Smith in the News
This page features selected news items about Smith College people and programs.
October 2024
10/7/2024
Prof. Loretta Ross on gender fault lines in the election - New York Times
10/7/2024
Smith labor unions form coalition - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/7/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Family providers face barriers to adding abortion services - American Prospect
10/7/2024
Jana Wu M.S.W. '09: Harnessing the 'love hormone' for resilience - Psychology Today
10/7/2024
Prof. Suleiman Mourad on the future of the Israel-Hamas conflict - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/3/2024
10/2/2024
10/2/2024
Ava Blando ’27: What abortion bans take from us - Ms. Magazine
10/1/2024
Capen Garden daylilies a hidden gem - Atlas Obscura
10/1/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on impact of commericalizing youth sports - Financial Times
September 2024
9/30/2024
Designing Smith's neurodivergent classroom - Inside Higher Ed
9/30/2024
Nadira Talayee ’26 will run a marathon in Berlin to benefit charity - The Greenfield Recorder
9/30/2024
Prof. Kate Queeney: Inaction at Northampton crosswalk - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/28/2024
9/27/2024
Smith collection offers history of what women wore - New England Public Media
9/26/2024
A musical sendoff for Professor Steve Waksman - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/26/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Do you know your human rights? - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/19/2024
VP Joanna May on how Smith has maintained diversity - New England Public Media
9/19/2024
Joanne Corey ’82: My evolution as a climate warrior - Generations
9/19/2024
Jessica Seman ’99 appointed family division judge in VT - Vermont Daily Chronicle
9/19/2024
Julia Garnett ’28, First Amendment advocate - Tennessee Lookout
9/17/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker on the presidential election - WHMP Radio
9/16/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on shift in NFL's ownership structure - Essentially Sports
9/16/2024
Smith painting foreman Jay Sullivan part of downtown cleanup - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/12/2024
Prof. Loretta Ross: National abortion ban will have unequal impact - Scientific American
9/12/2024
Prof. Sarah Witkowski on study of hot flashes and menopause - Health Reporter
9/10/2024
9/9/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Are Olympics boost or bane for tourism? - Travel Weekly
9/9/2024
Smith upholds diversity in wake of court ruling on admission - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/9/2024
Exhibition by Moroccan artist debuts at Smith - New England Public Media
9/3/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on cost to taxpayers of San Antonio's new ballpark - San Antonio Current
August 2024
8/24/2024
8/24/2024
Prof. Emeritus Donald Joralemon on conspiracy theories - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/22/2024
Smith offers 'geothermal primer' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/19/2024
8/19/2024
8/19/2024
Phil O'Donoghue M.F.A. ’05 finds joy in teaching - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/19/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on WNBA fan frustrations - Business Insider
8/19/2024
Prof. Timothy Recuber on the digital future - MIT Technology Review
8/15/2024
Sabzara Ali ’27 on Kashmiri women and the radical act of rest - Kashmir Observer
8/15/2024
8/14/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Telehealth drives increase in abortions - Ms. Magazine
8/14/2024
SMCA restrooms are a work of art - Atlas Obscura
8/12/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on why LA is a good pick for summer Olympics - New York Times
8/12/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker on Christine Blasey Ford's new book - Ms. Magazine
8/12/2024
Smith professors are 'tree saviors' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/9/2024
8/8/2024
Prof. Ibtissam Bouachrine on cyberbullying of Olympic boxer - Visible magazine
8/7/2024
8/5/2024
President Emerita McCartney on response to Harris as a woman leader - New York Times
8/5/2024
Prof. Jim Johnson on exercising in the heat - The Greenfield Recorder
8/5/2024
8/2/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Neighborhoods push back on sports stadiums - The American Prospect
8/1/2024
Prof. Michael Gorra: 'How Henry James viewed his own fiction' - Times Literary Supplement UK
8/1/2024
July 2024
7/30/2024
Smith awarded state grant for new science equipment - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/29/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Are stadiums a smart use of public funds? - Crain's Chicago Business
7/29/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Costs of Hosting the Olympics - Irish Times
7/28/2024
7/28/2024
7/28/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: 'The Olympics has lost its shine' - Miami Herald
7/26/2024
7/25/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker on restoring reproductive rights - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/25/2024
Prof. Andrea Hairston's new novel set in western, Mass. - New England Public Media
7/25/2024
7/24/2024
7/24/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Uncertain costs of Paris Olympics - Washington Post
7/23/2024
7/23/2024
Inspiration for Sabrina Brier ‘17's comedy - Los Angeles Times
7/23/2024
7/23/2024
7/23/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Hosting the Olympics generally 'a bad idea' - Business Standard
7/7/2024
Prof. Halie Rando on domestication of foxes - CBC News
7/3/2024
7/3/2024
7/2/2024
7/2/2024
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy ’01 charts her own path in Hollywood - Associated Press
June 2024
6/27/2024
6/26/2024
Prof. Floyd Cheung's book gives voice to Japanese Americans imprisoned during WWII - Northwest Asian Weekly
6/25/2024
6/24/2024
6/24/2024
6/21/2024
Prof. Glenn Ellis on social-impact engineering - Business West
6/21/2024
6/20/2024
6/20/2024
Prof. Timothy Recuber on changing norms after collective traumas - Associated Press News
6/18/2024
6/17/2024
Hillary Knight ’11 serves in Maine's first public defenders office - centralmaine.com
6/17/2024
Prof. Zimbalist: Franklin Park soccer stadium, a bad deal for Boston - Commonwealth Beacon
6/17/2024
6/14/2024
Fall exhibition features Smith's historic clothing collection - Women's Wear Daily
6/14/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker on Supreme Court's abortion pill ruling - Ms. Magazine
6/13/2024
6/12/2024
Prof. Ibtissam Bouachrine on violence against women in Egypt - Ms. Magazine
6/11/2024
Prof. Loretta Ross on failure to address pain of IUDs - Boston Globe
6/10/2024
6/6/2024
Sabrina Brier ’17: 'The people's princess of internet gays' - Rolling Stone Magazine
6/5/2024
6/5/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Are stadiums economic engines? - Bloomberg News
6/4/2024
6/3/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on impact of professionalizing college sports - Times Higher Education
6/1/2024
Prof. Zimbalist: Paying college athletes means fewer teams in CT - CT Public Radio
May 2024
5/31/2024
5/30/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on impact of looming pay for college athletes - US News and World Report
5/30/2024
Prof. Susan Stratton Sayre on a team developing ways to measure carbon tax impact - University of Massachusetts Amherst
5/28/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Helping Latinas find abortion care - Ms. Magazine
5/28/2024
Zecil Gravitz, 102, recalls her Naval training at Smith - Boston Globe
5/25/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on paying college athletes - Marketplace
5/24/2024
5/23/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on public financing of sports venues - Shorenstein Center
5/22/2024
Julie Lapping Rivera's woodcut prints celebrate remarkable women - Amherst Bulletin
5/22/2024
5/19/2024
Prof. Sara Newland on Taiwan's new political moment - Hong Kong Free Press
5/18/2024
Smith pledges $500K for Northampton schools - Masslive
5/18/2024
Longtime faculty member Katy Schneider paints a publisher - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/16/2024
Prof. Floyd Cheung on WWII experiences of Japanese Americans - WBUR Here and Now
5/16/2024
5/14/2024
5/14/2024
Professor Daphne Lamothe is new Smith provost - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
5/12/2024
5/8/2024
Julia Antinozzi ’18: An early-career dance maker - New York Times
5/7/2024
5/7/2024
5/3/2024
Tigress Osborne ’96 named a health influencer - Time Magazine
5/2/2024
5/2/2024
‘Hoodoo and physics‘: Talking with professor emerita Andrea Hairston - Clarkes World Magazine
5/2/2024
Smith crew are NEWMAC rowing champions - Rowing News
5/1/2024
President Sarah Willie-LeBreton on Smith and Northampton - Daily Hampshire Gazette
April 2024
4/29/2024
4/27/2024
U.S. Poet laureate to read at Smith - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/26/2024
Smith lacrosse is number 5 seed in championship - BVM Sports
4/24/2024
Prof. Gorra elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences - American Academy of Arts and Sciences
4/23/2024
4/22/2024
4/22/2024
4/22/2024
Exploring Plath's botanical inspirations - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/21/2024
Gracie Hackenberg ’18, IndyCar team engineer - Orange County Register
4/21/2024
4/21/2024
Kara Jackson ’23 opens first U.S. tour - Chicago Sun Times
4/18/2024
4/18/2024
4/15/2024
4/15/2024
Smith's Katy Schneider paints a newspaper icon - New York Times
4/11/2024
Smith library workers vote to unionize - New England Public Media
4/10/2024
Students end sit-in at College Hall - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/9/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: The truth about the Comstock Act - American Prospect
4/8/2024
Prof. Andy Rotman: Cultural traditions for experiencing eclipses - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/6/2024
Prof. James Lowenthal on viewing the eclipse - The Greenfield Recorder
4/6/2024
Prof. Jack Loveless on rare East Coast quake - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/5/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on controversy over baseball uniforms - PBS News Hour
March 2024
3/28/2024
Meroë Marston Morse ’45: The woman who made Polaroid an icon - National Geographic
3/28/2024
3/28/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Protecting contraception access a winning issue for Democrats - Daily Hampshire Gazertte
3/28/2024
Prof. Meg Thacher will host eclipse talk - MassLive
3/27/2024
3/26/2024
3/26/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: 'Sports leagues are a monopoly’ - Washington Post
3/26/2024
3/26/2024
Happy birthday, Gloria Steinem ’56 - The Cut
3/25/2024
Prof. Steven Heydemann: If Trump ruled the world - The New Republic
3/25/2024
Leaving South African apartheid for Smith - Boston Globe
3/24/2024
3/24/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Paying college players might hurt sport - Connecticut Public Radio
3/24/2024
A review of Elim Chan ’09 debut at NY Philharmonic - New York Times
3/24/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Is abortion pill case the next Dobbs? - Ms. Magazine
3/24/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: How the Mifepristone case reached SCOTUS - Amicus Podcast
3/15/2024
Smith alum the first Black woman to earn a doctorate in math - Essence Magazine
3/15/2024
3/14/2024
Basketball Coach Lynn Hersey on this year's champonship run - New England Public Media
3/14/2024
Prof. Claire Leavitt on shrinking Republican House majority - Washington Post
3/14/2024
Prof. Alex Barron on 2024 elections reshaping science policy - Environmental Health News
3/14/2024
Elim Chan ’09 conducts at the NY Philharmonic - Broadway World
3/14/2024
Smith library workers to hold union vote - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/14/2024
A Final Four sendoff for Smith basketball - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/14/2024
3/11/2024
Prof. Donald Joralemon on problematic Alabama embryo decision - The Greenfield Recorder
3/11/2024
3/11/2024
How Carol Sudhalter ’64 shares her talent as a jazz musician - New York Times
3/8/2024
Smith Spring Bulb Show in full bloom - Northeast Public Radio
3/7/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion pill revolution - Ms. Magazine
3/7/2024
Jessie Ruffner ’24 on Smith basketball's spot in the Sweet 16 - Western Mass News
3/5/2024
Conductor Elim Chan ”09 defies stereotypes - New York Times
3/5/2024
Smith makes another trip to NCAA 'Sweet 16' - New England Public Media
3/4/2024
Prof. Zimbalist on impact of pending vote on Dartmouth basketball union - Sports Business Journal
3/4/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: IVF ruling imperils contraception - Ms. Magazine
February 2024
2/29/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports teams exaggerate financial impact of new stadiums - Nashville Tennessean
2/27/2024
2/27/2024
Smith to host NCAA basketball round - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/27/2024
Smith announces 5 graduation speakers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/26/2024
Smith wins 4th basketball conference title - Daily Hampshire Gazdette
2/25/2024
VP Joanna May reassures students about FAFSA changes - The Recorder
2/22/2024
Smith works to save Magnolia trees from extinction - New England Public Media
2/22/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on marketing power of gay NFL player - Public Radio' LAist
2/22/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Subminimum wage 'a legacy of slavery' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/20/2024
Prof. Jess Gersony on forest health, tree resilience - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/16/2024
Prof. Claire Leavitt on Mayorkas Impeachment - The National Interest
2/16/2024
Prof. James Lowenthal: Northampton's new outdoor light rules - The Reminder
2/15/2024
Prof. Kelly LInk's book recommendations - Elle magazine
2/12/2024
Prof. ZImbalist: Does the Vegas Super Bowl make economic sense? - Front Office Sports
2/12/2024
2/9/2024
Coach Lynn Hersey's isn't stopping at 300 wins - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/9/2024
2/9/2024
2/9/2024
SCMA exhibit showcases Persianate art - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/8/2024
Prof. Zimbalist: Can building stadiums boost housing? - New York Folk
2/6/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on upgrading Montreal's Olympic stadium - The Globe and Mail
2/6/2024
The art world before and after Thelma Golden ’87 - The New Yorker
2/5/2024
Smith student dining workers vote to unionize - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/1/2024
Mary Bergman ’09 on historic preservation on Nantucket - New York Times
January 2024
1/31/2024
Prof. Zimbalist: Will hosting Paris Olympics boost the economy? - Business News
1/28/2024
1/28/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on merits of a move by DC sports teams - Richmond Times Dispatch
1/26/2024
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on LA Clippers arena and gentrification - The Messenger
1/26/2024
1/26/2024
Dean of Admission Deanna Dixon on reaching more low-income students - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
1/24/2024
Prof. Sara Newland: China-backed party in Taiwan faces crisis - Bloomberg News
1/23/2024
Smith among colleges 'digging deep' to slash carbon emissions - New York Times
1/22/2024
Smith chefs work with Humane Society on plant-based menu - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/17/2024
Smith helps save magnolia trees threatened with extinction - New England Public Media
1/17/2024
Smith basketball team a 'national powerhouse' - Boston Globe
1/16/2024
1/16/2024
1/15/2024
Smith basketball team wins NEWMAC opener - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/11/2024
1/10/2024
1/3/2024
Prof. Sara Newland on implications of Taiwan election - Voice of America
1/3/2024
VP for Enrollment Joanna May on aid from private colleges - University Herald
1/3/2024
Prof. Carrie Baker: Democracy and women's rights in 2024 - Daily Hampshire Gazette