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“Mount Holyoke offered the flexibility to pursue independent projects. Mount Holyoke allowed me to take away those boxes of who I ‘should’ be and how I ‘should’ define myself.”
Mara Benjamin, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies at Mount Holyoke College, has been named as part of the class of 2024 Guggenheim Fellows. Benjamin is one of 188 distinguished and diverse fellows of culture creators named.
Angelica Patterson, curator of education and outreach for the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College, was quoted saying that the size of humans’ role in fostering climate resilience in forests depends on the trees themselves.
Mount Holyoke College students interested in environmentally based careers were able to talk to alums and explore fieldwork.
Naomi Darling, faculty in sustainable architecture at Mount Holyoke College, is working with student assistants to plan a carbon-neutral future for the home of the building nicknamed “the Phoenix,” home to the nation’s first all-female fire brigade.
Angelica Patterson, the curator of education and outreach at the Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College, is the principal investigator for a new National Science Foundation grant to produce virtual field experiences for underserved students.
Construction for Mount Holyoke’s new geothermal energy project led to discoveries from the College’s beginnings.
Dinko Hanaan Dinko, a new faculty member at Mount Holyoke College, is interested in those who are benefiting and losing from climatic change and viewing the lived experiences of climate change through filters of power and economic and social identities.
Mount Holyoke College welcomes new staff and administrators for roles across the campus.
Mount Holyoke senior Bridget Hall ’24 spent her summer on a “pretty special” glacier in Canada, doing research into climate change for an internship that confirmed her interest in glaciology.
