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News Archive
Announcing the 2019 Sherrerd Teaching Prizes
The three Smith faculty members chosen for this year’s Sherrerd Awards share what one nominator called a “contagious passion” for teaching and learning.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 11, 2019
Mwangi Center: A Space for Community Building
Since it reopened last year after a major renovation, Smith’s Mwangi Cultural Center has emerged as a prime venue for student engagement and community building.
- Campus Life
- April 8, 2019
Jenny Siegel ’01: The Power of Medicine
Jenny Siegel ’01 talks about her work as medical director of the Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery Department at Boston Medical Center.
- Alumnae News
- April 5, 2019
Prof. Kristen Dorsey: Origami and Engineering
Assistant Professor of Engineering Kristen Dorsey is using the art of origami paper folding to advance the science of mechanical design.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 1, 2019
April 10: Day of Learning
Students, faculty and staff will gather April 10 for a day of learning, designed to help create transformative change in the community.
- Campus Life
- March 29, 2019
G. Gabrielle Starr: “On Value: Arts, Education, Aesthetics and Policy”
Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr will offer a Presidential Colloquium titled “On Value: Arts, Education, Aesthetics and Policy” on Monday, April 8, in the Campus Center Carroll Room.
- Events
- March 29, 2019
Video: Reacting to the Past in Ancient Athens
Students in "Reacting to the Past," the interactive first-year history seminar, debate militarization in ancient Athens.
- Research & Inquiry
- March 28, 2019
Video: Revisiting Their First-Year Selves
Four years ago, three students agreed to document their first year on campus in "About a First-Year." Here, they revisit how their time at Smith has changed them.
- Campus Life
- March 27, 2019
Video: Hands-on Engineering
For their final class projects, Smith engineering students test the strength of materials, including those contained in a barbell and a softball bat.
- Research & Inquiry
- March 25, 2019
Jillian Flexner ’11 Brings Opera into the 21st Century
Jillian Flexner ’11 co-founded Fresh Squeezed Opera Company to produce genre-bending contemporary opera and other new music composed by women and people of color.
- Alumnae News
- March 20, 2019
‘Racism Is Their Problem—Not Yours’
A mother’s wise words leave a lasting message.
- Alumnae News
- March 18, 2019
From New York to Northampton: “Here Be Sirens”
Professor Kate Soper’s “Here Be Sirens” has been described by The New Yorker as “erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive.” The opera comes to campus Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23.
- Smith Arts
- March 15, 2019
People News, March 2019
Scientific research, travel grants and career promotions are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alumnae. Read about them in the latest People News column.
- Campus Life
- March 15, 2019
Lauren Bondi ’19 Named Academic All-American
Smith basketball team member Lauren Bondi ’19 is the first player in the college program's history to be named CoSIDA First Team Academic All-American.
- Athletics
- March 15, 2019
New Leader for Facilities and Operations
Smith College today announced the appointment of James W. Gray as associate vice president for facilities and operations.
- News of Note
- March 14, 2019
‘Challenging The Status Quo By Writing My Truth’
When stereotypes challenge my sense of identity, my poetry brings me back to wholeness.
- Alumnae News
- March 13, 2019
‘If We Listen To How Others Define Us, We Remain Stuck’
Sandra Williams ’75 is a senior vice president at CBS Television in Los Angeles, where she serves as deputy general counsel. In a conversation with journalist April Simpson ’06, she talks about the inner strength she developed as she navigated law school and her legal career.
- Alumnae News
- March 13, 2019
‘Who Came To Soothe My Soul? All My Black Sisters’
Writer and editor Charlise Lyles ’81 muses about what brought her to Smith and all of the black women who helped her make her way.
- Alumnae News
- March 13, 2019
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