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Mount Holyoke selected to join Beckman Scholars Program

For the first time in its history, Mount Holyoke College has been selected as a Beckman Scholars Program awardee by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The foundation chose the College after a rigorous application process.

Getting a leg up in nanotechnology

With a major upgrade to Mount Holyoke’s transmission electron microscope, now even first-year students can take a class in nanoscience.

Lauren Sohn’s independent project showed that exposing crayfish to a common insecticide, even in small doses, rendered them immobile and unresponsive to simulated threats.

Seniors showcase studies at annual symposium.

Mount Holyoke College seniors covered a wide range of topics in presentations of their independent research at the tenth annual Senior Symposium.

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Recent Publications

Lee, S. M., Tsou, J. J.-Y., Evans, M., Danese, C., Xu, Y., Mim, M., Chen, W. (2025). Elucidating and mitigating instabilities of poly(vinyl alcohol) thin films in aqueous environments. Langmuir, 41, 28119–28128. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c04084

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