Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Students walk out of Johnson Chapel at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., April 24, 2019. Amherst College will no longer ...

AMHERST, Mass. — Amherst College will no longer give admissions preference to the children of alumni, the school announced Wednesday, ending a practice that has been criticized for giving an ...

Marking a significant jump through time from the 1700s to the Ice Age, Amherst College students voted for the Mammoths as its first official mascot, kicking former unofficial school mascot Lord ...

Two former Amherst College students filed federal complaints against the prestigious private college this week, alleging that administrators trivialized their sexual assault reports and worked to ...

Sign up for the Gazette's morning newsletter and get essential news each day. AMHERST — A new retail store carrying assorted Amherst College merchandise, as well as ...

AMHERST — All this year Amherst College is celebrating its birth two centuries ago — in 1821 — with a series of books. The three keepsake books are “Eye Mind Heart: A View of Amherst College at 200″ ...

Amherst College President Michael Elliott called the gift part of the college’s effort to be a “strategic partner in tackling the challenges ahead.” Credit: STAFF FILE PHOTO AMHERST — A $2.5 million ...

Amherst College will contribute $2.5 million to the town of Amherst over the next three years to support local schools, emergency services, and infrastructure. The commitment, announced by Amherst ...

Amherst College, the perennially top-ranked liberal arts college in Massachusetts, announced this week that its longtime unofficial mascot, Lord Jeffery Amherst. The move comes after protests last ...

Amherst College is celebrating its bicentennial this year. Two hundred years ago, it was founded to educate "indigent young men of promising talents and hopeful piety." Along the way, the college ...

Longtime Amherst College men's basketball coach David Hixon announced his retirement on Monday after 42 years and more than 800 wins. Hixon graduated from Amherst in 1975 and took over the basketball ...