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DSA's Office of Wellbeing hosted Destress with Therapy Dogs. #Mudders enjoyed self/community care activities like drinking hot chocolate, making friendship bracelets & spending time with therapy dogs. DSA activities like this help Mudders stay mindful of their #wellbeing. Photos by Max Buchanan ’27.
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For finals week, the Associated Students of HMC have hung “Prof-firmations” outside of the Hoch-Shanahan Dining Commons. #Prof-firmations are words of encouragement written by #HMC profs & DSA staff to #Mudders as they finish their finals & showcase all that they've learned & achieved this semester.
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#HMC lit up the #NasdaqTower in #TimesSquare, a high-profile spotlight made possible by our incredible community. During our 70th year, we celebrate HMC's impactful pedagogical #innovations, strong history of #AcademicExcellence and meaningful contributions to #STEMdiscovery and #education. (1/2).
December 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
At the HMC Dept. of Engineering open house, students & faculty presented their lab projects & research to the campus community. Research topics included desalination & water reuse, lead-free metal alloy development, bio-inspired fluid mechanics & Shazam for sheet music. Photos by Kaitlyn Chen ’26.
December 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
On Sat., Dec. 6, HMC will host the next session of the Gateway to Exploring Mathematical Sciences (GEMS) program, a series of stand-alone workshops designed to spark eighth – 10th grade students' curiosity about the wonders of mathematics and science. More info at uqr.to/ccms-gems. (1/2).
December 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This Giving Tuesday, empower Mudders to lead, discover and inspire by making a gift that will fuel hands-on learning and drive innovation. 🎉💡 Give today at uqr.to/hmc-gt. 🎁
December 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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California harvester #ants have a powerful sting -- so powerful that Indigenous people of the region ingested hundreds of them to induce visions. Read more in Ananya's latest blog post: hmcbee.blogspot.com/2025/12/trip... (Don't try this at home!!) @hmc.edu
Tripping on Ants
A blog about social insect behavior, especially ants & honeybees, including field ecology, computer vision, and mathematical and simulation models.
hmcbee.blogspot.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
You can shred a potato, but can you shred ON a potato? The #HMCmakerspace held a Music with Vegetables workshop where makerspace stewards taught students how to use #Arduino & #BreadboardCircuit components to capture the natural conductivity of fruits & vegetables to produce electronic sound. (1/2).
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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What makes humans "special"? Well, it isn't farming... ants have been doing it a lot longer than we have! Read more about fungus farming ants in Diya's latest student blog post: hmcbee.blogspot.com/2025/11/hold... @hmc.edu
Hold Your Horses: Ants farm too?
A blog about social insect behavior, especially ants & honeybees, including field ecology, computer vision, and mathematical and simulation models.
hmcbee.blogspot.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
HMC President Harriet Nembhard has been inducted into the @asuengineering.bsky.social Hall of Fame which is awarded to select ASU Engineering alumni who have demonstrated a vision of access, excellence & innovation within their professions and communities.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
From Clinic project to grant recipients, read about how this team of Mudders achieved further funding to test their work for NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes on the Next Linear Collider Test Accelerator. uqr.to/hmc-bng.
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Presentation to Harvey Mudd's board of trustees about progress on our Data Science and Social Impact initiative.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Yesterday, students from the "outer dorms" (the Case, Ronald and Maxine Linde, Wayne ’73 and Julie Drinkward, J.L. Atwood, and Frederick and Susan Sontag residence halls) faced off in the first bout of HMC's annual Copper Chef competition. (1/2).
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Students in my lab have been observing interactions b/w native and invasive ants in our local field station. First-year student Su writes about the different species they've encountered in the process, including our fave, the California harvester ant! hmcbee.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-... @hmc.edu
The Ants of Harvey Mudd: Which Ones are You Seeing?
A blog about social insect behavior, especially ants & honeybees, including field ecology, computer vision, and mathematical and simulation models.
hmcbee.blogspot.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Barium titanate research by an HMC Clinic team was published in “MRS Communications." The team members originally sought to uncover the fundamental science behind barium titanate/silicone materials and then realized the materials' potential extends far beyond their original goals. uqr.to/mrs-bto.
November 18, 2025 at 9:46 PM
#HMC welcomed #NobelLaureate Kip Thorne as part of the #NelsonSpeakersSeries which explores #innovation at the intersection of #STEM, #space & human possibility. Thorne shared a series of vignettes that illuminate the birth of #Gravitational-WaveAstronomy. uqr.to/hmc-nelson. Photos Max Buchanan ’27.
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Last week, HMC student photographer Daniel Liu '29 visited the Hive at @pomonacollege.bsky.social for the #MakerMarket. The market provided a space for students to connect, share, sell and discover unique arts and crafts while supporting our creative community.
November 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
HMC math prof. @dyong.bsky.social will lead a $5M NSF grant-funded project to support the wellbeing of fourth–12th grade #MathTeachers in the greater LA area. The project, “RAMTD-UP-LA,” aims to heighten #STEMstudent learning & enhance retention & empowerment of #STEMteachers. uqr.to/yong-spp.
November 13, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Let’s shape the next 70 years of bold ideas together 🚀

Visit uqr.to/hmc-give to make your gift by Dec. 31 and fuel the next era of innovation by supporting the thinkers, builders, and changemakers at Harvey Mudd. 💡
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Last week, the Office of Study Abroad (OSA) hosted an event for students featuring representatives from different study abroad programs. (1/2).
November 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Plant ecophysiologist, data scientist & HMC climate & bio prof. Jessica Guo has co-authored a new paper in @newphyt.bsky.social examining how atmospheric drought shapes dryland plant productivity responses under variable precipitation regimes. Read more about Guo's work at uqr.to/guo-np.
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
As part of a seminar hosted by HMC's math dept., dept. chair & math prof. Mike Orrison discussed how simple ideas from linear algebra & discrete mathematics can be used to unify different voting procedures, leading to new insights & new questions in voting theory. Photos by Lindsey Sands ’27.
October 30, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Edward Wang ’12 is the principal investigator for a research project that uses a smartphone's to take blood pressure readings. This project earned Wang & his team the Don Norman Design Special Recognition Award, which honors projects that significantly enhance people’s lives. uqr.to/wang-bpr.
October 30, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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“The AWM Workshop…[created] a space where early-career researchers felt seen and supported...and where the entire AWM–SIAM community could come together.”

@jamiehadd.bsky.social and Anna Little wrote a blog post about AWM at #SIAMAN25: hermathsstory.eu/association-...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
HMC CS prof Lucas Bang is helping students gain access to learning & networking opportunities in the computer programming languages field. Bang received a three-year NSF grant to fund as many as 10 students per year to attend international workshops in programming languages. uqr.to/bang-nsf.
October 28, 2025 at 9:04 PM