Campus Celebrity Tomal Hossain '17
Where are you from?: Los Angeles, CA. How does the weather at Amherst compare to the weather back home?: In terms of environmental...
Mallory Howe '14
I recently had the chance to sit down with Mallory Howe and talk to her a bit about her semester abroad in Prague ! Check out below why she...
Joan Silber
Since fiction writer Joan Silber is coming to Amherst next Wednesday, here’s a little info about her! She grew up in Millburn, NJ, went to...
Lola Rémy and Derek Garcia
I got the chance to sit down and talk to the French TA, Lola Remy, and the Spanish TA Derek Garcia , probably one of the cutest and...
Harlan Fiske Stone
Something cool that I just learned: we have a Supreme Court Justice among our list of notable alumni. Harlan Fiske Stone was born in 1872...
Valentine's Day Special: Campus Celebrity Couple Jia Liang and Jacob Pfau
The cutest couple on the Freshman quad—Jia Liang and Jacob Pfau! This week's Campus Celebrity couple talk about how they met, the joys of...
Saint Valentine
There is a lot of confusion about how Valentine’s Day came to be. We’ve all heard of St. Valentine, but after that it’s all a mess of...
Charles M. Pratt '79
It’s pretty impossible to walk around campus without running into the name “Pratt” carved onto some building. “Who is this ‘Pratt’?” you...
Robert Fagles '55
As an old Classics nerd, I was excited to find out that Robert Fagles was an Amherst alum. How is this relevant to you? Well, if your...
Amherst Football Team
In honor of this week’s big game, HC Amherst wanted to give a celebrity shout out to the football team. Saturday will be the 128th Williams...
Brian R '17
HerCampus got the opportunity to interview Brian Royes, one of the new members of the Amherst acapella group, the Zumbyes. This is your...
Edward Jones '26
Edward Jones was a missionary who was the first black American to graduate from Amherst College. He was in the class of 1826. He was born...
Rashid Chico Kosber
Her Campus got the opportunity to interview, Rashid “Chico” Kosber, one of the new freshman senators for the school year 2013-2014. This is...
Charles Hamilton Houston
Some cool Amherst trivia : the architect of the legal challenge that resulted in Brown vs. Board of Education was an Amherst alum! His name...
Amherst Town Goat
At the annual Apple Harvest Crafts Fair and Children's Festival this year, this goat stole the show . He was in a pen with several other...
George Mathew '91
Mahler For the Children of AIDS at Carnegie Hall, January 2009. (Photo: Chris Lee 2009) I recently had the opportunity to chat with Amherst...
Former President Francisco Flores Pérez
Former President of El Salvador, Francisco Flores Pérez, is an Amherst alum! He majored in Political Science at Amherst, and then went on...
Antonis Samaras '74
Antonis Samaras ’74 has been the Prime Minister of Greece since 20 June 2012. He was born in Athens in 1951, and lived a sweet life amongst...
Calvin Coolidge
Amherst grad Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President of the United States, was born in Vermont in1872. At Amherst he was in the frat Phi Gamma...
Joseph Stiglitz
One of our most impressive Amherst alums is economist Joseph Stiglitz . He was born in Gary, Indiana and attended Amherst from 1960 to 1963...
