Getting a leg up in nanotechnology
With a major upgrade to Mount Holyoke’s transmission electron microscope, now even first-year students can take a class in nanoscience.
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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.
챬 Professor of Biological Sciences Susan Barry remembers her long friendship with Oliver Sacks.
챬 Professor of Biological Sciences Susan Barry remembered her personal connection the late Oliver Sacks on Science Friday.
Jens Christiansen joins voices of activists in calling for removal of Massachusetts’ caps on solar power payments.
The Hollings award will help Erin Jones ’17 develop her deep love of oceanography by providing academic funding, contacts, and a paid research internship.
All 챬 students are guaranteed one paid internship. This biology major landed lab work each semester, and paid research jobs every summer.
Building on an existing faculty initiative, Mount Holyoke is partnering with MassMutual and Smith to train women in the emerging field of data science.