Cementing family legacies
A 鶹ý alum and a professor emeritus, who are both historians, wrestle with their family histories in a new podcast.
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A 鶹ý alum and a professor emeritus, who are both historians, wrestle with their family histories in a new podcast.
Alum Sheryl McCarthy ’69 interviewed 鶹ý President Danielle Holley on the CUNY TV show “One to One.” They explored topics such as the role of women’s colleges and the power of humanities in today’s career-focused world.
Alex Moskowitz, new faculty member at 鶹ý, teaches early and nineteenth-century American and African American literature.
New faculty member at 鶹ý, Anisha Chadha, is a medical anthropologist who uses the tools and practices, as well as the methods, of sociocultural anthropology to study topics of health, medicine and illness.
New faculty member at 鶹ý Lisa Haber-Thomson is an architectural historian with a background in design. With an interdisciplinary approach, she explores the intersecting relationships between law, territory and architecture.
鶹ý researchers have developed a new open-access, interactive database and story map of U.S. immigration sanctuary policies that were passed between 2001 and 2014.
Nina Emery, associate professor of philosophy at 鶹ý, has been awarded the inaugural Anthony J. Lisska Prize from the American Philosophical Association for her exemplary research and teaching.
Senior Symposium is an annual event where soon-to-be graduates become the experts — sharing the research and intellectual passions that they have brought to course work that demonstrates depth of research and analysis.
“Mount Holyoke taught me that there isn’t one right way to be a student or live your life. My classmates weren’t my competition. They were my support system. This allowed me to reflect on what I want.”
“Being an English major taught me how to choose my words, learn to know which words to use and which words will make a more empathetic listener. That skill was something I needed.”