Amherst College
Recent News About Amherst College
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Average cost of college education in Massachusetts rises for students in 2022-23 school year
College tuition fees rose 3.4% in Massachusetts in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Amherst and Williams Announce Historic Merger: APRIL FOOLS!!
Amherst and Williams Colleges announced this morning that the two highly-regarded Massachusetts schools will merge operations effective tomorrow, April 2, 2023.
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Amherst College hosts M@A Presents: Tai Murray, Volin with Gilles Vonsattel, Piano on April 7
Amherst College hosts M@A Presents: Tai Murray, Volin with Gilles Vonsattel, Piano on April 7
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Amherst College hosts President's Colloquium on Race and Racism and Presidential Scholar Saidiya Hartman on April 6
Amherst College hosts President's Colloquium on Race and Racism and Presidential Scholar Saidiya Hartman on April 6
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Amherst College hosts TM Capital Information Session on April 6
Amherst College hosts TM Capital Information Session on April 6
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Lights on for SAAMherst on April 3
Lights on for SAAMherst on April 3
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3 Questions for the Loeb Career Center’s Emily Griffen
Austin Sarat called me and said, ‘Emily, we’re gonna save the humanities. Are you in?’” Emily Griffen, executive director of the Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Planning, laughed recalling the grandiosity of his pitch. But it was “an easy yes,” she added.
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3 Questions for the Loeb Career Center’s Emily Griffen
Austin Sarat called me and said, ‘Emily, we’re gonna save the humanities.
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Angie Tissi-Gassoway is Named Amherst College’s Chief Student Affairs Officer and Dean of Students
Amherst College today named Angie Tissi-Gassoway its new Chief Student Affairs Officer (CSAO) and Dean of Students.
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"Envisioning Lebanon: a country between collapse and revolution" on March 21
"Envisioning Lebanon: a country between collapse and revolution" on March 21
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“We’ll Do Everything in the Bounds of the Law That We Can”
In 1992, about one quarter of Amherst students self-identified as students of color. Thirty years later, that number has doubled.
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The Morgan Library Rejoiced When It Saw This Photo from the Amherst Archives
The words “famous” and “librarian” seldom show up in the same sentence. But Belle da Costa Greene was emphatically both.
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28 Students Wrote Poems Right on the Spot
“I write as one who walks on the surface of a frozen river beginning to melt.”
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Style Profile: Interior Designer Amal Kapen ’92
In a Q&A illustrated with numerous photos of her work, Kapen talks about her career path and sources of inspiration
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Jared Banner ’07 on His Path to Cubs Front Office, Advice to Young Fans
Banner talks about his work as vice president of player development for the Chicago Cubs, helping baseball players rise up from the Minor Leagues.
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Learning Abroad Center Info Table on March 1
Learning Abroad Center Info Table on March 1
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Wall Street Journal Wednesdays on March 1
Wall Street Journal Wednesdays on March 1
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“Keep This Book for the Rest of Your Life”
“Keep This Book for the Rest of Your Life”
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CHI Salon: Roots: Palestinian and Israeli Voices from the West Bank on February 22
CHI Salon: Roots: Palestinian and Israeli Voices from the West Bank on February 22
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We are delighted to once again be named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution!
We are delighted to once again be named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution!