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Five Colleges Receives $300K NSF Grant
A new, Five College-led collaboration of K–12 school districts, higher education institutions and nonprofit organizations has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve mathematics teaching in kindergarten through college in the Pioneer Valley.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 2, 2011
Book Uncovers New Side of Historic Writer
Joseph McVeigh, professor of German, has stirred up a bit of controversy with the publication this month of his book Die Radiofamilie, which includes editions of radio plays by Austrian poet and writer Ingeborg Bachmann that aired on the United States Occupation radio station in Austria in the early 1950s.
- Research & Inquiry
- June 1, 2011
Smith Honored for Support of Local Bike Trails
Smith College was recently granted the 2011 Trail Neighbor Award by the Friends of Northampton Trails and Greenways (FNTG), a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting opportunities for recreation and transportation around the ongoing trail and greenway development by the city.
- Smith & Northampton
- May 26, 2011
The Science of Renovating Occupied Buildings
Tackling a major renovation project on a building that is in use is no small feat.
- Campus Life
- May 23, 2011
Longtime Dean Tom Riddell Named Honored Professor
Tom Riddell, associate professor of economics, associate dean of the college and longtime dean of the first-year class, was named the 2011 Honored Professor during Smith College commencement exercises May 15.
- News of Note
- May 19, 2011
Bechtel Environmental Classroom Designed to Earn World’s Toughest Green Building Rating
If all goes as anticipated, when Smith College opens the new Bechtel Environmental Classroom at the Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station in Whately next year, the only thing it will draw is attention.
- Sustainability
- May 19, 2011
Campus Center Café to Close for Summer Weeks
The Campus Center Café will close for about a month this summer while the exhaust system is upgraded to be, among other things, more energy efficient.
- Campus Life
- May 17, 2011
Recognition for a Quarter Century of Service
It’s no small feat, and only a handful of Smith faculty members reach the landmark each year, but 11 more were recently presented with the Charis Medal.
- News of Note
- May 13, 2011
Five Alumnae to Complete Math PhDs at Top Schools
“Congratulations!” announced the email from alumna Marian Schaap Weinberg, Class of 1941, of Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.
- Research & Inquiry
- May 12, 2011
Here’s to Retiring Smith Faculty
Every year, the President and the Provost host a reception in honor of retiring faculty members, paying tribute to their contributions to academic life, to their disciplines, to their students and to the Smith community.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Bob Burger
When one of Bob Burger’s earliest students, from the Class of 1967, wrote to him on the occasion of his retirement, she commented that he arrived as an assistant professor in a department of geologic giants.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Malgorzata Pfabé
It is my particular pleasure to toast Malgorzata Pfabé on the occasion of her retirement. Malgorzata was educated in her native Poland, at the University of Warsaw, and then at the Institute for Nuclear Research, also in Warsaw, where she began her teaching career.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Steve Tilley
I am pleased to offer a toast in honor of Steve Tilley on the occasion of his retirement. Steve came to Smith in 1970, immediately after completing his degree, and he has served here with distinction for 41 years, holding the title since 1989 of the Myra M. Sampson Professor of Biological Sciences.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Piotr Decowski
Piotr Decowski came to the physics department at Smith as a full professor in 1990 from the University of Utrecht where he had been a senior researcher.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Sue Freeman
Sue Joan Mendelson Freeman joined the Department of Education and Child Study at Smith in 1974. Always ahead of her time, she wore black nail polish for her interview.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Susan Waltner
Originally a Californian, Susan Waltner came to Smith after completing a B.A. in sociology at Occidental College and a master’s in dance at the University of Wisconsin in 1967.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to David Newbury
Given how much David Newbury has contributed to the college (and the Five Colleges), it is remarkable to be reminded that he has been with us for only a decade.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
A Toast to Margaret Zelljadt
The fact that I am reading this toast may possibly mean that Margaret Zelljadt, Professor of German Studies, has actually retired. Twice before she signaled her intention to retire.
- News of Note
- May 12, 2011
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