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Despite the lingering cold, a few signs of spring are peeking through on campus! Photo by Maria Stenzel

The Three Minute Thesis competition—to be held on campus on Thursday in Stirn—aims to help students present their work in concise, entertaining and, hopefully, winning ways.

This eponymous piece has been used since 1844 to measure electrical resistance, and the circuit has morphed into controls for sensors for temperature, pressure and humidity. #AmherstScience is a weekly contest featuring an object from the College’s historical collection. Be the first to correctly identify the apparatus and you could win a prize. Answers will be posted each Monday at Science at Amherst College.

Armed with supersoakers and buckets of colors, students celebrated Holi (the Hindu festival of colors) on April 7 at Book & Plow Farm. Hosted by the South Asian Students Association.

What would you do #ForAmherst?

For National Library Workers Day, we took a moment to appreciate the people who keep Amherst’s libraries running. What has been your favorite library moment?

A Mammoth welcome to our new Chief Amherst College Office of Student Affairs Officer Hikaru Kozuma!

Our Amherst Mammoths this week, Veronica Rocco '19, caught this snowy view of campus. What are your tips and tricks for beating the winter blues when spring in New England is being fickle?

A conversation with the president. A demonstration of ultracold atoms. A collaborative sing-along. The official start of Amherst’s new fundraising campaign highlighted many of the outstanding research, academic work and extracurriculars that make the College stand out.

Kidney disease is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. But one group on campus is doing its part to help change that.

A new Mammoth is debuting this week! Visit Amherst Mammoths on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to find out more. www.amherst.edu/go/MammothHerd

#AmherstPromise launch dinner. Photo by Davis Bannister

We're #AmherstProud of the hard work and dedication that Amherst College Dining put into getting every detail of the newly named Ford Hall done in cake. Check out their amazing work! Read more about the dedication: https://amhrst.is/NewResidenceHallNamedfor83Alumnus Photos by Takudzwa Tapfuma and courtesy of Amherst College Dining

Our quote of the day is from AAS Amherst Student Government president Aditi Krishnamurthy ’18, who said of the Greenway residences during yesterday's dedication of Ford Hall, "What stands out to me is the intentionality of their architecture, their natural light, their energy efficiency, how they bring different classes together. The inception of Ford Hall is a significant moment in Amherst’s modern history. Mr Ford’s gifts to the College certainly are mammoth!"

On Friday, April 6, the former Greenway A was officially named Ford Hall in honor of William E. Ford ’83, P’13. There short dedication ceremony on the upper terrace of Greenway A featured remarks by President Biddy Martin, Cullen Murphy '74 and AAS President Aditi Krishnamurthy '18, followed by the formal ribbon cutting and unveiling of the new name, Ford Hall. Refreshments included a cake in the image of Ford Hall. https://amhrst.is/NewResidenceHallNamedfor83Alumnus

This weekend, Amherst College will officially launch Promise: The Campaign for Amherst’s Third Century, in anticipation of its bicentennial in 2021. The campaign will ensure that Amherst has the faculty, resources and facilities to provide students with the best possible educational experience in the small, close-knit academic environment that has always been Amherst’s hallmark.

This instrument uses a rotating coil, quickly flipped through 180 degrees, to take its global measurements. #AmherstScience is a weekly contest featuring an object from the College’s historical collection. Be the first to correctly identify the apparatus and you could win a prize. Answers will be posted each Monday at Science at Amherst College.

On Friday, Greenway Dorm A will be named Ford Hall in honor of William E. Ford III ’83, P’13. The celebration starts at 4 p.m. with remarks from President Biddy Martin and other speakers, followed by a performance by The Zumbyes.

Dr. Steven Chu, an Amherst honorary degree recipient, spoke at the College recently on the future of sustainability: water pumps as batteries, complex transmission systems, and how machines could manage it all. Chu is the former U.S. Secretary of Energy and received a Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to laser cooling and atom trapping. Watch his full talk at amhrst.is/StevenChu2018

Fifty years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination, a new Amherst course explores the life and times of the civil rights leader and his era.