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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Sabra Thorner, Associate Professor of Anthropology, has been awarded the 2026 Mount Holyoke College Award for Teaching
James Harold, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, has been teaching philosophy to students in war-torn Ukraine.
Mount Holyoke Professor of Anthropology Joshua Hotaka Roth has a new graphic memoir, “Life Lines,” about his father’s life and art. In this essay, he discusses the contrast of care for the elderly between the U.S. and Japan.
New research from Mount Holyoke College reveals that mimicking a keto diet in fruit flies extends lifespan but reduces fertility, suggesting that ketone bodies could act as metabolic signals rather than simply a fuel source.
Jared Schwartzer, professor of psychology and education at Mount Holyoke College, discusses neuroscience research on campus and which students will likely succeed in his lab. (Hint: It’s not necessarily just students majoring in a science program.)
Chicago Mayor Johnson's ambitious social housing agenda faces a steep climb. Mount Holyoke Class of 1926 Professor of Politics Preston H. Smith II analyzes the political traps and developer interests threatening the city's progressive housing vision.
Mount Holyoke College celebrated the life and legacy of alum Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey ’59, the first woman to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee.
Alum Shoshana Walter ’07, an investigative journalist, credits her Mount Holyoke education with fueling her drive to expose injustice. Her book “Rehab: An American Scandal” details how a flawed treatment system fails those battling addiction.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts awarded the Pioneer Valley Literacy Consortium $199,284 for professional development. This is Mount Holyoke College’s second year in the consortium.
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.
