Research Excellence and Opportunity | Mount Holyoke College

Research Excellence and Opportunity | Mount Holyoke College
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Research Excellence and Opportunity
Research Excellence and Opportunity
Investigate, innovate and inspire
Across disciplines and campus, students and faculty alike are on the leading edge of research.
Our founder, Mary Lyon, was a chemist who encouraged Mount Holyoke’s earliest students to learn by getting out of the classroom and into the real world. Today, that inquisitive spirit is still in our DNA, and it’s why we are driven to make research possible for scholars of all levels and disciplines. Whether students are in the classroom, laboratory or out in the world, we provide opportunities for them to pursue their own research interests while supporting faculty with the resources to expand and deepen theirs.
Research programs
Beckman Scholars Program
Research on campus
From weather- and water-sampling stations to ecological field sites, our campus is a living laboratory. It’s just one example of the innovative research spaces you’ll find here, which balance leading-edge resources and equipment with accessibility and community.
Campus Living Laboratory
We use our 700 acres to investigate natural and built environments, with opportunities for multidisciplinary research in biology, ecology, sustainability and environmental history.
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Science Center
In facilities ranked among the best in the U.S. per the 2019 Princeton Review, you can gain practical experience with sophisticated equipment as early as your first year.
Discover the science center
Library, Information, and Technology Services (LITS)
LITS combines research support with library materials and technology, resulting in a valuable resource hub for students and faculty alike.
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College Archives and Special Collections
Trace the history of Mount Holyoke and explore a range of special collection materials from 276 A.D. to the 1980s.
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Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
Enjoy direct engagement with rich collections of art and material culture for research. The permanent collections of the Art Museum and its subsidiary, the Joseph Allen Skinner Museum, include more than 24,000 works of art, decorative art and material and visual culture from around the world and through time.
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Campus Voices
Student research in action
Connecting boldly and being crafted for leadership
Nathania Amadi ’26
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My weekend with 250 math students
Jayleen Jiang ’27
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From the Botanic Garden to Costa Rica
Bridget McBride ’26
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Happening at Mount Holyoke
Faculty research in the news
MHC faculty named an AI education fellow
Mount Holyoke College Assistant Professor of Computer Science Diane Uwacu is a member of the inaugural cohort of NSF NAIRR AI Education Fellows of the Computing Research Association.
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Faculty on the leading edge of change
Mount Holyoke College held its annual Faculty Awards Ceremony and celebrated five faculty members for their research, teaching and service.
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Traditions and Annual Events
MHC professor, alums and student study keto trade-offs
New research from Mount Holyoke College reveals that mimicking a keto diet in fruit flies extends lifespan but reduces fertility, suggesting that ketone bodies could act as metabolic signals rather than simply a fuel source.
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Recent faculty/student published research
Honor
Jean M. Janecki
Jean Janecki
gave the closing Keynote address for the Boston Area Language Pedagogy Conference at Harvard University. Her talk "Sowing Sustainability: Creating Fertile Grounds and Planting Seeds for Language and Culture Growth". highlighted this year's theme of "Language Sustainability and the Future of Language Programs".
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Thomas Ciufo
Thomas Ciufo
convened and chaired a panel session entitled, Arts and Technology: Studio Reports and Curriculum Roundtable, at the Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology 18th Triennial Symposium at Connecticut College. The panel had faculty from Mount Holyoke College, Connecticut College, the University of Michigan, and Virginia Tech.
Publication
Doug Roossien
Kinser, A., Rhodes, J. K., &
Roossien, D. H.
(2026). Activation of 5-HT1A autoreceptors causes actin depolymerization in Drosophila serotonergic neurons. microPublication biology, 2026, 10.17912/micropub.biology.002024. https://doi.org/10.17912/micropub.biology.002024
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Dinko Hanaan Dinko
Dinko, D. H.
, Francisco, S., & Malloy, M. (2026). Flying to uncover: Drone activism, vertical politics, and the politics of environmental sight. Applied Geography, 190, 103981. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeog.2026.103981
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Kevin Surprise
Surprise, K.
(2026). Hidden forces: Geopolitical ecology, climate apartheid, and the military-industrial complex in Massachusetts. Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space, 25148486261421780.
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