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Ren-yo Hwang, Assistant Professor of Gender Studies
“I am excited that Mount Holyoke is sharpening a practice and vision towards supporting scholarship that is oriented toward social justice.”
“Dorothy Day: The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate Portrait of My Grandmother.”
At Mount Holyoke, the granddaughter of Dorothy Day of the Catholic Worker Movement will launch the publication of her memoir about her grandmother.
Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Mount Holyoke class of 1915, was one of the inspirations for Wonder Woman.
Wonder Woman smashes the superhero glass ceiling in more ways than one, says film studies professor Robin Blaetz.
The Mount Holyoke News, circa 1931
The Mount Holyoke News celebrates a century of late nights, fast-breaking news, sharp writing and an intense, enduring camaraderie.
LEAP 2016
From solar cells and architecture to an athletic app and teaching, students spoke about their internships and research at the 2016 LEAP presentations.
Lynn Morgan standing by tree in front of building
Reproductive politics touch everything, says Lynn Morgan, MHC anthropology professor who has studied the subject extensively in Latin America and Europe.
Mount Holyoke College’s long history of sports and physical education is now on display in a special Archives exhibition.
Zainab Salbi
Featuring: Zainab Salbi, 2016 Carol Hoffmann Collins Global Scholar-in-Residence
Mara Benjamin, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
“It’s exciting to have the opportunity to make the case for the relevance of Jewish studies in a truly multicultural environment.”
This is an image human-shaped paper cut outs in many different colors.
Mount Holyoke College received a prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to diversify faculty and promote collaboration among departments.