About the atlas
This independent project helps Amherst students discover organizations through shared interests, not just an alphabetical list. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amherst College.
What is included?
The October 23, 2026 snapshot contains 183 public Hub listings. Some are student groups; others are offices, resource centers, college programs, event pages, or administrative tools. The home page starts with no interest selected and a prompt to choose one. Select a tag to see matching student groups, or All to explore all 151 student groups and student-government bodies. Other public listings remain available through the category and interest pages.
Our classifications are editorial judgments from the public names and descriptions, not official registration determinations. Private and unlisted groups are outside this snapshot.
Categories and tags
Every listing has a primary category and, when useful, a secondary category. For easy browsing, we use just 20 broad interest tags, from Music and Tech & AI to Outdoor Adventures and Games & Trivia. All 20 clickable interest pills and an All pill stay visible below the home-page hero, with no animation. Interests are ordered by the number of student clubs in each one, largest first. Counts include student groups and student government and exclude offices/programs. A club can appear under several interests. There is no filter form; simply select a pill to explore.
Behind the scenes, more specific editorial fields describe topics (what a group is about), activities (what participants do), and communities (whom a group explicitly centers). These preserve useful distinctions for related-club suggestions without overwhelming the browsing interface with hundreds of tags.
Community tags describe organizations, never individual students, and do not imply membership restrictions. We do not guess eligibility, costs, accessibility, meeting schedules, or whether beginners are welcome.
What makes two clubs “nearby”?
Related clubs share specific topics or community tags. A weighted overlap score considers topics (60%), communities (20%), activities (15%), and categories (5%), with rarer shared terms carrying more weight. A shared broad category or generic activity alone is not enough. Only student groups and student government enter these recommendations.
These are discovery suggestions, not objective measures of similarity, political agreement, partnerships, or endorsements. Fewer than five suggestions may appear if there is not enough shared evidence.
Source and accuracy
Descriptions are reproduced as plain text from The Hub. Follow each organization’s official Hub link for current contact and joining information, and for links referenced in its original description.
Club images, website links, and Instagram links also come from the public Hub profiles. A profile image may be a logo, photograph, or other artwork; we reproduce the image the organization has chosen. When none is available, a clearly labeled initials badge stands in—not an invented logo. Missing social links are marked rather than guessed. Published links have not been independently verified as current or controlled by the club. Images are cached locally, so viewing this site does not contact the Hub or Instagram. The mammoth illustration is original artwork for this directory.
An “Active” listing does not establish that a club currently meets. Some descriptions reference earlier academic years. Sparse descriptions and possible duplicates are flagged; the two Women in Law listings are retained separately until their relationship is confirmed.
Updates and privacy
The directory is a dated snapshot, not a live feed. Corrections and new imports are reviewed before publication. Interest selection happens in your browser; this site adds no analytics, accounts, or tracking scripts.