News Archive

Faculty Approved for Tenure and Promotion

At its meeting in February, the Smith College Board of Trustees approved tenure and promotion recommendations for 14 faculty members, effective July 1.

News of Note
March 14, 2022

People News March 2022

Public history awards, science book prizes and published research are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.

Campus Life
March 3, 2022

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‘Mappings’: Maya Lin Exhibition on Display at SCMA

‘Maya Lin: Mappings,’ on display at SCMA through August 7, addresses climate change and the relationships humans have with the environment.

Smith Arts
February 28, 2022

President Kathleen McCartney Will Step Down in June 2023

President Kathleen McCartney has announced that she will step down as president in June 2023, upon completion of 10 years of service. Appointed as Smith’s 11th president in 2013, McCartney will focus the remainder of her term on the college’s strategic priorities.

News of Note
February 25, 2022

Smith College Announces Speaker, Honorary Degree Recipients

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was updated on April 28. Luma Mufleh ’97, the visionary activist who founded Fugees Family, Inc.—a nonprofit organization that is reimagining schools and retraining teachers to make America’s education system more accessible to refugee and immigrant children—will deliver the address at Smith College’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15.

News of Note
February 24, 2022

Smith Medalist S. Mona Ghosh Sinha ’88: ‘Be true to your multidimensional self’

S. Mona Ghosh Sinha ’88, gender equality advocate and founder of the Asian Women’s Leadership University, gives her best advice to the class of 2022 as she prepares to receive the 2022 Smith College Medal on Rally Day: “Listen to and consider opinions that differ from yours to help shape your own narrative, but stay rooted in and optimistic about what you believe in.”

Supporting Smith
February 16, 2022

Smith Medalist Jessie Banhazl ’06: ‘No Path Has to Be Linear’

Jessie Banhazl ’06, founder of Green City Growers, a mission-driven urban farming company, talks about why she is honored to receive the 2022 Smith College Medal and why she believes supporting Smith is so important. “I would love to see more women have the same opportunities I had: the chance to explore a range of subjects and interests at Smith and to follow whatever professional and personal paths they choose,” she says.

Supporting Smith
February 14, 2022

Smith Medalist Jane Lakes Harman ’66: ‘Identify Your Dream’

Jane Lakes Harman ’66, nine-term member of Congress and internationally recognized authority on global security, gives advice to the senior class and relates the most important lesson she learned at Smith. Harman will receive the 2022 Smith College Medal on Rally Day. “I give Smith credit for teaching me self-confidence, the crucial ingredient that enabled me to succeed,” she says.

Supporting Smith
February 14, 2022

Smith Medalist Deborah N. Archer ’93: ‘Uncertainty gives you an opportunity’

Deborah N. Archer ’93, ACLU president, professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law, and faculty co-director of the Center on Race, Inequality and the Law, looks back at her time at Smith and her career as she prepares to receive the 2022 Smith College Medal on Rally Day. “I am deeply proud—and honored—of whatever I have done to make this unjust world a more just place,” Archer says.

Supporting Smith
February 14, 2022

Smith Botanic Garden Takes Up Social Justice

In a virtual talk on Thursday, March 3, at 4:15 p.m., landscape curator John Berryhill will share examples of how staff and students are using the Smith botanic garden for social justice work.

Sustainability
February 14, 2022

Of Syphilis and Kings

Syphilis existed in medieval Europe, and it caused the death of England’s King Edward IV. That’s the surprising argument of Smith College scholar Marylynn Salmon, just published in The Medieval Globe, a history journal.

Research & Inquiry
February 9, 2022

Crop of medieval stained glass showing a figure with a syphilitic nose

Community-Minded

Smith students are partnering with local organizations to create the Northampton Community Resilience Hub, an important new resource for the community.

Smith & Northampton
February 7, 2022

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People News, January 2022

Sustainability awards, book honors and nonprofit leadership appointments are among the recent accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff and alums. Read about them in the latest People News column.

Research & Inquiry
January 31, 2022

Presidential Colloquium: Author Masha Gessen

Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen—an award-winning author known for their insightful critiques of Russian history and culture—will deliver a Presidential Colloquium on “Hope and Hopelessness” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15.