This page features selected news items about Smith College people and programs.
April 2019
4/25/2019
Prof. Anna Kapambwe Mwaba: Responding to the military overthrow in Sudan - Washington Post
4/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Corruption in the Olympic bid process - Philip DeFranco Show
4/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Punishing baseball fans with a publicity stunt - Washington Times
4/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: NFL Draft is big test for Disney - Yahoo Finance
4/25/2019
Prof. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: Difficult conversations around the N-word - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
4/23/2019
Review: 'Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins '66' - The Telegraph
4/22/2019
4/19/2019
4/19/2019
Prof. Michael Gorra reviews Janny Scott's 'The Beneficiary' - The New York Times
4/16/2019
Profs. Carol and Philip Zaleski: In the footsteps of the Inklings - Los Angeles Review of Books Blog
4/16/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Avoiding another baseball strike - Yahoo! Deportes
4/16/2019
Women's colleges see increased interest - POLITICO Online
4/16/2019
‘A moment for women’s colleges’: Smith and Mount Holyoke see spike in admissions - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
4/16/2019
Prof. Eric Reeves: Critical moments in Darfur - CNN International Online
4/15/2019
Prof. Joel S. Kaminsky: Humor and hope from Passover to Purim - Los Angeles Review of Books
4/11/2019
4/11/2019
4/11/2019
4/11/2019
4/11/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Pompeo wrong on Assad control in Syria - FactCheck.org
4/9/2019
Emma Seymour '19, Profs. Baker and Zimbalist: Equity in coverage of women's sports - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/8/2019
Joining the collection: Photographs by Joan E. Biren - The New York Times
4/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A gleaming new stadium for Tottenham - The New York Times
4/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: WSU's athletics deficit - Daily Evergreen
4/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The NCAA money race - Daily Evergreen
4/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Faith and hope - MLB Trade Rumors
4/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Reshaping San Diego's sports identity - Sporting News
4/2/2019
A surge in applications to women's colleges - NBC News
March 2019
3/27/2019
The passionate, progressive politics of Julia Child '34 - The New Yorker
3/25/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reproductive rights are human rights - Ms. Magazine Blog
3/25/2019
Prof. Jennifer Malkowski: The endless appetite for graphic video - The New York Times
3/22/2019
Amy Goodman celebrates activist Frances Crowe - MassLive/Springfield Republican
3/22/2019
Review: "The plastic fantastic" - Boston Globe
3/19/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A ballpark's promise - Wichita Eagle
3/19/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Hartford's $71M ballpark - Hartford Business Journal
3/18/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: College admission for athletes - Associated Press
3/18/2019
Prof. Michael Thurston: Is there such a thing as political correctness? - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/14/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Following New York's lead on reproductive rights - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/12/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pay equity in soccer - The New York Times
3/12/2019
'Raise hell: The life and times of Molly Ivins '66' - Texas Observer
3/4/2019
3/4/2019
Prof. Paula Giddings: Ida B. Wells - C-SPAN
3/1/2019
Rachel Simmons: Millennials and careers - WGBY "Connecting Point"
3/1/2019
Smith College exhibit looks at our relationship with plastic - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
3/1/2019
Flower, bulb shows will put spring in your step - Boston.com
February 2019
2/27/2019
President Kathleen McCartney: A 'form of mental labor' worth the effort - The New York Times
2/25/2019
Ai-jen Poo will deliver Smith commencement address - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Empty promises, empty seats - Hartford Courant
2/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The cost of the Rio Olympics - The National, Scotland
2/22/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: The positive effect of protests - Ms. Magazine Blog
2/21/2019
More students are choosing women's colleges - The New York Times
2/20/2019
Surviving March in New England: The Smith Bulb Show - Boston Globe
2/19/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Can Syria rebuild with Assad still in power? - Financial Times
2/19/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Safe, accessible abortion - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/12/2019
Sophy Doub Burnham '58: At what age is love enthralling? - The New York Times
2/12/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: 10 Reasons Feminists are Wary of Neomi Rao - Ms. Magazine Blog
2/7/2019
2/7/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The true economic impact of sports stadiums - KALW Radio, San Francisco
2/6/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: What's next for the feminist resistance - Ms. Magazine Blog
2/6/2019
Claire Haug '20: What is a 'normal' family, anyway? - The New York Times
2/5/2019
Chelsea Kline AC '07: Naming pain, acknowledging privilege will help us move forward - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/4/2019
Linda Kramer Jenning '72 writes about 'Failing Well' - U.S. News & World Report
2/4/2019
Prof. Brent Durbin: The Super Bowl and foreign policy - Washington Post
2/4/2019
Susan Hiller '61, maker of conceptual art, dies - The New York Times
2/1/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The economic benefit of the Super Bowl - Atlanta Journal Constitution
2/1/2019
Kimberly Probolus '11: We need more women's voices - The New York Times
2/1/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the Super Bowl and the NFL - Dialog with James Carville and Al Hunt
2/1/2019
Botanic Garden: 'A slice of spring in the heart of campus' - Western Mass News
2/1/2019
Art Maker: Prof. Dominique Thiebaut - Daily Hampshire Gazette
January 2019
1/31/2019
1/28/2019
Prof. Michael Thurston: Black lung and the ‘radical act of poetic thinking’ - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/25/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: An interview with Kathy Spillar - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/25/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Why we need the ERA - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/22/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pro sports and tax rate increases - Crain's Detroit
1/22/2019
Prof. Justin Cammy: The neglected greatness of poet Avrom Sutzkever - Times Literary Supplement
1/22/2019
Lecturer Anna Mwaba: An unprecedented call for suspended elections in Congo - Washington Post 'Monkey Cage'
1/16/2019
1/15/2019
Becoming an adult: Why some adolescents say "Don't rush me" - Christian Science Monitor
1/15/2019
1/15/2019
Community college transfer students: Underenrolled, overachieving - U.S. News & World Report
1/14/2019
1/11/2019
Prof. Paula Giddings: Addressing hate crimes of the past - Ebony Magazine
1/11/2019
Diana Oh '08: "Infinite Love Party" - The New York Times
1/10/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A responsible Winter Games - Salt Lake City Weekly
1/10/2019
1/8/2019
Laura Tyson '69: America's new democracy movement - Project Syndicate
1/7/2019
Prof. Martha Ackelsberg: 'Not in my name' - The New York Times
1/4/2019
1/3/2019
Ruth Bader Ginsberg inspired by Dorothy Kenyon, Class of 1908 - Washington Post
1/2/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Confronting sexual harassment in housing - Ms. Magazine Blog
1/2/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Ten #MeToo sheroes - Ms. Magazine Blog
1/2/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: We can't end sexual assault without consent education - Ms. Magazine Blog
1/2/2019
1/2/2019