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Building Peace Through Remembrance

December 10, 2019 At least one Amherst student has won a Davis Projects for Peace grant each year since the program’s inception in 2007. The two newest recipients are helping people to process wartime traumas.

How One Student’s Passion Became an Opportunity for the Whole Campus

Two-time National Book Award Winner Jesmyn Ward to Headline Litfest 2020

’17 Alumnus Named Schwarzman Scholar

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On College Radio, A Home for Student Voices

November 14, 2019 What do Cardi B’s autograph, a 1979 Neil Young album and Amherst College all have in common? WAMH, the radio station that’s a platform for student creativity.

Rocks, Bones and Other Mysterious Objects

November 18, 2019 You never know what you might find in your yard, or in the forest, or on the beach while you’re out for a walk. But there’s a group of scientists at Amherst College who want to help you figure out what that mystery object is.

A Whole New Español

November 07, 2019 Many changes are in store for those who study Spanish, from language learning to cultural studies and more.

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Manuela Picq on the Fall of Morales

For a recent piece on the rise and fall Evo Morales, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, National Public Radio spoke with Manuela Picq, Loewenstein Fellow and visiting associate professor in political science, who cast similarities between Morales' story and the story former Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa.

Alex Bernstein '97 on Staying in the Game

“I’ve always been a high-energy person, I don’t sleep a ton, I have a lot of nervous energy, so I always want to keep busy, and playing sports is a great outlet for this energy and emotion,” Alex Bernstein '97 told The Boston Globe recently, about the early morning hockey games he plays for the Hingham (Mass.) Pilgrim Skating Arena’s "Has-Been Hockey League.”

Marijuana in Massachusetts: Down To Business

Among the vanguard of entrepreneurs embracing legalized marijuana sales in Massachusetts is Brendan McKee '07, the CFO for Silver Therapeutics, which was the subject of a recent article by Masslive.

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2020 Fink Symposium: “Science and Medicine: From Amherst to the Laboratory, Medical School, and Beyond”

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Anne Fausto-Sterling Public Lecture

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In the Fall 2019 issue, Maida Ives talks climate change via the Book & Plow Farm, Peter Zheutlin introduces us to his travel companion Albie, a yellow Lab mix, and Professor of English Amelie Hastie introduces her students to Columbo, the classic ’70s TV detective show, and more.

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