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Loeb Center Institutes New Alumni-in-Residence Program

The Loeb Center for Career Exploration and Development implemented a new program this semester that aims to connect students with college alums. The Alumni-in-Residence program provides various opportunities for students to learn more about life after Amherst, build relationships and receive advice from alumni. The program brings various alumni to

Fresh Faculty: Ivan Contreras

Fresh Faculty: Ivan Contreras

Ivan Contreras is an assistant professor of mathematics. He received a bachelor’s degree from Universidad de los Andes, a master’s degree from the University of Utrecht and a doctoral degree in mathematics at the University of Zürich. Q: What was your first encounter with mathematics and what drew

Welcoming Justice Ginsburg

Welcoming Justice Ginsburg

I’m Ruth, she/her, prospective LJST major…

Seeing Double: America’s Sub-Citizens

Seeing Double: America’s Sub-Citizens

More than six million Americans could not vote in the 2016 elections because of felony convictions. In other words, about 4.5 percent of eligible voters were prohibited from casting ballots simply because they had been convicted of a felony at some point. Of these disenfranchised voters, 77 percent were

Fighting on a Larger, Local Scale

Throughout the Global Week for Future and the United Nations Climate Summit, which took place from Sept. 20 to Sept. 27, the world witnessed a global phenomenon of students, scientists, world leaders and activists working together to bring attention to the issue of climate change and its growing impacts around

Effects of Vaping Crisis Echo on Campus

Effects of Vaping Crisis Echo on Campus

With growing fear that use of e-cigarette devices such as Juuls can lead to respiratory conditions later in life, students are reevaluating the use of vape pens, e-cigarettes and Juuls on campus. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, declared a public health emergency yesterday, announcing a four-month ban on the sale of

LSAT Joins GRE, MCAT in Offering Digital Exam

After digital exams were introduced in July 2019, the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) will now be administered digitally in entirety in the U.S. starting in September 2019, eliminating paper exams. Pre-law students at Amherst and across the country will have to adjust to this new format. The digital