Editing Mount Holyoke College (section)

== Faculty ==
A number of faculty are nationally and internationally recognized for their research and writing achievements, including [[Christopher Benfey]] (literary scholar), [[Joseph Ellis]] (historian), [[Susan Barry]] (neurobiologist), [[Mark McMenamin]] (geologist and paleontologist) and [[Becky Wai-Ling Packard]] (psychologist). [[Mark McMenamin]]'s Hypertopia Option has been called one of only two methods "by which planetary temperature can be stabilized."<ref>{{cite journal |author1=McPherson, G. R. |author2=Sirmacek, Beril Kallfelz |author3=Massa, J. R. |author4=Kallfelz, W. |author5=Vinuesa, R. |title=The commonly overlooked environmental tipping points |journal=Results in Engineering |volume=18 |year=2023 |pages=101118 |doi=10.1016/j.rineng.2023.101118|s2cid=258399831 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

=== Attempted murder of faculty member ===
Mount Holyoke administrator and art professor Rie Hachiyanagi made international headlines when she was charged with the attempted murder of a regular member of the faculty on 23 December 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Meagan |title=An art professor allegedly went to a colleague's home to admit her feelings. She ended up attacking her with a fire poker, police say. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/06/mount-holyoke-professor-attacks-colleague-with-fire-poker-garden-shears-rock-after-admitting-feelings-police-say/ |access-date=11 October 2021 |newspaper=Washington Post |publisher=Jeff Bezos |date=6 January 2020}}</ref> Hachiyanagi used a fire poker, large rock, and a gardening shears to attempt to beat and kill her victim.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holcombe |first1=Madeline |last2=McDonnell |first2=Giulia |title=A confession of love ended in a professor attacking her friend with a fire poker, police say |url=https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/07/us/mount-holyoke-professor-attack/index.html |access-date=11 October 2021 |work=Cable News Network |agency=Warner Media |date=7 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/06/mount-holyoke-professor-attacks-colleague-with-fire-poker-garden-shears-rock-after-admitting-feelings-police-say/|title=An art professor allegedly went to a colleague's home to admit her feelings. She ended up attacking her with a fire poker, police say.|first=Meagan|last=Flynn|newspaper=Washington Post|date=January 6, 2020}}</ref> Hachiyanagi's alleged victim survived the attack.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/crime-courts/mount-holyoke-prof-tried-kill-colleague-case-unrequited-love-police-n1111146|title=Mount Holyoke professor tried to kill colleague in case of unrequited love, police say|website=NBC News|date=January 6, 2020 }}</ref>  Hachiyanagi pled guilty to the charges and on October 20, 2021, was sentenced to a term of 10 to 12 years in prison.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mountholyokenews.com/news/2021/11/7/former-professor-rie-hachiyanagi-sentenced-10-12-years-following-guilty-plea|access-date=2022-01-04|date=2021-11-09|publisher=Mount Holyoke News|title=Former Professor Rie Hachiyanagi Sentenced 10–12 Years Following Guilty Plead|first=Tara|last=Monastesse}}</ref>