Staff Spotlight: Allison Tanguay

Allison Tanguay is the math associate at the Moss Quantitative Center. This semester, her work involves meeting with students one-on-one and in groups over Zoom to assist with math work. Tanguay has previously taught at Central Connecticut State University, Carleton College, the University of Massachusetts and the University of Tübingen, Germany. Q: What did you do before you came to Amherst College? A: I started at Boston University. But I dropped out after the first year. I took a year off

With Three Weeks Until Election Day, Voter Registration Initiatives Intensify Across a Scattered Student Body

ACVotes members inform a student about voter registration procedures for the upcoming general election. Photo courtesy of Hantong Wu ’23.Just weeks out from the 2020 election, Amherst College Votes (ACVotes) [https://www.amherst.edu/campuslife/our-community/keefe/ac-votes] is ramping up voter registration initiatives, navigating the hurdles of mail-in voting for many remote and socially-distanced students and experimenting with digital forms of outreach ranging from Turbo Vote to social media pl

Thoughts on Thesis: William Balmer '21

William Balmer ’21 (they/them/theirs) is an astronomy and physics double major. They are writing their thesis on the astrometry of an object forming within the accretion disc of a larger, forming star. Their thesis advisor is Assistant Professor of Astronomy Kate Follette. Balmer next to a telescope used for their research. Photo courtesy of William Balmer ’21.Q: What is your thesis about? A: My thesis is about trying to measure a lot of the properties of a very young and very small star. So,

Administrators Praise 2U Learning, but Students and Faculty See “Nothing New”

As part of a broader transition to facilitate remote and hyflex learning, the college partnered with 2U [https://2u.com/], an online classroom tool, this past July. The partnership aims not only to provide Amherst faculty with the technical support needed to smoothly maintain online classes but also to ensure that students, whether in-person or online, have equal access to course materials. But as faculty and students alike begin to navigate the new, unfamiliar platform, some have questioned its