Keep up with all the ways in which the Mount Holyoke community is pushing the limits of human knowledge, building lasting bonds and leading the way forward — on campus and around the world.
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Mount Holyoke College has selected “A Map Is Only One Story” for its Common Read for the 2026–27 academic year. Through the power of personal narratives, the anthology offers a new definition of home in the twenty-first century.
Six Mount Holyoke College students have been selected by the DAAD RISE program to study science at German research institutions or universities during the summer.
The annual Senior Symposium at Mount Holyoke College is dedicated to the intellectual interests and discoveries of the graduating class.
Mount Holyoke College students Eva Hanson ’26 and Aleena Jafar-DeCesare ’27 had the opportunity to work with faculty Anne Taylor on sociology research, enabling them to visit Yale University.
Students, organizations and alums were honored at the annual Leadership and Service Awards at Mount Holyoke College.
Niyonkinzo Ivona ’27, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, took part in an independent study with performance artist Romina De Novellis.
Tiko Dolidze ’26, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, and Mariam Beshidze ’27, a junior at Amherst College, have been awarded a Projects for Peace grant for their initiative that will collect oral histories from Georgian student protestors.
Cerebro 101 is an initiative led by Mount Holyoke College faculty Marta Sabariego and Nieves Romero-Díaz that teaches dual-language elementary students about neuroscience and behavior.
Trailblazing Black feminist scholar Beverly Guy Sheftall will be the primary speaker at the Mount Holyoke College Commencement. Two extraordinary Mount Holyoke alums, Leslie Anne Miller ’73 and Maria Z. Mossaides ’73, will also be honored.
Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Mary E. Woolley Professor of Psychology and Education, has been named an American Council on Education (ACE) Fellow for the 2026–27 academic year.
