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Visiting Professor Tess Wise Interviewed 48 Bankrupt Americans—Here’s Who They Blame for Their Financial Troubles

In an article for The Conversation, Wise, a Karl Loewenstein Fellow and visiting assistant professor of political science at Amherst, describes what she found when she interviewed dozens of Americans who have filed for bankruptcy to get rid of personal debt.

Pioneer Valley Symphony to Host Evening with Professor Emeritus Lewis Spratlan

The Pioneer Valley Symphony has announced that it will present Life Is a Dream: Celebration of Lewis Spratlan on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7 p.m. The virtual event will honor the 80th birthday of Spratlan, Amherst’s Peter R. Pouncey Professor of Music, Emeritus, and the 10th anniversary of the world premiere of Life Is a Dream, the opera whose second act garnered him a Pulitzer Prize in 2000.

5 Fast Facts You Need to Know About Sarah Bloom Raskin ’83, P’14 ’17 ’19

Heavy.com presents a roundup of facts about Raskin, who, in addition to being an Amherst alumna, trustee and parent, is also a lawyer, civil servant and Duke University faculty member. She is married to U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, lead impeachment manager in the recent Senate trial against former President Donald Trump.

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Five College Dance Annual Lecture: "Under Wired: Intersectional Disability Aesthetics On and Off Stage," Delivered by Alice Sheppard

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Feb 26

A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award Winner Charles Yu and Nominee Megha Majumdar

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A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz

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Mar 1

Kirun Kapur ’97: A Reading and Conversation

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Black Art Matters Festival

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Dan Bernitt: A Performance and Conversation

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In the Winter 2021 issue: an interview with screenwriter and political strategist Kate Stayman-London ’05; an update about Professor Elizabeth “Buffy” Aries' 15-year study about race and class; a preview of Founding Narratives, an exhibition in the Mead Art Museum, and more.

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Black Art Matters: Students’ Work Celebrated at Annual Festival

The Men “Black Men of Amherst” Left Out

Amherst College to Mark its Bicentennial

Amherst College’s Sixth Annual LitFest, Feb. 25-28

The Art of Solidarity

The Incubator Program: Hatching the STEM Scientists of the Future

A Break From Classes, Plus Games on the Quad: It was a Mammoth Day

Happening at Amherst

Five College Dance Annual Lecture: "Under Wired: Intersectional Disability Aesthetics On and Off Stage," Delivered by Alice Sheppard

A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award Winner Charles Yu and Nominee Megha Majumdar

A Conversation with 2020 National Book Award for Poetry Finalists Tommye Blount and Natalie Diaz

Kirun Kapur ’97: A Reading and Conversation

Black Art Matters Festival

Dan Bernitt: A Performance and Conversation