Audrey St. John Around Campus

Lydia Cheah ’20 took the Theory of Computation class at Mount Holyoke. She subsequently created videos as an independent study. Initially meant to support Mount Holyoke students, now the videos have thousands of views on YouTube.

Shifting climate in tech

Spurred by the mentoring of Mount Holyoke professors, Lydia Cheah ’20 has found herself leading the way to reshape the computer science career track. 

iDesign Studio class

IDesign Studio redefines tech perception

Mount Holyoke’s IDesign Studio demystifies technology, sparks artistic creativity, fuels entrepreneurial spirit and encourages risk-taking across academia.

When Hashma Shahid ’17 and Onji Bae ’18 discovered computer science at Mount Holyoke, their lives — and many others — were changed.

Computing for social impact

Girls in Tech, a day-long conference, was created by two Mount Holyoke students to introduce high school girls to the possibility of careers in technology.

Mount Holyoke College Library reading room. Photo by Michael Malyszko

New grants to Mount Holyoke and its faculty.

Mount Holyoke College and its professors received several grants and fellowships between November 2015 and March 2016.

Shani Mensing '15 and Safae Alaoui Lahgazi '17 soldering Neopixel LED strips.

Tech-tinkering class: A STEM gateway.

Crash course in programming and electronic design puts the power of production in the hands of community college students.

Computer science students

Google funds new computer science initiative.

Mount Holyoke faculty members have been awarded a grant to establish a new peer-mentoring program for computer science students.

Award-winning faculty members flanked by President Lynn Pasquerella (L) and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty Sonya Stephens (R)

Faculty recognized for research, teaching.

Four outstanding faculty members are honored for their work in teaching and research.

Shehzeen Hussain ’14 targets community energy.

Undeterred as a woman in the heavily male fields of physics and engineering, Shehzeen Hussain ’14 wants to meld the two to solve community energy problems.