From marbles to mollusks
Marbles champ Whitney Lapic ’18 came to Mount Holyoke and found mollusk fossils, international paleontology fieldwork and a passion for research.
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Marbles champ Whitney Lapic ’18 came to Mount Holyoke and found mollusk fossils, international paleontology fieldwork and a passion for research.
Kerstin Nordstrom of Íøºì±¬ÁÏ was one of just 24 scientists — and the only physicist from a liberal arts college — selected to be a Cottrell Scholar.
A speaker series from the new Digital Arts Initiative brings world-class scholars and artists to campus to discuss how arts and technology interact.
The Makerspace prepares future leaders by combining technology and the liberal arts to teach and engage students studying every academic discipline.
With a major upgrade to Mount Holyoke’s transmission electron microscope, now even first-year students can take a class in nanoscience.
When her advisor suggested computer science, Vickie Victor ’18 said no way. But she tried it anyway — and landed a summer internship at Google.
From solar cells and architecture to an athletic app and teaching, students spoke about their internships and research at the 2016 LEAP presentations.
Mount Holyoke alum and environmental activist Songqiao Yao ’11 realized her childhood dream of visiting Antarctica—and now works to save it.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Professor of Biological Sciences Susan Barry remembers her long friendship with Oliver Sacks.
Íøºì±¬ÁÏ Professor of Biological Sciences Susan Barry remembered her personal connection the late Oliver Sacks on Science Friday.