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November 28, 2012

FACULTY EXPERTISE

REUTERS, Nov. 26, 2012
A hoarder’s estate can yield treasures and traumas
Television shows like the A&E network's "Hoarders" and TLC's "Hoarding: Buried Alive," may make it seem like compulsive hoarding - in which people accumulate so much stuff that it clogs their living spaces and impedes their ability to function - is on the rise.  But the disorder has remained fairly constant, affecting between 2 percent and 5 percent of the population, according to Randy Frost, Smith psychology professor who has studied the behavior.

SIGNATURE SMITH

THE REPUBLICAN, Nov. 27, 2012
Smith College’s Mortimer Rare Book Room celebrates 50 years
The “A Room of Our Own” exhibit celebrating the 50-year milestone for Smith’s Mortimer Rare Book Room highlights the oldest and rarest books at Smith.

ALUMNAE NEWS

THE SKANNER NEWS, Nov. 27, 2012
Toks Olagundoye -- 'The Neighbors' Interview
A profile of actress and Smith alumna Toks Olagundoye, who currently stars in ABC’s comedy “The Neighbors.”

BOSTON GLOBE, Nov. 24, 2012
Capsule reviews of three recent titles
In “Listening for Madeleine,” author Leonard Marcus unearths reflections on Smith alumna and author Madeleine L’Engle from family, friends, editors, and fellow religious seekers. At Smith, she was a classmate of the future Betty Friedan, noted the review.

DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE, NOV. 28, 2012
Obituary: Martha Alworth, 87
Smith alumna Martha Alworth ‘47, a community and social activist, died Sunday. Alworth’s civic involvement included endowing the Alworth Center for the Study of Peace and Justice at the College of St. Scholastica and establishing the Royal D. Alworth Jr. Institute for International Studies at the University of Minnesota Duluth.

NEWS RELEASE

New Plath Portrait to be Unveiled

The Poetry Center and the Mortimer Rare Book Room will unveil a new portrait, painted by Susan Seidner Adler '57, of legendary poet Sylvia Plath '55 during a celebration on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. in the Poetry Center. The event will also celebrate the 50th anniversary of Plath's iconic Ariel poems, and will include a Q&A with the artist and donor of the painting, followed by readings of Plath's works. More...

 

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