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MFA Dance Show Features Cutting-Edge Choreography
An exciting and eclectic mix of dance styles will come to life February 2, 3, and 4 at 8 p.m. in Theater 14 in a program of thesis project presentations choreographed by graduate dance students.
- Smith Arts
- January 30, 2012
Athletic Spaces Spruced Up Over Interterm
Those who visit the campus’ athletic facilities as they return to campus this month might notice several changes.
- Campus Life
- January 27, 2012
New Guide Offers Answers Not Found Elsewhere
Should I use his first name or call him Professor Jones? Why does it seem like everyone else is more comfortable speaking up in class? What should I consider when emailing my professors?
- News of Note
- January 26, 2012
At Smith, Oxfam Finds Young People Hungry to Make Change
About 50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy identified ending hunger and putting a man on the moon among his administration’s priorities. To date, just one of those goals has been accomplished.
- Campus Life
- January 25, 2012
Presidential Search Committee Appointed
The Smith College Board of Trustees has appointed a 12-member search committee to identify and recommend a candidate to succeed President Carol T. Christ upon the completion of her term in June 2013.
- News of Note
- January 25, 2012
Patrick Rosal to Read and Deliver Lecture at Smith
Smith College will present a reading by acclaimed poet Patrick Rosal at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 7, in Stoddard Hall Auditorium.
- Events
- January 24, 2012
Keeping Up with the Kims: North Korea After Kim Jong-il
The death of North Korea’s “Supreme Leader” Kim Jong-il on December 17, 2011, marks an important moment in North Korean history as well as East Asian regional politics and international relations.
- Events
- January 24, 2012
Think Big, Think “Blue Sky”
Wanted: sustainability ideas; all proposals will be considered, no matter how “blue sky.”
- Sustainability
- January 24, 2012
What Do Their Parents Think?
All colleges require student applicants to describe themselves and detail their accomplishments and activities as part of the admission process. But few schools ask for information from the people who know the applicants best: their parents.
- News of Note
- January 20, 2012
Exploring All that Smith Has to Offer
An Interview with AMS student Filippo Cervelli, of the University of Florence, Italy
- Campus Life
- January 20, 2012
Smith Musicians to Collaborate for Premiere
The American premiere of a long-lost work by eminent British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams will be presented at Smith on Sunday, Jan. 22, with several Smith music faculty and alumnae among the performers.
- Smith Arts
- January 17, 2012
Feeling Right at Home, Half way Around the World
An Interview with AMS student Sichu Mali, of Kathmandu, Nepal
- Campus Life
- January 13, 2012
New Faculty Among Us
More than two dozen new faculty members have joined Smith this year in 17 different departments.
- News of Note
- January 12, 2012
Dickens at 200: Smith to Display Works by Victorian Author
Smith College will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Victorian novelist Charles Dickens by exhibiting a variety of his works in the Book Arts Gallery in Neilson Library.
- Smith Arts
- January 10, 2012
Fit for a New Year’s Resolution
Three of the top five most popular New Year’s resolutions relate to diet and exercise, according to the U.S. government. Eat healthy food, get fit, lose weight are all on the list.
- Campus Life
- January 6, 2012
Months Later, Work From October Storm Continues
When the director of the Botanic Garden is away from his telephone, callers hear a message encouraging them to “go out and plant a tree.”
- Campus Life
- January 5, 2012
‘Snowtober’ Forces Smith to Close, Cancel Classes
Snow sculptures festooned with leafy branches dotted the Smith campus Tuesday morning, when classes resumed following a snowstorm that felled tree limbs and power lines throughout the region.
- Campus Life
- November 1, 2011
Construction on Campus: Northrop and Gillette
Northrop and Gillett houses, located across from John M. Greene Hall, were found in need of several physical improvements when surveyed in 2010.
- News of Note
- June 7, 2011
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