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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
