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Amherst College welcomes comments and messages across its social media channels in our effort to provide an open forum for community and conversation. Although we do not assume any obligation for monitoring and actively policing our social media feeds, we may remove posts at any time and for any reason, as well as those that violate any of Amherst College’s existing policies. P

lease note that comments made on Amherst’s social media accounts are the opinions and expressions of the commenter only and do not constitute agreement or endorsement by the College. Without limiting our discretion to remove submissions, those that are particularly likely to be removed include:

• Personal attacks of any kind
• Harassment, intimidation, disparagements or threats to any other person
• Promotions of bigotry or discrimination
• Vulgar, obscene or sexually explicit language
• Posts that are unnecessarily repetitive or copied into multiple threads
• Posts that are clearly off-topic
• Promotions of products, services or political organizations
• Solicitations for external fundraising purposes
• Content that maliciously disguises or misrepresents the poster’s identity
• Fraudulent or deceptive messages, such as chain mail
• Infringements on copyrights or trademarks
• Promotions of illegal or unlawful activities

For more information about Amherst College's visitor guidelines, please email us at [email protected].

Our Mammoths are back home. 💜 Welcome back, returning students!
08/28/2026

Our Mammoths are back home. 💜 Welcome back, returning students!

Welcome home, Amherst College Class of 2030. 💜📸: Maria Stenzel & Stephanie Park '29 / Communications
08/26/2026

Welcome home, Amherst College Class of 2030. 💜

📸: Maria Stenzel & Stephanie Park '29 / Communications

08/26/2026

Time to go shopping! 🛒

08/26/2026

Shaking hands, directing traffic, unpacking rooms... that's our president. 😌

08/25/2026

Welcome to Mammoth-chusetts! 🦣

We are so happy to welcome the Class of 2030 to campus, putting another Move-In Day in the books.

08/25/2026

Lots of unpacking to do! 😉

Breakfast at Betty's. 🥞
08/24/2026

Breakfast at Betty's. 🥞

08/23/2026

85 years. Countless meals, memories, conversations, laughs, and much, much more. 🥺 Thank you, Valentine.

📹: Stephanie Ramírez, Marcus DeMaio & Bailey McCarthy '27 / Communications

“Betty offered us love and nourishment and encouraged us to venture out to explore a much larger world than the one into...
08/20/2026

“Betty offered us love and nourishment and encouraged us to venture out to explore a much larger world than the one into which we were born,” the donor said. “There was always room at her table, whether you were an old friend or a stranger.”

Betty's Kitchen, which replaces Valentine Dining Hall, will be Amherst's primary all-campus dining hall, serving students, faculty, staff, and visitors. It will occupy 46,500 square feet at the heart of Ford Student Center, designed by renowned architects Herzog & de Meuron in collaboration with Sasaki.

It’s impossible to imagine an Amherst today in which women are only on the periphery. The majority of our students are w...
07/22/2026

It’s impossible to imagine an Amherst today in which women are only on the periphery. The majority of our students are women; the majority of our faculty are women.

With women at the heart of the College today, and with a half century of historical retrospection, the ambition of coeducation might seem modest and its success inevitable. But the admission of women was nothing less than a deep reimagining of what Amherst College could and would become.

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