Smith in the News
This page features selected news items about Smith College people and programs.
December 2019
12/5/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: The chilling consequences of anti-abortion laws - Ms. Magazine Blog
12/5/2019
12/5/2019
Writer-in-Residence Ellen Doré Watson: Poem—Mother Going Gone - The New York Times Magazine
12/4/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Native American women and girls on Thanksgiving - Daily Hampshire Gazette
12/4/2019
A hair phenomenon: The Smith chop - Daily Hampshire Gazette
12/4/2019
President Kathleen McCartney: Why women's colleges matter - Korea Herald
12/3/2019
Only in Your State: The Smith Botanic Garden - Only in Your State
November 2019
11/27/2019
Danielle Carr Ramdath: Recognizing the shortcomings of resilience - Inside Higher Ed
11/25/2019
Naila Moreira: Ecological hope through art - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Fail to the Redskins - Yahoo Finance
11/22/2019
11/22/2019
11/19/2019
Visiting Prof. Loretta Ross: Reproductive justice and ‘The end of babies’ - The New York Times
11/19/2019
11/18/2019
Jessica Camille Aguirre ’07: Politics around a Columbian dam - New York Review of Books
11/15/2019
11/13/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: The 'conscience exemption' has been struck down - Ms. Magazine Blog
11/13/2019
Aubrey Menarndt ’08: Dangers to Mongolian civil society - Washington Post
11/13/2019
75 colleges that meet full financial need - Money Magazine
11/12/2019
11/12/2019
11/12/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Allowing athletes to profit from images - Baltimore Sun
11/12/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Should ASEAN bid for the World Cup? - The Jakarta Post
11/12/2019
Prof. James Lowenthal: ‘The night sky would never be the same' - The New York Times
11/5/2019
11/1/2019
Luma Mufleh '97: Accomplishing the impossible through Fugees Academy - Georgia Public Radio
11/1/2019
11/1/2019
October 2019
10/30/2019
10/29/2019
Isabel Fields ’21: The fight for menstrual equity - Ms. Magazine
10/29/2019
Prof. Michael Gorra: ‘The heritage of evil’ - New York Review of Books
10/28/2019
10/28/2019
Swastikas found on walls of academic buildings - Boston Globe
10/28/2019
Best winter town in Massachusetts: Northampton - New England Today
10/24/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Sisters in the brotherhood - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/24/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Should county sell Cincinnati's Paul Brown stadium? - Cincinnati Business Journal
10/24/2019
Letter: Lauds Smith for contributions to community - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/22/2019
Fashion retailer-turned-psychologist Ana Buenaventura ’90 investigates the people behind the clothes - Philippine Daily Inquirer
10/22/2019
Smith College will phase out of fossil fuels - WWLP - Channel 22
10/21/2019
Smith moves to reduce fossil fuel allocation - Associated Press
10/16/2019
Editorial: A boon for local farmers - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/16/2019
Prof. Jennifer Guglielmo: The history of Italians in America - The New York Times
10/16/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Checking the facts on Syria - FactCheck.org
10/16/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The Raiders' slow exit from Oakland - Associated Press
10/16/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Mega-events and human rights - Play the Game
10/15/2019
Smith supports local non-profit organizations - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/15/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Athletic salaries in the NCAA - Buffalo News
10/11/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the NBA's Daryl Morey - NPR "All Things Considered"
10/11/2019
Smith's Whole Animal program a boon for local farms - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/9/2019
Susan Hiller '61 named to “best visual art” list - The Guardian
10/8/2019
10/7/2019
10/7/2019
10/2/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: ‘Killing Us Softly’ then and now - Ms. Magazine
10/1/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Mega-events and human rights - Play the Game
10/1/2019
Katie Fleisher '20: Killing us (not so) softly - Ms. Magazine
10/1/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The Santa Clara-49ers spat - Silicon Valley Business Journal
10/1/2019
10/1/2019
September 2019
9/30/2019
9/30/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Putting cyberharassment in focus in ‘Netizens’ - Ms. Magazine Blog
9/26/2019
Prof. Maryjane Wraga: Seeing Stars - Psychology Today
9/24/2019
Hope Fund helps Palestinian students attend Smith and other colleges - Inside Higher Ed
9/24/2019
Cornelia Oberlander ’44: Permafrost Frontier - Landscape Architecture Magazine
9/23/2019
Prof. Daniel Gardner: The climate crisis and China - New Republic
9/23/2019
Prof. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: The N-word is causing a social crisis - Telegram & Gazette
9/23/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Climate change is a feminist issue - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/23/2019
Visiting writer Susan Faludi reviews ‘She Said‘ - The New York Times
9/23/2019
9/23/2019
Mona Sinha ’88: How women can use their wealth to do good - Wall Street Journal
9/16/2019
9/12/2019
Casey Legler AC ’04 on abuse of teenage Olympians - The Guardian
9/11/2019
9/11/2019
9/9/2019
Molly Ivins ’66: Fighting and having fun, too - The New York Times
9/6/2019
9/6/2019
Review: ‘Raise Hell‘ documents the life of Molly Ivins ‘66 - The New York Times
9/6/2019
Unearthing stories at the Smith Botanic Garden - Mass Live
9/5/2019
Prof. James Lowenthal: Light pollution and public health - WGBY “Connecting Point”
August 2019
8/22/2019
Sadie Dingfelder '01: My life with face blindness - Washington Post
8/21/2019
8/21/2019
Lilliam McCarthy '21: On MTV's 'Are You the One' - Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide
8/21/2019
Erasing the community college stigma - Forbes Online
8/21/2019
On learning to fail - Fast Company Online
8/21/2019
Dual enrollment, early college programs a boon for area high schoolers - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
8/20/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion and the 13th Amendment - Ms. Magazine
8/20/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Planned Parenthood leaves federal funding program - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/20/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: On New York's new Child Victims Act - Ms. Magazine
8/19/2019
Prof. Loretta Ross: On reproductive justice - Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
8/19/2019
Prof. Loretta Ross: The call-out culture is toxic - The New York Times
8/19/2019
Prof. Mary Harrington: Look forward to bats in the barn - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/19/2019
8/16/2019
Profile: Professor Jina Kim - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/15/2019
Prof. Steve Waksman: 50 years after Woodstock - Australia Radio
8/15/2019
8/15/2019
8/15/2019
Prof. Mark Brandriss: Reading the rocks - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/15/2019
Prof. Leslie King: 'Secret songwriter' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/12/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Raiders' slow exit is painful for fans - Associated Press
8/9/2019
8/9/2019
8/6/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Who is the 'opposition' in Syria? - PBS NewsHour
8/6/2019
Prof. Velma Garcia: The U.S.-Mexico border crisis - Valley Free Radio
8/2/2019
8/1/2019
8/1/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The 2020 Olympics in Tokyo - Israeli Broadcasting Corp.
8/1/2019
8/1/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: The deadly crisis in Idlib - PBS NewsHour
July 2019
7/31/2019
President Kathleen McCartney: Visibly wearing your womanhood - The New York Times
7/29/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: On the ROE Act - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/19/2019
Conductor Elim Chan '09 is shaking up classical music - The Daily Telegraph
7/19/2019
Prof. Lowenthal on what drew him to astronomy - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/18/2019
Smith summer camp helps girls persist in STEM - Buffalo News Online
7/18/2019
The alumna who defined modern bird watching - New York Times
7/15/2019
Phebe Novakovic '79 on her national security career path - Seattle Times
7/15/2019
Maryanne Bombaugh '76 on leading the Massachusetts Medical Society - Cape Cod Times
7/14/2019
Prof. Zimbalist: Anti-trust and the NCAA - Indianapolis Business Journal
7/14/2019
Viewing Vuillard at the Smith College Museum of Art - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/12/2019
Hilary Franz '92 puts firefighting front and center - The Seattle Times
7/9/2019
7/6/2019
Prof. Floyd Cheung: Neglected Asian-American classics - International Examiner
7/2/2019
Prof. Recuber: Mourning in the digital age - The Verge
7/2/2019
Prof. Suleiman Mourad: The politics of Jerusalem - Orient XXI
7/2/2019
In Memoriam: Adelaide Cromwell '40 - The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
June 2019
6/28/2019
6/28/2019
6/28/2019
6/28/2019
6/26/2019
6/26/2019
6/26/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Breakdancing as an Olympic sport - Philadelphia Inquirer
6/26/2019
6/26/2019
Prof. Zimbalist: Orioles' attendance a 'downward spiral' - Baltimore Sun Online
6/25/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Women's soccer sues for equal pay - NPR Planet Money
6/25/2019
A tribute to Adelaide Cromwell '40 - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
6/24/2019
Remembering Adelaide Cromwell '40 - Boston Globe
6/24/2019
Prof. Martha Ackelsberg: Bridging political divides - Washington Post
6/24/2019
A Smith year in Paris that transformed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis - New York Times Online
6/19/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What makes a good World Cup game - The Conversation
6/19/2019
Caitlin Flynn ’09: A synonym for family - Hello Giggles
6/19/2019
6/18/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pro athletes as team owners - The Athletic
6/17/2019
6/17/2019
Commencement speakers: Ai-jen Poo - USA Today
6/17/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion rights - Radio-Canada
6/11/2019
First-year students: What are they reading? - Inside Higher Ed
6/10/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How much are the Phillies worth to Clearwater? - Tampa Bay Times
6/10/2019
6/10/2019
Luma Mufleh ’97: Becoming an American - Fox News
6/10/2019
Prof. Steven Heydemann: The significance of statues in Syria - The Atlantic
6/5/2019
Rachel Simmons: What's the worst that can happen? - The New York Times
6/5/2019
Prof. James Lowenthal: Disrupting the dark sky - space.com
6/5/2019
Amanda Williams is inaugural artist in residence at Smith - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
6/4/2019
Fereshta Noori ’18: Rebuilding Darulaman Palace with new generation of Afghans - China Global Television Network (CGTN)
6/3/2019
6/3/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Soccer in Rhode Island - Providence Journal
6/3/2019
Dayo (Monica) Harris '09: Black women in Chicago, getting things done - The New York Times
6/3/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: Toxic masculinity - Ms. Magazine
May 2019
5/29/2019
Claire Haug '20: So you're back at home for the summer - The New York Times
5/22/2019
Smith honors homeless advocate Yvonne Freccero - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/22/2019
Commencement 2019: 'Empathy is our superpower' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/22/2019
Patricia Hannaway '84: The Sydcast - The Sydcast
5/22/2019
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How Olympics change host cities - The Independent
5/21/2019
The college that gives graduates the wrong diploma - The Atlantic
5/17/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: The implications of recent abortion legislation - Western Mass News
5/17/2019
5/17/2019
Smith's Historic Clothing Collection: Assessing the value of apparel - The New York Times
5/17/2019
Prof. David Ball: Kwame Anthony Appiah and Voltaire - New York Review of Books
5/17/2019
5/16/2019
Prof. Carrie Baker: An uptick in hostile sexism - WGBY "Connecting Point"
5/14/2019
April Hoxie Foley '69: Orban in Washington - Washington Times
5/13/2019
5/9/2019
Aubrey Menardt '08: Let prisoners vote - The New York Times
5/7/2019
Mona Sinha '88 earns Lifetime Inspiration Award - News India Times
5/7/2019
Prof. Malcolm McNee: Translating 'Eden-Brazil' - The New York Times
5/6/2019
A look at who's speaking at Boston-area commencements - Boston Globe
5/6/2019
5/2/2019
Prof. Marnie Anderson: A new emperor -- and a new era -- in Japan - South China Morning Post
5/2/2019
Claire Haug '20: Was my study abroad experience 'authentic' enough? - The New York Times
April 2019
4/30/2019
4/29/2019
4/25/2019
Prof. Anna Kapambwe Mwaba: 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 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