Tuesday, December 14, 2010

A “Star” in “Paradise”: Amherst and the Commonwealth Honor Jones Library Director Bonnie Isman

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The normally cold and dowdy “large meeting room” at the Jones Library became a warmer space in all regards last Tuesday evening, as town res...
Sunday, December 12, 2010

Amelia Earhart's Fate: Bone of Contention

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Just a brief update on a post from this summer regarding the mystery of Amelia Earhart's disappearance. The team that claimed to have...
Wednesday, December 8, 2010

WWLP Television Interview on the Emily Dickinson Museum and the 180th Birthday Celebrations

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Emily Dickinson's birthday Updated: Tuesday, 07 Dec 2010, 4:10 PM EST Published : Tuesday, 07 Dec 2010, 3:55 PM EST * Ashley Kohl ...
Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Historian Marla Miller Honored for Work on Betsy Ross

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Praise for our UMass colleague Marla Miller's pioneering study, Betsy Ross and the Making of America , continues to mount. Last month...

Hampshire College Creates Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies

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Congratulations to my friend and colleague Salman Hameed, who recently established a Center for the Study of Science in Muslim Societies her...
Monday, December 6, 2010

Learning's Labor Lost?

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It is always puzzling and disappointing when institutions that proclaim their allegiance to "progressive" principles seem to act i...

Retiring Jones Libary Director Bonnie Isman Honored at Renaissance Center

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On, November 21, the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies and Amherst Woman's Club hosted a farewell recep...
Saturday, December 4, 2010

Are You Smarter than an Eighth Grader (from 1895)?

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Serendipity is a fine thing. Having just posted about graduate school applications and college admissions , I stumble across a document on ...
Friday, December 3, 2010

A Nineteenth-Century College Rejection Letter (speaking of love...)

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To continue to employ the metaphor of love in the context of academic applications, some love goes unrequited.  There is this wonderful rej...
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Could You Please Write Me a Letter of Recommendation for Graduate School? (I know I'm not giving you much notice, but...)

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I just recently put up the December calendar icon. I know what that means. The days grow short and the hopes grow long. Yes, it's that...