Healing Communities: Pursuing Social Justice Through Public Health — Alumni Profile, Indu Ahluwalia ’84
As a CDC epidemiologist, Indu Ahluwalia ’84 has worked to monitor populations’ health issues with an emphasis on community empowerment.
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A Beaver Believer: Into the World of Environmental Journalism — Alumni Profile, Benjamin Goldfarb ’09
Benjamin Goldfarb ’09 is an environmental journalist, award-winning author, and proud beaver fan. His work, published in a wide range of accredited magazines, focuses on wildlife conservation.
Seeing the Human in the Ecosystem — Alumni Profile, Pedro Marques ’99
As Executive Director of the Big Hole Watershed Committee, Pedro Marques ’99 is building coalitions — and getting his hands dirty — to coax the Montana river valley back to life.
The Conversation That Defeated the Profile — Alumni Profile, Thomas Ferraro ’79
Thomas Ferraro ’79 traces, through eccentric and dazzling conversation, the complex web connecting his work as an author and professor of English to his identity, history, and time at Amherst.
Inside the Walls of Tech and Architecture — Alumni Profile, Andrew Blum ’99.
Architecture and technology writer Andrew Blum ’99 may have started his journalism career writing about cookies, but he now answers questions as big as “where is the internet?”
Students Stage Walkout for Palestine, Call for Admin Action
During a walkout last Wednesday, students demanded the college divest from weapons companies doing business with Israel, cut a study abroad tie to Haifa University, and issue an administrative statement condemning Israeli violence.
After Protest Arrests, UMass Pro-Palestine Coalition Reaffirms Demands
Members of a new UMass Amherst coalition were arrested after holding a sit-in at the administration building. They urged university divestment from companies funding the Israeli military at a press conference at East Hampshire District Court after their arraignments on Tuesday.