Editor
Emily Gold Boutilier
Alumni Editor
Betsy Cannon Smith ’84
Print Design Director
Ronn Campisi
Assistant Editor
Katherine Duke ’05
Senior Writer
Katharine Whittemore
Email us at: magazine@amherst.edu
Joanne Wang Golann ’04 spent 18 months shadowing students and teachers at an academy with a controversial approach.
What’s in a name? For one young woman raised in three different countries, the answer has never been simple.
It’s an inspiration. A challenge. A sculpture. Get a close look at the collaboration known as the Solidarity Book Project.
The first Presidential Scholar, what new professors are currently teaching and climate science research in Antartica and more.
Drums and comedy, a prequel to The Da Vinci Code, and the first woman to bicycle around the world highlight this issue's alumni creations.