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Why do so many of us fail to intervene when we’re needed—and what would it take to make us step up? In her new book, psychology professor Catherine Sanderson explains the neuroscience behind inaction, and shares some simple strategies for resisting the pressure to conform.
In case you missed it... Over the past few weeks the College's Athletics department has hired four top-notch new coaches! Read more about the most recent additions to the Amherst Mammoths herd. #tusksup #WeAreMammoths #AmherstProud
Earlier this month we shared the list of winners of this year's senior prizes. Also worth celebrating are the first-years, sophomores and juniors who were recognized with awards for their own scholarship and citizenship. Without further ado...
The Commencement issue of The Amherst Student newspaper every year features a number of "outstanding" students who have left their indelible mark on their alma mater. This year, those profiled include award-winning scientists, activists and musicians, among other things. Take a minute to learn about their impressive accomplishments and plans for the future! #Amherst2020 #AmherstProud (Thank you to the editors of the paper for allowing us to share their work!)
In his new book, Professor Lawrence Douglas outlines ways in which distrust of the process and fights over the vote count could derail the 2020 presidential election.
If ever there is a time for young people to be actively involved in our democracy, it is now. But how do we teach them "a more engaged brand of civics?" History and Black Studies Professor Hilary Moss discusses the topic in an episode of the "Scene on Radio" podcast. http://www.sceneonradio.org/s4-e10-schooled-for-democracy/
What does an art thesis look like? A self-portrait. A work incorporating a "found object and thread." A paper exploring illustration in Botticelli’s "Commedia.” Intrigued? Take a look at what our senior art and the history of art majors created this year. #Amherst2020 #AmherstProud
The Friday before Commencement each year, Amherst hosts Senior Assembly, which features speeches, music and the awarding of academic prizes and honorary class memberships. Without further ado, we are sharing the 2020 winners and offering our congratulations--you guessed it--virtually. Hooray for our accomplished seniors! So #AmherstProud of you!
SCHOLARSHIP AND CITIZENSHIP The Obed Finch Slingerland Memorial Prize, from the income of a fund established by an anonymous donor, is awarded by the Trustees of the College to a member of the senior class, who, during their first three years at Amherst, has shown by determination and accomplishment...
We asked our newest alumni about their favorite classes and their theses. Here are some of their answers. #Amherst2020 #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
As the COVID-19 pandemic intensified during the last few weeks of the semester--and stress and fears mounted--some Amherst professors leaned in and used the situation as an educational moment for their students and themselves.
It’s no surprise that
Biologists write haikus
Cells are like poems
(A for effort? Come on--we tried!)
The biology department's annual thesis celebration this year involved laughter, goodbyes and verse via Zoom, of course.
On May 31, Amherst President Biddy Martin sent a message to the College community about racism, truth and responsibility. Read more.
May 31, 2020 Dear Students, Faculty, Staff, and Alumni, This morning‘s celebration of our graduates offered a reprieve from the horror, deep sadness, and rage I feel about the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and the much longer list of unarmed black men, women, trans and n...
Over the past few weeks we've posted more than a few montages of congratulatory messages from Amherst faculty and staff. Some, though, didn't make it into those collections for one reason or another. Take philosophy professor Alex George's submission, which is, um, "sleightly" longer than most.
ICYMI, the College hosted an event yesterday honoring a very special group of students: The great class of 2020. Read more about the celebration. Congrats again to Amherst's newest alumni! #Amherst2020 #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
And now, the Conferral of Degrees, at the Class of 2020 Virtual Celebration, right now!
https://www.amherst.edu/news/specialevents/commencement/live-video-alternate-stream
Please, please tune in RIGHT NOW to watch Stanley O. Dunwell III deliver the senior address! https://www.amherst.edu/news/specialevents/commencement/live-video-alternate-stream
Get ready! The Celebration of the Class of 2020 starts in 10 minutes at https://www.amherst.edu/go/2020! #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths
Show your #AmherstPride during by using one of our social media graphics! And don't forget to use the #Amherst2020 hashtag! #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether #CelebrateAC2020
Seniors, gather up your Commencement packages. Friends and family, grab your tissues. The Celebration for the Class of 2020 starts in T-minus two hours and counting. Tune in today at https://www.amherst.edu/go/2020 at 11 a.m. EDT. #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths
How can I watch tomorrow's Celebration of the Class of 2020? https://www.amherst.edu/go/2020. When will graduates get their diplomas? Late June. Other questions? This page has you covered! #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths https://www.amherst.edu/news/specialevents/commencement/
You may have heard about or seen on social media the tribute to our seniors on campus. We didn't want to share anything ourselves until we captured an image via drone of ALL of the names together. Congrats, Amherst class of 2020! #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths
In recognition of long-serving staff member Carol Ryan's retirement, her colleagues in the facilities department organized a 40+ vehicle "Rolling Rally" to bid her farewell. Happy, happy trails, Carol! We will miss you!
During this time of social distancing, we still wanted to show our love and thanks to Carol Ryan, who retired after 15 years of service to the college. She worked as a Parking Clerk for ACPD before serving all of us daily in the Service Center. Carol thank you for all you did for us!! You will be missed!
All photos by Mark Uchneat!
Amherst just wouldn’t be Amherst without the amazing people who work at the College. Here our faculty and staff offer their congratulations to the incredible class of 2020! #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
Remember when the members of the class of 2020 made their first appearance on campus in 2016? We absolutely do. Check out some photos of the seniors as eager first-years! #Amherst2020 #CelebrateAC2020 #WeAreMammoths https://www.amherst.edu/amherst-story/today/amherst-in-pictures/orientation-2016
Starting on August 30, 2016, Amherst College welcomed the incoming Class of 2020, kicking off an orientation program that ranged from Squad Meetings, to lectures, and tours and academic advising. Students explored the campus, got to know their classmates and professors, and learned about the many re...
Because the class of 2020's family and friends can't hold up signs and hoot and holler in pride as their graduates receive their degrees in person--just wait until next year!--we thought we would give them the opportunity to do so online. Please enjoy the well wishes from Amherst moms and dads, grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles, besties, neighbors and pets among many, many, MANY others. #Amherst2020 #WeAreMammoths #CelebrateAC2020 #AmherstTogether https://amhrst.is/2020proud
Just because we can't have an in-person Commencement for our seniors this year doesn't mean we are going to let their accomplishments go unnoticed. The College is holding a virtual Celebration of the Class of 2020 on May 31! Learn more about the event and this year's resilient seniors themselves. #Amherst2020 #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether #CelebrateAC2020 https://www.amherst.edu/news/news_releases/2020/5-2020/a-snapshot-of-the-resilient-class-of-2020
Want to brag about your Amherst graduate? Show your #AmherstPride with a social media frame or graphic we created especially for the class of 2020! #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
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It's amazing how a good book can change one's life. For Jacob Pagano '18, one of those books was Moby Dick, which he read for English Professor Geoffrey Sanborn's course "American Extravaganzas." http://www.criticalread.org/an-itch-for-things-remote?fbclid=IwAR3Eb0uC4Id4Ww63DYUEAxXYXoLbpUnJ1jnOKt1G-7XsaABeG5GGeLgO83I
#AmherstProud of two more graduate scholarship winners, Dakota Foster ’18 and Joseph Lupo '20! Dakota plans to pursue a law degree, while Joseph will study high-performance computing. Congrats! #WeAreAmherst #AmherstTogether
Within the inner circle of the War Memorial, you’ll find the names of 33 Amherst alumni, from the classes of 1899 to 1920, who lost their lives in “the war to end all wars.” Today we remember them and all of our alumni over the years who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
Our seniors may have been gone from campus the past couple of weeks, but they were certainly not forgotten--and definitely not by the College's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Faculty members put together this sweet goodbye message for their students. Check it out!
The faculty of the Amherst College Department of Mathematics and Statistics congratulate our graduates as they head off into the world. We're so proud of you...
Were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic, today would have been the day that friends and family converged on campus for Commencement and three days of honoring our seniors. You can still show your #AmherstPride on social media by using some of our filters, frames, backgrounds and other graphics! #WeAreMammoths #Amherst2020 https://www.amherst.edu/news/specialevents/commencement/virtual-amherst-pride
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Over the past few weeks we've posted more than a few montages of congratulatory messages from Amherst faculty and staff. Some, though, didn't make it into those collections for one reason or another. Take philosophy professor Alex George's submission, which is, um, "sleightly" longer than most.
A common refrain among Amherst professors these days is that they miss their regular face-to-face interactions with students. But also missing them terribly are the staff! One group of academic department coordinators shared with us a long video they created to show support for the young people whose faces they used to see frequently. Here are three excerpts. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
A common refrain among Amherst professors these days is that they miss their regular face-to-face interactions with students. But also missing them terribly are the staff! One group of academic department coordinators shared with us a long video they created to show support for the young people whose faces they used to see frequently. Here are three excerpts. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
A common refrain among faculty these days is that they miss their regular face-to-face interactions with students. But also missing them terribly are the staff! One group of academic department coordinators shared with us a long video that they created to show support for the young people whose faces they would see frequently. Here are three excerpts. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
A common refrain among Amherst professors these days is that they miss their regular face-to-face interactions with students. But also missing them terribly are the staff! One group of academic department coordinators shared with us a long video they created to show support for the young people whose faces they used to see frequently. Here are three excerpts. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
We'll give Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Matt McGann the last word in a video for our "why choose Amherst?" series. We think his answer is pretty compelling... #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether #tusksup
Today's the day that enrollment decisions are due! If you are still on the fence about whether or not to join this extraordinary community, biology and environmental studies professor Ethan Clotfelter can tell you why you should. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
Why choose Amherst? "It's not a community, it's a family," says Omisha Purohit '23. #WeAreMammoths #AmherstTogether
If you're wondering just how big a mammoth was, Hayley Singleton, head of collections and operations at the College's Beneski Museum of Natural History, can tell you. In this clip, she shows off the skeleton that was the inspiration for Amherst's mascot, and explains how its current home makes Amherst a great place to study. #tusksup
Why choose Amherst? For history professor Ellen Boucher, the answer is simple.
Next up in our "why choose Amherst?" series: Dean of Financial Aid Gail Holt, with an assist from a furry member of her family.
With the deadline to enroll at Amherst--May 1!--nearly upon us, we asked some students, faculty and staff to film themselves explaining why admitted students should choose Amherst. Maida Ives, manager of farm education and operations at the College's own Book & Plow Farm, offers some food for thought.
As the members of our community continue to trickle away from campus, a few of us in the Office of Communications--furry and otherwise--paused to say adieu. (We're not normally this awkward--its social distancing, we swear!) Amherst colleagues: Feel free to share your own goodbyes in the comments! #tusksup
Olivia Gieger '21 stepped up for our last LitFest teaser, reading from Ben Rhodes' "The World As It Is," a memoir of the author's time serving in the Obama White House. Rhodes will speak from 1 to 2:30 on Sunday in Johnson Chapel.
The second day of LitFest 2020 is upon us! Listen to Jordan Brice '22 read a poem from Karen Skolfield's poetry book "Battle Dress." Skolfield will speak tomorrow from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Frost Library's Center for Humanistic Inquiry (2nd floor).
Our next reader in our LitFest 2020 promo series? Common intern and English major Sofia Belimova ’22! Watch Sofia read the opening paragraph of “Sing, Unburied, Sing” by Jesmyn Ward. Ward will participate in a public LitFest discussion on Saturday afternoon in Johnson Chapel from 4 to 5:30 p.m.; the event is free and open to all.
Next up in our LitFest 2020 promo series: Sociology major Laura Carty ’20! Watch Laura read the opening paragraph of “The Other Americans” by Laila Lalami. Lalami will participate in a public LitFest 2020 discussion on Friday night in Johnson Chapel from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Izzy Meyers ’20 gamely read the opening paragraph of "Trust Exercise," by Susan Choi to help promote an event with the author this coming weekend. Choi will participate in a LitFest 2020 discussion on Friday night in Johnson Chapel from 7:30 to 9 p.m.; the event is free and open to the public.
Drawn from purchases and a gift of 172 contemporary artworks, the @meadartmuseum's current exhibition “Starting Something New: Recent Contemporary Acquisitions and Gifts” serves as a part two of Mead’s first contemporary art exhibition from last fall. Here's a sample of what's on display.
Huey Hewitt '19 talks about the disproportionate number of trans black people incarcerated in the United States, and the lack of support faced by that population both in and out of the criminal justice system in this contest-winning speech.
Carley Malloy ’22, a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma, who grew up in Vermont, explains how to make a hooped beaded earring during the December 2019 INCA student group event.
As classes came to a close in December, the Indigenous and Native Citizens Association (INCA) hosted a beading night, where students came together to learn and practice the craft of beading over a dinner of traditional foods catered by Chef Sherry Pocknett, a member of the Aquinnah Wampanoag. Alexis Scalese '22 organized the event, inspired by the importance the act of beading has played in her life and her understanding of her Native identity.
In honor and recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we thought it only fitting to share the audio of a stirring speech the civil rights leader made at the New School for Social Research in 1964. Rebroadcast by the College's student-run radio station later that same year, the reel-to-reel recording now resides in Amherst's Archives and Special Collections. It is believed to be the only audio of the famous talk. https://www.amherst.edu/library/archives/holdings/mlk
A message from Amherst during this wonderful season of light.
One of the most popular—and tightly knit—groups on campus is DASAC (Dance and Step at Amherst College), which presented the “End of a Decade” showcase on Nov. 17. Hear Shikha Jha ’22 explain DASAC’s current style and check out photos of the event here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/amherstcollege/. Photos and video by Matai Curzon ’22.
It may be one of the last warm Friday afternoons this fall, but Amherst students nevertheless turned out in droves for Eco Fest in the Science Center living room. Over vegan brownies and ice cream, they learned more about what they can do to combat climate change. ‘Cause that’s how they roll.
This past Wednesday, the Amherst College Choral Society, Mead Art Museum, Queer Resource Center and Stonewall Committee hosted a concert of songs inspired by music that played on the jukebox at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. The show honored the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, and featured performances by the College's Glee Club, Concert Choir and Stonewall Community Choir, among others.
A time lapse video of a fall afternoon on the Amherst College campus.
Have a great winter break, Mammoths! Gif by Emily Ye '20
Have a great Move-In Day, new Mammoths! We're so excited to have you here. Tag @AmherstCollege to share your favorite #MammothMove photos with us! Gif by Emily Ye '20
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