Photographer Maria Stenzel Debuts Short Movie on the Antarctic

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) hosted a screening of a short film about the daily life of scientists working in the Antarctic filmed by the college’s photographer, Maria Stenzel on April 18. Violinist Michi Wiancko, who composed an original film score to accompany the film performed it live at the screening. In addition to her work for the college, Stenzel is a freelance multimedia journalist and has worked for National Geographic for 20 years. In April 2016, Stenzel spent a month abo

Photographer Maria Stenzel Debuts Short Movie on the Antarctic

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) hosted a screening of a short film about the daily life of scientists working in the Antarctic filmed by the college’s photographer, Maria Stenzel on April 18. Violinist Michi Wiancko, who composed an original film score to accompany the film performed it live at the screening. In addition to her work for the college, Stenzel is a freelance multimedia journalist and has worked for National Geographic for 20 years. In April 2016, Stenzel spent a month a

Best-Selling Author Gives Talk on Nonfiction Book

The New York Times best-selling author Jeff Hobbs spoke at Amherst on Jan. 31 in Stirn Auditorium about his book “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace: A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League.” The talk was hosted by the Conferences and Special Events Office. Hobbs received a bachelor of arts in English language and literature from Yale in 2002 and published his first fiction novel, “The Tourists,” in 2007. He published his first work of nonfiction, “The Short and Tragic

Thoughts on Theses: Young-Ji Cho

Young-Ji Cho ’18 is an art and English double major. For her thesis, she is creating a series of children’s picture books based on the lives of Asian-American figures. Her advisor is Betsey Garand, a senior resident artist in the department of art and the history of art. Q: What is your thesis about? A: Basically I’m creating a series of children’s picture books on Asian-American historical figures. The two that I decided to focus on are Yayoi Kusama and Tammy Duckworth. They’re both Asian-Amer

Fresh Faculty: Amy Coddington

Amy Coddington is a visiting assistant professor in the music department. She majored in math and music at Macalester College and received her doctorate from the University of Virginia in the Critical and Comparative Studies program. Q: How did you begin pursuing your area of study? A: I was a math and music major in undergrad. While I was [at Macalester College] I did an honors thesis on the singer-songwriter Aimee Mann, analyzing her music to think about the musical things she does to express