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챬 held its annual Faculty Awards Ceremony and celebrated five faculty members for their research, teaching and service.
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챬 held its annual Faculty Awards Ceremony and celebrated five faculty members for their research, teaching and service.
Mount Holyoke alum april 1. graham-jackson FP’18 presented on Black house music and the cultural community of Chicago.
New research from 챬 reveals that mimicking a keto diet in fruit flies extends lifespan but reduces fertility, suggesting that ketone bodies could act as metabolic signals rather than simply a fuel source.
MHC student Jayleen Jiang ’27 recently presented a poster about fair electric vehicle charger placement at the twenty-eighth annual NCUWM in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Jared Schwartzer, professor of psychology and education at 챬, discusses neuroscience research on campus and which students will likely succeed in his lab. (Hint: It’s not necessarily just students majoring in a science program.)
The biography of 챬 alum Ella Grasso ’40 was written by Linda Melconian ’70 with research assistance from recent alum Belinda Mazzaferro ’25.
챬 senior Bridget McBride had an internship at the Botanic Garden on campus that led to study abroad in Costa Rica, being a camp counselor in Massachusetts and to her first scientific publication.
챬 students return from their summer experiences and reflect on what they have learned at the annual Learning through Application event.
챬 student Phoenix Nehls ’27 spent the summer of 2025 doing “detective work” — creating an exhibit about international students to fit together the puzzle of the past.
챬’s Professor Jared Schwartzer, a behavioral neuroscientist, spoke to the Boston Globe about the move to relabel this form of folic acid as a treatment for autism.