Time to recharge. 😴 Enjoy the break, Mammoths!

📸: Haoran Tong '23 / Office of Communications

Dustin Thao '18 (Dustin Thao) has already taken the YA book world by storm with his debut novel 'You've Reached Sam.' Now, he's poised to do it again. bit.ly/4cEflzO

For the latest Amherst College magazine, I wrote about fellow Amherst alum Victor Levin's exploration of the agonies of love in miniseries 'Alice & Jack': amherst.edu/news/magazine/…

Some pictures from our 🎷✨Five College Jazz Music Festival! On April 5 and 6, we got to witness a fusion of talent from UMass, Amherst, Smith, Mt. Holyoke, and Hampshire Colleges. Picture Credit: Portteia Xaraiya

🌈 Each colorful square in these vibrant blankets was crocheted by the Amherst College community 🧶These cheerful blankets will soon find a new home at Cancer Connection, an incredible local organization. A huge thank you to the Fiber Friends CRG for spearheading this project! 💕

Martha Odhiambo '26 offers interpersonal advice for international students, from her thoughts on language barriers, to American culture gaps, to handling New England weather and more. bit.ly/3vzEtqH

For the first time since 2019, the Evergreens, the historic home of Austin and Susan Dickinson, is now open for public visitation.

Full video: bit.ly/3JeHIHp

A Mammoth in Antarctica: Geology professor Nick Holschuh reports from the coldest continent where he conducted research with colleagues in International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration, a group of scientists studying the rapidly melting 74,000-square-mile region of ice.

Watch: bit.ly/3vVKL42

Washington, D.C., United Kingdom, Toronto, Los Angeles and more.

Through the Loeb Center's treks, students travel worldwide to learn about careers in artificial intelligence, biotech, sustainability, entertainment, finance and more—a program offered at no cost to students.

Great day for an eclipse with friends @amherstcollege !

Tusks up, glasses on 😎 for this partial eclipse of the heart.

(We had to—Jim Steinman '69 wrote and produced Total Eclipse of the Heart!) #Eclipse2024

Total eclipse of Mammoth heart. Amherst College

Professor Leah Schmalzbauer joined Between 2 Mammoths to talk about how Amherst students have changed during her decade here, to describe her research process for her most recent book and to discuss her role as the Faculty Athletics Representative. bit.ly/3PO5kX4

Happy solar eclipse day!
Don't forget to wear your glasses 😎

Astronomy professor David Peck Todd, class of 1875, tried and tried to witness a solar eclipse—but clouds got in his way.

As the total #Eclipse looms on Apr. 8, it's time again to shed light on his story: bit.ly/43KgIch

Solar Eclipse Watch Party - Monday April 3, 2024. Join campus friends at the South End of the Amherst College Campus Quad between 3:15- 3:20PM. Bring your solar glasses and enthusiasm. Not to worry, we do have a limited number of extra glasses for folks near the War Memorial.

One week until Giving Day on Thursday, April 11!

Giving Day is a brisk 24 hours when the Amherst community comes together to support every facet of an Amherst education through gifts to the Amherst Fund!

give.engage.amherst.edu/athletics

Sometimes it takes fiction to reveal important truths, writes Makena Onjerika ’10 for #AmherstMagazine .

Fiction can help us scrutinize our beliefs, release our prejudices, see ourselves in others and see others in ourselves: bit.ly/3IOwZTP

Every February since 2019, the College has held a speaking competition in Johnson Chapel centered on a different theme.

This year, students considered the idea of democracy, and Kamil Mahmood '27, Jaimie Han '26 and Spencer Michaels '24 took home awards. bit.ly/3VzVzPK

'The states are the laboratories for democracy.'

Sandy Rosenberg '72 is the longest-serving member of the Maryland House of Delegates. So, why hasn't he run for Congress? He shares more in the latest issue of #AmherstMagazine : bit.ly/3uJPu8F