2004-05 Archive
August 2005
Does It Matter What the Constitution Says? Discussion at Smith
Smith College's Picker Engineering Program Receives Accreditation
After Almost 300 Years, Famous Occult Text Translated into English
Study Finds College Students Use Credit Cards to Pay for Their Education
Smith Features in New York Exhibit on Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes
New Smith Students' First Charge: Find Answers
Sophomore Spends Summer by the Sea
Smith Alums Teaching Music in the Berkshires
Rare Corpse-Scented Flower in Bloom at Smith College
July 2005
Offseason Remains Busy With Summer Programs
Women's Studies Scholar to Address School for Social Work Graduates
Smith College's Entering Class Sets Records for Selectivity and Diversity
Smith College Appoints Vice President for Advancement
June 2005
Smith Art Historian to Shift Focus with Mellon Grant
McConnell Updated to Accommodate Changes in Teaching
Smith's Science and Engineering Expansion: Facts and Timeline
Women in Science and Engineering to Convene National Conference at Smith
Annual All-Campus Picnic: Fun, Food and More
A First for Smith College's Summer Reading Assignment: Poetry
May 2005
Another Record Year for Smith Fellowships
Smith School for Social Work Announces 2005 Lecture Series
Smith Names New Director of Career Development Office
Three Springfield Scholar Students Receive Full Scholarships to Attend Smith
Longtime Smith Professor Recognized for Teaching, Scholarship
Smith Orchestra to Perform at Carnegie Hall
Alum's Art Books Depict Fight with Cancer
April 2005
Smith College Sets Commencement
Cultural Sociologist Rick Fantasia to Lead Kahn Institute
Annual Showcase to Celebrate Scholarly Collaborations Among Faculty, Students
Ancient Greek Art Expert to Deliver 15th Annual Lehmann Lecture
Smith Invites Proposals for Affordable Housing at Near-Downtown Site
Iraqi Poetry and Music at Smith
Johnson & Johnson Chief Honored for Ushering Women into Business
Leading Materials Engineer Linda E. Jones to Direct Smith's Engineering Program
March 2005
Creative Nonfiction Author Adrian LeBlanc to Speak
American Art Expert Jessica F. Nicoll Named Museum of Art Director
Intersection of Evolution and Religion Focus of April 4 Lecture
Tenth Annual Smith Conference to 'Change the Face of Science
Poet Jane Hirshfield to Read at Smith
Population Growth Expert to Talk About 'Uncrowding Eden'
Sculptural Installation at Smith to Explore Hands and the Sense of Touch
A Smith Fulbright Scholar in Cameroon
New York Times Journalist Howard French on Why Africa Matters
Women Practicing Buddhism, the American Experiences
Inventing a Universal Language for Our Small World
Man Who Walked Twin Towers Tightrope, Author/Illustrator, to Speak at Smith
Teaching Award Honors Smith Faculty
Smith Board Approves Faculty Promotions
Smith Students Honor Staff Who Give Extraordinarily of Themselves
Bilingual Reading of Modern Yiddish Poetry March 24
Smith Students Honor Two Faculty Members for Excellence in Teaching
The Work of Art: Tamayo Mural Again at Smith
February 2005
Engineering Students to Unveil Northampton Street Redesign Plans
Poet Claudia Rankine to Read at Smith
Smith to Present Annual Spring Bulb Show
Stem Cell Research--Promise and Politics--Focus of Conference at Smith
Smith Cited as Leader in Access for Low-Income Students
Advertising Guru Shelly Lazarus to Deliver Commencement Address May 15
Founder of Global Missionaries the Maryknoll Sisters to be Celebrated Feb. 27-28
Media Experts to Analyze Effects of Public Relations on Society
Five Accomplished Smith Alumnae to be Honored at Rally Day 2005
Panel to Address Ethical Landmines College Graduates May Encounter
Smith Undergrad to Showcase Research at Top Scientific Conference
Poet Barbara Ras, Walt Whitman Award Winner, to Read at Smith
Engineering's Donna Riley Receives CAREER Award from National Science Foundation
January 2005
Lecture: Americans' Guilt Over Consumer Spending Not Shared Abroad
Award-Winning Playwright and Essayist Cherrie Moraga to Speak at Smith
Op-Ed: 80-Hour Week an Arbitrary Standard for Career Success
Smith Study Calls for Better Handling of Imported Live Marine Species
Op-Ed: Clanging Chains, Once Again
Thriving Mwangi Cultural Center Moves to Larger Home
Smith Opens Indoor Track to Public for Walking, Running
Smith/Princeton Exchange to Promote Women in Engineering
December 2004
Smith Study Shows Some Coral Reefs May Disappear If Warming Trend Continues
Smith Commits Near-Downtown Property for Rental Housing
Beloved Russian Writer to be Feted
New Program to Help 60 Community College Students Earn Four-Year Degrees
Annual Christmas Vespers Always Popular
November 2004
SOS Donation to Help Local Nonprofits
Grant Project to Enlist 30 Ed Students
Smith and University of Sarajevo to Develop New Academic Program
U.S. and S. Korean Officials to Discuss Nuclear Weapons Dec. 1 at Smith
Smith Event to Celebrate Indigenous American Culture
Nominations Sought for Second Sherrerd Teaching Awards
Public Invited to Learn about Geographical Information Systems (GIS) at Smith
Smith Tennis, Girl Scouts Team Up for Clinics
Smith Appoints Liaison to Coordinate Volunteer Efforts with Local Schools
MEDIA ADVISORY: Smith to Celebrate the Memory of Alumna Julia Child Nov. 18
Latina Poet and Activist Demetria Martinez to Read at Smith
Smith to Share New Energy Manager
New Book Chonicles Local Jewish History
A Reading of Archangels of Funk
Lani Guinier to Keynote Otelia Cromwell Day
October 2004
Smith College Dean Carolyn Jacobs to Discuss Life's Transformative Moments
MEDIA ADVISORY: Smith to Christen New Racing Boat Oct. 29
Waterfalls of Flowers Highlight Smith’s Annual Chrysanthemum Show
Harvard's Lani Guinier to Keynote Otelia Cromwell Day Series Nov. 2
Professors Role-Playing George Bush and John Kerry to Debate Economic Policy
Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney to Read at Smith
Celebrated Children's Authors and Illustrators to Sign Books at Campus School
Performance of Buddhist "Feeding" of Hungry Spirits to Collect Food for Needy
Talks on Sustainability and New Sciences Building
Flu Clinic Cancelled, Vaccine Offered to City
Smith Alum's Film to Open Noho Fest
New Book Chronicles Local History of Jews
Crew Captain of a Different Age
MEDIA ADVISORY: Sources for Election 2004
September 2004
Smith College Names Naomi J. Miller Director of Institutional Diversity
Creator of "Mathematica" Stephen Wolfram to Speak on "a New Kind of Science"
Smith to Re-Screen "Poetry in Wartime" Film Oct. 18
Smith College Students to Celebrate Annual Mountain Day
Smith Biology Professor Receives $1.2 Million from National Science Foundation
Arab Women's Activist Nawal El Saadawi to Speak at Smith
Art Conservation Methods Topic of Symposium at Smith
Pioneering Legislator Carol Moseley Braun to Discuss "Gender and Politics" at Smith
Poets Eleanor Wilner and Diane Gilliam Fisher to Read at Smith
Smith Pianist to Perform Schubert's Works on Replica of Composer's Piano
NSF Grant to Fund Study of Proteins
Employee Excellence Award Winners
Biology Prof Receives $1.2 Million for Cell Research
Kahn Institute Enters Its Seventh Year
Horowitz to Speak for 350th Series
New Faculty Members Join Smith
Fall Full of Prominent Speakers
Two African-American Leaders to Speak
