News & Events 06/2009

June 8, 2008

AMHERST, Mass. — The alumni of Amherst College have elected Sarah Bloom Raskin, member of the Class of 1983 and resident of Takoma Park, Md., to a six-year term on the college’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1.

June 17, 2009               

AMHERST, Mass.—Amherst College Press has published a new, vivid, 96-page book titled Who Am I in This Picture?: Amherst College Portraits ($25, 2009). The publication documents a large-scale experiment in collaborative art at Amherst College.

June 3, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College’s Jill S. Miller, assistant professor of biology, and Rachel A. Levin, visiting assistant professor of biology, have together received a five-year, $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

June 29, 2009

AMHERST, Mass. — The Anacapa Society, a professional organization promoting research in all areas of theoretical and computational physics at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUI), has found a permanent residence. On June 2, members of the group signed a letter of understanding with Amherst College that formalized its relationship with the school and established the college’s campus as its official home.

May 5, 2009

Contact: Donna M. Abelli
Development and Marketing Manager
(413) 542-5084
 
AMHERST, MASS.— To celebrate its spring Big Read programs, the Emily Dickinson Museum will host a Poetry Picnic on the Homestead lawn Saturday, June 13, from noon to 2 p.m. (Rain date: Sunday, June 14.)

June 8, 2009
Contact: Sara Leonard
Concert and Production Manager
413/542-2195

AMHERST, Mass. – The Amherst College Department of Music will present Debussy and Ravel: Bartók’s Favorites, a concert of chamber music highlighting members of the faculty at Amherst and Smith colleges, on Saturday, June 27, at 8 p.m. in the Buckley Recital Hall of Amherst’s Arms Music Center.