LEAP Symposium 2025

LEAP 2025

LEAP panelists in discussion, standing at the front of the room facing the audience.


The LEAP Symposium is Mount Holyoke's premier showcase of student summer work, organized by and for Mount Holyoke students.


An annual campus-wide event, LEAP (which stands for Learning through Application) brings together faculty, students, staff, family, friends, and alums to hear students present their summer research and internship experiences from around the corner and around the world. A central element of the College's curriculum to career experience, the LEAP Symposium is a powerful vehicle that demonstrates the strong connections between academic work at Mount Holyoke College and its practical application in the world.


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Finding a Panel


You can search for panels by panel name, abstract titles, moderators, building, student names or majors.
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Bridging Barriers: What Rodents, Flies, and Humans Teach Us About Stigma & Public Health

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

Patients, healthcare professionals, and researchers are facing countless global health challenges stemming from a lack of resources, awareness, and answers. Our panelists participated in...

Cleveland Hall, L3

Care and Monitoring in Biological Research

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

Our panelists have worked on mouse handling techniques for molecular genetic tests to monitor chlamydia infections, determining the efficacy of animal feed sanitizers, capturing turtles and...

Cleveland Hall, L2

Collaborative Creation: A Guide to Self-directed Media

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

The behind-the-scenes of self-directed creativity. We will highlight the importance of design and creativity in a multitude of workplaces. With AI becoming a tool that is rapidly replacing artists...

Kendade Hall, 107

Communicating in a Professional Workplace: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

Navigating the workplace can be challenging – especially when you are an intern and uncertain about where you fit within the organization. We’ll discuss how we discovered and applied for our...

Clapp Laboratory, 206

Connection in Community: How Public Institutions Impact History, Culture, and Education

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

From museums and archives to medical offices and community-based collectives, our panel paved our own path of exploration and discovery through the various roles we held within our internships....

Kendade Hall, 203

Designing and Maintaining Spaces: a Dive into Environmental and Architectural Preservation

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

This panel will focus on discussions around environmental sustainability as found in horticulture and architectural design. During our respective internships, we all engaged similarly in hands-on...

Clapp Laboratory, 218

Different Paths to Community Based Advocacy

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

How can your Mount Holyoke education be used to make positive change in the world? This panel explores four different experiences focused on making a direct impact in local communities. Through...

Clapp Laboratory, 127

From Insight to Impact: Women Reshaping Strategy & Finance

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

Curious about what it's really like to step into the fast-paced worlds of consulting, banking, and finance? This panel brings together four interns whose experiences span management consulting,...

Kendade Hall, 303

Global Determinants of Health: Country, Corporation, and Community

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

Our health is determined by everything around us. In this panel, we will discuss what health means for countries, corporations, communities and individuals. Using data from a pharmaceutical...

Cleveland Hall, L1

Making and Meaning: Community Preservation in Objects and Collections Management

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

This summer, Maria, Emma, Hannah, and Molly uncovered stories of objects collections across three states, including photographs, clothing, dinnerware, paintings, and localized everyday objects....

Clapp Laboratory, 407

Researching the Political World

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

This panel explores how research can drive real political and social change, from shaping climate policy in Ghana to reimagining how governments regulate businesses and building more inclusive...

Clapp Laboratory, 306

Where Code Meets Context: Computer Science and Mathematics

Fri, Oct 24, 2025 12:15pm to 1pm

This is a past event.

This summer, each of us explored different ways computer science interacts with real-world problems, from mathematical research to software development. While our projects spanned different...

Kendade Hall, 305

Thank you to our donors


In summer 2025, Mount Holyoke College provided 334 students with funding to pursue internships, research, and independent projects. Thank you to the many supporters who ensure that Mount Holyoke sustains vibrant intellectual opportunities for students in every discipline and professional field year over year.

2025 Internship Sponsors
  • Mildred Altman Summer Internship Fund
  • Louise Appleton Career Development Fund
  • The Katherine Adler Astrove ’54 Fund for Summer Internships
  • Susan Bateson ’76 Internship Fund
  • Susan D. Bateson ’76 Learning Abroad Fund
  • The Barbara M. Baumann ’77 Internship Fund
  • Randi M. Beck MD ‘81 Research and Internship Scholarship Fund
  • Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation
  • The Jennie E. Berkson ’76 Endowed Internship Fund
  • The Laura Bernstein Internship Fund
  • The Susan B. and Peter R. Betzer ’65 Endowed Fellowship Fund
  • Jane Allen Birge, 1928, Internship Fund
  • The Boppy Internship Fund
  • Grace L. Brodsky, 1958, Internship Fund
  • Nancy V. Brownell Internship Fund
  • Barbara Moakler Byrne Internship Fund
  • Miriam C. Camps Endowed Internship Fund
  • Class of 1949 Memorial Internship Fund
  • Class of 1964 Green Purse Legacy Circle Fund
  • The Condon Endowed Internship Fund
  • Frances (Class of 1944) and Robert Connick Internship Fund
  • Barbara Taussig Cowen 1950 Internship Fund
  • Joanne Creighton International Internship Fund
  • Mary Graham Davis ’65 Internship Fund
  • Tina Havens Letcher ‘59 Internship Fund
  • Hedley Donovan Endowed Fund
  • Feldman/Koster Fund for Biomedical Research
  • The Catherine and Thomas Foster Fund for Environmental Stewardship
  • Mary Jean Hale Internship Fund
  • Marion Ho So 1959 and Miu-Hing Ho Chu 1963 Asian Initiatives Fund
  • The Ruby G. Jackson ’37 Research Fund
  • Francois and Dorrance Lecercle Internship Fund
  • The Louise and Philip Landry Internship Fund
  • Elizabeth and William Lauder Journalism Fund
  • Ruth C. Lawson International Internship Scholarship Fund
  • Lazarus Family Internship Fund
  • Lynk Archives Internship Fund
  • Lyon's Pride Expendable Internship Fund
  • Paul F. McGuire Estate Endowment Fund
  • Andrew W. Mellon Fund for Nexus Internships
  • Miller Worley Internship Fund
  • The Moffat Internship Fund 
  • Deborah Morgan Olsen ’65 Endowed Fund for International Service Internships
  • One World Internship Fund
  • The Janet Eddy Ordway 1947 Internship Fund
  • Sarah Rabinow Pesikoff ’90 Endowed Internship Fund
  • Ellen P. Reese Fund
  • T.W. Reese Fund
  • Marilyn Dawson Sarles, MD Fund for the Sciences
  • Victoria Schuck Endowment Fund 
  • Special General Fund 1933
  • Mary E. Stanley ’70 Public Service Internship Fund
  • The Alice Bliss Studebaker ’59 Internship Fund
  • The Summer Student Research Endowment Fund
  • The Jane Kaltenbach-Townsend Fellowship Fund
  • The Truman Family Internship Fund
  • The William V. Wallin Endowed Fund
  • Marcy Wilkov Waterman ’71 Scholarship Fund
  • Elizabeth Weatherman Expendable Fund for Internships in Africa
  • The Ruth Whittemore, M.D. Endowed Fund
  • Edward Allen Wilson Endowed Internship Fund
  • Margaret Mary Andrews Winters ’35 Endowed Fund
  • The Margaret L. Wolff ’76 Endowment for Global Internships
  • The Jane Bachman Wulf ’76 Memorial Internship Fund
  • Jane A. Zimmy 1974 Internship Fund