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Applied Learning & Research

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Smith’s wide array of innovative programs and centers, cross-disciplinary initiatives, and internship and service opportunities are designed to enrich the academic experience to help students further explore their passions in real-world pursuits.

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Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability
Jandon Center for Community Engagement
Jill Ker Conway Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship
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Wurtele Center for
Leadership
Boutelle-Day Poetry Center
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Kahn Liberal Arts Institute
Narratives Project
Design Thinking Initiative
Praxis Program

Why Pursue Research at Smith?

Undergraduate research extends learning beyond the classroom, providing students with exciting opportunities to investigate pressing questions in science and the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

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News from the Grécourt Gate

The Grécourt Gate showcases the ideas, the people behind the ideas and the original contributions Smith is making to larger intellectual dialogues through the culture of research and the liberal arts at the college, where a vibrant community of scholars and students exhibit a love of discovery. Here are some recent features.

Botanical Inspiration: New Views of Sylvia Plath

September 11, 2023

A new exhibit at Lyman Plant House and Conservatory created by Professor Colin Hoag and his students, uses archival images and Plath's writing to shed new light on the celebrated alum's life and literary inspiration.

People News, September 2023

August 28, 2023

New publications, poetry readings and career promotions are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.

 

Sparking Interest in Science

August 17, 2023

Four summer research students in Assistant Professor Lesley-Ann Giddings lab offered science workshops in July for girls at a summer camp. Here's what they learned.

Using the Land and Language as Archives

July 21, 2023 Associate Professor Christen Mucher has received a Mellon Foundation fellowship to retrain in Earth science and Indigenous languages, with the goal of recovering “some of the histories and voices lost to colonialism."

The Global Dimensions of Africana Thought

June 25, 2023 An interview with Aaron Kamugisha the new Ruth J. Simmons Professor of Africana Studies.

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Smith Scholars

The Smith Scholars Program provides a framework for talented students to spend one or two years working on projects of their own devising.

STRIDE Program

Smith offers some of its finest incoming students a scholarship that includes a paid research position with a Smith professor.

Celebrating Collaborations

With faculty guidance, students present the results of their research, independent study projects and other creative work.