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Mount Holyoke assistant professor Patrica Brennan’s research found that snakes have clitorises that are forked — just like snakes’ tongues and just like snakes’ penises.

Marsha Allen FP’10, ���챬�� assistant professor in earth science, was recently interviewed on the podcast “Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness.”

Mount Holyoke postdoctoral researcher Rachel Keeffe has published a paper that reveals startling new facts about the tongues of cane toads.

The internet is full of charts and graphs. What new faculty Alyx Burns wants to know, though, is how well these visualizations convey information. “Charts and graphs are some of the technologies that we use to help people understand data,” he said.

New faculty Derek Young knows that the “aha” moments students often have in math classes are one of the best rewards in teaching. When the opportunity to work at Mount Holyoke arose, Young knew it would be a great fit because of the focus on teaching.

New faculty Kevin Surprise was attracted to Mount Holyoke due to its small class sizes and the students’ curiosity. “The students drive the content and the questions that we explore in class,” he said.

New faculty member Marsha Allen FP’10 isn’t a stranger to ���챬��. She came back to teach because the faculty’s focus on diversity and equity and on involving students in research was exactly what she was looking for.

Travis Hodges, new faculty at Mount Holyoke, conducts research on sex differences in stress, as well as how stress affects cognitive bias in rats — and, potentially, humans.

Meredith Becher ’23 followed her passion for biology and charted a new course on the Connecticut River from a canoe.