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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

 

 

 

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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.

First Words Voices

Feature Articles

A young Asian man leaning against a mirror showing his reflection

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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A young woman with red hair sitting on a wooden dock at the sea

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.

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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

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