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Honorary degree recipients, Amherst College 2019

Photographer Annie Leibovitz Among Seven to be Honored at Amherst College’s Commencement May 26

April 16, 2019 Seven influential leaders in neuroscience, photography, religion, writing, astrophysics and social justice philanthropy will receive honorary degrees from Amherst College during its 198th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 26, at 10 a.m. on the school’s main quad.

Niamani Williams-Cole ’20, Jonathan Paul ’22, Dagim Belete ’22 and Thai Nguyen ’21 posing outside at City Streets celebration

Around the World in 90 Minutes

April 16, 2019 The College celebrates City Streets, its annual internationally flavored spring festival.

If Einstein Could Paint

April 04, 2019 The Mead’s new art show reveals a lost genre from the 1930s-40s: “Dimensionism,” in which artists responded—wildly—to the era’s game-changing scientific discoveries.

Life’s Composition: The Baird Diaries

April 12, 2019 A newly donated cache of daily journals by a legendary English professor and his wife contain 60 years of Amherst history.

Anthony Jack visits a class at Amherst College

Disadvantaged Times Two

March 29, 2019 Sociologist Tony Jack ’07 has come out with a timely, buzzworthy book about race and class in higher ed. Last week, these sociology students wanted to know more.