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A timeline of some of the people, happenings and milestones in the College's 200-year history.
Here’s what it was like to be a student during five critical eras in College’s history.
The College’s 19th president reflects on the job and assesses Amherst at this point in history.
Haoran Tong ’23 explores the balance between past and future in his Bicentennial poem.
We commissioned nine essays from alumni authors about the College’s influence on their lives. Travel back in time to the seconds after a hard row, to a Cuban meal cooked with two professors, to a treasured year in the land of open doors, and more.
The story behind Amherst’s 1921 centennial celebration—an event that saw half of Amherst’s then 5,000 living graduates—including representatives from 37 classes dating back to 1856—turned up “to see Amherst feeling at its flood-tide.”
A rock ’n’ roll icon, fictional figures portrayed by Amherst alumni actors and two unique book reviews highlight this special installment of our arts section.