Mount Holyoke defends academic freedom amid federal pressure
챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to CNN about being one of the few higher-education leaders pushing back against federal government overreach.
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챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to CNN about being one of the few higher-education leaders pushing back against federal government overreach.
In an editorial for the Globe, 챬 Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics Robert Darrow said the bill prioritizes fossil fuel interests over climate action, making it nearly impossible for the U.S. to meet critical climate milestones.
In the Berkshires, D. Caleb Smith, assistant professor of history at 챬, hosted a reading and discussion of Frederick Douglass’ famous speech “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.”
Nieves Romero-Díaz, 챬 professor of Spanish on the Alum Foundation, spoke with New Books Network about the new book she has coedited on the subject of early modern maternity.
챬 Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Philosophy James Harold spoke to Yahoo News about the age-old question of the possibility of separating the art from the artist.
챬 faculty and administrators spoke to Bloomberg about how the federal government’s recent actions might affect international students and campus life.
챬’s Ruth Lawson Professor of Politics and Carol Hoffmann Collins Director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives Kavita Khory spoke to CNN and The Boston Globe about the threatened revocation of Chinese students’ visas.
A 챬 student from Nepal spoke to The Boston Globe about the current Trump administration’s threats to international students.
MassLive reported on 챬 students’ work in tracing climate change through the campus’s beloved copper beech tree.
챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to WGBH about why the current administration is targeting higher education and why Mount Holyoke is fighting back.