The Anacapa Society, a group promoting research in theoretical and computational physics at primarily undergraduate institutions, signed a letter of understanding with the college that established the Amherst campus as its official residence.
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"Amherst Grads Shun Wall Street, Save World as $45,500 Teachers," proclaims a Bloomberg News article that reports recent graduates are seeking public service work with programs such as Teach for America. Numerous graduating seniors, alumni, staff and administrators are mentioned or quoted in the story.
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The Emily Dickinson Museum will present its annual Creatures of Bliss and Mystery: 19th-Century Circus at the Homestead July 11.
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Amherst magazine won a CASE gold medal--beating out Columbia, Harvard Law and many others--for its 2008 feature "Ghost Writer," by Rand Richards Cooper ’80. Read or re-read the article about the life and death of John Stringer ’73.
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June marks the much-awaited publication of a vivid, 96-page book documenting the creation of Amherst College Portraits, a large-scale experiment in collaborative art featuring members of the campus community that took place in 2007 and 2008.
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An expert on habeas corpus and the use of emergency powers, Amherst’s Nasser Hussain spoke about his studies, the new administration’s policy on Guantanamo Bay and the treatment of detainees in the latest installment of Who Knows.
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Sarah Bloom Raskin ’83 will fill a vacancy left on the college’s Board of Trustees by outgoing member Jonathan I. Landman ’74. Her six-year term starts July 1.
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Rachel A. Levin and Jill S. Miller will use the grant to investigate the evolutionary relationships among the different species and populations of Lycium, a flowering plant that is a close relative of the tomato, eggplant and pepper.
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The USS Grunion’s official designation was "overdue, presumed lost" for more than 60 years--until the captain’s son John Abele ’59 and his brothers decided to find the submarine. The latest issue of Amherst magazine tells their extraordinary story.
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Before awarding degrees to the Class of 2009 and eight honorands at Commencement May 24, Amherst President Anthony Marx urged the graduates to "step into the forest ahead, toward rewards you had not even known you would seek" because "what we do is invest in you, in your possibilities." Read more about the day or view photos or listen to audio from the weekend.
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