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Under Construction
The college’s cutting-edge project to convert its aging fossil-fuel-fired steam heating system into a state-of-the-art, electricity-fueled geothermal system took some big steps over the summer, moving Smith closer to achieving carbon neutrality by 2030.
- Sustainability
- September 30, 2022
New Endowed Chair to Honor Gloria Steinem ’56
Smith College is honoring one of the world’s most visible and pioneering advocates for equality and justice with one of its highest academic distinctions. Thanks to a recent anonymous gift of $3 million, the college is establishing the Gloria Steinem ’56 Endowed Chair in the Study of Women and Gender.
- Research & Inquiry
- September 26, 2022
Get to Know the 2023 Smith Medalists
Four exceptional alums whose leadership and contributions have lifted their communities and pushed the world forward will receive the Smith College Medal at Rally Day in February.
- News of Note
- September 19, 2022
‘She Will Do Really Great Things’
At the reception following President-elect Sarah Willie-LeBreton's first address to the Smith community, current students expressed their joy at the news of her appointment.
- News of Note
- September 16, 2022
Smith Trustees Announce New College President
The Smith College Board of Trustees today announced that Sarah Willie-LeBreton has been named the 12th president of Smith College.
- News of Note
- September 15, 2022
Art for All
Maya Durham ’23 develops more inclusive opportunities for children to experience the joys of art and express their creativity.
- Campus Life
- September 12, 2022
Jericho Brown on Poetry, Podcasting and Emily Dickinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, who will be on campus Thursday, Sept. 29, for a Presidential Colloquium, shares his thoughts on the relevance and influence of Emily Dickinson.
- Events
- September 9, 2022
Smith College Welcomes New Faculty Members
Ten new tenure-track professors have joined the Smith faculty this year.
- News of Note
- September 8, 2022
September 2022 People News
Research fellowships, theatrical premieres and diplomatic appointments are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.
- Campus Life
- August 31, 2022
Meet the New Students: ‘A Diversity of Voice and Experience’
The class of 2026 includes scientific researchers, climate justice organizers, athletes, social service volunteers, poets, pianists—and more. Here’s what three entering Smithies had to say about what they are looking forward to this fall.
- Campus Life
- August 24, 2022
The Art of the Pop-Up
Professor Joseph O’Rourke unwraps the mathematical intricacies of paper folding in his new book Pop-Up Geometry, The Mathematics Behind Pop-Up Cards.
- Research & Inquiry
- August 17, 2022
‘Novels as collaborations’
Award-winning author and Smith English professor Ruth Ozeki ’80 shares insights into her fourth novel, The Book of Form and Emptiness, which recently received the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction and is this year's Smith Reads selection.
- Alumnae News
- August 16, 2022
The Insider’s Guide to the Jandon Center for Community Engagement
In this, the fourth of a series of stories about the academic centers that help shape the intellectual life of the college, the Smith Alumnae Quarterly spotlights the Jandon Center for Community Engagement.
- Campus Life
- August 1, 2022
What Price History?
On the shelves of her popular Brooklyn-based collectibles shop, BLK MKT Vintage, Jannah Handy ’08 has curated a home for Black artifacts and ephemera.
- Alumnae News
- August 1, 2022
My Body, But Not My Choice
Navigating a post-Roe world with Candace Gibson ’07 of the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice and Genevieve Scott ’06 of the Center for Reproductive Rights.
- Alumnae News
- August 1, 2022
People News August 2022
Awards for student-athletes, groundbreaking research, and leadership in the arts, health care and sustainability are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.
- Campus Life
- July 20, 2022
Monday, Sept. 5: Author Talk with Prof. Ruth Ozeki
This year’s summer reading choice for first-year students is a prize-winning new novel by professor Ruth Ozeki ’80. Here’s what some members of the book selection committee had to say about Ozeki’s book—and the college’s first-year reading program.
- Events
- July 6, 2022
Nine Smithies Earn 2022 Fulbright Fellowships
Seven members of the class of 2022 and two recent alums have received prestigious Fulbright awards, which support teaching, study and research abroad.
- News of Note
- July 5, 2022
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