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Brennan joins the ranks of the more than 30 faculty members awarded the honor at Mount Holyoke.
For the first time in its history, Mount Holyoke College has been selected as a Beckman Scholars Program awardee by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The foundation chose the College after a rigorous application process.
Mount Holyoke assistant professor Patrica Brennan’s research found that snakes have clitorises that are forked — just like snakes’ tongues and just like snakes’ penises.
Mount Holyoke postdoctoral researcher Rachel Keeffe has published a paper that reveals startling new facts about the tongues of cane toads.
Meredith Becher ’23 followed her passion for biology and charted a new course on the Connecticut River from a canoe.
Here, Sophia found steadfast support as a woman within a STEM field as well as the freedom to embrace her multiple passions.
“I like the holistic approach MHC takes to learning. It’s not just about memorizing things but understanding how a concept we’re learning is relevant.”
“Working in a lab has been a great opportunity. Not only have I made friends who have similar academic interests as I do, but working in the lab shows employers that I’m able to come up with my own research project. To have the experience on my resume shows that I can do that work and lead a research project on my own.”
A blended major combined my love of music and science and set me on an interdisciplinary path.
This opportunity gave me the chance to view my research in the context of sharing knowledge and communication and gave me so many valuable tools to take with me moving forward.
