• 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Carina Corbin • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Carina Corbin • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor

  • 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...

    By Evelyn Kramer • Amherst Contributor