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The Amherst History Museum is housed in the three-story Simeon Strong House, which was built in the 1750s. Simeon Strong was a judge in Amherst who died in 1805. He was responsible for improving the laws of Massachusetts. There are thirteen rooms in the Strong house, about half

Television host, political commentator and author Rachel Maddow will give a talk on Saturday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in Johnson Chapel on the Amherst College campus. Her book, “Drift: The Unmooring of American Power” is available now.

I went to the Smith Botanical Gardens this past weekend, hoping to cheat time a bit. And I succeeded. Here are a few pictures, just for kicks.      Background music by DJ Burn One.

  Casinos have always been a part of Connecticut. If you live in Massachusetts and are in the mood to gamble, chances are you’ll make the trek to either Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods in our neighboring state. But that’s about to change. Back in 2011, Governor Deval Patrick signed

Professor Calestous Juma of Harvard’s Kennedy School will give the inaugural lecture in the PERI African Development Policy Program’s Speaker Series on “GROWING AFRICA: Agricultural Innovation and Economic Transformation”. Calestous is one of the leading scholars on

The UMass Visiting Writers Series will host authors Emily Barton and Melanie Rae Thon. Emily Barton is the author of two novels, Brookland and The Testament of Yves Gundron, both named New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She has received grants from the Guggenheim

We are proud to announce the inauguration of the STPEC Activist Brown Bag Lunch Series. Most acclaimed for her pioneering work fighting mass incarceration, Lois Ahrens has been an activist and organizer for social justice for more than forty-five years. In 2000 she began the Real

Over the past year leading up to the recent elections, many pundits and politicians framed the contest as a crossroads for our nation– a clear choice between two different paths for America. Six billion dollars and one election later, the United States is left with a

Mark Anthony Neal is Professor of Black Popular Culture in the Department of African and African-American Studies at Duke University. He has written and lectured extensively on Black popular culture and music, Black masculinity, sexism and homophobia in Black communities, and

Professor Imani Perry will introduce her research on hip-hop culture and analyze the intersections between women, gender, and hip hop culture on Friday, Nov. 2, at 4 p.m. in Stirn Auditorium. Perry is a professor at Princeton University’s Center for African American Studies