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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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The Future of Digital Memory

Watch a presentation on “Digital Archives, Datum Storytelling and the Future of Memory” by Marisa Parham, professor of English and director of the Five College Digital Humanities Project, at a recent conference organized by the National Digital Initiatives team at the Library of Congress.

Jackie Alvarez: How Hobbies Help You At Work

With social media and other forms of screen time eating up our schedules more and more, developing a hobby is a skill that needs to be cultivated, argued Hope Reese in a recent article in Vox. She spoke with Amherst’s Jackie Alvarez, associate dean of students and director of the Counseling Center, about the benefits of having a hobby that is totally disconnected from your career.

The Making of Dictionaries, With Ilan Stavans and Webster's Sokolowski

Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, and Peter Sokolowski, editor at large of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, will co-teach a seminar on the making of dictionaries this spring. The Daily Hampshire Gazette recently spoke with them about the course.

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Dec 14

Celebration of the Life and Works of Lyle Andrew McGeoch

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Jan 23

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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Do Data Science for Social Good (NSF-funded opportunity)

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Amherst Magazine

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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