculty Catherine Epstein and art professor Nicola Courtright described the "ideal learning environment" created by Amherst's innovative open curriculum and course offerings on National Public Radio's Morning Edition.
The Society for Historians of the Early American Republic awarded its inaugural Mary Kelley prize to Liberty's Prisoners, by Associate Professor Jen Manion, deeming it "the best book published on the history of women, gender or sexuality in the Early American Republic."
In his New York Times "Your Money" column, Ron Lieber '93 wrote about Kimberly Palmer '01, author of the book Smart Mom, Rich Mom, and her family's tradition of writing money letters to one another.
How did one law grad's face come to represent everything from poor financial planning to Chinese humble bragging? In a lighthearted piece for The New York Times, Dan Cluchey '08 follows his photo's epic trail.
The flag on Johnson Chapel flew at half-staff as Amherst mourned those affected by the tragic events in Orlando. One of the victims was Kimberly "KJ" Morris, a former staff member (2001-04). Working at the Keefe Campus Center, KJ touched many lives in the Amherst community.