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Mount Holyoke’s annual Convocation filled the campus with color, spirit and celebration as students in vivid class colors gathered to cheer and mark the official start of the academic year with tradition and decibels.

Mount Holyoke College has selected “Parable of the Sower” for its Common Read for the 2025–2026 academic year. The New York Times named the novel a Notable Book of the Year for its prescient treatment of racial justice, climate collapse and fascism.

MassLive reported on Mount Holyoke College students’ work in tracing climate change through the campus’s beloved copper beech tree.

Mount Holyoke College students gathered to be honored by the community for their leadership and service to others.

The Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College held the second Summit on Feminist Leadership in Climate Justice, featuring talks from global experts.

Olivia Aguilar, Leslie and Sarah Miller Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College, has won the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s Fellows Award.

The Arbor Day Foundation has recognized Mount Holyoke College as a 2025 Tree Campus for its dedication to enhancing community well-being through tree education, investment and community engagement.

Two Mount Holyoke College students took home awards from the 2024 New England and St. Lawrence Valley Geographical Society Fall Conference for their research on water scarcity in the Southwest and on the preservation of indigenous water systems in Nepal.

Taking part in a two-day workshop featuring alums, staff and current interns, Mount Holyoke College students had the opportunity to learn what a career in environmental work entails and how to get on the right track to start their own journeys.

In celebration of Earth Day, Mount Holyoke College welcomed Alexis Nikole Nelson to campus as she demonstrated to students, staff and faculty how foraging is not only good for the environment but also beneficial for one’s health.