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A Kaleidoscope of Talent

September 24, 2019 Amherst’s choral director taps into her talented peer network to show students how inclusive the classical music scene can and should be.

Convocation 2019: Celebrating the Liberal Arts

September 05, 2019 President Biddy Martin's welcome to the class of 2023 during Convocation 2019 was a celebration of the kind of education and community provided by Amherst College.

Momentous Facts about Amherst’s Newest Mammoths

September 04, 2019 The number of military veterans, the percentage of students who are the first in their families to go to college, the importance of November 15 and other critical information about this year’s new students.

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Taking in a Tour of the Mead

Asking the question, “What exactly defines contemporary art?”, The Daily Hampshire Gazette’s Steve Pfarrer recently accompanied a tour of the Mead Art Museum led by David Little, the Mead’s director and chief curator, viewing the exhibit sampling the recent gift of more than 170 works of contemporary art.

Martin Lowy '61: Capitalism For Democrats

Grady Harp, writing in the San Francisco Review of Books, recently praised the Capitalism for Democrats: Why The Country Needs It Now, the latest book by Martin Lowy ’61 as “one of the finest explanations of capitalism available.”

Justice Ginsburg: This Era is an "Aberration"

A simple question put to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and her simple reply to Joseph Flueckiger, director of dining services at Amherst, became the takeaway quote in much of the press coverage of Justice Ginsburg’s recent visit to our campus.

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Oct 23

"Kashmir: Unrelenting States of Exception"

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Oct 24

Math Colloquium by David Freund: “Knot for Everyday Purposes”

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Oct 24

Fiction Reading: Nicholas Mancusi '10

8:00 PM

Oct 24

Jazz@Schwemm’s Featuring the Joe Belmont Group

9:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Oct 25

Dance Masterclass with Annie Wang

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Oct 25

Homecoming Concert: Amherst College Choral Society

8:00 PM

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Amherst Magazine

In the Fall 2019 issue, poet Nuar Alsadir introduces us to the “fourth person singular,” 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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Justice Ginsburg, Up Close

Thinking Like a Humanist, In Any Context

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Addresses Campus

“Sadly For Me, I’m a Monotone,” and Other Memorable Quotes from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Visit to Campus

A Kaleidoscope of Talent

Convocation 2019: Celebrating the Liberal Arts

Momentous Facts about Amherst’s Newest Mammoths

Happening at Amherst

"Kashmir: Unrelenting States of Exception"

Math Colloquium by David Freund: “Knot for Everyday Purposes”

Fiction Reading: Nicholas Mancusi '10

Jazz@Schwemm’s Featuring the Joe Belmont Group

Dance Masterclass with Annie Wang

Homecoming Concert: Amherst College Choral Society