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Juneteenth: A Celebration of “Great Joy” and “Survival”

June 17, 2021 Professor Elizabeth Herbin-Triant explains the significance of the U.S. federal government making the holiday an official national observance—and why such recognition is “an important first step.”

Your Life at Amherst—in 1871

June 17, 2021 You have to lift barbells four times a week. You sit in alphabetical order in class (cheating is likelier among the S-Z crowd at the back). A few electives are added, like astronomy and Spanish. You consider admitting women but…no.

President Biddy Martin Comments on Federal Gender Legislation

June 15, 2021 In a public comment to the Department of Education about Title IX legislation, Martin wrote of the urgency to "definitively affirm, through regulations, that sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression are complex and fundamental aspects of our being that deserve recognition in civil rights protections."

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Caelen McQuilkin ’23 Reports on Young Neighbors’ Views on Independence Day

Writing for The Mammoth Times of Mammoth Lakes, Calif., McQuilkin interviews diverse young residents of her hometown of Bridgeport about the town’s famous Fourth of July celebration and the holiday itself. Their answers challenge the simplistic image of Bridgeport as a predominantly white, conservative, patriotic community.

Blair Sadler ’62 is “Flunking” Retirement as He Helps Students Through Squash

California’s La Jolla Light profiles Sadler as a co-founder and board chair of the nonprofit Access Youth Academy, through which middle and high school students from underserved communities receive academic mentorship and coaching in the sport of squash to help them succeed in college and careers.

Professor Edward D. Melillo Discusses His Book “The Butterfly Effect: Insects and the Making of the Modern World”

“This is an insect planet that we’re just happening to live upon at this moment,” says Melillo, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies, in a recent edition of public radio’s Living on Earth series.

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Inside the Summer 2021 issue: an interview with Moderna president Stephen Hoge ’98; a close look at recent MacArthur Fellowship winner, Thomas Mitchell ’87; a celebration of the Bicentennial class, and more.

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