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Mount Holyoke’s response to the 1916 polio epidemic

In the summer of 1916, an outbreak of poliomyelitis, more commonly known as polio or infant paralysis, swept the northeastern

President’s Pen: Winter 2020

It’s been 20 years since political scientist and Harvard professor Robert D. Putnam described the decline of communal activity and

Gracious Dinners: 1940s and today

Then: 1940s Also referred to as Gracious Living or simply Gracious, Gracious Dinners were held every Wednesday night and Sunday

Expression of an interfaith relationship

Nestled in the Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary sits a statue of Saint Sebastian. Standing at roughly 36½ inches tall, the statue

Susan Pincus ’08 on enjoying herbal infusions

  Many of us are familiar with herbal teas from drinking store-bought tea bags filled with herbs like chamomile or