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Betsy Cannon Smith ’84
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Katherine Duke ’05
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She swore off social media for a year, then asked other Amherst people what they liked/unliked about their own online presence.
As a university dean and then as a college president, Colin Diver ’65 grew ever more certain that the college-ranking industry in our country is deeply problematic.
Could an ultra-customized medicine for one child offer answers for millions of others?
Waiting outside the Supreme Court, posing for Annie Leibovitz, reopening the Drake and more.
’80s teen horror from Jenna Lamia ’00E; Ted Conover ’80 goes off the grid; Catherine Newman ’90 takes on Impossible Things; and three novels from alumni.