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Pedaling Food for a More Sustainable Smith
Smith Dining Services will soon add to efforts to reduce its carbon footprint with a pedal-powered cart for transporting supplies to catered functions around campus, designed and partly built by engineering students.
- Sustainability
- October 24, 2012
Smith to Host Annual Chrysanthemum Show
Majestic plants in full bloom, splatters of colors and a wave of beckoning blossoms are trademark images of Smith College’s annual chrysanthemum show, on view this year from Saturday, November 3, through Sunday, Nov.ember 18.
- Events
- October 18, 2012
Smith Launches $450 Million Fundraising Campaign
Smith College has announced an ambitious $450 million campaign titled “Women for the World: The Campaign for Smith,” an initiative with the critical goal of increasing access to a Smith education through financial aid.
- Supporting Smith
- October 13, 2012
Bridget Rhinehart ’12: Smith to Tanzania to Germany
After working last summer as a research assistant at the Nyrere Center for Peace Research in Tanzania, Bridget Rhinehart ’12 was invited last month to present her findings at a conference in Freiburg, Germany.
- Research & Inquiry
- October 10, 2012
Rare Book Room Celebrates 50 Years
It was fall 1962 when the Rare Book Room moved to the third floor of Neilson Library. The resource was named the Mortimer Rare Book Room, after Ruth Mortimer ’53, in 1994.
- Events
- October 10, 2012
An Evening of Music by Composer, Sonic Pioneer Alvin Lucier
Smith College will open the second season of the Festival of Sound and Space series with a performance of four compositions highlighting the works of sound artist and composer Alvin Lucier.
- Smith Arts
- October 10, 2012
Leadership Program Aims for Self-Understanding
Smith creates leaders, that much is clear, notes Jessica Bacal, director of the Wurtele Center for Work and Life. But how does that happen?
- Research & Inquiry
- October 8, 2012
Draper Business Plan Competition Kicks Off
Entrepreneurs abound at Smith, as countless flourishing businesses run by alumnae attest. But what potential start-ups are brewing on campus now, taking shape in students’ minds, destined to become the next Fortune 500 listing?
- News of Note
- October 1, 2012
Conference in Paris to Focus on Advancing Women’s Leadership in Public Health
The event will bring together emerging leaders from francophone Africa, France and greater Europe with experts in public service, global health and women’s education.
- Research & Inquiry
- October 1, 2012
Poet Joan Larkin to Read at Smith
Smith College will present a book launch and poetry reading by Patrick Donnelly at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 13, in Stoddard Hall Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
- Events
- September 26, 2012
Kevin Quashie on “The Sovereignty of Quiet”
In his book, The Sovereignty of Quiet: Beyond Resistance in Black Culture, Kevin Quashie explores the concept of quiet as a different kind of expressiveness, one that reflects one’s deep interior life and shapes the outward, public persona.
- Research & Inquiry
- September 19, 2012
Poet Amal al-Jubouri to Offer Bilingual Reading
Amal al-Jubouri, a critical voice in contemporary Iraqi and Arabic-language poetry, will read from her work at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 2, in Weinstein Auditorium.
- Events
- September 19, 2012
“Utopia Parkway” All About Improvisation
There is no telling what each performance will bring during Utopia Parkway, an evening-long work of dance, music and incorporation of other elements.
- Smith Arts
- September 18, 2012
At the Botanic Garden: Rare Flowering of the Titan Arum
One of the great jewels of the plant kingdom, the Titan Arum, or Amorphophallus titanum, is about to flower for the third time in the Lyman Conservatory.
- Campus Life
- September 17, 2012
Five Countries, Five Languages: Global STRIDE Fellows’ Summer Abroad
The Global STRIDE program encourages student fellows to apply their STRIDE stipends toward the cost of a summer study-abroad program between their first and sophomore years.
- Research & Inquiry
- September 14, 2012
Rally Day 2013 to Honor Five Accomplished Alumnae
For their extraordinary professional achievements and outstanding service to their communities, five alumnae have been named 2013 recipients of the prestigious Smith College Medal.
- Events
- September 12, 2012
Photographer Kevin Kunstadt Exhibits “Dolomites” at Smith
In his first solo exhibition, photographer Kevin Kunstadt offers a series of images depicting the grandeur of the Dolomites, a section of the Alps located in northeastern Italy, and the myriad ways in which people interact with and experience the majestic peaks.
- Smith Arts
- September 12, 2012
How to Get the Most From Your College Adviser
Students have a lot of decisions to make when they enter college—selecting courses, learning their way around campus, identifying essential resources. Without parents around to help navigate the new landscape, faculty advisers become a critical resource in students’ college success.
- News of Note
- September 5, 2012
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