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Meet Sage Loyema Innerarity ’22: Emerging Trailblazer in Tribal Archives

Simmons.edu – Previously a Postbaccalaureate Fellow working with the Amherst College Collection of Native American Literature, Innerarity is profiled on the website of Simmons University, where she has begun graduate studies at the School of Library and Information Science.

Suzanne Edwards ’97 and Larry Snyder ’96 Teach Interdisciplinary Course at Lehigh University

Submitted on Monday, 10/16/2023, at 1:53 PM

The Brown and White – “[H]umanists should be thinking about tech from the get-go and tech folks should be thinking about humanities from the get-go,” Snyder tells the university’s student newspaper. He and Edwards, who met at Amherst and are married, co-teach “Algorithms and Social Justice,” cross-listed in women, gender & sexuality studies and industrial & systems engineering.

Professor Nusrat S. Chowdhury on the Importance of Throwing Things: Pelting as Popular Politics

Submitted on Tuesday, 9/19/2023, at 1:55 PM

Public Seminar – “Aggrieved crowds have been throwing objects—stones, shoes, pies, eggs—that have doled out insult and injury in equal measure seemingly for centuries,” writes Chowdhury, associate professor of anthropology, in an excerpt from an essay first published in Social Research: An International Quarterly.

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Dec 11

Duties beautifully done: A Dickinson Birthday Celebration

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Oct 23

"Oops Upside Your Head" Artist Show by Felandus Thames

10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Dec 4

Jazz Combo Concert

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Dec 5

Bringing Back Thomas de Hartmann: A Lecture And Recital with Elan Sicroff

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Dec 6

Jazz Combo Concert

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Dec 7

Russian Fall Film Series: Айка/Ayka (2018)

4:30 PM - 10:00 PM

Amherst Magazine

Inside the Summer 2023 issue: Architect Bruce Becker ’80’s lastest project, an energy-efficient boutique hotel; Nichelle Carr ’98's Webby-award-winning podcast series Black Women of Amherst College; a spotlight on recent graduate Haoran Tong ’23, and much more.

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