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LA Times: MHC's Chao Heads Olympic Delegation
Labor Secretary Elaine Chao '75 will head the U.S. delegation attending the closing ceremony of the 2008 Olympics on Sunday, August 24.
August 21, 2008 |
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MHC's Craib Taking Care of Business
Linda Craib FP '02 continues to blog about her experience at Yale's
School of Management Health Care Executive MBA program for BusinessWeek
online.
August 18, 2008 |
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MHC's Holt Discusses Student Aid
Gail Holt, senior associate director of
student financial services, talked financial aid on the Diane Rehm
Show. (Interview starts at approximately minute 22.)
August 14, 2008 |
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MHC's Jones on Record about Georgian Crisis
Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies Stephen Jones has been sought
out by the media for comment on the current situation in Georgia.
August 14, 2008 |
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MHC's Moseley Gives Advice on Foreclosures
Professor of economics Fred Moseley wrote an article on "How to Stop Foreclosures" for the July 8, 2008, edition of the economic justice magazine Dollars & Sense.
August 5, 2008 |
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Benfey Reviews Heller Book in NY Times
Christopher Benfey penned a review of Steven Heller's Iron Fists: Branding the 20th-Century Totalitarian State in the August 3 New York Times Sunday Book Review.
August 5, 2008 |
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Princeton Review: MHC Among the Best
After being listed among the nation's top undergraduate colleges in The Princeton Review Guide: The Best 368 Colleges, Mount Holyoke was featured in both local and national TV reports.
July 30, 2008 |
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MHC's Lauret Savoy Featured in Terrain.org
Listen to professor of geology and environmental studies Lauret Savoy discuss "The Future of Environmental Essay" in a podcast in the latest issue of Terrain.org.
July 21, 2008 |
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The Republican: Warhol Displayed at MHC
Linda Delone Best, the collections manager for MHC's Art Museum and Skinner Museum, discusses gifts of the artist's works from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
June 30, 2008 |
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U.S. News & World Report: Ellis on Washington
MHC history professor Joseph Ellis, author of His Excellency: George Washington, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the first president in a June 27 article.
June 30, 2008 |
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NPR Focuses on Czitrom's Riis Book
An extensive All Things Considered segment on June 30 is the latest coverage of history prof Daniel Czitrom's new book on muckraking journalist and photographer Jacob Riis.
June 30, 2008 |
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Deutsch Featured in Times Mag, Others
Prof Fran Deutsch, author of Halving It All: How Equally Shared Parenting Works, has aired her views in a number of media outlets.
June 27, 2008 |
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MHC Benfey's New Book Wins Wide Praise
English professor Christopher Benfey's new look at late 19th-century American artists and writers has gained widespread notice.
June 23, 2008 |
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MHC's Hanson Featured on AllAfrica.com
Associate professor of history Holly E. Hanson commented on BeadforLife, an anti-poverty project employing 300 Ugandan women, in an article on AllAfrica.com.
June 18, 2008 |
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Alum's Research Cited in Father's Day Features
The research Nicole Gilbert Cole '99 conducted while pursuing a master's degree at Mount Holyoke was featured June 15 in the New York Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune.
June 17, 2008 |
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DHG: Frog, Toad and MHC
The Gazette featured professor Thomas Wartenberg and his work on philosophy for children, which has received a grant from the Squire Family Foundation.
June 12, 2008 |
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MHC's Ramer '09 Writes for Israel's Haaretz
After studying abroad through the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives, Alison Avigayil Ramer '09 has begun a writing career with Israel's most respected newspaper.
June 12, 2008 |
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MHC Alumna Est Grammatista Conspicua!
A Vermont Public Radio report on the long tradition of teaching Latin in Vermont public schools features alumna Eleanor Monserud '07.
June 6, 2008 |
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MHC Trustee Desoer to Lead at Countrywide
Longtime Bank of America executive, Barbara Dombkowski Desoer '74, will play a major role in running Countrywide Financial, the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported.
June 2, 2008 |
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MHC's Straightest Shooter?
Sociology prof Richard Moran talks about the myths and realities of sharpshooting on the History Channel's Extreme Marksman show Monday, June 2.
May 30, 2008 |
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Liz Dean '08 Talks About Work Dress in Time
New graduate Elizabeth Dean '08 was interviewed by writer Lisa Takeuchi Cullen on "What (Not) to Wear to Work" for the June 9 issue of Time magazine.
May 30, 2008 |
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MHC's Postel Featured on WFCR
Sandra Postel, director of the Center for the Environment, discussed living in harmony with the earth's natural water cycle and her essay in Mike Wallace's new book.
May 29, 2008 |
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NYT Reviews New Czitrom Book
Bonnie Yochelson and MHC history prof Daniel Czitrom's new book on muckraking journalist and photographer Jacob Riis was reviewed in the May 25 Sunday Book Review.
May 28, 2008 |
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DHG: MHC's Psych Profs Criticize APA
MHC psychology profs have joined other academics in opposing the American Psychological Association's stance on torture.
May 23, 2008 |
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MHC's Martinez Featured in New Haven Register
Martha Martinez FP '09 discussed her recent art project, "The Panopticon: A Facebook Installation," in an article in the May 9 New Haven Register .
May 15, 2008 |
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MHC's Postel Cited in Washington Post
In the May 11 Media Watch, prof Sandra Postel's predictions on water use in 2058 are cited in a summary of Mike Wallace's new book, The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today.
May 15, 2008 |
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MHC's Packard on Working Moms and College
Becky Wai-Ling Packard discusses the value of online educational opportunities for single mothers in the May 9 edition of the Christian Science Monitor.
May 15, 2008 |
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MHC's Postel on Mike Wallace Book
Sandra Postel, the Leslie and Sarah Miller Director of the Center for the Environment, spoke with ABC 40 about being named one of the world's "greatest minds."
May 2, 2008 |
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Woodard Interviewed on HHMI Grant
Professor of biological sciences Craig Woodard and his students talked with ABC 40 about MHC's $1.5 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
May 2, 2008 |
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MHC Spelling Bee on News 40
ABC 40 covered a student-organized faculty spelling bee held Saturday night to bring a library to the Westfield Youth Detention Center. View the video.
April 30, 2008 |
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Blaetz Reviews New Tinsel Town Tome
Writing in the Chicago Tribune, film studies profressor Robin Blaetz critiques The Star Machine, a new study of Hollywood's Golden Age.
April 22, 2008 |
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Boston Globe Reviews New Book by Benfey
Author Michael Kammen reviews English prof Chris Benfey's new book, A Summer of Hummingbirds, in the April 20 issue of the Boston Globe.
April 22, 2008 |
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Martha Martinez '09 Takes on Facebook
A controversial installation by studio art major Martha Martinez FP '09 has attracted attention from abc40, CBS 3 Springfield, and The Valley Advocate.
April 16, 2008 |
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Tower of Less Power
The Daily Hampshire Gazette checked in on the progress of the Mount Holyoke's new, green dorm, which will be ready for students in the fall.
April 16, 2008 |
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MHC's Fox on Paying Taxes
MHC prof John O. Fox tells the Daily Hampshire Gazette paying taxes on April 15 "ranks right up there on the scale of patriotic acts with voting in a presidential election."
April 16, 2008 |
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Republican Reviews Benfey's Latest
Emily Dickinson, Mark Twain, and Harriet Beecher Stowe populate English prof Chris Benfey's new book about the summer of 1882.
April 14, 2008 |
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Vanessa James Is Webcastic!
Hear and see professor of theatre arts Vanessa James read from her book Shakespeare's Genealogies on a Library of Congress Web cast.
April 14, 2008 |
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Jane Brown Speaks on Women's College Survey
MHC's vice president for enrollment and college relations and Erin Wetherell '08 were interviewed by abc40 regarding a recent survey commissioned by The Women's College Coalition.
April 11, 2008 |
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DHG: Politics Prof Pyle Urges Dissent
Speaking at an ACLU forum on military interrogation, civil liberties advocate and politics professor Chris Pyle urged political dissent.
April 7, 2008 |
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eWeek: Trustee Desoer "Most Influential"
eWeek.com has named trustee and Bank of America COO and CTO Barbara Desoer '74 to its100 Most Influential People in ITT.
April 7, 2008 |
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Alum on Return to Karachi in NY Times
Sehba Sarwar '86, founding director of Voices Breaking Boundaries, an arts organization, writes about returning home in the March 30 New York Times Magazine.
April 4, 2008 |
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Di Chiro and Students in Holyoke
The work of visiting assistant professor of environmental studies Giovanna Di Chiro and her students in Holyoke is featured in an April 1 article in the Springfield Republican.
April 2, 2008 |
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MHC's McMenamin Speaks on NPR
MHC professor of geology Mark McMenamin was a featured guest on Connecticut NPR's Where We Live program in a segment titled "From Embryo to Earth" on April 2.
April 2, 2008 |
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Abby Goldman '10 and Destination Imagination
The March 26 Springfield Republican reports on MHC sophomore Abby Goldman's work with pupils at South Hadley's Mosier Elementary School.
March 31, 2008 |
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Women Matter: Postel on China's Water Problem
Hear Sandra Postel discuss China's modernization and its uses of money, technology, and political power to race against its water problem on radio station Women Matter.
March 3, 2008 |
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NY Times on Czitrom's New Book
The New York Times focused in on professor of history Daniel Czitrom's new book, Discovering Jacob Riis, cowritten with Bonnie Yochelson.
February 29, 2008 |
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Ramdas: Clinton, Obama Miss Chances
Trustee Kavita Ramdas '85, head of the Global Fund for Women, observes in The Nation that presidential candidates are not discussing "the fragile future of our shared world."
February 27, 2008 |
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MHC President Speaks on Women's Colleges
Joanne V. Creighton discussed the "powerful culture" of MHC's mission and the "sense of moral purpose" in educating women in an article in Inside Higher Education.
February 15, 2008 |
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MHC's Hornstein on Too Much Happiness
Professor of psychology Gail Hornstein comments for Vancouver Sun and Canada.com on the increasingly frequent use of antidepressants.
February 14, 2008 |
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MHC Student Garners Support for "Water is Life"
Hannah Doherty '10 recently rallied support for Amman Imman, a "water is life" project benefiting people in the parched Azawak Valley desert region of Niger, Africa.
February 14, 2008 |
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FP Alum Craib in BizWeek Online
Linda Craib FP '02 writes about her educational journey at the Yale School of Management Health Care Executive MBA program in BusinessWeek online.
February 7, 2008 |
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Weber Reviews New Kazin Bio
Writing in the Chicago Tribune, English professor Donald Weber reviewed a new biography of the influential literary critic Alfred Kazin.
February 4, 2008 |
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Chicago Trib Reviews New Czitrom Book
Bonnie Yochelson and MHC history prof Daniel Czitrom's new book on muckraking journalist and photographer Jacob Riis was reviewed in the January 26 Chicago Tribune.
January 30, 2008 |
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MHC's LeGouis Defends Moscow Subway
Writing in the January 25 Moscow Times, French professor Catherine LeGouis defended the Moscow subway against a negative assessment previously published in that paper.
January 30, 2008 |
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MHC's Benfey on Barker in NY Times
Writing in the January 27 Sunday Book Review, Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey reviewed Life Class, Pat Barker's new World War I novel.
January 28, 2008 |
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MHC's Ellis on the Founders and Obama
Mount Holyoke historian Joseph Ellis weighs in on how the nation's founders would have viewed Barack Obama's politics of hope in the January 19 LA Times.
January 22, 2008 |
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Alum Named Editor in Chief at Simon & Schuster
Priscilla Painton '80, former deputy managing editor of Time, has been named editor in chief of the adult trade book imprint at the publishing company.
January 22, 2008 |
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WSJ: Jensen '07 Drives Ostrich Mobile
The Wall Street Journal focuses on Jo Jensen '07, Students for Saving
Social Security, and their novel approach to getting noticed in the NH primary.
January 8, 2008 |
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MHC's Ellis: Very Opinionated
Historian Joseph J. Ellis, author of the current bestseller American Creation, had op-eds in the Washington Post and LA Times in recent days.
January 4, 2008 |
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Ellis to appear on Book TV
MHC's Joseph Ellis, Professor of History on the Ford Foundation, will appear on Book TV on C-Span2 December 24 at 11 am to read from his latest book, American Creation.
December 20, 2007 |
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MHC's Demas discusses Nina's Waltz
Professor of English Corinne M. Demas discusses her children's book, Nina's Waltz, and the role music plays in her writing in an interview with American Chronicle.
December 18, 2007 |
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MHC's Ed Gray in NY Times
Ed Gray, a technology support specialist for the MHC Alumnae Association, discusses using cell phone technology to keep his children safe in a New York Times article.
December 7, 2007 |
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Econ Prof Gabriel in ProJo on China
The Providence Journal quotes economics professor Satya Gabriel in a December 4 story on China's economic growth and globalization.
December 5, 2007 |
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Professor Gadjigo Interviewed on Sembene
Professor of French Samba Gadjigo spoke with WBAI radio (New York 99.5) about the New York Film Forum retrospective on African filmmaker Ousmane Sembene. The interview aired Friday, November 30 at 2 pm. Listen to the show...
December 3, 2007 |
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MHC Axes Link to Lizzie Borden
A discovery by Kristin Pepe, laboratory director in psychology and education, led to a recent article in Hatchet, a journal devoted to the study of accused axe murderer Lizzie Borden.
November 30, 2007 |
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AP on Rivers's Translation of Johnson Memoir
Associated Press focused on Professor Chris Rivers's translation of an unknown French memoir by Jack Johnson, the first African American heavyweight boxing world champion.
November 16, 2007 |
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NYT Celebrates Literary Valley
The Valley's rich literary life, including the Odyssey Bookshop and the BookMarks festival staged by Museums10, fronted the NYT's Escapes section November 16.
November 16, 2007 |
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MHC's Gudmundson in Amer. Historical Review
Latin American studies prof Lowell Gudmundson penned a featured review of a new book on race mixture and Central American nations in the 20th century.
November 15, 2007 |
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MHC in AP Story on Language Trends
An AP report about the teaching of Arabic, Chinese, and other languages on American campuses hit papers around the world, including China's People's Daily Online.
November 15, 2007 |
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LeGouis Letter in NYT
French professor Catherine LeGouis's letter in response to a story about recent fires in Russia was published November 15 in the New York Times online.
November 15, 2007 |
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MHC's Shaw Featured on Writer's Almanac
"Letter of Recommendation," a poem by English prof Robert Shaw from his collection Solving for X, was featured by Garrison Keillor on his radio show November 15.
November 15, 2007 |
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NYT Reviews Ellis's Newest Book
The New York Times Sunday Book Review assesses history
professor Joe Ellis's new book, American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic.
November 12, 2007 |
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FP Alumna Cruz Named Conn. Victim Advocate
Michelle Cruz FP '98, who currently practices law in Hartford, was named by
Gov. M. Jodi Rell to become the chief ombudsman for crime victims.
November 8, 2007 |
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Sports Journal Features MHC Swimmer
Senior swimmer Grace Bauer is featured in the Western Massachusetts Sports Journal. Entering her final season, Bauer owns an astonishing nine school records.
November 8, 2007 |
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NPR on Ellis and the Republic's Creation
NPR's Talk of the Nation hosted Professor Joseph Ellis discussing American Creation, his new look at the myths and realities of the nation's founding.
November 7, 2007 |
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FP Alum Craib in BizWeek Online
Linda Craib FP '02 writes about her educational journey to the Yale School of Management Health Care Executive MBA program in BusinessWeek online.
November 7, 2007 |
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Harsh Words for Bush Education Program
Author Jonathan Kozol, the second speaker in the Weissman Center's Bearing Witness series, lambasted the No Child Left Behind program for devastating the public education system.
November 6, 2007 |
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NYT Blog Plugs Amy Web Site
The New York Times editorial board blog hails politics prof Doug Amy's new Web site devoted to the virtues of government.
October 25, 2007 |
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Benfey Reviews Némirovsky in Sunday NY Times
Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey reviewed a newly discovered novella by Irène Némirovsky, author of Suite Française, in the Sunday Book Review.
October 22, 2007 |
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Mount Holyoke...the Final Frontier
Visiting professor of astronomy Tom Burbine goes celestial with naming opportunities as he leads efforts to christen an asteroid for Star Trek's George Takei.
October 3, 2007 |
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Leithauser Brothers in Washington Post
An exhibition at the Art Museum, featuring poems and illustrations for the new book by MHC's Brad Leithauser and his brother Mark, is highlighted by the Post.
September 27, 2007 |
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MHC's Benfey: "Mess MoCA"
Slate arts reviewer and Mellon Professor of English Chris Benfey weighs in on a messy legal battle between an installation artist and Mass MOCA.
September 27, 2007 |
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MHC Choral Director Featured in Hampshire Life
Kimberly Dunn, interim choral director and visiting lecturer in music, was featured in the September 14 issue of Hampshire Life, part of the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
September 19, 2007 |
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Alumna Walter's Methane Work on NPR
NPR's "All Things Considered" focused on Alaska scientist Katey Walter '98 and her studies of a largely overlooked aspect of climate change: methane emissions.
September 12, 2007 |
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Travel + Leisure Highlights MHC Art Museum
The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is listed among the best art institutions in the Pioneer Valley in T + L's recently published "Ultimate Fall Travel Guide."
August 23, 2007 |
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MHC Prof Leads Debate on Wrongful Convictions
Criminologist and professor of sociology Richard Moran's phone hasn't stopped ringing since the New York Times published his op-ed, "The Presence of Malice," in early August.
August 23, 2007 |
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Take the Lead Teen in Time.com
Take the Lead's Alexandra Abend's efforts to organize "Autism Family
Nights" in T.G.I. Friday restaurants is profiled on Time.com.
August 16, 2007 |
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MHC's Ooi '08 in Malaysia's Star
Audrey Ooi '08 and Mount Holyoke are noted in words and pictures in a
feature on U.S. liberal arts colleges in Malaysia's Star newspaper.
August 15, 2007 |
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MHC's Atanasova Reports from Egypt
Kameliya Atanasova '08 has cowritten an August 11 piece in Egypt's Daily News on anorexia nervosa. Atanasova is interning at the paper this summer.
August 14, 2007 |
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Creighton Against Israeli Higher Ed Boycott
MHC President Joanne Creighton has joined U.S. academic leaders to denounce a decision by British academics to boycott Israeli educational institutions.
August 8, 2007 |
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MHC's Brown on Submitting SAT Scores
Vice president for enrollment Jane Brown is quoted in an article in the New York Times' Education Life supplement on whether to submit SAT scores when they're optional.
July 30, 2007 |
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Famous College T-Shirts
MHC's "Evolution of Authority" T-shirt was featured along with several other popular college slogans in the New York Times' Education Life supplement. View the slide show.
July 30, 2007 |
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Video by MHC's Jensen Noted by Time.com
A short YouTube video produced by Jo Jensen '07 for Students for Saving Social Security is featured on Time.com. The ostrich in the middle is Karen Lee '08.
July 20, 2007 |
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MHC Prof in Fight Against Invasive Plants
Associate professor Thomas Millete spoke to WAMC recently about his
new airborne imagery system and efforts with the Nature Conservancy to
save local forests.
July 17, 2007 |
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Alumna Poet Laureate on NPR's Only a Game
Marjory Wentworth '80, poet laureate of South Carolina, was a guest on NPR's sports magazine program to talk about a recent gathering of poets laureate focusing on sports poetry.
July 5, 2007 |
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MHC's Jensen '07 on the NH Campaign Trail
A July 4 Harford Courant feature focuses on recent graduate Jo Jensen and her work on the campaign trail leading Students for Saving Social Security.
July 5, 2007 |
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MHC's Dean O'Shea in American Scientist
Dean of Faculty Donal O'Shea--author of a recent study of one of the most perplexing problems in mathematics--talks about his reading habits in an online interview.
June 28, 2007 |
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Student Artwork on Display at Smithsonian
Incoming first-year Vera Fomenkov of Owings Mills, Maryland, has two charcoal works on view at the Smithsonian as part of the Presidential Scholars in the Arts program.
June 20, 2007 |
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MHC's Gadjigo on Father of African Cinema
Professor of French Samba Gadjigo spoke to NPR's All Things Considered June 11 about the death of author and director Ousmane Sembene.
June 13, 2007 |
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Boston Globe Features Penn's Research
Assistant professor of religion Michael Penn, who won a Guggenheim for his research on early Christian-Muslim relations, was interviewed for the Globe's Spiritual Life column.
June 12, 2007 |
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MHC's McMenamin in June 3 Globe Magazine
Professor of geology Mark McMenamin is seeking evidence of mysterious
life forms from nearly 600 million years ago in rocks in Hingham,
Massachusetts.
June 4, 2007 |
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Voice of America Profiles MHC's Lyon
A June 2 VOA segment aimed at teaching English and U.S. history featured the life story of Mount Holyoke's founder Mary Lyon and her role in the history of women's education.
June 4, 2007 |
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Unfettered Knowledge at MHC
A Boston Globe story details how MHC students are studying with prisoners in a groundbreaking effort involving inmates and Five College students.
May 17, 2007 |
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CBS News Features Ackmann, Mercury 13
Martha Ackmann talked to the CBS Evening News about the women secretly trained as astronauts who were honored last weekend by the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
May 15, 2007 |
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Alum Columnist Praises Women Aviators
Sheryl McCarthy '69 wrote in USA Today about the Mercury 13, honorees at U Wisconsin-Oshkosh's commencement, at which MHC's Martha Ackmann is the keynote speaker.
May 10, 2007 |
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University Business: MHC Trains Scientists
The April issue of University Business magazine details why MHC and other liberal arts schools succeed in training scientists better than large universities.
April 30, 2007 |
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MHC Students Conduct Oral History Project
Professor Joshua Roth and his students are featured in an article in the Republican about the oral history project they are conducting with South Hadley residents.
April 26, 2007 |
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Ferraro and Czitrom on WGBY's Watercooler
Professors Vinnie Ferraro and Dan Czitrom appeared on recent episodes of WGBY's Watercooler show to discuss the war in Iraq and 9/11. Watch the videos.
April 24, 2007 |
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Sheila Browne Keynotes Science Conference
MHC Professor of Chemistry Sheila Browne was the keynote speaker at a conference encouraging middle school girls to become scientists, according to the Worcester Telegram.
April 12, 2007 |
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Klassical Kids Concert Big Hit
Tykes and parents turned out in droves for a kid-friendly, interactive concert put on by the MHC orchestra and other students, according to the Sunday Republican.
April 9, 2007 |
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Alumna Preserves Legacy of Beecher Stowe
The Hartford Courant featured an article on Saint, a rarity in the math and statistics field in her time who later worked to preserve the homestead of Harriet Beecher Stowe.
April 9, 2007 |
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Benfey in New York Times
Mellon Professor of English Chris Benfey writes about Tales from the Torrid Zone by Alexander Frater in the Sunday Book Review and is interviewed about it in a New York Times podcast.
March 27, 2007 |
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Dean O'Shea's Book Reviewed in Tribune
Dean of faculty Donal O'Shea's new book, The Poincare Conjecture: In Search of the Shape of the Universe, was reviewed recently in the Chicago Tribune.
March 23, 2007 |
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Benfey Writes about Beauty on Slate
The Mellon Professor of English reviewed philosopher Alexander Nehamas's Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art for Slate.com.
March 21, 2007 |
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Benfey Reviews Biographies of Thomas Eakins
Writing in the New York Review of Books, Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey surveyed three works on the life of artist Thomas Eakins.
March 14, 2007 |
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Leithauser's New Book Reviewed in NY Times
Emily Dickinson Senior Lecturer Brad Leithauser's new poetry collection, Curves and Angles, was reviewed in the New York Times Book Review Sunday, March 11.
March 14, 2007 |
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Fran Deutsch on Work and Family in WSJ
In the Wall Street Journal's "Work & Family Mailbox" section, professor Fran Deutsch helps answer a reader's question about the rights of a household's primary breadwinner.
March 1, 2007 |
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A Place for Women's Colleges
In an editorial in the Chronicle for Higher Education, Rosemary Salomone, a St. John's law professor, argues that women's colleges are still relevant in today's world.
February 27, 2007 |
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SATs Not for Everyone
As part of a series on the college admissions frenzy, NPR looks at the move by some schools, including MHC, to make the standardized test optional, and what it means for students.
February 27, 2007 |
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MHC's O'Shea in Forbes on Math Education
Dean of faculty Donal O'Shea writes in the March 12 issue of Forbes on the challenges facing math education in the United States and suggests a way forward.
February 26, 2007 |
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MHC Prof on What Students Know About Presidents
History professor Joseph Ellis talked to the Republican on President's Day about a recent study addressing how much college students know about U.S. presidents.
February 19, 2007 |
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MHC Duo Write Poetry on NewsHour
On February 14, PBS' NewsHour with Jim Lehrer featured Mount Holyoke's Mary Jo Salter and Brad Leithauser writing poetry on the Web site QuickMuse.com.
February 15, 2007 |
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MHC's Benfey in International Publications
Mellon Professor of English Christopher Benfey has recently had pieces in the New Republic, the New York Review of Books, and Times Literary Supplement.
February 13, 2007 |
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Harold Talks Medical Ethics on WGBY
Assistant professor of philosophy James Harold was a guest on WGBY's Watercooler show addressing the moral and ethical challenges facing modern medicine.
February 9, 2007 |
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MHC's Benfey on Jasper Johns in Slate
Christopher Benfey, Mellon Professor of English and art writer for Slate, reviews the National Gallery of Art's Jasper Johns: An Allegory of Painting,1955-1965 exhibition.
February 9, 2007 |
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MHC Student Discusses Immigration on WAMC
Frances Perkins Scholar Eleanore Velez '07, wife, student, mother, and Mexican immigrant spoke on WAMC's morning talk show, The Roundtable, January 25.
January 25, 2007 |
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MHC Professor Analyzes Bush's Speech on Iraq
Presidential historian Joseph Ellis examined President Bush's January 10 speech in light of past presidential speeches in a Hartford Courant news analysis.
January 11, 2007 |
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Royal Recognition for MHC's Cassani '82
Barbara Cassani '82 received an honorary royal award January 10 for her role in bringing the 2012 Olympic Games to London, according to the International Herald Tribune.
January 11, 2007 |
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CBL Students' Efforts Featured on abc40
Students in Giovanna Di Chiro's environmental studies seminar made a presentation at a Nuestras Raíces community meeting in Holyoke on regional environmental health resources.
December 19, 2006 |
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Hammond '72 Interview with WFCR
Artist Jane Hammond takes Tina Antolini on a tour of her disciplined yet wildly creative special exhibition, Paper Work. Listen to the audio clip.
December 18, 2006 |
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Mount Holyoke Gives Thanks in Denmark
International relations major Amberle Fant '08 was the student speaker for the American Chamber of Commerce in Denmark Thanksgiving event.
December 12, 2006 |
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Moran Comments on Insanity Case
Sociology professor Richard Moran spoke to the Dallas Morning News on the release of a woman found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2003 drowning of her two daughters.
November 15, 2006 |
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New Yorker Features Suzan-Lori Parks '85
The October 30 New Yorker features an article on the playwright and her new project, a nationwide staging of 365 short plays she wrote over the course of a year.
October 30, 2006 |
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Sabbatical Story Highlights MHC Professor
Gary Gillis, assistant professor of biological sciences, is included in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about faculty who recently came back from leave.
October 6, 2006 |
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MHC Alumna Receives Prestigious NIH Award
Lila M. Gierasch '70, a biochemistry professor at UMass, received a Pioneer Award for $2.5 million to study how proteins form within living cells.
September 21, 2006 |
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MHC Among Top Schools for African Americans
Black Enterprise ranked Mount Holyoke among the top 50 colleges for African Americans in the September 2006 issue of the magazine. (PDF)
September 18, 2006 |
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Baby Boomers Go Back to School
Frances Perkins Scholar Emma Ferguson '10 is featured in an Associated Press article about baby boomers returning to college.
September 18, 2006 |
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MHC's Brown on Harvard's New Admission Decision
Vice President for Enrollment and College Relations Jane Brown tells the Daily Hampshire Gazette she doesn't expect a similar change at Mount Holyoke.
September 14, 2006 |
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William Chace Recalls Creighton's Success
The former Wesleyan and Emory president highlights his work with President Creighton in his autobiography, an excerpt of which is featured on Inside Higher Ed.
September 11, 2006 |
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Brown Comments on Decline in SAT Scores
The September 30 Republican spoke to vice president for enrollment Jane Brown about MHC's optional SAT submission policy in light of falling scores nationally.
August 31, 2006 |
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MHC Student, Staff Member Talk About Memoirs
Staff member Eileen Rakouskas, a personal historian, and Janna Biagio '08, whose mother has written memoir essays, are featured in an article in the Republican.
August 28, 2006 |
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Burbine on Pluto's Downgrade
The Republican spoke to assistant professor of astronomy Thomas
Burbine and other area scholars regarding Pluto's new status.
August 25, 2006 |
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Claire Thomas '08 Safely Leaves Lebanon
According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, the MHC student interning in Beirut boarded a ship to Cyprus and is now flying home to Kansas City.
August 11, 2006 |
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MHC Student in Beirut Awaits Evacuation
Claire Thomas '08, an intern at a Beirut newspaper, is among the foreign visitors trying to leave the war-torn city, according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.
August 11, 2006 |
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Mount Holyoke Part of Initiative to Increase Access
A June 29 article on Inside Higher Ed talks about elite colleges that are using grant money to increase access for community college students.
June 29, 2006 |
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MHC Professor Quoted in LiveScience
Professor of geology Mark McMenamin is quoted in a LiveScience article about a new study of ancient organisms that may have survived "Snowball Earth."
June 14, 2006 |
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Professor Wartenberg on Film As Philosophy
The Chronicle of Higher Education highlights an introduction in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism by Wartenberg and Murray Smith.
June 14, 2006 |
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Professor Hashmi Quoted in Toronto Star
Professor Sohail Hashmi was quoted in an article in the May 6 Toronto
Star on
the growing tensions between Muslim extremists and moderates.
May 17, 2006 |
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AP Story Highlights Program for Afghan Women
A recent AP story about the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women notes that Mount Holyoke is one of the 14 schools enrolling students from the program.
May 17, 2006 |
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LA Times Editorial Notes MHC SAT Policy
"Downgrading the SAT," an editorial in the April 24 Los
Angeles Times,
pointed to Mount Holyoke's SAT optional policy.
April 24, 2006 |
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MHC is First Choice for Central Massachusetts Senior
Golfer Tiffany Shute, who will be a scholar-athlete in Mount Holyoke's class
of 2010, was recently profiled in the Worcester Telegram.
April 20, 2006 |
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Extraterrestrials Land in Academia
The New York Sun reviewed Professor Battaglia's E.T. Culture, a collection she
contributed to and edited, focusing on "fringe" science/religious communities.
April 13, 2006 |
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Professor Penn in USA Today on Gospel of Judas
Assistant professor of religion Michael Penn was quoted in USA Today regarding
the unveiling of an ancient Christian manuscript.
April 7, 2006 |
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Professor Moran Comments on Moussaoui Trial
Professor of sociology Richard Moran was quoted in an article in the Washington Post on the Zacarias Moussaoui trial.
March 31, 2006 |
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SAT Op-Ed Named One of The Week's Best Columns
The March 25 issue of The Week magazine named Joanne Creighton's recent op-ed on the SAT in the LA Times one of the best recent columns in U.S. papers.
March 30, 2006 |
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Brodsky Dedication Featured in the Republican
The remarkable work of Nobel Prize winner Joseph Brodsky, who taught at MHC, is fondly recalled by friends and associates in the Republican.
March 27, 2006 |
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MHC Chorale to Perform Verdi's Requiem
Chorale group will join local musical talent and S.S.O's conductor Kevin Rhodes to perform a colossal concert April 2, according to the Republican.
March 27, 2006 |
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Gift of Life
Fleet coordinator Amanda Bouse, her husband Jeff Florek, and former MHC-employee
John Florek are featured in a moving story in the March 8 Republican.
March 21, 2006 |
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Economic Expert Addresses Outsourcing at MHC
The keynote speech by Harvard economist Richard Freeman at CGI's conference
on outsourcing is the subject of an article in the Republican.
March 9, 2006 |
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Elite Colleges Welcome Community Students
Mount Holyoke and Amherst Colleges join the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation and six other renowned colleges and universities to increase access for community college students, reports the Associated Press.
March 6, 2006 |
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MHC Alum Helps Victims of Human Trafficking
A recent article in the Boston Globe tells the story of how Carol Gomez '93 helped an Indian woman escape from domestic servitude.
March 1, 2006 |
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Evolution of the Kiss
In a recent article in the Republican, writer Ronni Gordon discusses assistant
professor of religion Michael Penn's new book, Kissing Christians.
February 17, 2006 |
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Professor Eva Paus in the Irish Times
Economics professor Eva Paus's participation in a recent conference, Can Costa Rica Become Ireland?, was noted in Ireland's leading newspaper.
February 15, 2006 |
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Local News Features Mount Holyoke on Valentines's Day
Archives Librarian Patricia Albright appeared on abc40 to talk about 1847 alumna Esther Howland, "mother of the American valentine."
February 14, 2006 |
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Professor Czitrom Comments on Hollywood Activism
Professor of history Daniel Czitrom contributed to an article in the Toronto Star on the increase of politicized movies coming out of Hollywood.
February 1, 2006 |
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MHC Georgian Social Democracy Expert Gets Kudos
Professor Stephen F. Jones received a favorable review on his latest book,
Socialism in Georgian Colors, in the Moscow Times.
January 26, 2006 |
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Alumna Reaches Settlement in Term Paper Lawsuit
Blue Macellari '00 reached a settlement with the operator of Web sites she sued for posting her term paper without permission, according to the Boston Globe.
January 20, 2006 |
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Defining Women's Scientific Enterprise
In a Q&A with Inside Higher Ed, author Miriam R. Levin discusses Mount Holyoke's success in educating women in the sciences.
January 18, 2006 |
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Alumna's Book Tempts Tastebuds
Springfield Republican article features Carol Colitti Levine's book Table's
Edge, about the founders and owners of Northampton's restaurants.
January 13, 2006 |
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Forget About the Rest
Don't sleep much at night? You might be a genius. In a recent issue of Attaché, MHC founder Mary Lyon is listed among movers and shakers who were insomniacs.
December 21, 2005 |
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Emily Dickinson: 175, Immortal
Martha Ackmann, senior lecturer in women studies, wrote a tribute to the poet in the December 11 Hartford Courant.
December 13, 2005 |
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MHC Professor Hailed for Mentoring Efforts
Professor Sheila Browne was featured in the November 21 Daily Hampshire Gazette for her outstanding work in mentoring science students.
November 30, 2005 |
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Emily Dickinson at Heart of Textbook Squabble
The famed poet is among the historical figures criticized in books at the heart of a lawsuit against the University of California by several Christian high schools.
November 29, 2005 |
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Ella T. Grasso '40 Papers Make Big News
The media spotlight was on Mount Holyoke recently when the Grasso papers in the Archives and Special Collections were made available to the public.
November 18, 2005 |
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Alum Raves about MHC Dance Program
An article by Wesley Robert '04 about her experience with the Mount Holyoke dance program appeared in the Dance Magazine College Guide 2005/06.
November 17, 2005 |
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Sean Decatur in The Scientist
Chemistry professor Sean Decatur is featured in a roundtable discussion on minorities in science in the latest issue of The Scient |
