2016: Spring

Editor
Emily Gold Boutilier
(413) 542-8275
magazine@amherst.edu

Alumni Editor
Betsy Cannon Smith ’84
(413) 542-2031

Print Design Director
Ronn Campisi

Assitant Editor
Katherine Duke ’05

Featured Stories

College Row Beyond Campus Amherst Creates Full Issue

College Row

News and Views from Campus

Knotty Discovery
by Rachel Rogol

A physics breakthrough in an Amherst lab represents a major step forward in understanding quantum fields.

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How to Find a Mascot
by Emily Gold Boutilier

The first job of the new student-alumni mascot committee is to create a process that’s transparent, that maximizes participation and that builds community.

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The Economics of Poisoned Water
by Katherine Duke ’05

The lead crisis in Flint, Mich., has drawn new attention to a professor’s research.

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Lessons from LitFest

Amherst’s inaugural literary festival celebrated new partnerships, great writers and the written word.

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What is Home?
by Bill Sweet

Two students will travel around the world  to witness the effects of  political and ecological turmoil.

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History on the Wall
by Emily Gold Boutilier

In the Octagon, an alumnus added new faces to a mural that has inspired many.

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On Very Old Pages, Hamlet Arrives
by Caroline Hanna

Amherst is the only location in Massachusetts to host the First Folio on its cross-country tour.

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Speaking Their Minds

Spring semester brought several big-name speakers to campus.  Here’s what some of them had to say.

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Amos Newport's Amherst Legacy
by Katherine Duke ’05

When an Atlanta woman Googled the name of her ancestor, up came an article from Amherst magazine.

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Amherst Creates

Arts News and Reviews

Book Review: The Patriots
Nicholas Mancusi ’10

A historian follows one Japanese-American family from Depression-era Seattle, to the internment camps, to Hiroshima.

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Short Takes
by Katherine Duke ’05

This spring, the books bounce from Detroit to Jericho, from public housing to higher learning, and from grandfather to grandkids.

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Tiny Treasures
by Rachel Rogol

An alumna’s paintings “suggest a reverse hubris, a pride in how much she can do with so little,” says one art critic.

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Book Review: Was Lincoln Depressed?
by Paul Statt ’78

A seasoned journalist leads an unsuspecting reader to some truths about mental illness.

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Book Review: Collecting Criticism
by Theodore Iacobuzio ’76

In books on music and writing, two classmates showcase Amherst’s place in American reviewing.

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Behind the Scenes on Broadway
by Katherine Duke ’05

From The Color Purple to SpongeBob, math major Hillary Blanken Gallo ’88 has pulled together the technical details.

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Beyond Campus

Alumni in the World

2016: Spring

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Table of Contents

Knotty Discovery
by Rachel Rogol

How to Find a Mascot
by Emily Gold Boutilier

The Economics of Poisoned Water
by Katherine Duke ’05

Lessons from LitFest

What is Home?
by Bill Sweet

History on the Wall
by Emily Gold Boutilier

On Very Old Pages, Hamlet Arrives
by Caroline Hanna

Speaking Their Minds

Amos Newport's Amherst Legacy
by Katherine Duke ’05

Book Review: The Patriots
Nicholas Mancusi ’10

Short Takes
by Katherine Duke ’05

Tiny Treasures
by Rachel Rogol

Book Review: Was Lincoln Depressed?
by Paul Statt ’78

Book Review: Collecting Criticism
by Theodore Iacobuzio ’76

Behind the Scenes on Broadway
by Katherine Duke ’05

A Better Way to Bring People Home
by Katherine Duke ‘05

Hijacking Human Cells
by Emily Gold Boutilier

Is Algebra a Waste of Time?
by Emily Gold Boutilier

Setting His Heart On It
by Katherine Duke ’05

The Mind Controls the Brain
by Katherine Duke ’05