<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://www.smith.edu/edigest/rss/homepage_items.xml"  rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><title>Smith College Headline News</title><link>http://www.smith.edu/</link><description>Smith College News and Events</description><language>en-us</language><image><title>Smith College Headline News</title><url>http://www.smith.edu/news/images/logolarge.gif</url><link>http://www.smith.edu/</link></image><item><title>A Five College-led partnership has received a $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to improve 
mathematics teaching in 
the Pioneer Valley.</title><link>http://www.smith.edu/news/2010-11/nsf-5collegegrant.php</link><description>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.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://www.smith.edu/news/2010-11/nsf-5collegegrant.php" &gt;  &lt;IMG  border="0" src="http://www.smith.edu/dspan/homepage_images/n_20110603080658.jpg" alt="news item" /&gt; &lt;/A&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:55:54 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.smith.edu/index.php?id=00215</guid></item><item><title>Ten Smith students in one of three Global Engagement Seminars are spending part of the summer in 
Jerusalem at a key moment in the history of the Middle East.</title><link>http://sophia.smith.edu/blog/jerusalem/2011/05/05/jerusalem-today/</link><description>Ten students in one of three inaugural Global Engagement Seminars are spending part of the summer in Jerusalem. The 
seminar includes study in the city followed by a related internship. The students regularly report on their experience via 
Weblog.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://sophia.smith.edu/blog/jerusalem/2011/05/05/jerusalem-today/" &gt;  &lt;IMG  border="0" src="http://www.smith.edu/dspan/homepage_images/n_20110604102840.jpg" alt="news item" /&gt; &lt;/A&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:55:54 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.smith.edu/index.php?id=00216</guid></item><item><title>Now at the Museum of Art: &lt;em&gt;The Last Silent Movie,&lt;/em&gt; Smith alumna Susan Hiller&#039;s installation of etchings 
based 
on extinct or dying languages from around the world.</title><link>http://scma.smith.edu/artmuseum/On-View/Susan-Hiller-The-Last-Silent-Movie</link><description>Now at the Museum of Art: &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;The Last Silent Movie,&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; Smith alumna Susan Hiller&amp;#039;s installation of etchings 
based 
on extinct or dying languages from around the world.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://scma.smith.edu/artmuseum/On-View/Susan-Hiller-The-Last-Silent-Movie" &gt;  &lt;IMG  border="0" src="http://www.smith.edu/dspan/homepage_images/n_20110607085443.jpg" alt="news item" /&gt; &lt;/A&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:55:54 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.smith.edu/index.php?id=00218</guid></item><item><title>The Smith College School for Social Work&#039;s annual summer lecture series, through August 15, features discussions on a 
variety of topics and trends in social work.</title><link>http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php</link><description>The Smith College School for Social Work&amp;#039;s annual summer lecture series, through August 15, features discussions on a 
variety of topics and trends in social work.&lt;br/&gt; &lt;A HREF="http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php" &gt;  &lt;IMG  border="0" src="http://www.smith.edu/dspan/homepage_images/n_20110607084240.jpg" alt="news item" /&gt; &lt;/A&gt;</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:55:54 EDT</pubDate><guid>http://www.smith.edu/index.php?id=00217</guid></item></channel></rss>