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Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum at the podium during an Intergroup Dialogue meeting for faculty and staff

Mount Holyoke College faculty and staff explore Intergroup Dialogue

A two-day Intergroup Dialogue workshop in mid-January provided 37 Mount Holyoke faculty and student life staff members with the opportunity to engage in cross-identity dialogue about race and other diversity-related issues.

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Mount Holyoke selected to join Beckman Scholars Program

For the first time in its history, Mount Holyoke College has been selected as a Beckman Scholars Program awardee by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The foundation chose the College after a rigorous application process.

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Brazil riots and extremist politics around the world

Mount Holyoke professor Andrew Reiter talked to The Why about key similarities and differences between the riots in the U.S. and Brazil.

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Mount Holyoke selected to join Beckman Scholars Program

For the first time in its history, Mount Holyoke College has been selected as a Beckman Scholars Program awardee by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. The foundation chose the College after a rigorous application process.

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  • Awards and Honors
  • College
  • Diversity and Inclusion
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  • Science & Technology
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Media Lab expands Mount Holyoke’s digital offerings

With the opening of the Media Lab in the Art Building, MHC students exploring filmmaking, architecture, studio art and other pursuits, have another cutting-edge facility — as well as state-of-the-art digital equipment and capabilities — at their disposal.

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Mount Holyoke receives STEM grant from HHMI

Mount Holyoke College is the recipient of a six-year grant of $529,500 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) through the Science Education Program’s Inclusive Excellence 3 initiative.

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Does AI spell the end of painting?

To gain perspective on the rise of AI-generated art, Mount Holyoke College Art History Professor Anthony Lee looked back on the impact photography had on painting in the nineteenth century in a recent Wired Magazine essay.

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Interim President Beverly Daniel Tatum speaking with Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 and Debra Martin Chase ’77 on stage following a performance of “Topdog/Underdog”

Launching Leadership: Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 and Debra Martin Chase ’77

Love, work and the importance of connection were the overarching themes of a Launching Leadership discussion with Mount Holyoke alums Suzan-Lori Parks ’85 and Debra Martin Chase ’77 after an electrifying performance of Parks’ play “Topdog/Underdog.”

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150 years and counting for MHC’s art history department

As Mount Holyoke marks the one hundred fiftieth year of the teaching of art history, its Department of Art History and Architectural Studies is celebrating its long history and is working to ensure it evolves to meet the changing nature of the field.

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Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum at the podium during an Intergroup Dialogue meeting for faculty and staff

Mount Holyoke College faculty and staff explore Intergroup Dialogue

A two-day Intergroup Dialogue workshop in mid-January provided 37 Mount Holyoke faculty and student life staff members with the opportunity to engage in cross-identity dialogue about race and other diversity-related issues.

  • Activism and Social Justice
  • Community
  • Diversity and Inclusion
  • Faculty
  • LGBTQIA+
  • President
  • Staff
The Flag for Brazil waves in the wind

Brazil riots and extremist politics around the world

Mount Holyoke professor Andrew Reiter talked to The Why about key similarities and differences between the riots in the U.S. and Brazil.

  • Faculty
  • International
  • Mount Holyoke in the News
The media lab at Mount Holyoke College

Media Lab expands Mount Holyoke’s digital offerings

With the opening of the Media Lab in the Art Building, MHC students exploring filmmaking, architecture, studio art and other pursuits, have another cutting-edge facility — as well as state-of-the-art digital equipment and capabilities — at their disposal.

  • Academic Excellence
  • Arts and Technology
  • Faculty
  • Giving
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The Flag for Brazil waves in the wind

Brazil riots and extremist politics around the world

Mount Holyoke professor Andrew Reiter talked to The Why about key similarities and differences between the riots in the U.S. and Brazil.

  • Faculty
  • International
  • Mount Holyoke in the News
The Milford Loft and Library is one of Naomi Darling’s award-winning sustainable designs.

Green houses inside and out

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

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A robot stands near an easel with a paint brush in one hand and a pallette in the other

Does AI spell the end of painting?

To gain perspective on the rise of AI-generated art, Mount Holyoke College Art History Professor Anthony Lee looked back on the impact photography had on painting in the nineteenth century in a recent Wired Magazine essay.

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The Alumnae Quarterly as we know it began as The Mount Holyoke, a combination literary magazine, student newspaper, and alumnae publication. In 1916, the publication split, and the Mount Holyoke News student newspaper and the Alumnae Quarterly were born.

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