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News Archive
Smith Announces Scholarship Initiative
Smith College is launching “Here for Every Voice,” a $75 million fundraising initiative that will boost scholarship support and ensure that a Smith education remains accessible and affordable.
- Supporting Smith
- May 13, 2019
Arianne Abela ’08: A Life in Music Started at Smith
Arianne Abela ’08 was born without most of her fingers and her left leg, so hiding her hands became almost second nature. While she loved music and sang in the choir at Smith, the idea of conducting never entered her mind.
- Alumnae News
- May 13, 2019
Real-World Engineering: Smith’s Design Clinic
A team of students in Smith's Design Clinic designed a plastic rod-scoring device for Sanderson MacLeod. The company, which makes twisted wire brushes, plans to use the design in its manufacturing.
- Research & Inquiry
- May 10, 2019
Video: Signing for the New Neilson
Thanks to all who left their mark on the new Neilson Library. Do you see yourself in this video?
- New Neilson
- May 9, 2019
Emma Seymour ’19: Sports Journalism
Smith basketball player Emma Seymour ’19 turned her disappointment in the lack of media coverage of the Pioneers’ historic spring season into inspiration for writing articles about the media's unequal treatment of women’s sports.
- Athletics
- May 9, 2019
Athena Sofides ’19: Environmental Activism
Athena Sofides ’19 describes how Smith helped her connect her interests in biology and environmental justice in one of a series of profiles of this year's graduating class.
- Campus Life
- May 7, 2019
People News, May 2019
Mathematical modeling contests, semesters at sea and arts awards are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alumnae. Read about them in the latest People News column.
- Campus Life
- May 6, 2019
Juniors Excel in National Fellowship Competitions
Four members of the Class of 2020 have received Goldwater Scholarships, and another has been awarded a Udall Scholarhip.
- News of Note
- May 2, 2019
Video: Finding the Right Light
In this theatre course, teams of students use mood music as inspiration for lighting a sculpture onstage.
- Smith Arts
- April 29, 2019
Video Class Visit: Archery
By day, they are sociologists, historians, engineers, artists. By night, Smith's finest archers.
- Athletics
- April 29, 2019
Unleashing Creativity: Smith’s First Maker Faire
Smith’s inaugural Maker Faire drew upwards of 500 visitors for hands-on experiences with everything from drone flying to hydroponic gardening.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 23, 2019
Karli Hakala ’19: Tracking Wildlife in the Field
Karli Hakala, another in a series of profiles of members of the class of 2019, shares how she discovered her passion for wildlife biology.
- Campus Life
- April 22, 2019
Video: 26 Questions for Kennedy Barber-Fraser ’19
Skydiving or bike riding? What’s it like to be a senior? Kennedy Barber-Fraser ’19 answers 26 questions about life at Smith.
- Campus Life
- April 18, 2019
Video: The Politics of Medical Marijuana
Prof. Caroline Melly shares her research into the contemporary politics of medical marijuana.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 17, 2019
‘I Sing Earth’: Creating a Choreopoem at MacLeish
On Wednesday and Thursday, May 1 and 2, in Hallie Flanagan Studio Theatre, students will perform "I Sing Earth," a new choreopoem created at Smith's MacLeish Field Station.
- Smith Arts
- April 17, 2019
People News, April 2019
Entrepreneurial awards, prestigious national fellowships and career promotions are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alumnae.
- Campus Life
- April 15, 2019
Video Class Visit: Early New England Material Culture
Where can a Smith College education take you? How about back in time to early New England? AMS302 explores the Flynt Center of Early New England Life in Deerfield.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 12, 2019
Kendra Bonde ’19: Exploring China's History
As part of a series of profiles of members of the class of 2019, meet Kendra Bonde, a world traveler and explorer in more ways than one.
- Campus Life
- April 12, 2019
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