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In his latest opinion piece for @ConversationUS Professor Austin Sarat argues that the spread of COVID-19 in prison... https://t.co/OtFPwpyJYr
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Friday at 3:40 pm
Who knew that insects have had such an impact on culture? Prof Ted Melillo makes the case in a new book that was ju... https://t.co/LKxBELgDsW
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In "OfficeHours," a @NewsHourExtra podcast, Ramses Rubio '22 interviews his own professor Lawrence Douglas about hi... https://t.co/hLKzPROGft
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Wednesday at 10:05 am
It was a curiosity about her indigenous lineage that prompted American studies prof Kiara Vigil to learn more about... https://t.co/1eESEHIc1g
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In a letter today decrying anti-Black racism and violence, @Biddy_Martin pledged to help make Amherst a "truly equ... https://t.co/Snvr3xfN5t
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August 3 at 9:02 am
In this op-ed, activist Sade Green '20 reflects on an encounter she had with the late Congressman John Lewis as a c... https://t.co/a9boTdK9Z3
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August 2 at 2:00 pm
Thought you heard a familiar voice on @drshow this past Tuesday? You should have: Professor Lawrence Douglas spoke... https://t.co/nJT76b4INy
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August 1 at 9:00 am
Three cheers for emeritus mathematics professor Daniel Velleman, who was just awarded a Paul R. Halmos-Lester R. Fo... https://t.co/x2LlyZrHyT
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July 31 at 2:00 pm
Amherst's work with the company @2Uinc and faculty members' efforts to create a "guided [academic] path" for studen... https://t.co/tE54Myg53n
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July 30 at 3:37 pm
For the past few months, history professor George Qiao has been documenting how Amherst is enduring throughout this... https://t.co/Hbo76uh3Jc
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July 30 at 11:57 am
Covid Conversations with Kimberlyn Leary '82 and Paula Rauch '77 M.D
COVID-19, Civil Unrest, and Communitas: Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being in the Summer of 2020 Amherst trustee Kimberlyn Leary '82, senior vice ...
COVID-19, Civil Unrest, and Communitas: Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being in the Summer of 2020 Amherst trustee Kimberlyn Leary '82, senior vice ...
July 28 at 5:58 pm
Happening now: Professors Scott Alfeld and Nicholas Horton are exploring the topic of hacking and student-led resea... https://t.co/HApphME5yW
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July 23 at 5:53 pm
"The Seventh Heaven: Travels Through Jewish Latin America," by Amherst Prof. Ilan Stavans, was named the Sprin... https://t.co/MpV69k2s3G
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For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle,... https://t.co/RXFAhLSs1u
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July 21 at 9:31 am
This past year, Amherst was a Fulbright program destination for Mousumi Guha Banerjee, a scholar from India who tra... https://t.co/F1sFR5QAKT
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July 20 at 9:31 am
Remember when Sam Chen '17 won a Fulbright to serve as an English teaching assistant in Indonesia ? Well, one Fulbr... https://t.co/eoLvWxuOpg
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July 18 at 5:38 pm
Amherst mourns the loss of U.S. Rep. John Lewis, civil rights leader and American hero. "To those who have said, 'B... https://t.co/xZrImX8GnA
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Amherst Conversations: A Conversation with Nikole Hannah-Jones
1619 and the Legacy that Built America July 9, 2020: A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones who covers racial injustice for ...
1619 and the Legacy that Built America July 9, 2020: A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones who covers racial injustice for ...
July 17 at 9:20 am
If you live near the town of Amherst, biology professor Thea Kristensen needs YOU to help track the population dens... https://t.co/JL5zZWQA7y
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The summer issue of Amherst magazine features 17 poignant accounts of Amherst alumni on the front lines of the COVI... https://t.co/EsaaLwsaED
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July 15 at 10:16 am
President Martin shares her thoughts on the withdrawal of federal international student guidelines.... https://t.co/GrMirNQwbg
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Today, guidelines barring int'l students from the US if all of those individuals' courses took place online in the... https://t.co/Yz8yt8JgvP
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Amherst Reads July 2020: One to Watch: A Novel by Kate Stayman-London '05.
Watch as Kate Stayman-London '05 and Tia Subramanian '05 discuss Kate's novel One to Watch.
Watch as Kate Stayman-London '05 and Tia Subramanian '05 discuss Kate's novel One to Watch.
June 4 at 10:12 pm
Ilan Stavans, Stephen Carter & Nicholas Christakis: Point/Counterpoint, Amherst College 11/2018
Point/Counterpoint: A conversation series bridging the ideological divide Progress? Is the world a better place today than it was fifty years ago? Will it be better ...
Point/Counterpoint: A conversation series bridging the ideological divide Progress? Is the world a better place today than it was fifty years ago? Will it be better ...
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Ilan Stavans and Martha Nussbaum in Conversation: Point/Counterpoint Series, Amherst College 11/2018
Join us as Professor Ilan Stavans speaks with celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum. The "Globalism and Its Discontents: Point/Counterpoint" conversation ...
Join us as Professor Ilan Stavans speaks with celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum. The "Globalism and Its Discontents: Point/Counterpoint" conversation ...