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Angie Tissi-Gassoway is Named Amherst College’s Chief Student Affairs Officer and Dean of Students

March 21, 2023 Amherst College today named Angie Tissi-Gassoway its new Chief Student Affairs Officer (CSAO) and Dean of Students

Three question for Emily Griffen and the Loeb Center.

3 Questions for the Loeb Career Center’s Emily Griffen

March 16, 2023 Humanities majors want to get great jobs. Amherst is here to help, with a brand-new initiative called Arts and Humanities in Action.

The Amherst College women's ice hockey team poses together in victory.

#3 Mammoths fly into NCAA Frozen Four with 4-0 shutout of Colby

March 13, 2023 The Amherst College women's hockey team is headed into the NCAA Tournament's Frozen Four for the first time since 2010 with a 4-0 shutout of Colby College in an NCAA quarterfinal game played at Orr Rink.

Three men in suits in conversation on a stage with an Amherst College banner showing behind them.

“We’ll Do Everything in the Bounds of the Law That We Can”

March 09, 2023 At a recent campus event, the subject was the future of race-conscious admissions and the Supreme Court. The main speaker? Ryan Park ’05, who recently argued Students For Fair Admission v University of North Carolina before the court.

28 Students Wrote Poems Right on the Spot

March 02, 2023 At her Litfest 2023 craft talk, the poet Victoria Chang shared works by Ross Gay and Terry Tempest Williams—then had the students create their own verse. In real time.

Black and white photo of Belle de Costa Greene amongst a group of men and women posing in front of an ivy covered building.

The Morgan Library Rejoiced When It Saw This Photo from the Amherst Archives

March 01, 2023 It is the oldest known image of Belle da Costa Greene, perhaps the most celebrated librarian of her time.

Chris Grobe, Kristina Reardon, and Lee Spector.

Chatting About ChatGPT

February 27, 2023 A popular new computer program can write about anything we ask it to. A recent panel convened to ask: What does this mean for teachers and students of writing?

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