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Expanding horizons in Montpellier
Mount Holyoke College’s Montpellier study abroad program allows students to take courses at the Université Paul-Valéry (UPV) for a semester or a full academic year.
Dorothy Mosby to become dean of faculty at Skidmore
Mosby, Mary E. Woolley professor of Spanish, has accepted a new position as the dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Skidmore College. She will assume this role in June of 2023.
Collective trauma in Ukraine
Mount Holyoke Professor Karen Remmler spoke to the New York Times about turning a school that was used as a prison in Ukraine into a memorial and about the tensions that can arise when creating memorials where trauma has occurred.
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STEM in the news
Tongue twisting cane toads
Mount Holyoke postdoctoral researcher Rachel Keeffe has published a paper that reveals startling new facts about the tongues of cane toads.
New faculty: Alyxander Burns ’17
The internet is full of charts and graphs. What new faculty Alyx Burns wants to know, though, is how well these visualizations convey information. “Charts and graphs are some of the technologies that we use to help people understand data,” he said.
New faculty: Derek Young
New faculty Derek Young knows that the “aha” moments students often have in math classes are one of the best rewards in teaching. When the opportunity to work at Mount Holyoke arose, Young knew it would be a great fit because of the focus on teaching.
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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.
How to buy real art on a budget
Mount Holyoke professor Patricia Banks advises on how to have original artwork in your home without breaking the bank.
vanessa german’s new exhibition at the Art Museum
A new exhibition, “vanessa german — THE RAREST BLACK WOMAN ON THE PLANET EARTH,” will be on view at the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum (MHCAM) to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum bequest.
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Dorothy Mosby to become dean of faculty at Skidmore
Mosby, Mary E. Woolley professor of Spanish, has accepted a new position as the dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Skidmore College. She will assume this role in June of 2023.
Collective trauma in Ukraine
Mount Holyoke Professor Karen Remmler spoke to the New York Times about turning a school that was used as a prison in Ukraine into a memorial and about the tensions that can arise when creating memorials where trauma has occurred.
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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Mount Holyoke in the news
Collective trauma in Ukraine
Mount Holyoke Professor Karen Remmler spoke to the New York Times about turning a school that was used as a prison in Ukraine into a memorial and about the tensions that can arise when creating memorials where trauma has occurred.
Tongue twisting cane toads
Mount Holyoke postdoctoral researcher Rachel Keeffe has published a paper that reveals startling new facts about the tongues of cane toads.
How to buy real art on a budget
Mount Holyoke professor Patricia Banks advises on how to have original artwork in your home without breaking the bank.
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