Amherst College News

Springfield teenagers and Amherst College students tend to a community garden on Lebanon Street in Springfield one day last month.

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One of the toughest problems for artists is how to earn a living. But visual artist Bill Harsh has found a way.

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Yuma High School junior to sample an Ivy League education for the summer was made possible by her outstanding academic achievements.

Jones Library trustees are implementing a series of cuts, which include closing on Friday afternoons, after Town Meeting rejected the fiscal year 2010 budget they had requested for the system.

He provided police escorts for Princess Grace when she visited her son, Prince Albert, at Amherst College, former Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and the Dalai Lama.

It's rare to see Argentina's First Family convey political humility. But as President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner and her husband Nstor Kirchner absorbed their startling defeat in Sunday's midterm elections, they both offered unusual hints of contrition.

The Board of Trustees of Bexley Hall Seminary has announced the appointment of Robert E. Reber as president pro-tem and the Very Rev.

A great awakening is happening at colleges across America, Bloomberg news informs us today.

June 24, 2009 by Vernon Parker , published online 06-24-2009 Henry Ward Beecher was born on June 24, 1813 in Litchfield, Connecticut, one of 13 children of Lyman Beecher, a Presbyterian clergyman.

The Mettawee River Theatre Company has announced touring dates for its new outdoor production, Beyond the High Valley-A Quechua Story.

Amherst College President Anthony Marx spent six years at the school extolling public service and teaching.

After graduation in 1879 he studied law at Columbia University , earning an LL.B. degree in 1881.

AMHERST/SPRINGFIELD, Mass. -- An organization run by only two full-time employees in a storage room at Amherst College is touching lives across the nation, through their mentoring and book donation programs.

During his tenure as director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Adm. Stansfield Turner said he constantly debated how far the United States government should go to obtain secret information from foreign governments.

History, festivities and community will come together this weekend as the town celebrates its 250th anniversary.

Two Massachusetts towns hope to hang on to their passenger rail service, despite plans to reroute an Amtrak train from their stations.

A Presque Isle High School graduate who is now an actor and playwright will return to his roots tonight when he addresses the PIHS Class of 2009.

A A A College student Jes-c Brandt returns to The Holyoke Enterprise staff this summer, contributing much to the news content, photos and design.

Charitable giving fell last year by the largest percentage in five decades, according to a new study by the Giving USA Foundation.