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A startup is attempting to combat climate change by seeding the skies with sulfur dioxide–filled balloons. Mount Holyoke’s Kevin Surprise says scientists think the venture is full of holes.

The Miller Worley Center for the Environment at Mount Holyoke College will be hosting the event from April 13-15, 2023. Speakers include Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, Kat Cadungog and Tamar Toles O’Laughlin.

Mount Holyoke students are assisting a visiting assistant lecturer with her research of bumblebee sensitivity to heat and disease amid growing environmental threats.

Mount Holyoke professor Naomi Darling discussed using reclaimed building materials with the Christian Science Monitor.

Mount Holyoke alums, faculty and administrators recently spoke with students about career opportunities during the “Exploring Future Possibilities in Environmental Careers” panel series put together by the Miller Worley Center for the Environment.

Marsha Allen FP’10, Mount Holyoke College assistant professor in earth science, was recently interviewed on the podcast “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.”

Mount Holyoke College is proud to announce its involvement as a Host Institution Sponsor for AASHE’s Global Conference on Sustainability in Higher Education (GCSHE).

New Mount Holyoke faculty Sylvia Cifuentes has a special passion for feminist environmental studies and hopes to continue to collaborate with Indigenous women’s groups in their advocacy for climate justice initiatives.

Angelica Patterson studies how trees adapt and move in response to increasing average temperatures; she uses a shotgun to collect tree branches that are many feet off the ground, which led the Guardian to dub her “the shotgun scientist” in a 2020 article.

Mount Holyoke renews community ties with a post-pandemic return to public art.