- Mandela’s Legacy at Amherst
In a sense, the South African leader is on campus every day. - The Mummy is Missing
In 1905, Amherst acquired a preserved human body. No one knows where it went. - Passing the Torch
Tom Parker is retiring as dean of admission and financial aid. Katharine Fretwell ’81 will take over. - Busy January
This interterm, instructors offered 32 noncredit courses to students who opted to stay on campus. - Your Thesis, in a Sentence
How would you sum up your own thesis in a single sentence? - Student view
A Lesson from the Checkout Line - A New Plan for the Science Center
The board of trustees has approved a science center project that will also transform the east campus with new dorms and a landscaped walkway. - The Return of the College Republicans
Newt Gingrich filled the house in Johnson Chapel. - Setting Scholarship Free
The open-access Amherst College Press has hired its first director. - The Valley as Lab
When the American studies faculty set out to create a perennial introductory course, it looked close to home. - A Force at Amherst, and on Wall Street
The man who chaired the board of trustees when it voted to admit women—and who left Wall Street to study American literature—has died. - Human Concerns
With $50,000 each, one professor is writing about the Holocaust, while another examines an age-old question about life itself. - Biddy Martin Goes to Washington
At a White House summit, she said Amherst will undertake four new programs to help low-income students attend and succeed in college.