News Archive

In an exciting opportunity for MHC's traditional Punjabi dance team, members took part in a flash mob performance in front of Bollywood star Imran Khan at NYU.

February 10, 2012

Despite some changes to Mount Holyoke's January Term program, students and faculty continued to run workshops offering a variety of subjects and practical skills.

February 10, 2012

Best-selling writer Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, will address Mount Holyoke graduates during the College's 175th commencement on May 20.

February 9, 2012

Last fall, eight MHC students learned firsthand how to assess a town’s water quality in Professor Alan Werner’s water resource evaluation course.

February 9, 2012

The Daily Hampshire Gazette's Etta Walsh reports on the new writing center at South Hadley High School established by two Mount Holyoke students.

February 8, 2012

Mount Holyoke College is again one of the nation's "Best Value" private colleges and universities, according to the Princeton Review.

February 8, 2012

A $600,000 grant awarded to MHC by the National Science Foundation will encourage and help women students at community colleges to attend MHC.

February 7, 2012

Photos: Artists and the Noble Profession: The 2012 Faculty Studio Art Exhibition presents the work of nine studio art faculty at Mount Holyoke College through May 27.

February 7, 2012

Branding expert Rachel Kerestes '99 analyzes the winning and losing commercials in this year's Super Bowl for KUSI TV News in San Diego.

February 6, 2012

Elise Hale-Case '09 made it her mission to resurrect the meal program at Seattle's Sacred Heart Church after it shut down last fall, reports KING 5 News.

February 3, 2012

First-year MHC student Elizabeth Schmitt offers advice for prospective college students on what not to ask on a campus tour, as reported in the Huffington Post.

February 3, 2012

The Five College Board of Directors is seeking proposals for sustainability initiatives from community members at Mount Holyoke and the other four colleges in the consortium.

February 3, 2012

Mount Holyoke’s long-serving tennis coach Aldo Santiago will mentor the College’s third cohort of Posse Foundation scholars.

February 2, 2012

The Mount Holyoke College riding team took home top honors at the prestigious Tournament of Champions Winter Classic at Hazelwind Farm this week.

February 1, 2012

Three award-winning playwrights will discuss the culture of playwriting in America and the influence of Wendy Wasserstein ’71 on February 16 at 7 pm in Gamble.

January 30, 2012

In her latest Psychology Today essay, MHC Professor of Biological Sciences Susan R. Barry says expectations and past experiences color our perception of the present.

January 27, 2012

Mount Holyoke has seen steady increases in its applicant pool in recent years, but this year's record number of applications is truly impressive: It's up 15 percent from last year.

January 26, 2012

Josipa Roksa '00 and Richard Arum, her coauthor on the book Academically Adrift, are continuing their research, according to this Chronicle of Higher Education story.

January 26, 2012

Mount Holyoke College has moved up three spots this year on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of small schools producing Peace Corps volunteers.

January 25, 2012

Mount Holyoke College has moved up three spots this year on the Peace Corps' top 25 list of small schools producing Peace Corps volunteers.

January 25, 2012

MHC history professor Daniel Czitrom discusses the future of history textbooks during the 126th annual meeting of the American Historical Association. (See minute :24.)

January 23, 2012

Charu Sharma '14 talks about her varied life experiences and travels before and after coming to Mount Holyoke for a feature story in India's Daily News and Analysis (DNA).

January 23, 2012

Foreign policy expert Mona Sutphen ’89 will address the role of United States leadership in a changing world when she speaks at MHC on February 9.

January 18, 2012

In an article for U.S. News & World Report, Assistant Professor of Psychology Amber Douglas discusses learning to recognize and help teenage girls dealing with depression.

January 18, 2012

Students traveled to Washington, D.C., last month to participate in the Women in Public Service Project colloquium hosted by the U.S. State Department. See the video.

January 18, 2012