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Montpellier has dozens of cinema theatres. It ... has several cinema theaters which show films in English or in foreign languages with French subtitles. It also hosts the Mediterranean, Jewish, Chinese, British and Spanish film festivals.
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Montpellier has more than 100 public and private research laboratories working in fields such as Molecular and Cellular Biology, Human Genetics and Neurology. The major French research establishments all have installations here, including the CNRS, INSERM and the IRD, as well as 2 foreign establishments: the USDA-ARS and the CSIRO.
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* Montpellier, Mid-way between Spain and Italy, just seven kilometres from the Mediterranean, Montpellier regularly figures near the top in the charts of towns most loved by the French. With its narrow streets and sunny little squares, its international festivals and student festivities, Montpellier offers an exceptional quality of life that is the envy of everyone. You will soon see why when you get here!
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French and sociology major Amy Gosselin Loth '94 spent her junior year at the Universite Paul Valery in Montpellier, France, and returned to live in Montpellier after graduating from Mount Holyoke. So enthusiastic was she about her experiences at the university and about the city and its lifestyle, that in 1997 she contacted Dean of International Affairs Chris Rivers (her former French professor) about establishing an MHC study-abroad program in Montpellier. Two years of hard work later, the Mount Holyoke College Junior Year in Montpellier, France Program is now under way with Loth as its on-site director. The report from the eleven MHC students who are in Montpellier during this, the inaugural year of the program, is that everything is tres magnifique.
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French tin-glazed earthenware made at factories in the city of Montpellier, France, from the end of the 16th century into the 19th century. Its heyday was between 1570 and 1750. Much of the output consisted of drug jars (Montpellier was one of the oldest medical schools in Europe), but its wares from the beginning showed a certain individuality. Among the better decorations were much-copied…
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Through this Partneship for Service Learning program students learn the equivalent of two to three semesters of French at the University of Montpellier. Through community service, students learn about the French system of social services. Students will serve 15 - 20 hours per week in an established service agency. Examples include teaching English as a second language, tutoring, day care, and social services with the poor and needy.
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