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Mount Holyoke College alum Debra Martin Chase ’77 won her third Tony award for producing “The Outsiders,” the best musical of 2024.
In an op-ed published in Ms. Magazine, Mount Holyoke professor Cora Fernandez Anderson raises awareness of the mistreatment of women during pregnancy and childbirth and highlights Latin America, which is at the forefront in the fight against obstetric violence.
Though rock and soil samples collected on Mars could reveal much about its history, Mount Holyoke College professor M. Darby Dyar thinks a costly mission to retrieve them could draw resources away from other projects searching for life.
Mount Holyoke student Ava Frost ’26 was selected by NASA for the 10-week Europa ICONS internship program that aims to determine whether there are places below the surface of Jupiter’s moon that could support life.
Mount Holyoke College Associate Professor Patricia Brennan’s research has revealed the mating method of alpacas to be unlike any other known mammal. During copulation, male alpacas have been found to inseminate females directly into the uterus.
Seattle is marking the one-year anniversary of its Race and Social Justice Initiative ordinance. Mount Holyoke Associate Professor Serin D. Houston writes that other cities can learn from the ordinance in an article for The Conversation.
Mount Holyoke alum Joan Jonas ’58 has two concurrent shows in New York City and the New York Times has declared them “a bounteous and playful survey.”
Mount Holyoke College film and media student Aderet Fishbane has been selected as one of NBCU’s Original Voices Accelerator Fellows. The six-month fellowship is designed to provide a direct pipeline to a career for young creatives.
In an Op-Ed published in the Boston Globe, Mount Holyoke professor Andrew G. Reiter details why the U.S. must not repeat the mistakes of the Civil War in dealing with Jan. 6 offenders and advocates to hold those who commit violence accountable.
After a three-year setback, Mount Holyoke College professor M. Darby Dyar can breathe a sigh of relief as NASA has resurrected its VERITAS mission to Venus.
