J. Jackson Walter, 67; former ethics watchdog, preservationist Jul 25, 2008
He was a 1962 graduate of Amherst College in Massachusetts and a 1966 graduate of Yale University's law school. He signaled an early interest in preservation by attending lectures on urban planning by Yale architecture scholar Vincent Scully. (Boston Globe)
At Berea College, 'the best education money can't buy,' sets an example Jul 22, 2008
"Asking whether that's where our values lead us is a powerful way to consider what our values are," said Anthony Marx, the president of Amherst College in Massachusetts, who considered the possibility of using Amherst's $1 million-per-student endowment to offer free tuition but concluded that it would make no sense, given Amherst's more affluent student body and given that the college already subsidizes about half the cost of each student's education. Today in Americas. (International Herald Tribune)
Graduates and Awards, July 17 Jul 17, 2008
Jason P. Apruzzese, son of Mr. Vincent J. Apruzzese and Mrs. Beverly A. Apruzzese, graduated Sunday, May 25 from Amherst College. Mary K. Conceison, Michael S. DeBye, Hanna Kwak and Stephanie Rose received bachelor s degrees during commencement ceremonies at Stonehill College. (Burlington Union, MA)
Grady CEO finalists called 'a good group' Jul 15, 2008
" Personnel file Age: 52 Birthplace: Baton Rouge, La. Current Position: Interim CEO, LSU Health Care Services Division. Education: Bachelor's degree, Amherst College; medical degree, Tulane University; master's in health administration, Tulane. Experience: Chief medical officer, LSU Health Care Services Division, 1999-2007; CEO, South Louisiana Medical Associates, and medical director, Leonard J. Chabert Medical Center, 1997-2001. Family: Married; two children. MICHAEL YOUNG Michael Young said... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
Keep an eye on these Kids Jul 13, 2008
Express' to Vineyard Amherst College alum and footballer Rob Brown will speak at an advance screening of his new movie "The Express" at the sixth annual Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival, planned for Aug. 6-9. Brown, who got his big break with Sean Connery in "Finding Forrester" and also starred with Samuel L. Jackson in "Coach Carter," now plays college running back Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy, in "The Express," also starring Dennis Quaid and... (Boston Globe)
IN MY LIBRARY: STEPHEN COLLINS Jul 13, 2008
Not only did he go to 00004000 Amherst College (where he sang in an a cappella group with David Eisenhower, Julie Nixon's future hubby), but he's also a director, playwright and best-selling novelist ("Eye Contact," "Double Exposure"). He's also an avid reader. (New York Post -- Opinions)
Honors: July 10 Jul 13, 2008
Fine plans to attend Amherst College. Soyt is the son of Tova Soyt. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Academic Achievers Jul 13, 2008
Brittany Q. Sasser, daughter of Prof William E. Sasser, Jr. and Ms. Constance J. Sasser, graduated Sunday, May 25 from Amherst College. Sasser, who majored in anthropology and received Amherst's bachelor of arts degree. (Belmont Citizen Herald, MA)
WUSA9.com | Washington, DC | Bicyclist Killed... Jul 13, 2008
According to Swanson's entry on the MEI website, she is originally from Northborough, Massachusetts and a graduate of Amherst College. She got her degree in Middle East History. (W-USA News, DC)
Why we're all moral hypocrites Jul 8, 2008
This suggests that we are but "when we are given time to think about it, we construct arguments about why what we did wasnt that bad," said lead researcher Piercarlo Valdesolo, who conducted this study at Northeastern University and is now a professor at Amherst College. The study, funded by the university, will be detailed in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. (MSNBC -- Health)
Foreign students flock to the US Jul 5, 2008
Officials at Harvard, Amherst College, and MIT report increases in international enrollment, but say their financial aid packages make money less of a concern. Since most colleges offer limited scholarships to foreigners, international students tend to be well off to begin with, others say. (Boston Globe)
Refco's Bennett, Cambridge Graduate, to Join Ivy League Alums Behind Bars Jul 3, 2008
the Manhattan District Attorney who is a graduate of Amherst College and Yale Law School, issued this warning. No matter what your position is in life or where you went to school, if you commit a crime in our jurisdiction, we'll be happy to prosecute you. (Bloomberg -- UK)
Recalling that fateful night at Ford's Theatre Jun 20, 2008
Sawyer, who teaches music at nearby Amherst College, says that he and Shoptaw - a Berkeley poet and longtime friend - were struck by the idea of Lincoln watching a farce about a buffoonish American visiting his genteel English cousins at a time when the bloodiest chapter in the nation's history had just come to an close. It was just the kind of anomalous situation that can give an opera its productive tension. (Boston Globe)
Feldman, Moss earn ECAC Second Team Jun 20, 2008
She also tallied three goals and an assist in Endicott NCAA loss to Amherst College. a TCCC First Team selection, was the anchor of the Gulls' defense. (Ecgulls.com)
Doubles teams save the day Jun 19, 2008
He will play tennis for Amherst College next year. While his little sister has already played on a team that won the state title that eluded the big brother and the boys team, Nithila isn t claiming family bragging rights just yet. (Acton Beacon, MA)
Soulless At The Core Jun 15, 2008
Ilan Stavans is the Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. E-mail him at books@sf chronicle. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Kolkata boy bowls over US varsities Jun 10, 2008
His other scholarships have even more jaw-dropping amounts: Yale $53,764, Caltech $48,490, MIT $51,540, Williams College (1st among undergraduate liberal arts colleges) $50,390 and Amherst College $51,832. Rik has also won the Angier B Duke Memorial Merit Scholarship from Duke University, which is awarded to only two students worldwide. (India Times, India)
Health/Science Calendar Jun 9, 2008
Keynote at 4:30 p.m., Pruyne Hall, Fayerweather, Amherst College, 220 S. Pleasant St., Amherst. Events continue through Sunday. (Boston Globe)
Richard Lower, 78, surgeon, pioneer in heart transplants Jun 3, 2008
He graduated from Amherst College and earned his medical degree from Cornell University in 1955. He was an assistant professor of surgery at Stanford before moving to the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he was named a professor of surgery in 1967. (Boston Globe)
Easton seeks fair share from Stonehill May 28, 2008
Colton noted that Amherst College and the town of Amherst signed an agreement in March under which the college will pay the town $120,000 in 2009, with public safety costs central to negotiations. Colton said Stonehill defrays some of the cost of police services in Easton by using its own security force. (Easton Journal, MA)
Creating a global brain May 27, 2008
If these concepts catch on and start to gain acceptance, then 2008 might turn out to be the greatest year for information organization since 1876 the year a young assistant librarian at Amherst College named Melvil Dewey got so fed up with the disorganization that reigned in libraries that he devised a system for classifying and ordering books using a series of decimal numbers. Collective Knowledge Systems The real power of the semantic Web will be realized in applications that bring together... (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Soccer fans' latest fling needs policing May 27, 2008
Prince Albert of Monaco is turning to a former Amherst College soccer teammate to run the principality's entry in France's Ligue 1. Jerome de Bontin, an investment executive (Mekar Financial Services, Sustainability Investments) who has been living near Chicago and is on the US Soccer Federation technical committee, has been named the president of AS Monaco. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Loeffler Joins Lafayette Men's Basketball Staff as Top Assistant May 21, 2008
His squad earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament where it knocked off Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Ramapo College to reach the Sweet 16 before losing to eventual national champion Amherst College. Stevens finished the year ranked 24th in the country in the D3hoops. (Goleopards.com)
Events listings May 18, 2008
Ko Festival of Performance Holden Theater, Amherst College, Amherst. 413-427-6147 before 7/7; 413-542-3750 thereafter. (Boston Globe)
Fair Isaac chief to join Capella board May 15, 2008
He holds a B.A. from Amherst College and a doctorate from the University of Michigan. cwyant@bizjournals. (Twin Cities Business Journal, MN)
Colleges: Less 'stuff,' more money May 15, 2008
Tangible items "are wonderful in their own way, (but) unrestricted gifts are perhaps more valuable to an institution," says Rob Schur, an assistant director in the development office at Amherst College in Massachusetts, which formalized such a plan in 2003. School administrators and philanthropists say the goal is less about dollar amounts and more about cultivating a new generation of alumni givers. (USA Today)
Harvard, Ivy League Get Low Grades in Courting Poor Kids With Free Tuition May 12, 2008
A Massachusetts legislator last week proposed taxing endowments of Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Amherst College and other wealthy private schools to help plug the state's budget gap. If they limit their enrollments to wealthy students they are basically enriching the rich and impoverishing the poor,'' said , 65, senior scholar for the Washington- based Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education. (Bloomberg -- US)
Pricey school, hidden costs May 11, 2008
"Don't look up, it's gross," said Cathy Leung, who is headed to Amherst College. "Some rooms don't even have windows," said Juliet Yuan, bound for Northwestern. (Boston Globe)
Douglas Wilson, 67, journalist, academic May 9, 2008
Douglas C. Wilson, a longtime journalist and Amherst College official, died Monday of cancer at his Amherst home ... Mr. Wilson graduated from Amherst College in 1962 and earned a master's degree from Tufts University ... He edited a compilation of essays on the school titled "Passages of Time: Narratives in the History of Amherst College.". (Boston Globe)
Lawmakers target $1b endowments May 8, 2008
In addition to Harvard, the legislation would affect Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Smith College, Tufts University, Wellesley College, and Williams College ... Amherst College's treasurer Peter Shea said that the idea would be "unfortunate" and that the college relies on its $1. (Boston Globe)
NHS grad turns football pro May 8, 2008
He never played organized football before that training camp, having played soccer and ran track instead at Amherst College. Peter Hauschka said the family wishes his son the best. (Needham Tab, MA)
Endicott ousted in NCAA First Round by Amherst May 8, 2008
- Amherst College used a 9-1 run to move past visiting Endicott College, 16-7, in the First Round of the 2008 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship on Wednesday afternoon in Amherst, Massachusetts ... Information Courtesy of Amherst College Sports Information. (Ecgulls.com)
Bracket released, Gulls will meet Amherst May 6, 2008
Endicott will match-up with Amherst College on Wednesday ... - The Endicott College women's lacrosse team won't have to travel far to square-off with its First Round opponent in the NCAA Div. III Tournament, as the Gulls will meet Amherst College on Wednesday afternoon in Amherst, Massachusetts. (Ecgulls.com)
Gulls sweep weekly awards May 6, 2008
The Gulls will take on Amherst College (13-3) in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament on Wednesday in Amherst, Mass. Game time is scheduled for 5:00 p.m.. (Ecgulls.com)
The more we imprison, the less we vote May 5, 2008
FOR THE past 12 weeks, we have both been students in an Amherst College class on citizenship ... Conor Clarke is an Amherst College student; Greg Yothers is an inmate at the Hampshire County Correctional Facility. (Boston Globe)
One Hundred Years of Solitude May 2, 2008
Ilan Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College in Massachusetts, is author of On Borrowed Words and editor of The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. His Resurrecting Hebrew is due out in September. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Why Don't Modern Poems Rhyme, Etc. Apr 18, 2008
"I tie my HatI crease my Shawl" by Emily Dickinson reprinted electronically by permission of the publishers and the trustees of Amherst College from The Poems of Emily Dickinson, edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Cambridge, Mass. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the president and fellows of Harvard College. (Slate)
Record Wait List Led by Amherst, Yale, MIT Brings High Anxiety to Students Apr 17, 2008
Yale and Princeton universities, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Amherst College are among top-ranked U.S. schools that increased, by as much as 50 to 90 percent, the number of students told this month they may be accepted only if those already admitted decline to attend ... It really kind of blows our procedure for the wait list out of the water,'' said Tom Parker, dean of admissions and financial aid at Amherst College, in Massachusetts. (Bloomberg)
Women's Results Apr 13, 2008
07 1 5 Amherst College 'A' 4:02 ... 87 2 Women - Team Rankings - 19 Events Scored =============================================================================== 1) Albany, University at 223 2) Massachusetts, University 137 3) Boston College 95 4) Williams College 73 5) Hartford, University of 59 6) Amherst College 44 7) Central Connecticut State 43 8) Stony Brook University 33 9) Westfield State College 25. (Umassathletics.com)
Men's Results Apr 13, 2008
98 2 11 Amherst College 'A' 3:38 ... 50 6) Stony Brook University 54 7) Hartford, University of 48 8) Central Connecticut State 43 9) Amherst College 22. (Umassathletics.com)
IBM to acquire Israeli storage firm FilesX Apr 11, 2008
FilesX's Xpress Restore software backs up critical business data and makes it readily available when needed, according to IBM. The company's customers include Amherst College, CenterStone Software, and South Nassau Communities Hospital. All told, FilesX has more than 100 customers in the United States and Israel, IBM said. (EETimes)
Track and Field to Host UMass Invitational Saturday Apr 10, 2008
The meet is scheduled for 11:30 A.M. UMass will host the following teams: Albany, Amherst College, Boston College, Central Connecticut State, Fairfield, Hartford, Stony Brook, Westfield State, and Williams. Both teams are coming off a strong weekend at the UConn Invitational last weekend. (Umassathletics.com)
Milton Ebbins, liaison for JFK, Hollywood Apr 8, 2008
After briefly attending Amherst College, Mr. Ebbins got his start in show business as a trumpeter, bandleader, and songwriter. By 1940, he had left the stage to be the road manager for Basie, whom he called "the nicest man I ever met.". (Boston Globe)
Saratoga Phillies Apr 7, 2008
Who else could they trust more than former New York Collegiate Baseball League teammate and current Amherst College assistant coach, Kevin Graber. "In 2004, Kevin was the first person we wanted to pursue," Kevin Rogers said. (Community News Weekly, NY)
In a rush? Learn to ease 'hurry sickness' Apr 6, 2008
Career counselor and work-life balance consulant Debra Krumholz shares a laugh with student Eloise Green of Brooklyn, NY while viewing the alumni network at her office at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass ... "Everybody I talk to expresses this feeling of being in a race with themselves, and feeling like they're always losing, that they can never keep up," says Debra Krumholz, a work-life consultant and career counselor at Amherst College who finds that even college students nowadays rarely slow... (Boston Globe)
Catching Frost's cadence Apr 6, 2008
An early example of Frost playing that role is when he goes to meet the president of Amherst College, and I included that to show how long the idea percolated in him. That scene also reveals Frost's resentment toward powerful people. (Boston Globe)
$1.6 Million Donated For Baseball Field In Suffield Apr 6, 2008
Perhaps more important for his future, Beneski also won a full scholarship to Amherst College, where he received a bachelor's degree in economics. He earned a master's degree from Harvard Business School and is now the CEO and managing partner of Inside Equities, a private equity firm in Texas. (FOX61, CT)
UW-L jumps to sixth Apr 4, 2008
Amherst College, Mass ... The College of New Jersey, Amherst College (Mass. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Robert Fagles, 74, translator of Homer and Virgil Apr 3, 2008
He was a junior at Amherst College when he read "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey" and longed to learn them in their original language. Fagles' first published translation, of the lyric poet Bacchilydes, came out in 1961, around the same time he joined the Princeton University faculty. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Robert Fagles; gave new life to classic books Apr 2, 2008
Dr. Fagles was born Sept. 11, 1933, in Philadelphia and went to Amherst College with the aim of studying medicine. After reading Richmond Lattimore's translation of "The Iliad," he began studying Greek and Latin as a college junior. (Boston Globe)
LHS grads make progress on chemo drug Apr 1, 2008
Charles Creekmore is the College Editor at UMass Amherst College of Engineering. Comments Thank you for the abuse report. (Lexington Minuteman, MA)
Seven-game sweep Mar 29, 2008
Amherst College's Christina Martinez is tackled by Middlebury College's Charlie Hofmann ... AMHERST - Players wearing purple and navy blue capes hopped on brooms and rushed out of tents to a cheering crowd of students and family members, even little kids dressed in wizards hats, who held up signs reading "Chasers, Beaters, and Seekers" and "Remember Cedric Diggory." They were all here yesterday, on the freshman quad at Amherst College, to watch the campus's first game of Quidditch, a sport made... (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Lions Host Two This Week Mar 27, 2008
Two days later, the Titans hosted Amherst College. Shelly Injejikian's straight set victory at No. 2 singles was the only point Cal State Fullerton managed in a 6-1 loss. (Lmulions.com)
Seniors led the way for rebound by Brandeis Mar 27, 2008
The Judges then lost to powerhouse Amherst College, 65-55, the eventual national runner-up. "This group kind of ruins it. As a coach, I've been spoiled as to what to expect of all my guys. That's not always going to happen," said Meehan, who is 78-53 in his five years at the Brandeis helm. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Steven Madden, Ltd. Announces CEO Change Mar 25, 2008
" Edward Rosenfeld, formerly Executive Vice President of Strategic Planning and Finance, has been a member of the executive management team since joining the Company in May 2005. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors since February 2008. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Rosenfeld was a Vice President in the mergers and acquisitions group at Peter J. Solomon Company, an investment banking boutique where he focused on the retail and apparel industries. Mr. Rosenfeld graduated... (PR Newswire)
U of C humanities dean leaving post Mar 23, 2008
This year she was named a trustee of Massachusetts Amherst College and to the Pulitzer Prize Board. She was a Crains 40 Under 40 in 2004. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Diver's hopes soar as college beckons Mar 16, 2008
Dacey, also a three-year varsity soccer player, had no interest in diving until the age of 12; funny, since her mother, Kathy, swam at the University of Miami, and her sister, Kendall, now a sophomore at Amherst College, was an All-American in swimming and water polo at Choate. "I always thought swimming was boring," Carlin Dacey said. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Devine divine as BU routs UMBC Mar 15, 2008
Amherst College hung with defending national champion and sixth-ranked DePauw (28-3) for 40 minutes, but the Lord Jeffs couldn't close it out, ending their season with a 68-63 loss in Whitewater, Wis. Shaina Pollack had a career-high 29 points for the Jeffs (27-3). (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Midd Hockey Advances to NESCAC Title Mar 9, 2008
WATERVILLE, ME - Jamie McKenna (Lake Placid, N.Y.) scored with just 3:06 left in the game to give four-time defending champion Middlebury College a 2-1 win over Amherst College in a New England Small College Athletic Conference men's hockey semifinal game at Colby College's Alfond Rink on Saturday. Middlebury, which has won seven of the eight NESCAC titles since the conference started a playoff format in 2000, will take on sixth-seeded Trinity College in the title game at 1 p.m. Sunday at Colby. (WCAX.com, VT)
Fame and fortune Feb 28, 2008
Some institutions and businesses - including Amherst College, Boston College, and the Mitt Romney For Governor campaign - also show up on the list. For the rich and famous, the amounts are often too piddling to bother with. (Boston Globe)
Colleges guard soaring endowments Feb 28, 2008
Anthony Marx, president of Amherst College, said wealthy colleges should be judged not only on how much financial aid they provide, but how many needy students they enroll. "We need aid policies that ensure access, but that's not the end of the story," he said. (Boston Globe)
In concert with North Korea Feb 27, 2008
But as the chief US negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, said in a recent talk at Amherst College, "We've taken some positive steps there, and we need more." The music made by the New York Philharmonic and the symbols of sociability surrounding the event can only help to convey this positive message. The American side needs to realize, as Hill observed in Amherst, that North Korea has already turned over crucial information and materiel. (Boston Globe)
More of this story Feb 26, 2008
He is also looking into possibly running for Amherst College in Massachusetts or Washington University in St. Louis. He currently wants to double major in biochemistry and psychology and then go on to medical school for a career in orthopedics. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
UMHB 15th in National Polls Feb 20, 2008
Defending nationalchampion Amherst College holds down the top spot with 24 first-placevotes and 624 total points. Centre College moved up to second place thisweek with the other first-place vote and 550 total points. (KWTX.com, TX)
Rechy struggled to be true to himself in a straight, white world Feb 18, 2008
Ilan Stavans is Lewis-Sebring Professor in Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College. His book "Csar Vallejo: 'Spain Take This Chalice From Me' and Other Poems" (Penguin, translated by Margaret Sayers Peden), will be released in April. (San Francisco Chronicle)
