Journalist Gershom Gorenberg Discusses Crisis of Israeli Democracy
The Israeli journalist discussed the history of his country’s institutions to trace the roots of its democratic crisis.
Esther Grisoni Segantini '28
ACTS Program Adjustments lead to Decreases in Wait Times and Frustrations
After a challenge-laden rollout, the Amherst College Textbooks (ACTS) program initiated a variety of changes for this semester. As a result, students described acquiring course materials and textbooks this week as a far more efficient experience than in the fall.
College Hosts Panel on Implications of Trump’s Immigration Policies
Experts from inside and outside the college gathered to advise international students on the incoming changes to the immigration landscape under Trump.
Historian Explores the Indian Removal Act and its Consequences
Claudio Saunt, a University of Georgia historian, gave the annual Hugh Hawkins lecture. He described the 1830 Indian Removal Act as the first truly modern mass deportation and described his efforts to “reinscribe” the memory of its victims.