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A group of concerned Amherst faculty members published an open letter in The Chronicle of Higher Education [https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/letters/open-letter-from-amherst-faculty-to-hampshire-president/] on Feb. 4 addressed to President Miriam Nelson of Hampshire College concerning the lack of transparency around the college’

George Qiao is an assistant professor of history and Asian languages and civilizations. He attended the Fudan University in China and received both his M.A. and Ph.D. at Stanford University. Q: When did you begin studying the history of China and why did you want to pursue it?

The Office of Student Affairs detailed proposed adjustments to the current party policy in an email to students on Dec. 2. The proposals come nearly a year after the administration’s controversial changes to the party policy, which entailed stricter regulations and placed greater responsibility on party hosts. According to

Toward the earlier part of her career at Amherst, Professor of Black studies, Latinx and Latin American studies and English Rhonda Cobham-Sander typically wrote letters of recommendation for her students in the English department office. One day, as she typed, a white senior colleague came up behind her and

On Jan. 24, the Board of Trustees voted to approve the Climate Action Plan (CAP), committing the college to carbon neutrality by 2030. Work on the CAP has been ongoing since 2015, when the Office of Sustainability called on Amherst to set a date for carbon neutrality. The decision is