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Mount Saint Mary College is offering a virtual Open House for all interested students on December 6 from 10 a.m. to noon, with optional morning and afternoon tracks as well.   The free event will take place via Zoom. You can register at www.msmc.edu/OpenHouse…

Mount Saint Mary College is proud to announce a new articulation program in partnership with Touro College of Pharmacy, which will allow students to earn a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in just seven years.  This 3+4 program will yield a Bachelor of Arts…

Douglas Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, recently gave his students a hands-on lesson in ecology at Cronomer Hill Park in Newburgh, N.Y.   Robinson and his students headed to the park on Tuesday, September 22 to assess…

A cold beer on a hot summer day is great, says Evan Merkhofer, assistant professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College. But it’s ever better if you’ve brewed it yourself.   Merkhofer gave a crash course on brewing a good beer at home – and the science…

The Mount’s Douglas Robinson on pest-free Adele Island, off the coast of Abel Tasman National Park, New Zealand. On his first trip more than a decade ago, Douglas Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, fell in love with…

Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the Collegiate Science, Technology, and Engineering Program (C-STEP).  Mount Saint Mary College was recently awarded a $750,000 grant from the New York State Education Department to…

Local elementary school students were wowed by educational experiments during Mount Saint Mary College’s Family Science Night on Friday, October 25. The event was held in collaboration with the American Chemical Society as part of National Chemistry…

Doug Robinson, associate professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, and students in his Ecology class explored the Quassaick Creek at Cronomer Park in Newburgh, N.Y. on October 1. The students examined aquatic insect larvae, pursued and captured…

Suparna Bhalla, associate professor of Biology at the Mount, oversaw Sabina Zarod of Poughquag, N.Y. on the project, “Investigation of the Antiproliferative Effects of Trans-cinnamaldehyde on HeLa cells.”  From advances in healthcare to mixing Mathematics…

Elizabeth Harper, assistant professor of Biology at Mount Saint Mary College, teaching students in her classroom.  Mount Saint Mary College is proud to announce that the Division of Natural Sciences will begin offering an Exercise Science major in the…