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A timeless tradition: Mountain Day 2025
Mount Holyoke College’s longest-running tradition is Mountain Day, and this year, the community made its way to the top of Mt. Holyoke to celebrate.
Is leucovorin an evidence-based treatment for autism?
Mount Holyoke College’s Professor Jared Schwartzer, a behavioral neuroscientist, spoke to the Boston Globe about the move to relabel this form of folic acid as a treatment for autism.
Connecting art and music through Anni Albers
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MHCAM) hosted a panel to celebrate the artist Anni Albers. An exhibition of Albers’ work will be on view through Dec. 9, 2025.
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Is leucovorin an evidence-based treatment for autism?
Mount Holyoke College’s Professor Jared Schwartzer, a behavioral neuroscientist, spoke to the Boston Globe about the move to relabel this form of folic acid as a treatment for autism.
Designing research with undergraduates in mind
Working closely with students in his laboratory, Douglas Roossien, Mount Holyoke College’s new assistant professor of biological sciences, studies fruit flies to understand how the human brain works.
Mount Holyoke College students’ summer research projects
Mount Holyoke College students who did research projects on campus this summer had the opportunity to present their work at a symposium in Kendade Hall.
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Connecting art and music through Anni Albers
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MHCAM) hosted a panel to celebrate the artist Anni Albers. An exhibition of Albers’ work will be on view through Dec. 9, 2025.
Fostering critical analysis for text, film and media
Arnav Adhikari, whose area of expertise is the intersection of postcolonial thought, contemporary literature and visual media, joins Mount Holyoke College’s Department of English this fall as an assistant professor.
From Armenian monasteries to campus neo-Gothic architecture
Whitney Adana Kite, Mount Holyoke College’s newest assistant professor of art history, loves teaching her students to decode everyday visual information.
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Is leucovorin an evidence-based treatment for autism?
Mount Holyoke College’s Professor Jared Schwartzer, a behavioral neuroscientist, spoke to the Boston Globe about the move to relabel this form of folic acid as a treatment for autism.
Connecting art and music through Anni Albers
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MHCAM) hosted a panel to celebrate the artist Anni Albers. An exhibition of Albers’ work will be on view through Dec. 9, 2025.
MHC named a leading liberal arts college by USN&WR
Mount Holyoke College was ranked highly by U.S. News & World Report and other outlets.
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Is leucovorin an evidence-based treatment for autism?
Mount Holyoke College’s Professor Jared Schwartzer, a behavioral neuroscientist, spoke to the Boston Globe about the move to relabel this form of folic acid as a treatment for autism.
Teaching the history and legacy of the Civil Rights Movement
Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, vice president of equity and inclusion at Mount Holyoke College, met with other college educators to craft tools and classes to teach the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Mount Holyoke defends academic freedom amid federal pressure
Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley spoke to CNN about being one of the few higher-education leaders pushing back against federal government overreach.
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