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The Mount Holyoke College Board of Trustees voted this past weekend to forego any increase in tuition or room and board for the upcoming year.

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Best-selling writer Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, will address Mount Holyoke College graduates during the College's 175th commencement on May 20.

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Did you know the American tradition of sending Valentines originated with a young graduate of Mount Holyoke College? The College Archives now hold a collection of these and other vintage Valentine greetings.

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Mount Holyoke College celebrates a "Year of Wendy Wasserstein" for 2011-2012, honoring the late playwright -- a beloved alumna -- with an exhibition of her papers and a series of related events.

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With Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella as its host, WAMC Radio's Academic Minute recently marked its first anniversary while reaching ever-expanding audiences here and abroad.

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Mount Holyoke College Assistant Professor of Physics Katherine Aidala will receive the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers.

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As the world prepares to observe the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks, Mount Holyoke College Professor Karen Remmler is available to discuss mourning, remembrance and the new National September 11 Memorial.

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Lynn Pasquerella is one of the first signers of the Presidents’ Pledge, in which college and university presidents donate five percent of their annual income to help alleviate global poverty.

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Vincent A. Ferraro, a specialist in international relations and American foreign policy at Mount Holyoke College, is available to comment on what Osama Bin Laden’s death means for the future of U.S. relations with both Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as the impact that Bin Laden’s death will have on the war on terror.

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President Lynn Pasquerella has announced the selection of John R. Stomberg as the new director of the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum. Stomberg becomes director August 1.

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Philosopher and author Martha Nussbaum will give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at the 174th Mount Holyoke College commencement on May 22.

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Religion professor Michael Penn has received several new awards for his research into some of the least studied but most pertinent early Christian writings about Islam.

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Thanks to a $500,000 grant, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum has brought in more than 50 classes--both art-related and not--to use the museum for course projects, including students in a Molecular and Atomic Structure course who used infrared cameras to examine the underlayers of paintings.

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In the wake of the removal of the mural depicting Mount Holyoke College alumna Frances Perkins and other historic labor leaders from the Maine Department of Labor building, College President Lynn Pasquerella has faxed a letter of protest to that state's governor, Paul LePage.

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Working on an Oprah Winfrey story? Consider sociologist Eleanor Townsley who can talk about the imminent end of Oprah's daytime talk show, and what it means for the larger media landscape.

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Author Martha Ackmann of Mount Holyoke College has been tapped to give the keynote address on the first woman to play in the Negro Leagues when the National Baseball Hall of Fame honors Women's History Month on March 19.

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A group of Mount Holyoke College computer science students is building an autonomous wheelchair that one day may help people with severe neurological disorders get around on their own.

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A new exhibit presented by Mount Holyoke Archives and Special Collections honors Frances Perkins (class of 1902) and observes the 100th anniversary of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that inspired her life's work.

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Mount Holyoke College professor Anthony Lee talks about the impact he thinks Google's new Art Project will have on teaching, and whether it's a good enough substitute for seeing art--and the museums that house it--in person.

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Mount Holyoke College's Archives and Special Collections is home to vintage Valentines, including some made by Esther Howland, who is credited with creating the American Valentine card tradition.

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JeepNeed, an innovative science education program created by two young women, transforms Jeepneys--a common form of transportation in the Philippines--into a powerful tool to combat the country's high drop-out rate.

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Mount Holyoke professor John Fox is a tax policy expert who practiced tax law in Washington D.C. for many years, and was featured in the recent documentary, "An Inconvenient Tax," on the income tax.

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We exchanged them with our school classmates as children, and as adults we send them to those we love most – but did you know the American tradition of sending valentines originated with a young Mount Holyoke College graduate?

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The Caribbean is made up of Spanish-, French-, and English-speaking island states. Literary criticism tends to maintain the separation between these cultures, says Mount Holyoke College professor Roberto Márquez. "In his new book, "A World among These Islands" Márquez looks at the Caribbean as a whole to better understand the region’s literary heritage and history.

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Beginning Monday, January 3, Inside Higher Ed will begin carrying The Academic Minute, an innovative series of daily 90-second commentaries by scholars speaking to the general public about research and other intellectual work taking place on college and university campuses. The series is produced by WAMC/Northeast Public Radio.

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Mount Holyoke College's Waquar Ahmed has co-edited a new book that challenges conventional interpretations of India’s economic growth in the last two decades.

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Mount Holyoke College will help Effat University--the first private institution of higher education for women in Saudi Arabia--build its student development and academic support programs.

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As millions of Americans enjoy the annual celebration of baseball known as the World Series, most have no idea "the best baseball player you've never heard of" was the woman who replaced Hank Aaron in the Negro Leagues.

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Mount Holyoke College is celebrating the dedication of the newly-named Miller Worley Center for the Environment through a series of events October 28 and 29.

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Mount Holyoke College inaugurates its 18th president, Lynn Pasquerella, Friday, September 24. The event will be celebrated in a series of festivities from September 23 to 25.

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Mount Holyoke's Al Werner leads undergraduates on a climate change research trip to Svalbard, Norway--and the results are chilling.

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Jones is the editor of new book on the 2008 conflict that had a major impact on the Eursasian region and the rest of the world.

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Nine Mount Holyoke College students are sailing aboard the brig Niagara across Lake Erie this month for the course "Rethinking the War of 1812."

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The new residence hall at Mount Holyoke has been named Joanne V. Creighton Hall in tribute to the College's departing president.

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Mount Holyoke College French professor Samba Gadjigo has published a new book on Ousmane Sembène and was chosen to present a film project on the African filmmaker at the Tribeca Film Institute.

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Katherine Aidala, Mount Holyoke's Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics, has won the National Science Foundation’s prestigious Early Career Award for her work in nanophysics.

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New York Times columnist and author Gail Collins will give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at Mount Holyoke College on Sunday, May 23.

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Mount Holyoke College announces a $5 million gift to name and support the Leslie Miller and Richard Worley Center for the Environment.

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Mount Holyoke College will host scholars from various disciplines and countries for a conference titled "Global Challenges: Migration" at its South Hadley, MA, campus March 5 and 6.

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New research by Mount Holyoke College professor Gary B. Gillis demonstrates toads anticipate the timing and impact of their landings and adjust the use of their arm muscles accordingly.

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With college graduates facing intense competition for jobs, Mount Holyoke College has launched a new program designed to give students a crucial edge as transition from their liberal arts studies to successful careers.

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The Williston Library at Mount Holyoke College will present Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine Jan. 28 through Feb. 26. The Mount Holyoke Library is one of only 12 selected nationwide by the American Library Association to host Harry Potter's World.

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NASA researcher Darby Dyar, associate professor of astronomy at Mount Holyoke College, is available to discuss the existence of water on the Moon.

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Lynn Pasquerella, an accomplished scholar, medical ethicist, and global advocate for women's education and empowerment, has been named the 18th president of Mount Holyoke College.

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Mount Holyoke astronomy professor Darby Dyar has received a big boost for her work—a $698K grant from NASA to participate in the exploration of Mars.

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In a national survey measuring social outcomes, Mount Holyoke College is ranked second among the country's liberal arts colleges by the Washington Monthly.

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Mount Holyoke College, the world's oldest institution of higher education for women and the first of the Seven Sisters, will welcome the 574 members of the class of 2013 this month. The students come from 40 countries and 40 states.

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Mount Holyoke College, the oldest women's college in the world, has once again been cited as one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education.

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Faculty from the Department of Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College offer expertise in climate change and are available for interviews on scientific and socio-political topics related to global warming.

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In her new book, Fixing My Gaze: A Scientist's Journey into Seeing in Three Dimensions, Mount Holyoke neurobiologist Susan R. Barry's recounts how she defied conventional medical wisdom to train herself to see in three dimensions for the first time at age 48.