| Features
Rethinking Retirement
Active. Bold. Independent.
Rocking Chairs Optional.
By Maryann Teale Snell ’86
Alumnae retirees today are enjoying broader—and more active—options than many in previous generations.
Build a Better World for Women
Create a Support Network
in Your Community
By Julie Ginocchio Bergin ’99
The winner of the Quarterly’s third and final essay contest suggests
one way to improve life for women around the world.
Speckle Science:
Clare Waterman-Storer ’89
How a ‘Mistake’ Helped an Alum Scientist Track Movement Inside Cells
By Avice A. Meehan ’77
Scientist Clare Waterman-Storer ’89 has won a multi-million-dollar award supporting her work on how cells move and change their shapes.
Bragging Rights
Unusual and Often Unsung
Alumnae Talents
By Emily Harrison Weir
Everyone knows that Mount Holyoke women are multi-talented,
but few would expect some of the accomplishments
we discovered.
On Kissing
Religion Professor Studies
“Kissing Christians”
By Kevin McCaffrey
Michael Penn’s new book explores the important and complex role kissing played in early Christianity’s development.
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Departments
Viewpoints
Comments on “women at the top,” how the College and Alumnae Association have changed, and other topics
Viewpoints Web Extra
Postmodern Atheism Leaves One Breathless
Campus Currents
Admission applications hit all-time high; no encore for Musicorda; forty years of Five Colleges; a course called Primates and Performance; and more campus news
Alumnae Matters
New Alumnae Association president
nominated; Mary Lyon Award winner honored; a primer on the Founder’s Fund; a tribute to Wendy Wasserstein ’71
Off the Shelf
Books by alumnae and professors on Pioneer Valley chefs, Sicilian carts, anthropology in outer space, Midwestern women, and more
Last Look
Why Didn’t I Take a Course In …?
By Amy Cavanaugh ’06
With so many courses and so little time, most students regret not pursuing
some academic subject. Here are a few that some alums said they wish they’d taken.
Tributes to Deceased Faculty
Tributes to Dr. Robert F. Berkey and Dr. Elizabeth (Bessie) M. Boyd
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