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THE EAST HAMPTON STAR, Feb. 9, 2012
Margaret Sanger, the mother of birth control
Esther Katz, director of the Margaret Sanger Papers Project at New York University, notes a microfilm edition based on documents in the Sophia Smith Collection is now available. The database comprises more than 50,000 of Sanger’s documents, including letters from women pleading for help obtaining birth control. “It’s heart-rending,” Katz said. “One says, ‘I have six children, my husband’s out of work, I’m already sick, please help.’ There are hundreds of letters like that.”
ART DAILY, Feb. 10, 2012
Exhibition of recent paintings by artist Janet Fish on view
An exhibition of recent paintings by Smith alumna Janet Fish '60, who will be honored with a Smith College Medal at Rally Day on Feb. 23, is on view at the DC Moore Gallery in New York City through March 17.
DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Feb. 10, 2012
Seven Sisters trip opens window to lives of Cambodian women
In January, 27 American women, including Smith alumnae, journeyed to this poor Southeast Asian country to get an insider's view of the struggles and achievements happening there. "Cambodia: Beyond the Killing Fields" was one of several excursions abroad in a series called Among Women and organized by alumnae of Seven Sister schools.
DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Feb. 10, 2012
From a single room, a 200-year-old house in Westhampton still fits families
The owner of a historic house in Westhampton says she's grateful to the Ada Comstock Scholar who compiled a detailed history of the house a few years ago.
BAR HARBOR TIMES, Feb. 9, 2012
SERC Institute names two new Dixon Fellows
The Schoodic Education and Research Center (SERC) Institute has named Smith alumna Jessica Rykken '87 a Dixon Fellow for 2011. During her SERC fellowship, Rykken, who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, assisted with biodiversity discovery programs at Acadia National Park.
STATENISLANDLIVE.COM, Feb. 9, 2012
Staten Island Academy captures ACIS crown in girls' basketball
Staten Island Academy senior Bethany Claps, who will be attending Smith in the fall, led her team's championship win against Dwight Englewood High School with a game high of 22 points.
GREENWICH CITIZEN, Feb. 9, 2012
The Will to win: Local high school students brush up on their Bard
On Feb. 29, potential Prosperos and hopeful Hamlets will deliver their polished Shakespearean monologues and recite the Bard's sonnets in the annual Shakespeare Competition, co-sponsored by Smith College Club of Greenwich-Stamford.
CAPE COD TIMES, Feb. 9, 2012
College notes
Smith senior Sarah Romano of South Yarmouth broke a Smith record in the weight throw at the Southern Maine Invitational. She had a toss of 47 feet, 3 inches to finish second and qualify for the New England Division III Championships and the ECAC Championships.
DAILY HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE, Feb. 8, 2012
Annals of academia: Life Lessons
[For a copy, e-mail Marti Hobbes.]
The Center for Work and Life (CWL) at Smith offers programming that helps students navigate their lives at Smith and beyond.
INTERNATIONAL FALLS DAILY JOURNAL, Feb. 8, 2012
Curl up with a book and escape this wacky winter
In "Nothing Daunted," the tale of an unexpected education of two society girls in the West, Dorothy Wickenden offers "historical accounts of life at the boundary between different societies, classes and environments." [Editor's note: Wickenden will discuss her book at Smith's Campus Center Thursday, March 1, at 4:30 p.m.]
DAILY TIMES, PAKISTAN, Jan. 25, 2012
Sharmeen Obaid's documentary 'Saving Face," nominated for Oscars
"Saving Face," a documentary directed by Pakistani investigative filmmaker and Smith alumna Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy '02 and Daniel Junge, has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category, as announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.
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Kahn Project 'Evil' Presents Classic Film Waxworks with Live Organ
The Kahn Liberal Arts Institute will glance back at film evolution with the presentation of the silent classic German film Waxworks, with live accompaniment improvised by award-winning organist Peter Krasinski on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in John M. Greene Hall. Read more about this and other events of the Kahn project, "Evil."
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