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"Good morning ladies, gentlemen, and everyone in between."
Caitlyn Kirby, president of the Class of 2012, delivered the student speech at Smith College’s 134th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20.
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Although each student house at Smith College has its own character, they share one thing in common: a piano in every living room. Some students take the opportunity to continue years of lessons...
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Emmy- and Golden Globe–winning actress Jane Lynch was the speaker at Smith College’s 134th Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, 2012.
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This year, renowned curator Thelma Golden ’87 celebrated her twenty-fifth reunion and gave the alumna keynote address at the Ivy Day celebration on May 19. Through her work with the...
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Shishona Jones, a member of the Class of 2012, delivered the student address at Smith College’s Ivy Day celebration on Saturday, May 19.
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Ann Leone, Professor of French Studies
Ann Leone examines how writers have used landscapes to aid in the telling of stories throughout literature, offering a "voice... -
It’s dark, about 5:30 a.m. The air is frigid and icy, with a cutting breeze knifing off the water. Movement for a while is sluggish and achy. For more than 60 students, members of the...
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When Maggie Kurkoski ’12, working as a research assistant for Scott Bradbury, professor of classical languages and literatures, dug through the storage cabinets in the Caverno Room in...
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Laura D'Andrea Tyson ’69 was the first woman to head the National Economic Council from 1993 to 1995, during the administration of President Bill Clinton. She is now the S.K. and...
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In addition to being editor of the arts and literature quarterly, the Hudson Review, Paula Deitz '59 is a writer and cultural critic in the fields of art, architecture, design, and landscape...
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Amy Ellis Nutt '77 a staff writer at the Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ, for 13 years, won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for her feature series "The Wreck of the Lady Mary," about the 2009...
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Kerianne Panos '98, who speaks seven languages, is president of Boston-based MCML Consulting Services, an international educational organization she founded after working in Japan for a...
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Thanks to an expanding program in Arabic studies at Smith and the Five
Colleges, led by Abdelkader Berrahmoun, lecturer in Middle East studies,
learning the dominant language of... -
Susan Spoehrer Elliott ’58 talks about her 50-plus years in the technology industry. After graduation, she became one of the first female programmers at IBM, and later founded the...
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John Gibson, senior lecturer, art department
John Gibson teaches a brief lesson on seeing, thinking and drawing. He moves from how we perceive differences among objects toward a... -
Jane Lynch, the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actress of film, television and theater, will be the speaker at Smith College's 134th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20, at 10 a.m. in the...
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Can't get down to Ainsworth to catch the basketball game? Planning to head out of town this weekend? No matter. Now you can catch live broadcasts of every home game online, complete with...
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In the aftermath of a devastating tornado that touched down in Springfield, Massachusetts, in June 2011 and affected an estimated 40 percent of the population, a class of Smith engineering...
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Nina Antonetti, Assistant Professor of Landscape Studies
Nina Antonetti traces the evolution of the Smith College campus from the original 27-acre pastoral academic village... -
With Smith students, faculty and alumnae gathering in Washington, D.C., on December 15 for the inaugural colloquium of the Women in Public Service Project, the year 2011 ended on an inspiring...
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As part of the college's multi-faceted approach to environmental sustainability, students coordinated "No-Shave November," a month-long contest among campus residences challenging...
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President Carol T. Christ
In 2011, Smith College collaborated with other top U.S. women’s colleges — Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr and Wellesley — and the... -
Susan Van Dyne, Professor of the Study of Women and Gender
Director of the Archives Concentration
Studying archival photographs from the early days of Smith College, Susan... -
Highlights from the 2009 vespers concert. Christmas Vespers tells the story of Advent through hymns, prayers, and readings.
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Donna Riley, Associate Professor of Engineering
Traditionally, engineers have been trained to be “value neutral,” focusing on solving the problem at hand without... -
Smith's Smiffenpoofs, the oldest collegiate women's a cappella group in the country, held celebration concert with alumnae on Saturday, Nov. 5, in which they performed selections from...
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Sam Intrator, Professor of Education and Child Study
It’s widely accepted that higher education leads to better life outcomes, yet college remains an unfulfilled hope for... -
Jane Hirshfield’s work has been called “passionate and radiant” by The New York Times. Her poetry is an extension of a life both lived and examined, and her carefully...
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Kevin Quashie, Associate Professor of Afro-American Studies
Kevin Quashie takes a closer look at the iconic image from the 1960s of American sprinters Tommie Smith and Juan... -
Greg White, Professor of Government and Faculty Director of the Global Studies Center
Among the concerns about human-caused climate change is the specter of tens of millions of... -
Donna Divine, Morningstar Family Professor in the field of Jewish Studies and Professor of Government
One man’s protest quickly became a movement that toppled governments... -
Smith engineering seniors Lindsay Holle and Darcy Dwyer devoted two semesters and the professional equivalent of some 1,000 hours for the research, analysis and design of a feasible renewable...
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For residents of Lamont House, the tradition of Mountain Day is amplified by an annual group trip to Quonquont Farm, a fruit farm in nearby Whately, where delicious red and golden apples are...
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From May 31 to June 2, 2011, Smith and Mount Holyoke colleges hosted the inaugural Women's Education Worldwide (WEW) conference for faculty. Representatives of nearly 60 women's colleges...
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“You, lucky you, are here to fly the aircraft, write the songs, dive the subs, find the cures, run the companies, lead this country, lead this world to a better, more prosperous future for...
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“Smith has exposed us to everything it has to offer, and there are no words to express how much Smith has changed our lives. Only by making an impact on the world can we show Smith its...
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“I came to Smith because I saw it as a place where I could reach my fullest potential. However, it has done way more than that. Smith has made me unstoppable!” Jewels Rhode, a...
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Catheryn Yum '86 delivered the 25th Reunion Address at Smith College’s Ivy Day celebration on Saturday, May 14.
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Highlights from "A Freshman Comes to Smith," which was completed in 1933 by the Alumnae Association as a recruiting film shown at Smith Clubs and to prospective students and their...
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"A love affair" is how Ileana Streinu, Charles N. Clark Professor of Computer Science, describes her relationship with Ford Hall. It is not just the state-of-the-art facilities that...
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On any given weekday, rookies and native speakers, professors and students alike gather for lunch at tables sponsored by a variety of Smith's foreign language departments and programs. If it...
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Exploring the woods of the 200-acre MacLeish Field Station is becoming a lot easier thanks to new hiking trails designed and built by Smith students. This summer, student volunteers and a team...
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Two restrooms in the Smith College Museum of Art blur the boundaries between form and function as well as personal and public space. The public restrooms, located on the lower level directly...
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"Smith Women in Education: Charting a Changing Education Landscape" features Smith alumnae educators, as well as President Carol Christ, discussing some of the most pressing issues in...
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No major organization can afford to be late to the game when it comes to fielding a first-class roster of women leaders. At Smith College, the goal of the Executive Education program is to build...
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Rachel Maddow, a political commentator who rose to national prominence after launching her career on local radio, was the speaker at Smith College's 132nd commencement ceremony on Sunday,...
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When Kathy Zieja, director of dining services, sought to add some authentic spices to international dining nights in response to student requests, she brought in the experts. Esther Hong '11...
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"Smith College has traditionally emphasized the importance of dynamic, diverse and interactive teaching in imparting the principles of the sciences and liberal arts to its high-achieving...
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The Noteables celebrate Mountain Day a capella style.
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Smithies on Smith.
     
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