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"Vulnerabilities of Data Analysis: From Political Spin to Data Manipulation" presented by Scott Alfeld
The Faculty C...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Japanese, join us on Fridays for lunch! The Japanese language ...

Attention First-Years and Sophomores:
Campus resources for summer science and math research opportunities are abunda...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the QRC and out counselors Dr. Darien McFadden and Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for a weekly discuss...

Join us throughout the 2019-20 season of AMHERST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, “RUSSIAN MASTERS,” for pre-concert talks at the A...

The Department of Economics welcomes Professor Russell Williams ’72 of Wheaton College to speak at our annual economics ...

The Amherst College Russian Department is delighted to welcome you and any family members you may have on campus visiting ...

Join us for a night of s’mores, chocolate fondue, cuddles, and a movie screening as we celebrate the MRC Family!

The event you’ve all been waiting for, the South Asian Students Association’s biggest event of the year! Join us for a...

The Amherst College Jazz Ensemble presents its Family Weekend Concert. The show is FREE and open to the public. Donations ...

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Medea by Euripides, in a version by Ben Power. This new production blu...

Arianne Abela and assistant conductor Gilbert Wermeling ’19 conduct music by Saunder Choi, Sydney Guillaume, Stephen Hat...

Join us on Saturdays to explore works of art on view with student museum educators. Keep coming back each week for fresh p...

Build your own stuffed animal with AC After Dark! Supplies are limited and will be provided on a first-come, first-serve b...

The Amherst Symphony Orchestra (ASO) presents the second concert of its 2019-2020 season devoted to Russian masterworks. T...

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Medea by Euripides, in a version by Ben Power. This new production blu...

Join Rev. Tim Adkins-Jones ʼ04 and the Gospel Choir for the second Hermenia T. Bi-Semester Christian Worship Service of t...

Want to help make the Library website better? Participate in an online study (10-15 minutes) and enter to win one of three...

Enjoy informal conversations with students who have studied in Germany, the German faculty members, the German language as...

Please join us for this informal weekly gathering of math/stat faculty and students for lunch and conversation. It’s a f...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

In the same 1950 article in which Alan Turing described his “imitation game” test for artificial intelligence, he also...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for third-year Arabic students. We meet every Monday in the upst...

Dr. John A. Rankin will share his unique life story about how he carved his own path in the field of medicine. Dr. Rankin ...

Since 1988, Dismas House has been welcoming former prisoners back to greater Worcester. Within the Dismas House, the Disma...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

All are welcome to the Common Table—a casual, drop-in time to share lunch and conversation on a topic of spirituality, b...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Science and the technologies it has spawned have been the principal drivers of the American economy since the end of World...

The Book of Job, regarded by some as the greatest poem ever written, has been misunderstood in many details and in ...

Whether you have meditated for a long time or have never meditated, come join us for this time of practice together. Come ...

The Point/Counterpoint conversation series features an Amherst College professor and guests engaging in thoughtful discuss...

It’s never to early to begin thinking about your internship search. Are you unsure about how to start? How about you t...

An inclusive, safe, and comforting environment for individuals centering those who identify with the bisexual and pansexua...

Faculty, students and staff are all welcome to join our French language assistants for informal French conversation over ...

Come join CSA, ASA, La Causa, KSA, MENAA and SASA for an interactive six way affinity group collaboration discussion about...

Friendly conversations and presentations on ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and other philosophical subjects.

Come and join German students and faculty for a chat over coffee and much more! This is a great opportunity to practice yo...

Trying to carve out time to write, away from distractions and in a comfortable space? The Center for Humanistic Inquiry in...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

What is the maximum number of edges in a graph on n vertices without triangles? Mantel’s answer in 1907—that at...

Internship interviews can be stressful, but they don’t have to be. Join us to learn how to best prepare for interview da...

The Amherst College Queer and Trans People of Color Affinity Space centers students from Amherst College and within the Fi...

The Puddle Jumping Society is a celebrational collage of musical theater songs and original dance inspired by th...

Believe it or not, we’re almost 200 days away from Commencement!
Join the Senior Gift Committee to celebrate our c...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for first-year Arabic students. We meet every Thursday in the up...

Join Religious and Spiritual Life and the Queer Resource Center in a conversation led by Rev. Anna Woofendenon centering q...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

In the early 1960s, two young lovers from East Berlin attempt to escape to the West: Sophie manages to flee, but Konrad re...

Holly Jackson, associate professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Boston, will read from her new book, A...

Fueled significantly by a growing Latinx population, the racial/ethnic and linguistic texture of the United States continu...

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Nefyn Meissner, associate director of admissions at Harvard Law School, and Anne Taylor, an admissions representative from...

Take a sudsy break and craft some soap for a good cause! We’ll be donating soap to Amherst Community Connections (ACC), ...

Come to the Spelling Bee! There will be food and prizes! First place will win a $50 Amazon gift card and 2nd and 3rd place...

Jay Gilliam ’04, Director of the Global Program at the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), leads this program, which works alon...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Japanese, join us on Fridays for lunch! The Japanese language ...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the QRC and out counselors Dr. Darien McFadden and Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for a weekly discuss...

Calling all first-generation college students, faculty, and staff! Please join us in ~toasting~ National First-Gen College...

Professor Suzanne Bart of Purdue University's Department of Chemistry will give a seminar titled “Utilization of Redox-A...

Join Amherst alum and LGBTQ advocate Jay Gilliam ’04 (Human Rights Campaign) in a conversation with Professor Javier Cor...

Make your own salve with student farmers and herbs from Book and Plow Farm.
At O'Connor Commons. Snacks, and herbal ...

Join AC After Dark at Bounce Trampoline Sports in Springfield, MA. The van will depart Converse Hall at 6:45 p.m. and retu...

The Amherst College Department of Music presents Sola, an honors thesis in piano performance by Faith Wen ’20. Th...

Come join French House for Craft Night. Bring your creativity and let's make art! Refreshments will be served and all are...

Fresh off performances at Rolling Loud NYC and the Roxy in L.A., Bronx-born rapper Kemba comes to Amherst College for a sh...

Join us on Saturdays to explore works of art on view with student museum educators. Keep coming back each week for fresh p...

The Puddle Jumping Society is a celebrational collage of musical theater songs and original dance inspired by th...

This is a safe space for Five College students identifying or questioning along the asexual or aromantic spectrums to shar...

“Secular Chapel: What Greta Thunberg Means to Me” is a gathering for Amherst College students, faculty and staff hoste...

Join fellow fossil and rock enthusiasts at the Beneski Museum of Natural History for the sixth annual "Identify It" Day. A...

Founded in New York City in 2008, yMusic believes in presenting excellent, emotionally communicative music, regardless of ...

Now through November 22, help ACPD support the Counseling Center’s efforts to help those in need. Please donate new, unu...

Enjoy informal conversations with students who have studied in Germany, the German faculty members, the German language as...

Please join us for this informal weekly gathering of math/stat faculty and students for lunch and conversation. It’s a f...

yMusic’s performers work with Amherst College students on new compositions. The masterclass is free and open to the publ...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for third-year Arabic students. We meet every Monday in the upst...

Founded in 1984, Advent International is one of the largest and most experienced global private equity firms. With offices...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

All are welcome to the Common Table—a casual, drop-in time to share lunch and conversation on a topic of spirituality, b...

Join us in the galleries for a live performance by percussionist Justin Alexander. Drawing inspiration from American jazz,...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Despite three decades studying superconductivity in cuprate-based materials, we are still left with an incomplete understa...

The Departments of Political Science and German at Amherst College will host a panel discussion commemorating the 30th ann...

Whether you have meditated for a long time or have never meditated, come join us for this time of practice together. Come ...

Faculty, students and staff are all welcome to join our French language assistants for informal French conversation over ...

Want to use your degree to make a difference for the next generation? Join Carney, Sandoe & Associates for an info ses...

Friendly conversations and presentations on ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and other philosophical subjects.

Come and join German students and faculty for a chat over coffee and much more! This is a great opportunity to practice yo...

Heritage speakers of Spanish learn different registers of the Spanish language in their homes and communities from an earl...

Do you like building great relationships with your professors? Do you like food?? If you answered yes to either of these, ...

Trying to carve out time to write, away from distractions and in a comfortable space? The Center for Humanistic Inquiry in...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Angelina Aspuac will give a talk titled “Art as Territory: The Story of Maya Weavers Advocating for Collective Intellect...

Ploughshares at Emerson College called Good Trouble, Joseph O’Neill’s new book of short stories, “[f]u...

Join the WGC and QRC for an affinity space dedicated to empowering and uplifting nonbinary, genderqueer, gender non-confor...

The pressure to achieve is immense! Speaker Kris Mereigh provides insight into how to combat the success paradigm with too...

The Yale system of medical education remains unique among medical schools for a number of reasons. In this information ses...

Amherst College plays host to TEDx on the theme “changing worlds.” TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of ideas ...

Engage in a positive discourse surrounding sex and sexuality through a gallery walk and graph-making activity! Partnering ...

All are invited to honor the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising with a live performance by the Amherst College Cho...

Heritage speakers of Spanish learn different registers of the Spanish language in their homes and communities from an earl...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for first-year Arabic students. We meet every Thursday in the up...

Bill Ackerman ’88 epitomizes how the Amherst College liberal arts education prepares you to think innovatively, constant...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

To make ends meet, an unemployed biologist takes a job as geography teacher in a local secondary school and, as he battles...

Please join us on Thursday, November 14, for a Thanksgiving meal with your Amherst College family. Beginning at 4:30 p.m....

The Amherst College Stonewall Committee, Mead Art Museum and Queer Resource Center are pleased to welcome Tourmaline to Am...

AAS is hosting a talent show for Amherst students with performances from 25 different acts involving spoken word, singing,...

Startup studio Loeb.NYC is continuing its commitment to entrepreneurial internships in NYC. Michael Loeb ’77, P’21 (se...

Join the Black Student Union for a special live edition of The New York Times’ award-winning culture podcast S...

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Peace in the Home, a play written and directed by MacKenzie Kugel ’2...

Mark your calendars! Next month we are having our fall community event, “The Entrepreneurial Spirit: An Amherst Alum’s...

Come and join the Russian House for the Russian Tea! All students interested in Russian language or culture, no matter the...

Heritage speakers of Spanish learn different registers of the Spanish language in their homes and communities from an earl...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Japanese, join us on Fridays for lunch! The Japanese language ...

The Life Stories Lunch Series provides a forum to foster community through sharing stories of challenge, growth and meanin...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the QRC and out counselors Dr. Darien McFadden and Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for a weekly discuss...

Professor Jason Sello of the University of California, San Francisco, School of Pharmacy and Department of Pharmaceutical ...

Environmental Rabbi Ellen Bernstein will be coming to help lead Hillel’s Shabbat dinner this Friday through a discussion...

An outstanding champion of contemporary music, Leila Josefowicz is the chosen interpreter of several leading composers inc...

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Peace in the Home, a play written and directed by MacKenzie Kugel ’2...

Mark your calendars! Next month we are having our fall community event, “The Entrepreneurial Spirit: An Amherst Alum’s...

Pianist John Novacek works with students in a free public masterclass.

Join us on Saturdays to explore works of art on view with student museum educators. Keep coming back each week for fresh p...

KSA will be hosting a cooking night. We will be making and serving lots of delicious Korean food including, but not limite...

The Department of Theater and Dance presents Peace in the Home, a play written and directed by MacKenzie Kugel ’2...

All are welcome to join us for Gratitude Dinner. Eat, pray, visit and share in communion together, dinner church style. Pl...

The Amherst College Department of Music presents Portraits of Water, a composition project by Cristóbal Silva San ...

Enjoy informal conversations with students who have studied in Germany, the German faculty members, the German language as...

Please join us for this informal weekly gathering of math/stat faculty and students for lunch and conversation. It’s a f...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Abstract: A key question in machine learning research is understanding the trade-off between the size of the training set ...

This lecture has been cancelled.
Nicole Theodosiou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
Co-Director of ...

How might we move beyond the conventional frame of the NGO model to re-envision community building and reclaim personal na...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for third-year Arabic students. We meet every Monday in the upst...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

All are welcome to the Common Table—a casual, drop-in time to share lunch and conversation on a topic of spirituality, b...

A monthly meet and greet with out LGBTQ+ staff or faculty. This month’s guest is Gabriel Hall, current Assistant Directo...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

We normally think of large accelerators and massive detectors when we consider the frontiers of elementary particle physic...

Whether you have meditated for a long time or have never meditated, come join us for this time of practice together. Come ...

An inclusive, safe, and comforting environment for individuals centering those who identify with the bisexual and pansexua...

Faculty, students and staff are all welcome to join our French language assistants for informal French conversation over ...

Join the Queer Resource Center, the Center for Diversity and Student Leadership, and the Center for International Student ...

Mingle with other students interested in climate action careers and hear juniors and seniors discuss their previous summer...

Looking for a psychology-related summer internship? Not sure where to start? Join us at the Psychology Department’s Summ...

Friendly conversations and presentations on ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and other philosophical subjects.

Come and join German students and faculty for a chat over coffee and much more! This is a great opportunity to practice yo...

Participate in an informational meeting to find out more about the Amherst College Study Abroad Program at the Göttingen ...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

Trying to carve out time to write, away from distractions and in a comfortable space? The Center for Humanistic Inquiry in...

Please join us to learn and discuss how Amherst faculty are designing learning activities using Google Apps to promote cri...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Participants will be introduced to the various experiences they can pursue over the summer and learn about the advantages ...

The Amherst College Queer and Trans People of Color Affinity Space centers students from Amherst College and within the Fi...

The Peer Advocates for Sexual Respect present “Unpacking Masculinity,” a panel discussion on masculinity at Amherst an...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

This Arabic language table is a weekly conversation group for first-year Arabic students. We meet every Thursday in the up...

Come warm up with a hot cup of coffee. Please join us for Coffee Hour on Thursday, November 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Gripping drama that updates to the present the acclaimed 1943 novel by Anna Seghers about refugees from Nazi Germany. A yo...

Join William Rabkin, assistant director of the MFA program in writing and producing for television at the TV Writer’s St...

All are invited to a panel discussion and a meal to celebrate a new Thanksgiving with an indigenous framework with the I-C...

All are welcome to join our French Language Assistants, Jiji and Réjane, for the screening of Les Choristes. This ...

Come and join the Russian House for the Russian Tea! All students interested in Russian language or culture, no matter the...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Chinese, then join us twice a week for lunch! The Chinese Lang...

If you are interested in having more opportunities to speak Japanese, join us on Fridays for lunch! The Japanese language ...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the QRC and out counselors Dr. Darien McFadden and Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for a weekly discuss...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

Join us on Saturdays to explore works of art on view with student museum educators. Keep coming back each week for fresh p...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

The National College Health Assessemnt is a survey that collects data about students’ habits, behaviors, and perceptions...

Please join us for this informal weekly gathering of math/stat faculty and students for lunch and conversation. It’s a f...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Come eat food from international cuisines at Global Kitchen! Cooking starts at noon and food will be served at 4 p.m. Orga...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Friendly conversations and presentations on ethics, metaphysics, epistemology and other philosophical subjects.

Mark your calendar. It's beginning to look a lot like a Holiday Craft Fair! Come join us in the living space of the Scie...

Trying to carve out time to write, away from distractions and in a comfortable space? The Center for Humanistic Inquiry in...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the WGC and QRC for an affinity space dedicated to empowering and uplifting nonbinary, genderqueer, gender non-confor...

Solve Miyazaki-themed jigsaw puzzles and eat pies from Atkins Farms! Jointly organized by the Center for International Stu...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Spend Thanksgiving with fellow Amherst College students eating Indian food at Paradise of India. Jointly organized by the ...

Release is an open forum for Amherst community members to talk about race, ethnicity, cultural identity, and current event...

Join the QRC and out counselors Dr. Darien McFadden and Dr. Sarah Erickson from the Counseling Center for a weekly discuss...

Enjoy some cocoa and cookies on a cold winter night in the McCaffrey Room! Jointly organized by the Center for Internation...