Arts and Humanities in Action – Amherst College Admission Student Blogs

Putting Arts and Humanities into Action

Author By Tony Wang
Publication date February 2, 2026
Categories: Class of 2029

Tony:A few weeks ago, Amazing, Emerson, and I had the amazing opportunity to participate in AHA: Arts and Humanities in Action. Ran by the Loeb Center’s Carla Costa and Professor Austin Sarat, the program gave us and twelve other first-years a crash course on how a humanities major can be, as Professor Sarat put it,…Continue Reading Putting Arts and Humanities into Action

AHA! (Arts and Humanities in Action)

Author By Jasmine Hernandez ’26
Publication date February 18, 2023
Categories: Class of 2026

After spending your first month at Amherst, you start wondering what you will major in. In my position as a first year in my second semester, I can attest to the anxiety of knowing what you “will be” after college. My appreciation for spending the week before my first week of school with the AHA…Continue Reading AHA! (Arts and Humanities in Action)