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“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Summer Reading Assignment
Rebecca Skloot’s bestselling debut book, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, the product of more than a decade of research and writing, is the summer reading selection for incoming Smith College undergraduates.
- News of Note
- April 19, 2011
Rethinking the End of Our Planet
Looking toward the heavens and deep into the earth, astronomy and geoscience—disciplines, well represented at Smith—take on an issue many might prefer to disregard: predicting and addressing the future demise of our planet.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 15, 2011
Smith Honored for Model Program Encouraging Women to Pursue Math
The Smith College Center for Women in Mathematics was recently honored for its success encouraging women and members of underrepresented minority groups to pursue studies in the mathematical sciences.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 14, 2011
First-Year Makes the Most of College Basketball
In her first season, she started 26 of 27 games, led the Smith Pioneers basketball team in scoring (12.1 points per game) and rebounding (6.8 per game). She scored in double figures 18 times.
- Athletics
- April 13, 2011
Smith Alumnae Rank High Among Peace Corps Volunteers
Smith College ranks No. 13 on the Peace Corps’ 2011 rankings of colleges and universities in the small size category. There are currently 18 Smith alumnae serving as Peace Corps volunteers.
- Alumnae News
- April 13, 2011
Mom, Dad, Your Children Are Watching Your Financial Manners
A Smith College study of the financial knowledge, attitudes and behavior of 4,600 college-educated women found that, for better or for worse, parents have the greatest influence on their children’s financial attitudes.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 13, 2011
Smith Alumna Artist Wins Portland Biennial Prize
At the members’ opening reception for the 2011 Portland Museum of Art Biennial on Wednesday, April 6, five prizes were awarded to artists in the exhibition.
- Alumnae News
- April 11, 2011
Environmental Costs of Militarism Explored in Talk at Smith
Barry Sanders, author of “The Green Zone: The Environmental Costs of Militarism” and professor emeritus of history at Pitzer College, will give a talk at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 21, in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall.
- Events
- April 8, 2011
Celebrating 10 Years of Student-Faculty Collaboration
For 10 years, every April on a Saturday, hundreds of Smith students step in front of an audience and present their research, developed in collaboration with faculty members.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 8, 2011
Lecture to Address Popular Upheavals in Tunisia and Egypt
Azzedine Layachi, who teaches politics of the Middle East and North Africa, as well as international relations and international law, will explore the causes and characteristics of the social rebellion in Tunisia, its various dimensions and its implications for the North African and Middle East, and for the world, particularly Europe and the United States.
- Events
- April 7, 2011
Parents, Beware: Your Texts Could End Up Here
Take a random text from Mom, add the creativity of a jobless Smith graduate, and what you get is one highly entertaining (and lucrative) Web site.
- Campus Life
- April 6, 2011
Smith Physics, Astronomy Grads Travel Back in Time
Eighteen Smith alumnae who majored in physics and astronomy will return to campus for a symposium that celebrates their career success along with the retirement this year of longtime physics department members, Malgorzata Pfabé, Piotr Decowski and Jerzy Pfabé.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 5, 2011
Accessing the Inner Self Through Creative Writing
Students: forget about MLA citation, present-tense narration, and subject-verb agreement. It’s time to start writing for fun again.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 4, 2011
Smith Skiers Join the Club
A steady decline in the number of competitive student skiers in recent years has led to the recent decision to transition the ski team to a club sport.
- Athletics
- April 4, 2011
Music Professor Wins 2010 Woody Guthrie Book Award
Steve Waksman, associate professor of music, has been named the winner of the 2010 Woody Guthrie Award for his book This Ain’t the Summer of Love: Conflict and Crossover in Heavy Metal and Punk.
- Research & Inquiry
- April 1, 2011
Poet Edward Hirsch to Read at Smith
Smith College will present a reading by poet Edward Hirsch at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
- Smith Arts
- March 31, 2011
Value of Classroom Visits by the Experts? Priceless
Today’s agenda for Biology 323: a face-to-face conversation with Brigid Hogan, one of the world’s leaders in stem cell research and transgenic technology, a professor of cell biology at Duke University and director of the Duke Stem Cell Program.
- Research & Inquiry
- March 28, 2011
A Message From the Dean for International Study
I am writing to inform you that, in the wake of the catastrophic events in Japan, we have been in contact with our six students and the Smith faculty director of the Kyoto Program, as well as our two student enrolled in the Tokyo program.
- News of Note
- March 17, 2011
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