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To its long tradition of excellent programs in the sciences, Smith has added the Picker Engineering Program, the first in the country at a women’s liberal arts college, which has garnered national attention for integrating engineering and the liberal arts.
Science teaching and research is more collaborative than ever before, and this increasingly interdisciplinary nature has an impact on both the intellectual and physical environment needed to educate the next generation of scientists. Smith offers students opportunities to pursue research with faculty, which allows them to experience the reality of a scientist’s career and acquire the skills they will need for advanced studies.
In many cases, students become co-authors of papers and may present the research before a conference of professionals.
This approach to the sciences is reflected in Ford Hall, which is designed for faculty and students to work together in teams, to move easily from the laboratory to a group study session to the classroom, and to pursue whatever additional knowledge they need in informal conversations as well as classroom or lab settings. Molecular biology, computer science, engineering, chemistry, and biochemistry will be the first disciplines to use the new building, but the approach to teaching the sciences is an established practice that new facilities will support.
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