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Amherst Adventures Abroad: Madison Rabb ’26

April 9, 2025 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

By Nife Joshua ’26 In this new edition of Amherst Adventures Abroad, Managing Features Editor Nife Joshua ’26 spoke with Madison Rabb ’26 to learn about her semester in Madrid, highlighting her immersion in the Spanish language, travels around Europe, and newfound love for Spanish cuisine. Madison Rabb ’26, a political science major and member of the track and field

Amherst Adventures Abroad: Naomi Habtu ’26E

March 4, 2025 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

By Nife Joshua ’26 For many students, going abroad is one of the highlights of the Amherst experience, but it’s not often that students get the inside scoop. Managing Features Editor Nife Joshua ’26 spoke with Naomi Habtu ’26E to learn about her semester in Chile. Wondering if studying abroad is all sunshine, croissants, excursions, and weekend getaways — or

Advice from a GEO Intern

February 3, 2025 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

By Malva Wieck ’25, GEO Communications Intern I was standing in the middle of the Dubai airport, phone in one hand, overpriced coffee in the other. I had one final push to get to Zanzibar–the destination of my first study away program. Slightly frantic due to lack of sleep, I attempted to text my parents that I had landed

A Different View of Death: Denmark’s Assistens Cemetery

December 4, 2024 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

By Kate Becker ’26 Amid towering poplar trees, locals and tourists drink beers, listen to music, and zip by on bikes along a winding path. Mothers push baby strollers. Elementary students join a scavenger hunt. Sunbathers enjoy the last rays on flower-covered fields. Beneath them, thousands of Danes lie buried. Among them is philosopher Søren Kierkegaard, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Niels

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