The Biggest Little Twitter War
November 05, 2018 How do you top a boast by a purple cow? By showing some Mammoth pride, of course!
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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.
The Voices of Scholars
July 02, 2018 Amherst is home to a mammoth family of podcasts about academic books.
Homecoming 2017 Is a Revelation
The new mammoth mascot design is unveiled, the football team wins, and alumni revel in a variety of events.
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.
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.
Mr. Mammoth and the New (Old) Bebu
In the Beneski Museum of Natural History—where students refer to the giant mammoth skeleton on permanent display as “Bebu,” in tribute—the guides were particularly excited to hear about the College’s new mascot.