Mount Holyoke defends academic freedom amid federal pressure
Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley spoke to CNN about being one of the few higher-education leaders pushing back against federal government overreach.
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Mount Holyoke College President Danielle R. Holley spoke to CNN about being one of the few higher-education leaders pushing back against federal government overreach.
Rising Mount Holyoke College junior Madeline Wright is spending this summer in the laboratory of Katie Berry, associate professor of biochemistry, studying the interactions between small RNA and different proteins.
Teams and personnel across the Mount Holyoke College campus won regional and national honors.
Mount Holyoke College students who did research projects on campus this summer had the opportunity to present their work at a symposium in Kendade Hall.
Six long-serving faculty members have retired from Mount Holyoke College.
Rising Mount Holyoke College senior Phoebe Baskin ’26 is spending her summer working in the lab of William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Psychology Katherine Binder, studying reading comprehension.
In an editorial for the Globe, Mount Holyoke College Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Robert Darrow said the bill prioritizes fossil fuel interests over climate action, making it nearly impossible for the U.S. to meet critical climate milestones.
In the Berkshires, D. Caleb Smith, assistant professor of history at Mount Holyoke College, hosted a reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.”
Mount Holyoke College rising junior Lily Rood ’27 discusses her Pride Month 2025 activism and advocacy.
Nieves Romero-Díaz, Mount Holyoke College professor of Spanish on the Alum Foundation, spoke with New Books Network about the new book she has coedited on the subject of early modern maternity.