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February 2012
   
2/7/12 Claire Ma '13: Waking the Dragon in Switzerland
2/7/12 Insight: Teaching Approach Emphasizes Knowledge Building
2/6/12 CWL Event Urges Students to 'Ask for It'
2/3/12 Exhibition Captures Sights, Sounds of 'Debussy's Paris'
2/2/12 Noteables to Host Annual Silver Chord Bowl
2/2/12 Smith Art on Display at MOMA
2/1/12 Smith Alumnae Rank High Among Peace Corps Volunteers
2/1/12 Admission Invites All to Celebrate Another Record Year
2/1/12 President Christ Talks Smith in Higher Education Today Interview
2/1/12

Carol Thompson Cole '73 Strives to Better the Lives of At-Risk Kids

2/1/12 Alum's New Film Tracks Carnivores Exploration Into Vegan Fare
2/1/12 Behind the Book: Margaret Wurtele '67
2/1/12 Behind the Book: Shana Corey '96
2/1/12 Alum Kim Taylor Kruse's New Sewing and Craft Studio
2/1/12 From Teacher to Painter: Career Change for Peg Lee Bachenheimer '66
   
January 2012
   
1/30/12 Pioneering Runner Dr. Julia Chase-Brand '64 to Host Talk on Feb. 9
1/30/12 MFA Dance Performance Features Cutting Edge Choreography
1/27/12 Athletic Spaces Spruced Over J-Term
1/26/12 Profiled: Alfred Babo, French Studies, Fled Violence on Ivory Coast
1/26/12 New Guide Offers Answers Students Won't Find Elsewhere
1/25/12 Presidential Search Committee Appointed
1/25/12 At Smith, Oxfam Finds Young People Hungry to Make Change
1/24/12 Poet Patrick Rosal to Read, Deliver Lecture at Smith
1/24/12 Keeping Up With The Kims: North Korea After Kim Jong-il
1/24/12 President Christ Seeks Sustainability Suggestions
1/20/12 Applicants: What Do Your Parents Think?
1/20/12 A Lifetime in Florence, a Year at Smith
1/18/12 Scholars in Studio: Nina Antonetti on Evolution of Smith's Campus
1/17/12 Smith Musicians to Collaborate for Premiere
1/13/12 Feeling at Home, Half Way Around the World
1/12/12 More than Two Dozen Join Smith Faculty in January
1/10/12 Rare Book Room Celebrates Charles Dickens at 200
1/6/12 Fit for a New Year's Resolution
1/5/12 Months Later, Work from October Storm Continues
1/1/12 Smith to Live-Stream All Home Basketball Games
   
December 2011
   
12/22/11 Video: Smithies go to Washington for Women in Public Service
12/22/11 Best of The Gate 2011
12/21/11 Scholars in Studio: Susan Van Dyne on Women of Smith Past
12/20/11 Global Perspective: Differences Between Germany and America
12/20/11 Smith Sports History Peppered with Firsts
12/19/11 Video: No Shave November
12/16/11 Smith Students on the Path to Global Leadership
12/14/11 For Neuroscience, Go to Sabin-Reed Hall, Fourth Floor
12/13/11 Smith Announces Move to More Reliable Email System
12/12/11 Smith, Oxfam Team for World Hunger Symposium on Campus
12/12/11 Smith Athletics Hall of Fame Seeks Nominees
12/8/11 Vespers Reaches Worldwide Audience
12/6/11 Women in Public Service Colloquium Streamed Live Dec. 15
12/6/11 For 49 January Graduates, Smith Nearly Part of Their Past
12/6/11 Q&A with Conor Hanick, Artist-in-Residence
12/6/11 Insight: The Undead and the Digital
12/6/11 Insight: Discussing Dying and Death in America
12/5/11 Economics Professor Appointed to WFI Named Directorship
12/2/11 Grad Student from Spain: Living in America and the Land of Women
12/1/11 Smith Theatre Presents 'Hedda Gabler'
   
November 2011
   
11/29/11 Smith Executive Education: Real Women, Real Stories
11/29/11 Five Colleges, Inc., Receives $1.5 Million Mellon Grant
11/22/11 Presidential Adviser on Economy to Speak for WFI 10th
11/18/11 JYA Students Walk the Corri La Vita
11/18/11 Anna Roberts '12: Reflections on Otelia Cromwell Day
11/18/11 Distinguished Poet Gerald Stern to Read at Smith
11/16/11 Campus Camera: Another Year, Another Record, 42 Fullbright Apps.
11/15/11 Scholars in Studio: Donna Riley, associate professor of engineering
11/11/11 Fall Faculty Dance Concert
11/9/11 Julia Child Day 2011: 'Savoring Yesterday's Traditions Today'
11/8/11 Meet the Global STRIDE Fellows
11/7/11 Music Dept. Celebrates New Steinway
11/4/11 Legendary Dancer, Choreographer to Visit Smith
11/3/11 Garden Writer Paula Deitz '59 to Open Annual Mum Show
11/2/11 Video: Smiffenpoofs Celebrate 75 with Reunion Concert
11/2/11 Slam Champion Patricia Smith to Read at Smith
11/1/11 Photo Gallery: Campus After the Storm
11/1/11 Campus Reopens After 'Snowtober' Storm
   
October 2011
   
10/28/11 Five College Africa Day Hosted by Smith 2011
10/27/11 Chinese Art Expert to Deliver 9th Annual Miller Lecture
10/25/11 Smith Joins Catalyst, Organization for Women in Business
10/25/11 Women in Public Service Project to Convene Inaugural Colloquium
10/25/11 Photo Gallery: 'Food Day' at Smith College
10/24/11 Smith Number One in Fulbrights
10/24/11 Building Dashboard: Energy, Water Use on Campus Now on Display
10/21/11 Got Work? Crew Team Rowers Available for Hire
10/20/11 Lecture: Women's Prominent Role in Middle East Peace
10/20/11 Race, Medical Ethics, Identity the Focus of Otelia Cromwell Day
10/20/11 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet John Ashbery to Read at Smith
10/18/11 Scholars in Studio: Sam Intrator
10/17/11 Student Spurs City to Proclaim 'Food Day'
10/12/11 Nickel and Dimed Performed at Smith Theatre
10/5/11 Insight: Learning How to Get a Good Night's Sleep From Jet-Lagged Mice
10/5/11 Insight: Digital Mapmaking—Scholars 'See' a Virtual Landscape of Paris
10/4/11 Anna Roberts '12: Couchsurfing in Paris
   
 
September 2011
   
9/30/11 Poet and Translator Arvind Krishna Mehrotra to Read at Smith
9/29/11 HR Workshop Series Offers Range of Options for Learning on the Job
9/28/11 Smith Names Chief Information Officer
9/28/11 People News: Alumna's Couscous Best in the World
9/27/11 Anthropology Professor Heads to Ethiopia on Fulbright
9/26/11 Sept. 'Notes from Paradise': Alum Jamie Eslinger's Promise 365
9/26/11 10 Minutes of Science, Once a Week
9/22/11 Smith Athletics Announces Formation of Hall of Fame
9/21/11 Rally Day 2012 to Honor Five Accomplished Alumnae
9/20/11

Center for Media Production Open House

9/16/11 Insight: Fossil Coral Dating Reveals Clues About Sea-level Change
9/15/11 Campus Camera: Carnival Welcomes Back Students
9/14/11 Athletic Director Wins Katherine Ley Award
9/14/11 Acclaimed Poet Jane Hirshfield to Read at Smith

9/13/11

Alexandra Ghiz '12: JYA Students Get to Know Florentine Artisans
9/12/11 First-Year Follows Grandma to Wesley House
9/9/11 John Connolly: Relfections on 10th Anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001
9/9/11 Joshua Miller: 9/11 and the Cycle of Fear and Violence
9/8/11 Q & A With Playwright Deirdre Kinahan
9/8/11 Ten Years After 9/11/01, a Positive Smith Legacy
9/7/11 Caution: Crew May Be Habit-Forming
9/2/11 NSF Grant Funds Four-College Biomathematics Consortium
9/1/11 Campus Construction: New Look to Many Interiors
   
August 2011
8/31/11 Photo Gallery: Welcome Banners Reflect House Spirit
8/31/11 Photo Gallery: New Look to Many Campus Interiors
8/31/11

The Adventures of Kat Maria, Perla Haiti, in Panama

8/30/11 Video: Summer Music at Smith--Alan Fraser Piano Institute
8/24/11 Summer Fenway Internship Wins Convert to Red Sox Nation
8/23/11 Construction on Campus: Equestrian Center
8/22/11 Photo Gallery: School for Social Work Commencement
8/19/11 Smith Folk Duo to Perform Nearby on First Tour
8/18/11 People News: Roisin O'Sullivan, Nicholas Horton, Sabina Knight
8/17/11 Illinois Schools Consortium Joins Five College Library Depository
8/16/11 Construction on Campus: Comstock/Wilder
8/12/11 Former SSW Fellow to Address Grads
8/12/11 School for Social Work Links with Asian Universities
8/10/11 Photo Gallery: Praxis 2011
8/2/11 Not Always Easy Being a Tree at Smith
8/1/11 Social Workers of Tomorrow at Smith
8/1/11 Smith Students Experience Taiwan (Blog)
 
July 2011
   
7/27/11 Students Learn the Science of Creative Writing
7/26/11 Construction on Campus: Hubbard Kitchen
7/26/11 Construction on Campus: Gardiner House
7/22/11 World Travel, Hotel Life - Praxis Intern Lives Like Eloise
7/22/11 Hold Your Ground: A Workshop About Battling Invasive Plants
7/21/11 Students Earn Prestigious NASA Scholarships
7/20/11 PeopleNews: John Davis, Erin Morgenstern '00, Cornelia Oberlander '44
7/20/11 Smith.edu Moving to Content Management System
7/19/11 Construction on Campus: Emerson and Jordan houses.
7/18/11 Museum of Art Web Site Wins Award
7/13/11 Three Faculty Appointed Chaired Professors
7/12/11 Smith Community Invited to Marlboro at a Discount
7/12/11 Construction on Campus: Clark Hall
7/11/11 Look Who's Coming to Smith This Fall
7/11/11 Insight: Geo Sleuths Find Clues to Ancient Environments in Bahamas
7/8/11 Insight: What Drew Early Settlers to Peruvian Highlands?
7/7/11 Insight: Designing Solar Energy System at Soon-to-Close Landfill
7/7/11 Insight: Using the Power of Computing to Study Early Christians, Muslims
7/8/11 Summer Research into Globalization, Sustainability in Costa Rica
7/6/11 Campus Police to Earn Reaccreditation
7/6/11 Construction on Campus: Capen and Sessions
7/6/11 Alumna Reflects About Time Spent at Smith
 
June 2011
   
6/21/11 Construction on Campus: Burton Hall
6/20/11 Smith-Tuck Global Leaders Program for Women Welcomes 10th Class
6/17/11 Smith Lit: Reading List of Titles by or About Smith alumnae
6/15/11 Immigrants' Eating Habits May Improve with Access to Familiar Foods
6/14/11 Smith a Leader in Fulbright Fellowship Success
6/14/11 Campus Construction: Scott Gymnasium
6/9/11 Campus Camera: Campus Center Café at Chapin
6/8/11 Notes from Abroad: Junior Digs to Find the Real Mexico
6/7/11 Construction on Campus: Northrop Gillett
6/6/11 Donna Divine Op-ed: How Many Syrians Have to Die?
6/2/11 Five Colleges Receive $300K NSF Grant
6/2/11 Smith Campus Police, Now on West Street, Open for Business
6/1/11 Photo Gallery: 2011 All-Employee Picnic
6/1/11 Book Uncovers New Side of Historic Writer
   
May 2011
   
5/27/11 A Global Perspective: Hiroshima to Morocco to Northampton
5/26/11 Smith Honored for Support of Local Bike Trails
5/23/11 The Science of Renovating Occupied Buildings; Sabin-Reed, Burton
5/19/11 Longtime Dean Tom Riddell Named Honored Professor
5/19/11 Bechtel Classroom Designed to Earn World's Toughest Green Rating
5/17/11 Campus Center Cafe to Close for Summer Weeks
5/13/11 Three Faculty Members Awarded Charis Medal for 25 Years of Service
5/13/11 Families Flood into the City for Commencement 2011
5/13/11 Class of 1961 Goes Gold, Green and Global for 50th Reunion
5/12/11 Lily Samuels '11: Senior Offers Final Reflections on Leaving
5/12/11 Eight Retiring Faculty in 2011 Honored with Toasts
5/12/11 Column: Five Alumnae to Complete Math PhDs at Top Schools
5/11/11 For Athletes Abroad, Joining Teams not a Foreign Experience
5/11/11 Class of 2011: Grace Burberry-Martin
5/11/11 Class of 2011: Kathleen Daly, Ada Comstock Scholar
5/11/11 Class of 2011: Rawan Mustafa
5/11/11 Senior Arranges Special Wine Offering to Commemorate Graduation
5/10/11 Class of 2011, By the Numbers
5/10/11 Three from Smith Awarded State Department Scholarships
5/9/11 A Changing of the Deans in College Hall
5/9/11 Employees, Take a Break at May 31 Picnic
5/5/11 Student Cookbook a Nod to Julia Child, Smith Food
5/5/11 Campus Camera: Bike Kitchen on the Move
5/4/11 Recent Graduate Receives First Helen Gurley Brown Magic Grant
5/4/11 Knock Knock - Alumnae Welcome Accepted Students With Roses
5/2/11 Hanna Meghji '11: The Search for Higher Meaning
   
April 2011
   
4/27/11 Women Benefit Long After Vagina Monologues Production
4/25/11 Jill de Villiers: Ensuring Children Have the Language to Learn
4/21/11 Earth Day Festival About More Than Green
4/21/11 Local Schoolchildren Roll a Ball of 18,000 Plastic Bags
4/19/11 2011 Summer Reading Assignment Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
4/19/11 People News: Kim Bierwert, Jennifer Guglielmo, Michael Barresi
4/18/11 Sherrerd Awards:Three Faculty Members Honored for Their Teaching
4/16/11 Photo gallery:  Celebrating Collaborations 2011
4/15/11 Astronomer & Paleontologist: Rethinking the End of Our Planet
4/15/11 Suleiman Mourad: Is Jihad Meant as Devotion to God by the Sword?
4/15/11 We Sing the Theory of Evolution
4/14/11 Smith Honored for Model Program Encouraging Women to Pursue Math
4/13/11 First-Year Makes the Most of Playing College Basketball
4/13/11 Smith Alumnae Rank High Among Peace Corps Volunteers
4/13/11 Mom, Dad, Your Children Are Watching Your Financial Manners
4/11/11 Profiles on Activism: Author to Give Two Presentations
4/11/11 Smith Alumna Artist Wins Portland Biennial Prize
4/11/11 Mindful Eating Guru to Speak at Smith
4/9/11 Kahn Panel to Discuss Women's Education in Latin America
4/8/11 Romance Literature: Love It or Leave It
4/8/11 Celebrating 10 Years of Student-Faculty Collaboration
4/7/11 Video: 'Pirates of Penzance' Calls on Many Sources
4/7/11 Rescheduled: Environmental Costs of Militarism Explored in Talk
4/7/11

Mid-East Expert to Discuss Tunisian Rebellion

4/6/11 Parents, Beware: Your Texts Could End Up Here
4/5/11 Smith Physics, Astronomy Grads Travel Back in Time
4/4/11 Smith Skiers Join the Club
4/4/11 Accessing the Inner Self Through Creative Writing
4/1/11 Music Professor Wins 2010 Woody Guthrie Book Award
 
March 2011
   
3/31/11 Poet Edward Hirsch to Read at Smith
3/29/11 Video:  Spicing Up Smith's Dining
3/28/11 Value of Classroom Visits by the Experts? Priceless
3/25/11 Senior Dancers to Present Final Smith Concert
3/25/11 Museum of Art to Host Artist Whitfield Lovell
3/22/11 Leda Grossman '12: My Florentine Family
3/18/11 Video: The First March Madness
3/18/11 Ethics Symposium to Examine Age-Old School Problem
3/17/11 Poet Maxine Kumin and High School Prize-winners to Read at Smith
3/17/11 Message About Japan From the Dean for International Study
3/17/11 Undergraduate Takes Her Research to Capitol Hill
3/16/11 Philosophy Professor to Discuss Trash in Engel Lecture
3/14/11 March 31 Summit to Explore Potential For Life Sciences Cluster in Western Massachusetts
3/11/11 Professor Jay Garfield on Announcement by the Dalai Lama
3/11/11 Facts about the Women and Public Service Initiative
3/11/11 Leading Women's Colleges Join State Dept. on Global Leadership for Women Effort
3/11/11 Recyclemania, Feb. 6 to April 2, Enlists Entire Campus in Effort
3/10/11 People News: Ellen Doré Watson, David Newbury, Judge Lillian Miranda
3/8/11 Green Initiatives: Free-Cycle Event March 21
3/8/11 Emily Forster '12: An Afternoon Break fo Swiss Grapes
3/7/11 Smith Launches Summer Humanities Program for Teen Girls
3/4/11 Healthy Eating Just Got One Click Easier at Smith
3/4/11 Art Professor Wins Joan Mitchell Grant
3/3/11 Crew Team to Row for Western Mass. Food Bank
3/3/11 Run DMZ to Raise Funds for North Korean Refugees
3/2/11 Smith United Way Goal Within Reach
3/1/11 Video: Winter Sports Made Possible by Smith Indoor Track
   
February 2011
   
2/28/11 Video: Science at the Center/Liquid Nitrogen Demonstration
2/28/11 Pamela Nolan Young Named to Key Diversity Post
2/24/11 Smith Web Site Moving to Content Management System
2/23/11 Legendary Oceanographer Sylvia Earle to Deliver 2011 Commencement Address
2/23/11 Photo Gallery: Rally Day 2011
2/23/11 2011 Rally Day Convocation (video)
2/22/11 Notes From Abroad: Laura Itzkowitz '09
2/21/11 Campus Camera: What's Inside the Box?
2/18/11 Smith College to Dedicate Centers for Engagement, Learning and Leadership
2/18/11 Smith College to Host Spring Bulb Show
2/18/11 Smith Democrats to Host Massachusetts Campaigners
2/17/11 Poets Michael Klein and Donald Morrill to Read at Smith
2/17/11 Smith Endures a 2011 Snow Season Like No Other
2/17/11 Words of Otelia Cromwell Captured in Niece's Book
2/16/11 ACLU Litagator to Discuss 'War on Terror'
2/15/11 Smith Pair Raises Funds for 2,000 Book Library in Peru
2/14/11 Smith to Join CARE in Marking 100th International Women's Day
2/14/11 Smith Medalists, Then and Now
2/14/11 New, Old Traditions at Rally Day 2011
2/10/11 Theater Professor Publishes Second Novel
2/10/11 Notes From Abroad: Christianne Beasley '12
2/9/11 Annual Vagina Monologues Sends Message of Self-Appreciation
2/8/11

Trustee Honored for Gift Supporting International Initiatives

2/4/11 Rescheduled: Lenelle Moïse MFA '04 to Read at Smith February 15.
2/4/11 Smith Group Has Balcony View of History
2/3/11 Four Choreographers Featured in Annual MFA Concert
2/1/11 Smith Sophomore’s Travels Lead to Launch of Educational Book Series
2/1/11 Smith Again Hosts Silver Chord Bowl
   
January 2011
   
1/28/11 Photo Gallery: Library Staff Don Funny Hats, pre-Rally Day
1/28/11 Photo Gallery: Students Play in the Snow
1/27/11 CANCELLED: Environmental Costs of Militarism Talk at Smith
1/25/11 Smith ArtsFest Offers Wide Range of Music
1/25/11 Open House: New Smith Centers
1/20/11 People News: January 20, 2011
1/19/11 Photo Gallery: Students Toy With Engineering Concepts at 'Playground'
1/17/11 Interterm Course on Inequities in the U.S. Prison System
1/14/11 Taking Steps to Understand Bollywood
1/12/11 Students on the Ground Floor of Theater Production
1/10/11 Extra! Extra! Newspapers Are NOT Dead
1/7/11 A Global Perspective: The Belgian Sylvia Plath
1/7/11 A Global Perspective: Journey of an Aspiring French Artist
1/6/11 Jan. 27 Summit To Explore Potential For Life Sciences Cluster in Western Mass.
1/6/11 Photo Gallery: Engineers' Sun-Powered Models Populate Tiny Town
1/5/11 Smith College Shares Lessons From Deepwater Horizon Disaster
1/3/11 Life, Loneliness and Nature Reflected in Students' Art
1/3/11 Networking Works (and You Will, Too)
1/3/11 Smith College: There’s an App for That ™
   

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