2024: Summer
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Senior Editor
Katharine Whittemore
Alumni Editor
Betsy Cannon Smith ’84
Print Design Director
Ronn Campisi
Assistant Editor
Katherine Duke ’05
Communications Coordinator
Madeline Levine
Amherst Magazine
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First Words & Voices
Creativity flows like a river, says Professor Ingrid Nelson; and readers respond to past issues’ features, reviews and illustrations.
Feature Articles
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Milky Day Is On His Way
Sung-Woo Baek ’20 began producing music in his Amherst dorm room. Now his songs are streaming around the world.
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Sea Change
Catherine Macdonald ’07E explains why she took the plunge into shark research—and how she’s guiding others out onto the water.
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“A Marvelous
Little Anarchy”
A former resident of the Zü invites us to gather around the table for Group Living and Other Recipes.
Amherst Creates
Q&A with a crossword creator nonfiction; David L. Roll ’62 on Harry S. Truman; The Winter House, by Keith Boynton ’05E; stories for kids
Amherst Magazine Accolades
“A Glorious Woman,” an article written by Amherst magazine senior editor Katharine Whittemore, won a 2023 gold award in the profile writing category from the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE). Amherst magazine won a 2021 CASE silver award for best general interest magazine, and Amherst magazine contributing writer Naomi Shulman’s article “His Biggest Fear Is We’ll Go Back to Normal” won a 2021 CASE silver award in the profile writing category.
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