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This is a picture of a person using the virtual reality headset, standing in a room.

VR adds new dimension to classroom teaching

Mount Holyoke’s Library, Information, and Technology Services has rolled out virtual reality workshops to enhance in-person teaching and learning.

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A deeper dive

Mount Holyoke researcher Patrica Brennan’s research found that dolphin clitorises have more in common with the human organ than previously known.

Fimbel Maker & Innovation Lab

MHC named best in STEM

When it comes to providing STEM education for historically marginalized populations, Mount Holyoke smashes through barriers.

Sonya Stephens

Stephens fires back at sexist slap

Mount Holyoke President Sonya Stephens slams the notion that women should not be recruited in the sciences.

Marta Sabariego

Nurturing new neuroscientists

Mount Holyoke professor Marta Sabariego brings vision and goals, with a healthy dose of empathy, to her research and mentorship.

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Top 10 stories for 2021

A review of the top Mount Holyoke news stories of the year tells the story of 2021, from adaptation to triumph. 

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Repatriation of Indigenous ancestral remains

Mount Holyoke College has repatriated ancestral remains the College had possessed for over a century to their home communities.

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Cruz discusses vaccination on “Amanpour”

Carmen Yulín Cruz, Weissman Fellow in Leadership at Mount Holyoke, discussed Puerto Rico’s high vaccination rate on “Amanpour.” 

Robert Darrow

Into the future

Mount Holyoke instructor contemplates climate commitments that came out of COP26, the annual global conference on climate change.

This is a photograph of Chastity Bowick at a demonstration; she is standing holding a microphone in one hand, the other arm raised. She wears a flag of pink, blue and white stripes, the colors of transgender pride. The blue sky backdrop matches the blue s

Chastity Bowick: Transgender Awareness Month

Mount Holyoke’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion invited Transgender Emergency Fund Executive Director Chastity Bowick to speak in honor of Transgender Awareness Month.

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