The promise of possibility
Graduating senior Fatima Shah ’26 believes that what made her education so extraordinary at Mount Holyoke College is that the word “impossible” never got used.
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Graduating senior Fatima Shah ’26 believes that what made her education so extraordinary at Mount Holyoke College is that the word “impossible” never got used.
The annual Senior Symposium at Mount Holyoke College is dedicated to the intellectual interests and discoveries of the graduating class.
Niyonkinzo Ivona ’27, a junior at Mount Holyoke College, took part in an independent study with performance artist Romina De Novellis.
Tiko Dolidze ’26, a senior at Mount Holyoke College, and Mariam Beshidze ’27, a junior at Amherst College, have been awarded a Projects for Peace grant for their initiative that will collect oral histories from Georgian student protestors.
Cerebro 101 is an initiative led by Mount Holyoke College faculty Marta Sabariego and Nieves Romero-Díaz that teaches dual-language elementary students about neuroscience and behavior.
Noted author Curtis Chin takes a few moments before he visits Mount Holyoke College for BOOM! Community Day to discuss empathy, storytelling and his favorite line in his memoir.
Mount Holyoke College students Molly DeLuca ’26, Marley Hollen ’28 and Abigail Ding ’29 got to shadow stage managers for the touring production of the musical “Suffs,” which features alum Tami Dahbura ’84.
Mount Holyoke College senior Audrey Brecher ’26 originally planned to be an environmental studies major. Thanks to the supportive community and mentorship at the College, they now have a future in architecture.
James Harold, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, has been teaching philosophy to students in war-torn Ukraine.
Alum Shoshana Walter ’07, an investigative journalist, credits her Mount Holyoke education with fueling her drive to expose injustice. Her book “Rehab: An American Scandal” details how a flawed treatment system fails those battling addiction.