Letter to the Editor: Call for a Faculty Meeting on Divestment
Amherst College faculty call for a motion on divestment to be presented for discussion and voting.
2023-2024
Alumni Letter to the President and Board of Trustees
Alumni of Amherst College condemn Amherst’s refusal to divest from companies that support Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
Editorial: Sustaining Activism
The Editorial Board, reflecting on student activism on campus, calls for a movement that centers community, producing a culture of organizing that will sustain its members — and thereby, sustain itself.
Chemistry Nobel Laureate Talks Quantum Dots, Teamwork
Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Moungi Bawendi presented at the college on his discovery and development of “quantum dots,” a crucial building block for technologies like semiconductors, solar cells, and types of TVs, for which he shared last year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry.
Death Row Inmate Keith Lamar Phones Into Symposium and Concert
Keith LaMar, death row inmate, phoned in from his cell in Ohio to participate in an on-campus symposium and perform in a live concert at the Drake. LaMar has gained national acclaim as he fights against the death sentence for crimes he says he didn’t commit.
Dan Brown ’86 Speaks at Virtual Point/Counterpoint Event
Brown discussed the origins of his bestselling thriller “The Da Vinci Code,” his recent work on a docuseries about the human past, and the challenges facing higher education.
Anti-Ableist Amherst: Sexual Victimization and Disability
Managing Opinion Editor Willow Delp ’26 calls attention to the outsized sexual violence faced by disabled people.