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Video: Neilson Topping-Off Ceremony
Construction workers and members of the Smith community celebrate as the final piece of structural steel is placed atop Smith College’s new Neilson Library.
- New Neilson
- July 23, 2019
Greta Mundt ’21: ‘Learning in the Landscape’
When Greta Mundt ’21 thinks about the Smith landscape, she takes a broad view.
- Sustainability
- July 22, 2019
Christine Sweeney ’07: A Bridge in Intelligence
Christine Sweeney ’07 never imagined that a double major in English and theatre would lead to a career with the CIA.
- Alumnae News
- July 22, 2019
People News, July 2019
Engineering awards, historical research and career promotions are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.
- Research & Inquiry
- July 11, 2019
Jim Gray: Caring for Smith’s Landscape and Hardscape
Jim Gray—Smith’s associate vice president for facilities and operations—oversees an area with more than 300 employees in jobs related to facilities maintenance, grounds, capital projects and more. Here’s what Gray says about his work at Smith.
- News of Note
- July 2, 2019
Video: The Year at Smith
In her year-end message to the college community, President Kathleen McCartney reflects on the many initiatives, programs and ideas that made 2018-19 stand out.
- Campus Life
- July 2, 2019
Smith Welcomes New Trustees
The Smith College Board of Trustees welcomes five new members who will begin their governance duties July 1.
- News of Note
- June 28, 2019
Talking with Provost Michael Thurston
In his new role as provost and dean of the faculty, Michael Thurston says he hopes to be an advocate for “a vision of liberal education where people develop their capacities through exploring their passions.”
- News of Note
- June 28, 2019
‘The Times that Art is Made’: Amanda Williams
Renowned artist Amanda Williams is the inaugural artist-in-residence at the Smith College Museum of Art. She says the June residency is a time to take stock, take a break, and to get back to making things at an intimate scale.
- Smith Arts
- June 26, 2019
Video Class Visit: Art and Math
Art and math intersect in this unique Smith class taught by Prof. Pau Atela.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 25, 2019
Telling a Story Onstage About Autism
As a person with autism navigating a neuro-typical world, Sunshine Schneider ’22 was thrilled to learn that she’d been cast as the lead in the Smith production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, an award-winning play that is being performed on campus Friday, Nov. 1, and Saturday, Nov. 2.
- Smith Arts
- June 21, 2019
‘What I Wish My Professors Knew’
Maddie Wettach ’20 plans to spend more time in her professors’ office hours. Here's why.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 19, 2019
Video: Books as Artifacts
Explore Smith’s rare editions of the Nuremberg Chronicles in “The Art and History of the Book.”
- Research & Inquiry
- June 18, 2019
Lyn Gillespie Brakeman ’60: ‘The Power of Me’
Lyn Gillespie Brakeman ’60 says Smith took her beyond academics. “I learned to think, to ask questions without fear and, most of all, to use my imagination and intuition alongside my intellect,” she writes.
- Alumnae News
- June 11, 2019
Learning to ‘Be Navy’
During World War II, the campus transformed itself into U.S.S. Northampton, the official training ground for the country’s first women naval officers.
- Campus Life
- June 11, 2019
What’s in a Name? It’s Complicated
Do our names define us? That’s debatable. But what isn’t up for debate is that there are dozens of solutions to what name to take after marriage, and plenty of complications, as these Smith women demonstrate.
- Alumnae News
- June 11, 2019
Cannabis as Cure: Promise vs. Legality
Anthropologist Caroline Melly’s research into medical marijuana as a treatment for neurological disease focuses on a growing network of people who are experimenting with cannabis.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 11, 2019
‘A World of Possibilities’: Smith’s Interdisciplinary Approach
This year, the newly revamped Diploma in Interdisciplinary Studies and Global Studies program (formerly known as the American Studies Diploma Program) opened its doors to STEM fields.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 11, 2019
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