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News Archive
Smith Website Moving to Content Management System
As announced last spring, the Office of College Relations has begun the process of transitioning the Smith Web site to a database-driven content management system, or CMS. This new system, based on the open-source Drupal platform, will facilitate visitor interactivity, the ability to share content, integration with social media, search engine optimization and more.
- News of Note
- February 24, 2011
Oceanographer Sylvia Earle to Deliver 2011 Commencement Address
Sylvia Earle, the undersea explorer dubbed a “Living Legend” by the Library of Congress, will be the speaker at Smith College’s 133rd commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 15.
- Events
- February 23, 2011
Notes From Abroad: More Than Just an English Teacher
Why do so many Smithies, with majors ranging from French and Italian to anthropology and psychology, turn to teaching English after graduating?
- Alumnae News
- February 22, 2011
In Modern Drama, Why Are the Characters So Often Entrapped?
Theater is supposed to tell us something. The play, through the plot, is designed to reveal to us—the audience—an element of truth.
- Research & Inquiry
- February 10, 2011
Annual Vagina Monologues Spreads Message of Self-Appreciation
When The Vagina Monologues, a play by Eve Ensler, was first produced 13 years ago, it sparked a sort of revolution, helping women regard their bodies with fresh appreciation and insisting on a newsocietal comfort regarding women’s bodies and identities.
- Campus Life
- February 9, 2011
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