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Student gather on the academic quad during orientation

Momentous Facts about Amherst’s Newest Mammoths

September 04, 2019 The number of military veterans, the percentage of students who are the first in their families to go to college, the importance of November 15 and other critical information about this year’s new students.
The Amherst College Mammoth

College Welcomes New Members of the Mammoth Herd

August 29, 2018 It may have been 90+ degrees and muggy on campus on Aug. 28, but that didn’t stop a mammoth—not woolly, thank goodness—from appearing on the quad to greet nearly 500 new Amherst students who had arrived for Orientation.
Homecoming bonfire

A Mammoth Homecoming

Homecoming is always a great opportunity to reconnect with Amherst College, but this weekend will also provide a chance to meet the newest face in the family picture: our mammoth.
Big Bird and Snuffleupagus

Pop Goes the Mammoth

Sometimes cuddly, sometimes fierce, and often used to connote things wild and ancient, the mammoth lumbers its way through pop culture time and time again.
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