Amherst Ambitious in Celebrating Schubert’s Cello Quintet

Submitted on Thursday, 12/22/2022, at 3:30 PM

Amherst College is pulling out all the stops to celebrate Franz Schubert’s Cello Quintet, which many musicians consider the composer’s greatest and most profound work.

Music class in Rotherwas Room listening to Schubert Sound Installation

Listening to the Amherst Schubert Project Sound Installation,
in the Mead Art Museum’s Rotherwas Room.

Making Discoveries at the Mead

Submitted on Thursday, 12/22/2022, at 3:30 PM

A new school year means new works, new classes and new discoveries being made at Amherst College’s Mead Art Museum, starting with an exhibition that simultaneously occupies the gallery space and cyberspace.

Translation’s growing importance to be focus of Copeland Colloquium at Amherst College

Submitted on Wednesday, 12/21/2022, at 9:58 AM

The role that translation plays in the advancement of knowledge, culture and the liberal arts won't be lost on the campus community this academic year.

That’s because faculty organizers at Amherst College have selected translation as the theme for the college’s Copeland Colloquium, titled "Words in Transit: The Cultures of Translation."

President's Tour Builds Bridges To Asia

September 26, 2014

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Amherst CFO Kevin Weinman, President Biddy Martin, Zhanyuan Du, vice minister at China's Ministry of Education, and his staff

Wei Sun Christianson was the first woman from mainland China to enroll at Amherst. She graduated in 1985, only 10years after the College began admitting women. She went on to forge a successful career in business in China. She is now managing director and China CEO of Morgan Stanley, and oversees all aspects of the firm’s China business. 

Journalist Bob Woodward Questions Obama’s Leadership at Campus Event

September 10, 2014

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Bob Woodward at the podium in Johnson Chapel.

While Barack Obama may have “the armor of a good heart” and high hopes for the future of the country, the president has still not found a way to engage Congress productively, said Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Woodward to a crowd of nearly 600 Amherst College students, faculty, staff and area residents during a presentation at Johnson Chapel on Sept. 9.