Professor authors groundbreaking study on peer review

A study on the peer review process titled “Research Culture: Co-Reviewing and Ghostwriting by Early-Career Researchers in the Peer Review of Manuscripts,” was recently published in eLife Journal. Rebeccah Lijek, an assistant professor of biology at Mount Holyoke was a senior author on the story.

Guest injured in violent altercation at Blanchard campus party

Early Sunday morning, multiple campus police officers, local South Hadley police and an ambulance were called to the Blanchard Community Center Great Room, where a person had reportedly been cut by a knife. These reports remain unconfirmed. 

Jefferson scholar presents at 37th annual Lax Lecture

Jefferson scholar presents at 37th annual Lax Lecture

“I originally thought of myself as a writer. But history gripped me,” said speaker Annette Gordon-Reed, a Charles Warren professor of American legal history at Harvard Law School and professor of history in the faculty of arts and sciences at Harvard University. She was addressing the crowd gathered in Gamble Auditorium on Oct. 31.

Betty Shabazz Center celebrates 50th anniversary

Betty Shabazz Center celebrates 50th anniversary

On Wednesday, Oct. 30, the Association of Pan African Unity (APAU) and the Mount Holyoke African and Caribbean Students’ Association (MHACASA) held a celebration for the 50th anniversary of the Betty Shabazz Cultural Center. 

Senate town hall discusses issues of diversity, equity and inclusion

Senate town hall discusses issues of diversity, equity and inclusion

This week, the Student Government Association (SGA) senate meeting largely revolved around diversity and inclusion, the theme of the month.

News Briefs 11/1: DEI initiatives, dishwasher malfunction, racist graffiti

On Oct. 9, the Mount Holyoke community received an email update on the Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiative (DEI) from Kijua Sanders-McMurtry, Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President for Equity and Inclusion.