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Charlotte Blackman: The Pragmatic Idealist

Charlotte Blackman: The Pragmatic Idealist

Blackman has used her drive and idealism to improve Amherst for survivors of sexual violence and other oppressed groups, and she hopes to do the same for the world at large. Photo Courtesy of Charlotte Blackman ’20. When talking with Charlotte Blackman ’20, one thing that becomes immediately clear is

Thoughts on Theses: Rana Barghout

Rana Barghout is a neuroscience major writing a thesis on the lateral line system and startle responses in zebrafish. Her advisor is Professor of Biology Josef Trapani. Q: What’s your thesis about? A: For survival, it’s important to be able to respond to sudden stimuli, along with avoiding

Faculty Hiring Disrupted by COVID-19

Among other changes to the college’s daily operations during the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the college’s academic departments have announced hiring freezes for the 2020-2021 academic year. The move comes amid the college’s economic difficulties as a result of the pandemic as well as the

Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz ’64 Addresses Failures in U.S. Economic Response to Coronavirus

Joseph Stiglitz ’64, a Nobel Prize-winning economist and Columbia Business School professor, joined trustee David Novak ’91 on April 28 in a virtual panel on the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, via a live-stream open to the college community [https://www.amherst.edu/news/covid-19/

As Summer Opportunities are Canceled, Students Tread an Unpaved Road

As Summer Opportunities are Canceled, Students Tread an Unpaved Road

Gavi Forman ’22 opened her email inbox on March 26 to a message notifying her that her summer research internship through the Institute of Public Health at Washington University in St. Louis had been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. With the click of a send button, her original vision

Would you take the fall semester off if it were online?

In an informal survey posed in The Student’s April 24 newsletter, 153 respondents answered the question: If students were asked to remain off-campus and participate in online learning for the entirety of the fall semester, would you choose to take the semester off? The results indicate an overwhelming

For Amherst Restaurants, COVID-19 Has Presented Remarkable Challenges

Amherst restaurants, like Antonio’s, have had to shift their practices to account for the loss in profits felt by restaurants across the country and for the significant dip in local clientele as the town emptied of its student population this March. Photo courtesy of Flickr.For restaurants in the