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 expert Patricia Brennan explains that both males and females benefit from the thorny genital arms race in seed beetles.
Mount Holyoke astronomer Darby Dyar is among the planetary scientists who will lead NASA’s new mission to explore the surface of Earth’s fiery twin.
Mount Holyoke’s 2021 Common Read, “The Fire This Time,” is a collection of “thoughtful, searing, and, at times, hopeful” essays and poems about race.
Anuses segregate babies from back ends, says Patricia Brennan, Mount Holyoke College assistant professor of biology.
Mount Holyoke hosted its first-ever virtual Commencement for its 184th ceremony to honor graduating seniors and send them on to do great things.
The culmination of Mount Holyoke students’ academic careers, Senior Symposium marks the metamorphosis from student to expert.
“I was finding the math in my drawings and the music in my art. I grew to love architecture, seeing where I could apply scientific principles to the arts.”
Mount Holyoke professor’s research finds that college admissions essays are even more strongly linked to socioeconomic status than test scores.
“Mount Holyoke changed me. It taught me how to think tangibly with critical-thinking skills. It taught me to challenge my own assumptions every single day.”
“Instead of trying to fit myself into a box, Mount Holyoke demanded that I think about where am I strongest, where can I put these skills to use.”
