New Town Liberatory Visioning Project Aims to Make Community More Inclusive

The Town of Amherst will be rolling out its Liberatory Visioning Project over the next month. The initiative features multiple dialogue sessions and aims to make the community more inclusive.

Genealogist Discusses Early Amherst Trustee’s Connection to Slavery

On Tuesday, Nicka Sewell-Smith, a renowned documentarian and genealogist, lectured on the financial ties to slavery of one of the college’s early founders.

Planning Board Green Lights Downtown Dorm Despite Resident Complaints

Though town zoning laws prohibit dormitories in the downtown area, the board ruled that the college’s new development is a “mixed-use” property because it includes the college’s store.

AC Votes Panel Discuss November Election

AC Votes hosted a panel of faculty from varying departments to discuss the upcoming election. The event gave students the chance to learn more about the issues at the center of this year's election.

CHI Salon Considers Diversity in the Wake of Affirmative Action Decision

The Center for Humanistic Inquiry’s first salon of the year centered on changing notions of “diversity” in the wake of the end of affirmative action and a drop in Black enrollment. It saw an outpouring of emotion from faculty, administrators, and students.

Activist Eric Ward Discusses Link Between Antisemitism and White Nationalism

Activist Eric Ward spoke about the intersections of antisemitism and other types of bigotry, emphasizing that antisemitic tactics are often weaponized against other minorities.

New Fellowship Adds to College’s Pro-Democracy Forces

The first cohort of the college’s new Democracy Fellows began their work this semester, joining a number of pro-democracy initiatives and organizations on campus. These include the Amherst College Students for Democracy student group and the Thinking Democratically faculty discussion group.

Panel Discusses Corporate Abuses in Latin America

On April 19, the Political Science and Economics Department hosted the annual Vogel Lecture. This year's lecture, which featured researchers from Harvard and the University of Denver, focused on corporate wrongdoing and redress in Latin America.

Presidential Scholar Hartman Satirizes Institutional Antiracism

Professor Saidiya Hartman, a prominent interdisciplinary scholar of Black history, spoke at Johnson Chapel Thursday, April 6 as part of the President's Colloquium on Race and Racism, where she previewed a piece of fiction that pokes fun at performative political speech.

Secretary Lhamon Discusses Enforcement, Future of Civil Rights in Education

Students and faculty gathered for an event on the future of civil rights in education with Catherine Lhamon ’93, the assistant secretary for civil rights at the United States Department of Education, on Thursday, March 23.