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At a time when in-person campus tours and other college application norms have been stifled by pandemic restrictions, the Office of Admission and Financial Aid has joined forces with five other liberal arts colleges — Bowdoin, Carleton, Pomona, Swarthmore and Williams —  in an unprecedented and coordinated effort to communicate with

The position of resident counselors (RCs), now called community advisors (CAs), has been redefined this year due to both Covid safety needs and the organizing work of disenchanted RCs who met with the Office of Residential Life (ResLife) last semester to address occupational grievances. The new position increases supervisory support,

Eric Jung is a biology major. His thesis investigates the migration and motility of the single-celled organism dictyostelium discoideum. His thesis advisor is Assistant Professor of Biology Marc Edwards. Q: What is your thesis about? A: We use this one little amoeba, which is a single-celled organism called

Alex Morse sits on a porch. Photo courtesy of Alex Morse for Congress.Now a defeated challenger in the primary race for Massachusetts’ first Congressional district, Holyoke mayor Alex Morse saw a campaign that came under fire — then made a comeback — after the leadership of the College Democrats of Massachusetts

The College has adopted a new Interim Title IX Policy and Interim Title IX Grievance Process in compliance with the new guidance for Title IX, a decades-old law protecting against sex-based discrimination at institutions receiving federal funding, which was released by the US Department of Education in May

As Covid has rocked every campus operation, from how students gather to how much tuition they pay, the Association of Amherst Students (AAS) has adjusted its funding and budgetary policy for the fall semester. Student activity fees have been reduced for students studying on campus and eliminated for those studying