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A mirror image of Professor Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint

How Past Became Present

July 28, 2022 A professor answers questions about her revelatory, prize-winning book.
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Amherst College Files Amicus Brief With Supreme Court Supporting the Use of a “Race-Conscious” Admissions Process

illustration by Sophia Figlie

"Like a Recovered Memory"

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Commencement 2020: Closure, Finally

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Q&A with OSU English Professor Elizabeth Hewitt ’88

The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences spotlights Hewitt, who earned her B.A. at Amherst and her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University before joining the OSU faculty. In her research and teaching, she focuses largely on 18th- and 19th-century U.S. literature, but her interests are wide-ranging.

Where Is Model Lyndsey Scott ’06 Now?

TheCinemaholic.com provides an update on the career of Scott, a fashion model, actor, computer programmer and advocate who appears in the new Hulu documentary series Victoria’s Secret: Angels and Demons. 

DezBaa’ ’10E Appears in Supporting Role on AMC’s “Dark Winds”

The Santa Fe New Mexican and Rio Grande Sun profile the Amherst alumna who plays grieving mother Helen Atcitty on the acclaimed new murder mystery series. DezBaa’ (also known as Sharon Anne Henderson) is a member of the Navajo Nation, on whose land the show is set.

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Inside the Summer 2022 issue: the story of William Webster ’45, the only person to have led both the FBI and the CIA; Michele A. Berdy ’78, one of the last American journalists in Russia recounts her escape; and so much more.

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