Stories from the Winter 2023 issue of Amherst magazine
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Carmella de los Angeles Guiol ’09 swore off social media for a year. Then she asked other Amherst folks about the good, the bad and the ugly sides of online life.
Picking Apart the Rankings
Ron Lieber ’93 interviews former Reed College president Colin Diver ’65, H’90, about his new book, which questions how colleges are rated and ranked.
“We Were Racing Against Time for Mila”
Could an ultra-customized medicine for one child offer answers for millions of others? Will Greene ’06 tells the story of how Julia Vitarello ’99 and her daughter have helped advance the treatment of rare diseases.
The Drake Is Saved
Darryl Harper ’90, Amherst’s John William Ward Professor of Music and director of the Center for Humanistic Inquiry, performed at a local music venue that has newly reopened with support from the College.
Slavery’s Ties
For her senior thesis, Anna Smith ’22 traced the connections between Amherst College’s founding and American enslavement. Now she builds upon that research for a podcast about the Apple TV+ show Dickinson.
Amherst Creates
Jenna Lamia ’00E conjures up a teen horror film, Ted Conover ’80 goes off the grid, Catherine Newman ’90 writes about Impossible Things, and more.
Contest: An Amherst Acrostic
You’ve done crosswords—now try an acrostic puzzle. You just might win an Amherst T-shirt!