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College Sees Uptick in Covid-19 Cases in Second Week of Spring Semester

The college has had an uptick in coronavirus cases during the second week of Spring 2021 semester, with a total of 19 students in quarantine and four in isolation. In the week of Feb. 21, there have also been five staff cases and one faculty case. Across the nation flagship

Police Log: Feb. 15 through Feb. 28, 2021

>>Feb. 15, 2021 3:41 p.m. Wilson Admissions An officer responded to an alarm that was set off accidentally by an employee. 3:43 p.m. Ford Hall Officers responded to an alarm and found it was set off accidentally by burnt food. >>Feb. 16,

Headlining Litfest 2021, Charles Yu, Megha Majumdar Spotlight Asian American Identity

LitFest 2021 featured 2020 National Book Award for Fiction winner Charles Yu and nominee Megha Majumdar in a virtual conversation moderated by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, a visiting writer at the college on Feb. 26. Responding to questions posed by Myint and audience members, Yu and Majumdar spoke about topics

Fresh Faculty: Will Rosenbaum

Fresh Faculty: Will Rosenbaum

Will Rosenbaum is an assistant professor of computer science. He received a bachelor’s degree from Reed College. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a master’s degree and doctorate. Q: How did you become interested in computer science? A: I kind of came

Dickinson Museum Undergoing $2 Million Renovation During Coronavirus Closure

Dickinson Museum Undergoing $2 Million Renovation During Coronavirus Closure

On Feb. 17, The Emily Dickinson Homestead, purchased by the college in 1965, announced [https://conta.cc/2NEzFut]that it will be embarking on its most significant restoration project to date. The $2 million project aims to revert the museum’s home and ground to the way it looked when

Trevor Noah and Heidi Gardner Talk Comedy, Covid and College

If you have entered any major Amherst College building over the past week, you may have come face to face with award-winning comedian and host of The Daily Show, Trevor Noah — or rather, an eerie cardboard cutout of him. The two-dimensional cardboard figures of Noah scattered throughout campus finally came

ACEMS To Resume EMT Services on March 1

Amherst College Emergency Medical Services (ACEMS) recently announced that ACEMS will be resuming service starting on March 1 after a fall semester off-service due to inadequate resources and staff. Armed with new protocols developed for Covid-19 safety, ACEMS hopes to address the gap left without them in the student experience