RSS Channels IndexWW II Vet’s Memorial Day Gift: His Diploma, Finally
WWII forced Arthur Ourieff to cut short his undergraduate education and leave Amherst College two years early. He didn’t attend his graduation, and never received his diploma. That will change on May 26, when the 89-year-old will be awarded his...
5/24/2013 1:00 PM EDT
In Speed Test, Quantum Beats Conventional Computing
A quantum computer system is “thousands of times faster” than conventional computing in solving an important problem type, an Amherst College computer science professor finds.
5/8/2013 11:00 AM EDT
Alum Gives Amherst College a Dryosaurus Altus Dinosaur
John and Leigh Middleton have given Amherst College a Dryosaurus altus. When it is installed, the specimen—which is arguably the most complete and best preserved skeleton of that species in existence today—will be one of two Dryosaurus skeletons...
4/9/2013 11:30 AM EDT
Amherst College Faculty Vote Backs Open-Access Movement
In keeping with a global trend toward making information open to all, the faculty at Amherst College voted this month overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution that will effectively offer their forthcoming scholarly articles online for free.
3/29/2013 3:00 PM EDT
Particle Physics Research Sheds New Light on Possible “Fifth Force of Nature”
Scientists at Amherst College and The University of Texas at Austin have established new limits on “long-range spin-spin interactions” between atomic particles. To make the study possible, the team created the first map of electron polarization...
2/21/2013 4:30 PM EST
Three Percent of US Executions Since 1900 Were Botched
Of approximately 9,000 executions that took place from 1900 to 2011, 270 of them involved some problem, according to a study by Amherst College professor Austin Sarat, who created a database of all the “departures from the protocol of killing...
5/29/2012 12:00 PM EDT