What's Up With Emily Dickinson's 384 Exclamation Points?
A consideration of the punctuation (!!!), live from an Emily Dickinson Museum poetry festival.
Year in Review: Our Favorite Stories of 2022
Look back at a year full of Amherst student achievement, faculty research, alumni experiences, the arts, guest speakers and more.
Save the Date for LitFest 2023: Feb 23-26
The eighth annual celebration of literary life at the College will feature Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als, MacArthur Fellowship winner Valeria Luiselli, and 2022 National Book Award finalists Meghan O’Rourke and Ingrid Rojas Contreras—plus readings by alumni authors and other exciting events.
Endowment Gift From Jane and Robert Keiter ’57 Names Emily Dickinson Museum Directorship
The $2.5 million gift, made to the museum’s Twice as Bold campaign, will make Jane Wald the first Jane and Robert Keiter Family Executive Director. “As the home and creative source of one of this country’s greatest poetic voices, the Emily Dickinson Museum is a national treasure for which we all have a shared responsibility,” said Robert. “We are honored to support its bright future.”
Amherst Integrity: Sabah Servaes ’90 Widens the Net
Sabah is committed to making the broad and deep education she got at Amherst available to more students. In 2014, in honor of her 25th reunion, she created the Sabah Servaes 1990 Scholarship Fund to support the College’s mission to bring together the most promising students of all backgrounds, particularly international students.
The Last Time a House Speaker Vote Went to Multiple Ballots Was 100 Years Ago, for an Amherst Alum
The ninth time was the charm for U.S. Rep. Frederick Huntington Gillett (R-Mass.), class of 1874. The Boston Globe compares the 1923 Congressional voting rounds to those in 2023.