Amherst College

(Amherst, MA)

Amherst is a private, liberal arts college. Founded in 1821 as an educational institution for men, it began admitting women in 1975. Its 978-acre campus is located close to the center of Amherst, 55 miles west of Worcester.

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      • The vintage Speed Graphic camera, found in Mead Art Museum, provided a perfect medium for Maggie Dethloff, Andrew W. Mellon Post-Baccalaureate Curatorial Fellow, to inject a piece of history into modern photography.
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      Biddy Martin and Amherst College are profiled in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education.

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      Amherst College is one of 10 liberal arts colleges in the country that have received the most research grants from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA), one of the nation's oldest foundations devoted wholly to science. "These 10 liberal arts colleges are leaders in creating environments for enticing science education," said RSCS President and CEO James M. Gentile in the Huffington Post. "They are pointing the way for our nation to become even more competitive as a scientific a

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