MHC student studies climate aboard tall ship.
Claudia Mazur ’16 spent a semester learning about the world's oceans and climate as part of earning a marine science studies certificate through Mount Holyoke College.
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Claudia Mazur ’16 spent a semester learning about the world's oceans and climate as part of earning a marine science studies certificate through Mount Holyoke College.
A senior thesis analyzing social themes in Batman comics earns a graduate summa cum laude, and status as a rising star in scholarly thought.
Donna Williams ’84 used her business savvy to found Field Goods, which transforms the model of how to get fresh, tasty food from farms to families' dinner tables.
The Hollings award will help Erin Jones ’17 develop her deep love of oceanography by providing academic funding, contacts, and a paid research internship.
Maimuna Ahmad ’09, CEO of Teach for Bangladesh, tells MHC students how the organization she started is transforming the lives of children and their teachers.
An Atlantic article argues that witnessing a major industrial tragedy cemented 1902 alumna Frances Perkins's resolve to spend her life helping the nation's workers.
Joan Jonas ’58—who helped invent edgy contemporary art forms such as performance, video, and installation art—is representing the U.S. at the Venice Biennale.
Bridget Grier ’14 and the Clemency Project connect federal prisoners with volunteer lawyers to negotiate shorter sentences for nonviolent crimes.
Clara Kann ’12 demystifies the journey of wine from grape to bottle, and traces her own career back to the science class she didn’t want to take.
All Mount Holyoke College students are guaranteed one paid internship. This biology major landed lab work each semester, and paid research jobs every summer.