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Flanked by Interim President Beverly Tatum and Provost Lisa Sullivan, Katie Berry, Renae Brodie, Karen Remmler and Iyko Day received Faculty Awards.

Four faculty members honored for teaching and scholarship

In what has become a signature College tradition, four Mount Holyoke faculty members were honored for their scholarship and teaching at a March 2 ceremony.

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A glimpse of the flowers in the Mount Holyoke College 2023 Flower Show

Mount Holyoke’s 2023 flower show is in full bloom

The fifty-first annual flower show is underway. Catch it before it fades away!

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April 13-15, 2023: Summit on Women's Leadership in Climate Justice. Illustration of many people holding signs surrounded by graphics of ponds, trees, mountains, woods, streams and the sun.

Summit on Women’s Leadership in Climate Justice

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.

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Flanked by Interim President Beverly Tatum and Provost Lisa Sullivan, Katie Berry, Renae Brodie, Karen Remmler and Iyko Day received Faculty Awards.

Four faculty members honored for teaching and scholarship

In what has become a signature College tradition, four Mount Holyoke faculty members were honored for their scholarship and teaching at a March 2 ceremony.

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The buzz about bumblebee sensitivity

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

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Managing the mind

Mental malaise and brain burn: Mount Holyoke professor Marta Sabariego talked to the New York Times about how to manage your mind and train your brain.

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Glascock poetry competition celebrates its centennial

This year Mount Holyoke College will hold the one hundredth anniversary of the Glascock Poetry Contest. Established in 1923, the annual contest is the oldest continuously running poetry contest for undergraduate students in the United States.

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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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Flanked by Interim President Beverly Tatum and Provost Lisa Sullivan, Katie Berry, Renae Brodie, Karen Remmler and Iyko Day received Faculty Awards.

Four faculty members honored for teaching and scholarship

In what has become a signature College tradition, four Mount Holyoke faculty members were honored for their scholarship and teaching at a March 2 ceremony.

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  • Humanities
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Mount Holyoke graduate teacher licensing classes are online

After state approval, Mount Holyoke’s graduate teaching licensure program will offer all classes online at times designed to maximize accessibility for all.

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Jacob Lawrence, 1917–2000, Artist. National Archives at College Park.

Inspiration from the Great Migration

Mount Holyoke professor Preston Smith spoke to the Washington Post about the Great Migration, when millions of Black Americans left the sharecropping South for economic opportunity in the North.

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A glimpse of the flowers in the Mount Holyoke College 2023 Flower Show

Mount Holyoke’s 2023 flower show is in full bloom

The fifty-first annual flower show is underway. Catch it before it fades away!

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  • Traditions and Annual Events
Jacob Lawrence, 1917–2000, Artist. National Archives at College Park.

Inspiration from the Great Migration

Mount Holyoke professor Preston Smith spoke to the Washington Post about the Great Migration, when millions of Black Americans left the sharecropping South for economic opportunity in the North.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and agents process a small group of asylum-seekers who have active applications under the Migrant Protection Protocols at the Paso del Norte Port of Entry in El Paso, Texas, February 26, 2021. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols established in January, 2019, migrants seeking asylum were required to remain in Mexico while their applications were processed.

Biden’s immigration policies lack a holistic approach

Mount Holyoke professor David Hernández says Biden’s carrot-and-stick approach to immigration is rooted in Trump-era policies that exacerbate inequities among immigrants and erode international relationships.

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