MHC Newsmakers

This roundup of news articles highlights the achievements and expertise of MHC faculty, staff, and students. These links may require a subscription (in most cases, registration is free) and may become invalid without warning. If you see Mount Holyoke College in the news and would like to suggest that it appear here, email Mary Jo Curtis. For opinion pieces by faculty, see the Commentary page.

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Learning the "Write" Stuff

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

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Kerestes Weighs In on Super Bowl Ads

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

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Alum Helps Resurrect Meal Program

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

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Things Not to Do on a Campus Tour

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

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CHE: Roksa '00 Now Studying Graduates

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

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Sharma '14 Featured in Indian News

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

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Douglas Speaks on Depression in Teenagers

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

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ABC News: MHC Accepts Winfrey Student

Tabitha Ramotwala, a member of the first graduating class of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy in South Africa, told ABC News she has been accepted at Mount Holyoke.

January 17, 2012

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Bonde CD Receives Positive Review

Sound Spectrum, the newest album by Professor Emeritus of Music Allen Bonde—which also features his daughter Mara Bonde '91—is reviewed by Audiophile Audition.

January 17, 2012

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October Storm Recovery Continues

The Five Colleges, including Mount Holyoke, are still assessing and dealing with the tree damage from last October's sudden snowstorm, reports the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

January 17, 2012

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Republican Reviews MHC Exhibition

Cori Urban of the Springfield Republican writes about the Mount Holyoke Art Museum and its Reconstructing Antiquity exhibit that runs through June 3.

January 17, 2012

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Suzan-Lori Parks '85 Featured in NYT Video

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks '85 discusses The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess, for which she wrote the reworked book, in a New York Times video.

January 13, 2012

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Greenhouse Featured in Gazette

Cheryl Wilson of the Daily Hampshire Gazette had high praise for MHC's Talcott Greenhouse, which she visited with greenhouse manager Russ Billings.

January 13, 2012

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Protecting Footprints on the Moon

Outerspace archaeology expert Beth O'Leary '74 speaks about the need to protect historically important sites on the moon with the New York Times and on the Academic Minute.

January 11, 2012

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Alum Publishes Debut Novel, Garners Praise

Glaciers, the debut novel by Alexis Smith '01 about a young woman in Portland who repairs books and has a momentous inner life, receives praise from the Oregonian.

January 9, 2012

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Alumna Highlights Subtle Beauty in Paintings

The Republican praised the artwork of Briana Taylor FP'98, which is on display until January 8 at the Michele and Donald D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts in Springfield.

January 6, 2012

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Power Awarded Thoreau Scholarship

MHC 21st Century Scholar Devon Power ‘15 has been awarded a $5,000 Henry David Thoreau Scholarship, reports the Sentinel and Enterprise.

January 5, 2012

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Bloomgarden Speaks on NEPR/WFCR

CBL director Alan Bloomgarden talks to NEPR's Karen Brown about his appointment to the new state Commission on Civic Engagement and Learning.

January 4, 2012

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A Romp through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze

The Republican previews Gioia De Cari's show, Truth Values: One Girl's Romp Through M.I.T.'s Male Math Maze, presented by the math department February 6 at the Rooke.

January 4, 2012

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Trust Your Voice: Mary Mazzio '83 Speaks Up

In an article in Forbes, documentary filmmaker and Olympian Mary Mazzio '83 describes finding her voice and confidence at Mount Holyoke College.

January 3, 2012

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Wasserstein Exhibit Featured on Amherst TV

Anam Sethi '12 (left) interviews MHC's Jennifer Gunter King and Leanna James Blackwell about Wendy Wasserstein '71 for Amherst Public Television's Theatre NOW.

January 3, 2012

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Ellis Featured in St. Louis News

Joseph Ellis, Professor of History on the Ford Foundation, talks about historic American heroes and teaching at Mount Holyoke in the Ladue News of St. Louis, Missouri.

December 22, 2011

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MHC's Arango Featured in Grist

Assistant Professor of Physics Alexi Arango is featured in the new Grist column The Change Gang, where he talks about the potential uses for his solar cell research.

December 16, 2011

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MHC's Caleb Fasset on Mercury's Rotation

In an article in Cosmos, visiting astronomy professor Caleb Fassett comments on the possibility the rotation of the planet Mercury may have been affected by an asteroid hit.

December 15, 2011

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Washington Post: Ellis on Jefferson Bible

In a Washington Post article examining The Jefferson Bible, MHC's Joseph Ellis discusses the importance of religion to Thomas Jefferson and says he was "a deist."

December 15, 2011

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