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Congratulations to Susan Niditch, Samuel Green Professor of Religion, on her election to the .
鈥淲e鈥檇 watch The Amazing Race and think, 鈥業 could do that.鈥欌 Greg Franklin 鈥20 who, with his brother John Franklin, won the season 35 competition in 2023.
Can you spot the nine differences between the top image and the bottom? We dare you to try!
鈥淭he interesting frontiers that we鈥檙e pushing are happening here on campus with the data [I returned with] and the science that I can do with my students.鈥 Nicholas Holschuh, assistant professor of geology, on the research he conducted during a two-month trip he took to Antarctica this winter.
鈥淯nlike some old-school cop thrillers, Muzzle doesn鈥檛 dismiss the value of therapy.鈥 Josh Bell 鈥02, on the film Muzzle, written by Carlyle Eubank 鈥10 and John Stalberg Jr.
鈥淚t is important to live a good life, not to suffer for your art. 鈥 Rachel Edelman 鈥09, author of the poetry collection Dear Memphis.
A mammoth welcome to the newest members of the class of 2028! Our Community
鈥淚n 2024, I implore us to read more fiction, in order to see ourselves in others and to see others in ourselves.鈥 Makena Onjerika 鈥10, on the importance of fiction in 鈥Reading Lights.鈥
鈥淲hat would you do if you could bring a loved one back with the push of a button?鈥 Josh Bell 鈥02 on the Well Go USA TV series Aporia, written and directed by Jared Mosh茅 鈥01
鈥淵ou can make a big difference at the state level. The states are the laboratories of democracy.鈥 Sandy Rosenberg 鈥72, the longest-serving member of the Maryland House of Delegates, on why he hasn't run for Congress.
鈥淚 was already a fan of hers, and knew I would love to meet a poet I really admire鈥攖hen I loved soaking in all of her wisdom.鈥 Willow Delp 鈥26, on taking a Litfest craft class with Natasha Trethewey, the 19th United States Poet Laureate
鈥淐onstantly questioning why everything is the way it is and why any of us are here can be the seedy underbelly of figuring out what is funny about life.鈥 Comedian and actor Aparna Nancherla 鈥05E from Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome. She will be speaking at this year's Litfest.
鈥淲hat matters is the transformative power of metaphor and the stories we tell ourselves about the arc and meaning of our lives.鈥 Poet Natasha Trethewey, from Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir. She will be speaking at this year's Litfest.
鈥淚 always thought of ADHD as the inability to pay attention. Now I understand it means you can鈥檛 control what you鈥檙e paying attention to.鈥 Alaina Daniels 鈥09, one of a dozen alums who share their stories in You Can鈥檛 Have ADHD. You Went to Amherst.
鈥淭his is what truly lies at the heart of statistics鈥攖o always think of the human element behind our quantitative work.鈥 As part of Professor Nicholas Horton's class, Stats 210: 鈥淢ining the History of Holyoke,鈥 students combed through the Parsons Paper Co.鈥檚 payroll register for data.
Congrats to wo尘别苍鈥檚 basketball coach G.P. Gromacki for winning 600 games faster than any other hoops coach in NCAA history!
鈥淲hen change came to his Black community, he said, 鈥業 want to be in that number.鈥 鈥 Gerald Penny 鈥77, in his application to Amherst. Penny鈥檚 life and tragic death, 50 years ago, were recently commemorated on campus.
鈥淚mmigrant stories make us see particular corners of the world in a more nuanced and challenging way.鈥 Ilan Stavans, the Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture, on the kinds of books he seeks for Restless Books, his new publishing company in downtown Amherst.
鈥淧reparing students to tackle sustainability challenges鈥攁nd find viable solutions鈥攊s becoming an increasingly important component of the 小福利导航curriculum.鈥 Wes Dripps, director of the Office of Sustainability, on the creative ways faculty are integrating sustainability into their courses
鈥淓ngagement is an act of care for the community.鈥 Ana Devlin Gauthier, learning and development facilitator, Human Resources, on why she chose to get involved as a district representative for the town of Amherst.
鈥淩oads affect wildlife, the natural world and humans at nearly every conceivable scale.鈥 Geoffrey Giller 鈥10, in his review of a new book by Ben Goldfarb 鈥09 in 小福利导航magazine.
鈥淵ou鈥檙e benefiting the portion of society that really needs to benefit the most.鈥 Bryce Bares 鈥00, in 鈥淭he Donut King of Nebraska,鈥 the cover story of the Fall issue of 小福利导航magazine.
鈥淕ardens and poems are places we go to excavate ourselves.鈥 Poet Tess Taylor 鈥00, writing in the Fall issue of 小福利导航magazine.
Congratulations to the 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer team on an outstanding season, collecting the national runner-up trophy for the third time in the last four seasons at the NCAA Division III Championship game. . (Photo credit: Dan Hunter: d3photography.com)
Congratulations to the men's soccer team on their win over Washington & Lee in the NCAA Division III semi-final! They'll face St. Olaf for the final on Sunday, Dec. 3 at noon. . (Photo credit: Dan Hunter: d3photography.com)
鈥淚 do believe we are all bridges--as we link the past with the future through the span of our careers.鈥 Longtime women's lacrosse coach Christine Paradis, speaking at the Nov. 16 ceremony marking her induction into the .
Congratulations to 尘别苍鈥檚 soccer for making it to the NCAA Final Four! The Mammoths will face Washington & Lee in the national semifinals on Dec. 1. Read the story:
鈥淭he future of Native art is being revealed.鈥 Heid E. Erdrich, guest curator for 鈥淏oundless,鈥 a Mead Art Museum exhibit, in the new 小福利导航magazine.
鈥淚鈥檓 trying to find a new way to help my community by finding a bridge between Western education and Indigenous values.鈥 Roxane Main 鈥25 the first 小福利导航student to win a Udall Scholarship to address environmental challenges affecting Native nations.
Congratulations to the and soccer teams for capturing their second consecutive NESCAC championship wins!
鈥 I can assure you that you will write subpar essays鈹I surely did. And on the other side of that experience will not be failure, but something else: learning.鈥 President Michael A. Elliott 鈥92, offering words of wisdom about college life to current students.
鈥淲hen I walked into my first Multicultural Student Union meeting at Amherst, I felt something I had never fully felt before: complete inclusion.鈥 Anna Hogarth 鈥23, writing about her experience with the Multicultural Student Union<, one of many affinity organizations on campus.
鈥淚t matters to me that my work is meaningful and has some kind of impact.鈥 Ash Smith 鈥18, who is doing research for BREHA, Amherst鈥檚 new Black Feminist Reproductive Justice, Equity & HIV/AIDS Activism Collective.
鈥淭heater is the most collaborative art form. When you put on a play, it's really putting together a team.鈥 Luke Herzog 鈥24, winner of the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
From move-in to Convocation, 小福利导航College welcomed the newest Mammoths into the herd. Check out the Orientation 2023 in Pictures slideshow.
鈥淭hrough teaching, I am reinforcing my commitment to an open and free world.鈥 Gabriel Echarte 鈥23 on being awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.
鈥 I, for one, know 100 percent that they will make a difference in this world.鈥 Matthew McGann, dean of admission and financial aid, speaking of the incoming class of 488 students.
鈥淚 had at long last used my creativity to build a new theory of a nation鈥檚 happiness.鈥 Nobel laureate in economics Edmund Phelps 鈥55, H鈥85 in his new memoir.
鈥淭oday, we mourn, remember, and honor the lives lost on this day 22 years ago, including those of three 小福利导航alumni鈥擣rederick C. Rimmele III 鈥90, Brock Safronoff 鈥97 and Maurita Tam 鈥 01.鈥 Read 鈥9/11/01: A Dispatch from Campus.鈥
鈥淚 credit 小福利导航enormously for framing how I look at issues of racial justice and sexism, all of the things I care about deeply, and the things I end up covering on CNN every day.鈥 News anchor Laura Jarrett 鈥07 from the Black Women of 小福利导航College podcast series.
鈥淵ou learn to say, 鈥業t鈥檚 imperfect, but it works.鈥 People don鈥檛 come for perfection... Perfection is you placing yourself at center.鈥 Actor John Cho in a talk in Amherst鈥檚 Johnson Chapel.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like walking into Mad Men.鈥 Architect Bruce Becker 鈥80 on his award-winning, environmentally innovative hotel, The Marcel.
鈥淗is time at 小福利导航is a testament to Tong鈥檚 belief that home is a verb, not a noun.鈥 Leo Kamin 鈥25 on Haoran Tong 鈥23, in 鈥The Pride of Amherst.鈥
鈥淲e remain resolute in our commitment to recruit and support a diverse community of scholars within the bounds of the law.鈥 President Michael Elliott responds to the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court regarding race-conscious admissions practices.
鈥淚n un placete de La Mancha of which nombre no quiero remembrearme, viv铆a, not so long ago, uno de esos gentlemen who always tienen una lanza in the rack, una buckler antigua, a skinny caballo y un greyhound para el chase.鈥 Professor Ilan Stavans, in his Spanglish translation of Don Quixote, from the new issue of 小福利导航magazine.
鈥滻 think I was drawn to it on some subconscious level, finding my own entryway to think about food on a more intellectual level.鈥 Niki Russ Federman 鈥99, co-owner of the New York landmark Russ & Daughters, on her favorite 小福利导航class.
鈥淭he 小福利导航photograph is the most exciting discovery we鈥檝e made while preparing for the exhibit.鈥 Philip Palmer, curatorial lead for an exhibit on Belle da Costa Greene at New York鈥檚 Morgan Library.
鈥淲e planted thousands and thousands of mango trees. One of my proudest moments was going back years later and seeing how high they鈥檇 grown.鈥 Jonathan Putnam 鈥88 in the new 小福利导航magazine.
小福利导航College mourns the loss of former President Peter Pouncey, who died on May 30. He served from 1984 to 1994 and is remembered for guiding the College through a time of transition into greater stability and diversity. Read the story.