Using modern technology to explore the past
Professor Michael Davis employs contemporary tools like virtual reality goggles to let students “see” into history and reconstruct lost buildings.
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Professor Michael Davis employs contemporary tools like virtual reality goggles to let students “see” into history and reconstruct lost buildings.
Stella Elwood ’19 turned to the Makerspace to create an effective, affordable tool for use in veterinary medicine.
I learned to ask questions fearlessly and make mistakes. No one knows everything. The only way to learn and move forward is by asking and doing.
My final year at Mount Holyoke changed me. I realized that with hard work and the right support network, I could be a scientist.
At Mount Holyoke I have been able to engage with my professors and peers in meaningful discussion of course material and have been encouraged to pursue my own interests in the field.
Twenty years ago, the History Department prepared me for an academic career, It’s difficult to overstate how grateful I am.
In four days I preserved boxes of letters and this project became my honors thesis on the efforts of Frances Perkins to aid refugees.
Processing astronomical images is how raw images taken by telescopes becomes useful information for astronomers
MHC was a critical stepping-stone from my academic interests to a career bettering the lives of the poor and marginalized.