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"By taking this advice, 'be true to yourself,' literally, you'll find that it utterly fails to help us navigate our daily lives," says Silvia Huang '22 in this speech on how our actions can directly affect the lives of others. Read more about "Truth: Amherst College's Speaking Competition": https://amhrst.is/SpeechSpeech

A newly donated cache of daily journals by a legendary English professor and his wife contain 60 years of Amherst history.

What can a Mars rover teach us about space? What can it teach us about humanity? In conversation with her former professor, a “planetary evangelist” explains.

Asian Alumni Day brought together Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander alumni and students for networking, learning, and community. The event was sponsored by the Asian Students Association (ASA), the Chinese Students Association (CSA), the Korean Students Association (KSA), the South Asian Students Association (SASA), the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and Alumni and Parent Programs.

Opening with an anecdote about an audacious man, Gregory Kaplan '21 explores the question of how a person owns their own actions for "Truth: Amherst College's Speaking Competition." "We need more audacious souls in this world who are unafraid of honesty," says Kaplan.

The annual Fink Bioscience Symposium, now in its 11th year, is an opportunity for students who aim to work in health care policy, medicine and bioscience research to interact with Amherst alumni who are leaders in these fields.

"We felt that having a Mental Health Week would be very important to the Amherst campus, as mental health affects so many of us," said Amherst SAAC president Veronica Rocco, of the new initiative which began this week. "I hope by having this week we show all members of the Amherst community that seeking help is a sign of strength, rather than of weakness." The initiative is co-sponsored by Athletics, SAAC, The Wellness Team, Counseling Center and The Resource Center Team.

The Mead Art Museum's new art show reveals a lost genre from the 1930s and 40s: “Dimensionism,” in which artists responded—wildly—to the era’s game-changing scientific discoveries.

By incorporating family interviews, archival research and DNA testing, students in a new course learned history through their own genealogy. “This wasn’t a regular, boring writing class,” said Alexis Chavez-Salinas ’22. “It allowed me to look at myself completely differently. Classes like this are why I chose to come to Amherst.”

"I believe that all young Americans are going about growing up the wrong way," begins Tessa Levenstein '22 in this talk about what all students might do immediately after high school in lieu of college. Read more about the Truth competition: https://amhrst.is/SpeechSpeech

Watch this astounding video of a genetically engineered Mammoth hatching for the first time in 3,600 years! Click here to find out more about this breakthrough: amhrst.is/MammothHatches Footage by Alwyn Wils

Sociologist Tony Jack ’07 has come out with a timely, buzzworthy book about race and class in higher ed. Last week, these sociology students heard more from the author himself.

What happens when an Amherst student and a senior administrator shadow each other for a week? Watch the full video here: amhrst.is/AMileInYourShoes

Huge congratulations to Head Coach Chris Paradis on her 300th win! #GoMammoths

A study co-authored by economics professor Katharine Sims shows that employment rates in New England towns get a boost when municipalities conserve their acres. “Job growth was modest but significant across the region, and the effect was amplified in more rural areas,” explains Sims, who is a co-lead author of the study.

"I knew then that the truth is something visceral, something you feel everywhere in your bones. And no amount of facts could stand up to it," says Dashiell Shulman ’21 in this moving speech about his own struggles at Amherst. https://amhrst.is/SpeechSpeech