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View the new paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama through the eyes of Mount Holyoke’s Paul Staiti, an expert on presidential portraits.
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View the new paintings of Barack and Michelle Obama through the eyes of Mount Holyoke’s Paul Staiti, an expert on presidential portraits.
Yuchen “Angel” Xiang is interviewed about how she helped the MHC Art Society organize the first Five College Art Conference.
"The museum staff was not only my daily colleagues but also mentors — they trusted and supported my work and interests."
Mount Holyoke’s Interfaith Lunch serves up conversation — with sides of soup, cookies and laughter — every Wednesday in the new Unity Space.
"I love my work and can't imagine doing anything else."
"When I went to graduate school to pursue a career in journalism, my knowledge of art and film helped me in my reporting."
In late 1895, Mount Holyoke students decided to form a fire brigade. And in doing so, they made history. The New York Journal reported that theirs was the first all-women’s fire department in the nation.
Kerstin Nordstrom of 챬 was one of just 24 scientists — and the only physicist from a liberal arts college — selected to be a Cottrell Scholar.
Art and architecture students collaborate with the Botanic Garden to design and build a sculptural fountain for Mount Holyoke's 2018 Spring Flower Show.
A day of Tudor Tailor workshops hosted by the theatre arts department drew a crowd eager to study 16th-century clothing with a 21st-century eye.