Prospect Hill brush fire sparks amid Red Flag Warning for Western Mass
Mining lunar water: Insights from guest speaker Dr. Hibbits in ASTR-330’s lecture series
Professor Ben Boatwright’s course, Topics in Planetary Science: The Moon, recently hosted a guest lecture delivered by planetary scientist Dr. Charles Hibbitts as part of a bi-monthly guest scientist speaker series in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The series has included an impressive list of planetary science experts including Debra Buczkowski, Angela Stickle and Lauren Jozwiak. Their groundbreaking work at the JHUAPL offers valuable insights into planetary science and provides students with an exceptional opportunity to engage with leading researchers in the field.
Observatory Open House: Refracting space and time
After an eventful day of Family and Friends Weekend programming, students and their guests concluded the evening of Oct. 26 by enjoying a tradition of cosmic conversations and observations with astronomy faculty and students in Mount Holyoke College’s oldest continuously-used academic building, Williston Observatory.
Weekly Cortex Café gathering fosters connections among students and faculty
Every Tuesday from 4 to 5 p.m. in Clapp Laboratory’s Lewine Room, faculty members from the Neuroscience and Behavior department of Mount Holyoke College provide snacks and activities for students at the Cortex Café, a meeting for students interested in Neuroscience and Behavior to come together and casually chat about the field.
Northern lights illuminate campus and mesmerize students
Miller Worley Center encourages voters to consider climate change
While climate change has always been a prominent election issue, a series of devastating hurricanes in the southern United States this past month may place it at the forefront of some voters’ minds as they head to the polls this November. Climate action has become especially contentious in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, which battered Florida and other nearby states between late September and early October. The Miller Worley Center for the Environment, Mount Holyoke College’s center for environmental leadership, has urged community members to address climate change by casting a ballot in the Nov. 5 general election.
