Campus Police Log: Oct. 5 to Oct. 13
The latest installment of the Police Log, from Oct. 5 to Oct. 13, can be found here.
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Elevated Demand for Mental Health Services Strains Counseling Center
The Counseling Center has been overbooked as an unprecedented number of students seek help with their mental health struggles. Despite attempts to ease the strain of the surging demand, students report long wait times and continuing dissatisfaction.
Nicka Smith Delivers Talk on Israel Trask and the Trask 250
Genealogist Nicka Smith presented her research into the people enslaved by Israel Trask and their descendants in a talk given on Oct. 4 in Lipton Lecture Hall. The presentation was sponsored by the Steering Committee on the Racial History of Amherst.
Harriet Washington Speaks on Racial Harm in Science and Medicine
Writer and medical ethicist Harriet Washington spoke in Johnson Chapel on Sept. 30 as the inaugural scholar in the college’s Presidential Scholars series. The conversation covered topics including racial health disparities and vaccine hesitancy.
Campus Police Log: Sept. 27 to Oct. 4
The latest installment of the Police Log, from Sept. 27 to Oct. 4, can be found here.
Students Rally for Abortion Rights in Boston Women’s March
Nearly 30 students attended the Boston Women’s March on Oct. 2 in a trip sponsored by ACDemocrats. Students expressed feeling empowered by the opportunity to make their voices heard on the issue of reproductive rights in the country.
Fresh Faculty: Lee Spector
Lee Spector is a professor of computer science. He received a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Oberlin College and attended the University of Maryland, College Park, where he earned a Ph.D. in computer science.