By Brooke Ingemi Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming a part of everyday life, transforming how we learn, think, and communicate, while also raising deep questions about what the future will look like. Previously confined to computer science labs, AI now touches nearly every field, from art and law to environmental science and economics. As a…
By Viktoria Leopold A thin stem rising out of the ground, supporting a translucent, ethereal and ghostly head like a decaying white rose. Tiny, salmon pink globes clustered on the face of a rotting log. A group of brown edges curled up like shriveled book pages. While these descriptions might evoke images of an alien…
This piece was co-authored by Amy Zheng. STEMsibs, derived from “STEM siblings,” is a student group with a mission to guide new and undeclared students throughout their STEM journey at Amherst College. The STEMsibs offer monthly informational panels hosted by upperclassmen to form a tight-knit STEM community. Tavus Atajanova, one of the group’s organizers, describes…