Amherst College President Anthony W. Marx to step down June 30, 2011, to head New York Public Library

October 6, 2010

Contact:
Peter Rooney
Director of Public Affairs
413/542-8452 (office) 
413/207-4309 (mobile)
prooney@amherst.edu

AMHERST, Mass. – Amherst College President Anthony W. Marx announced today that he will resign on June 30, 2011, after eight years as head of the college, to become president of the New York Public Library.

Jazz at Schwemm’s Fall Semester Performances Set for Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28

September 30, 2010
Contact:  Bruce Diehl
Director of Jazz Performance Program, Amherst College
413/542-8308

AMHERST, Mass. – The line-up for the fall semester’s Jazz@Schwemm’s performance series has been posted. Performances given by students and local professionals will fall on four consecutive Thursday evenings beginning on Oct. 7 at 9 p.m. at the Schwemm’s Backroom Coffeehouse, which is located in the Keefe Campus Center on the Amherst College campus.

NYU Philosopher Sharon Street to Discuss “Evolution and Reasons for Belief” at Amherst College Oct. 14

September 23, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. — On Thursday, Oct. 14, at 4:30 p.m. in Pruyne Lecture Hall of Amherst College’s Fayerweather Hall, Sharon Street, New York University philosophy professor and member of Amherst’s Class of 1995, will discuss “Evolution and Reasons for Belief.”

Mad About You Writer to Discuss Career and Craft at Amherst College Oct. 15

October 1, 2010

AMHERST, Mass. — On Friday, Oct. 15, at 4 p.m. in Cole Assembly Room of Amherst College’s Converse Hall, television writer and screenwriter Victor Levin, a member of Amherst’s Class of 1983 and the 2010 Robert Frost Library Fellow, will give a lecture titled “Hollywood from an Amherst Perspective.”

NPR Host and Pianist Christopher O’Riley to Play Radiohead, R.E.M. at Amherst College Oct. 22

September 24, 2010
Contact: Sara R. Leonard
Concert and Production Manager
413/542-2195

AMHERST, Mass. – The 2010-2011 Music at Amherst Parallels Series kicks off with a concert by National Public Radio host and pianist Christopher O’Riley on Friday, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center at Amherst College.

Amherst College Alumni to Perform Concert Honoring Music Composition Professor Emeritus Lewis Spratlan Oct. 24

September 28, 2010
Contact: Sara R. Leonard
Concert and Production Manager
413/542-2195

AMHERST, Mass. – On Sunday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. in Buckley Recital Hall in the Arms Music Center at Amherst College, the school’s Department of Music will present a concert of recent compositions by alumni Richard Beaudoin ’98, Gregory Brown ’98, Eric Wubbels ’01 and Pulitzer Prize-winner and Professor Emeritus Lew Spratlan honoring Spratlan’s career, mentorship and influence on the next generation of composers.

Eric Treene, Special Counsel for the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division, to Speak at Amherst College Oct. 28

September 30, 2010

Listen to an audio recording of Eric Treene’s talk at the bottom of this page.

AMHERST, Mass. – Eric Treene ’88, special counsel for religious discrimination in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, will give a talk titled “Religious Liberty in a Religiously Diverse Society” on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in Cole Assembly Room of Amherst College’s Converse Hall.