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Smith in the News

This page features selected news items about Smith College people and programs.

December 2020

12/27/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: On the cancel culture - "Get the News" with Gretchen Carlson
12/27/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Telemedicine abortion is here to stay - Daily Hampshire Gazette
12/27/2020
Review: Prof. Andrea Hairston's ‘Master of Poisons’ - Los Angeles Review of Books
12/17/2020
Melissa Krueger AC ’03: Business heroics - Daily Hampshire Gazette
12/16/2020
Farah Pandith ’90: We need a new strategy to combat female extremists in ISIS and QAnon - NBC News -- Think
12/16/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Assessing a half-century of Assadist rule - Atlantic Council
12/16/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker and Isabel Fields ’24: What women can expect from a Biden presidency—on global rights - Ms. Online
12/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What is an NFL team worth to a city? - Florida Times-Union
12/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Plummeting NHL franchise values could force owners into selling - Regina Leader-Post
12/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Knight Commission's plan to reform college sports doesn't go far enough - Forbes
12/16/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: On a new U.S. policy in Syria - Washington Post
12/14/2020
Review: Prof. Michael Gorra's ‘The Saddest Words’ - Lincoln Journal Star
12/14/2020
Prof. Martha Ackelsberg: On masks and mandates—balancing individual rights and government regulation - The Conversation
12/11/2020
Colleges and the spring semester - Bloomberg
12/10/2020
Danielle Brian ’85: On President-Elect Biden's pick to lead Defense Department - PBS NewsHour
12/10/2020
Thelma Golden '87 on the Studio Museum - ARTnews
12/10/2020
Visiting artist Amanda Williams at Rhona Hoffman - Contemporary Art Daily
12/8/2020
Natasha Behl ’04: Can India's protesting farmers restore democracy? - Washington Post
12/8/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: Combating 'cancel culture' - CBSN
12/4/2020
Why scholar Loretta Ross is calling in call-out culture - NPR "On Point"
12/4/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross discusses why she's calling in the call-out culture - MSNBC Morning Joe
12/3/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: Is Calling In the New Calling Out? - NPR "The Takeaway"
12/2/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Autocrats wary of new world order as Trump bromance nears end - The Sunday Times
12/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Why is college basketball being played during a pandemic? Follow the money. - New Haven Register
12/2/2020
Julia Cornick '21: Taylor Swift takes back what's hers - Ms. Online

November 2020

11/27/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: What women can expect from a Biden presidency—on work and family - Ms. Online
11/27/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker and Emma Jewell ’22: Time to steer Biden, Harris toward more progressive agenda - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/27/2020
The hosts discuss Prof. Loretta Ross and cancel culture (at 11:40) - The Talk
11/27/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the marketing rights of college athletes - Forbes
11/27/2020
Prof. Loretta J. Ross combats cancel culture - Amanpour & Co.
11/24/2020
New work by Prof. Michael Gorra named to New York Times list of 100 notable books - The New York Times
11/19/2020
Short story by Prof. Ruth Ozeki '80: ‘The Spirits of Abandoned Ambitions’ - The New York Times
11/19/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: Calling in the call-out culture - The New York Times
11/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Indonesia's quixotic bid to host the 2032 Olympics - The Diplomat
11/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will the Olympics come to Indonesia in 2032? - ASEAN Today
11/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: How telemedicine startups are revolutionizing health care in the U.S. - Ms. Online
11/18/2020
Prof. Silvia Berger: On tennis' Diego Schwartzman - Forward
11/12/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra: On William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury' - National Review
11/12/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: What women can expect from a Biden presidency - Ms. Online
11/12/2020
Katie Fleischer '21 and Prof. Carrie Baker: On attempts to disrupt President-Elect Biden's women's rights agenda - Ms. Online
11/12/2020
Alliyah Logan '24: Eight things teen girl activists want you to know about their pandemic life - NPR
11/12/2020
Alliyah Logan '24: On abortion rights and reproductive health - The New York Times
11/12/2020
Alliyah Logan '24: On over-policing in schools - Teen Vogue
11/12/2020
Mealaktey Sok '24 sued Rhode Island over civics education. Now she's more politically engaged than ever. - Boston Globe
11/11/2020
Prof. Susan Faludi: On Kamala Harris’ win as first woman VP - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/11/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra: William Faulkner and Civil War memory—to air Nov. 15, 16 - C-SPAN
11/11/2020
Prof. Paula Giddings: What Kamala Harris faces as a ‘first’ - Politico
11/11/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: U.S. election results could accelerate FSG's merger plans for Liverpool - Washington Newsday
11/11/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Motivation behind the FSG and Liverpool deal - Washington Newsday
11/11/2020
Prof. Lauren Duncan: Election protests—’Uncertainty equals chaos‘ - Washington Times
11/11/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: What happens if 'Roe' falls? - Ms. Online
11/5/2020
Prof. Meg Thacher: An astronomer's guide to star-gazing with your space-obsessed kid - The New York Times
11/4/2020
Carolina Miranda '93: Toxic U.S. individualism - Los Angelos Times
11/4/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Legislature must act now to secure ROE rights - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/4/2020
Prof. Nancy Whittier: A new agenda for #MeToo - Mother Jones
11/4/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Trump defeat could accelerate merger plans for Liverpool - Liverpool Echo
11/4/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How Donald Trump election could affect Liverpool - Daily Star
11/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Bad ratings for the World Series—but does it matter? - The Athletic
11/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Should there be permanent sites for the Olympics? - Wall Street Journal

October 2020

10/30/2020
Sierra Fraser ’24: A first-time voter with a new sense of agency - Spectrum News NY 1
10/28/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Barrett hearings inspire state action to protect abortion rights - Ms. Magazine Blog
10/28/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Red Cloak national protests against Amy Coney Barrett confirmation - Ms. Online
10/28/2020
Glenda Greenwald ’60: How the pandemic reshaped the Aspen Brain Institute - Aspen Times
10/28/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pirates baseball—lacking dollars and sense - TribLive
10/28/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Red Sox IPO with RedBall may find mixed reception with stock market - Yahoo Sports
10/28/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Questions President Trump needs to answer before negotiating with the Assad regime over hostages - Brookings
10/28/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Steve Cohen and the New York Mets - Forbes
10/28/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21: Time to push ROE Act over finish line - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/28/2020
Review: ’Red Comet: The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath ’54‘ - The New York Times
10/23/2020
Amelia Windorski ’20 is building relationships to stop COVID-19 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Could you buy stock in the Red Sox? - Boston Globe
10/21/2020
Isabel Fields ’21: Gender bias in health care playing dangerous role in COVID-19 - Ms. Online
10/21/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: In defense of Roe rights - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/15/2020
Angela Rasmussen ‘00: Why herd immunity is dangerous as a COVID-19 strategy - PBS NewsHour
10/15/2020
Garrett Bradley ’07: A filmmaker who sees prison life with love and complexity - New York Times Magazine
10/15/2020
How the films of Garrett Bradley ’07 reset our personal algorithms - Wall Street Journal
10/14/2020
Margaret (Meg) Ford ’80: On the auction of a Shakespeare First Folio - NPR
10/14/2020
Kimberly Drew ‘12: Preserving Black culture - New York Times Magazine
10/14/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Is it college athlete payday? - StarTalk Radio
10/14/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Tokyo 2020—cancel or proceed? - Japan Times
10/14/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will UMass football kickstart drive toward relevance? - Boston Globe
10/14/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: #UnpackTheCourt—Amy Coney Barrett and the case for expanding the number of justices - Ms. Online
10/14/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: States enact new sexual harassment laws—but more is needed - Ms. Online
10/14/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Hollywood workers demand accountability for sexual abuse - Ms. Online
10/14/2020
Thelma Golden ’87: Toward diversity at art museums - The New York Times
10/14/2020
What do colleges owe their most vulnerable students? - The New Yorker
10/14/2020
Prof. Steve Waksman: The astonishing techniques that made Eddie Van Halen a guitar god - NPR Music
10/8/2020
Kimberly Drew ’12: Why the art world is finally opening up to new ideas - ArtNet
10/8/2020
Thinking beyond Beethoven: Boise Philharmonic accepts Smith professor’s challenge - Boise Weekly
10/7/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: MLB playoff teams had wildly different payroll spending in 2020 - The Athletic
10/5/2020
Prof. Eric Reeves: High hopes for Sudan's peace deal, but challenges remain - Al-Jazeera
10/5/2020
Prof. Patricia DiBartolo: Academic Minute—Perfectionism - Academic Minute
10/5/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra reviews ‘Red Pill‘ - The New York Times
10/5/2020
Prof. Patricia DiBartolo: Academic Minute—Perfectionism - Inside Higher Ed
10/5/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker, Katie Fleischer ’21: 21st-century eugenics - Daily Hampshire Gazette
10/5/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: U.S.-based online pharmacy is first to ship abortion pills inside U.S. - Ms. Online
10/5/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker, Julia Cornick ’21: The timing of Supreme Court appointments - Ms. Online

September 2020

9/30/2020
Tenaya Darlington ’84 is Philadelphia’s Madame Fromage - Philadelphia Inquirer
9/30/2020
Prof. Bozena Welborne: Podcast -- The rise of independent candidates in the Middle East - Middle East Law and Governance
9/29/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: If confirmed, Amy Coney Barrett will put an end to affordable health care - Ms. Online
9/29/2020
President Kathleen McCartney: Gen Z answers call for social action - Thrive
9/29/2020
Black women scholars with new appointments at colleges and universities - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
9/29/2020
SSW Dean Emerita Carolyn Jacobs named to Elms College board - iObserve
9/28/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Amy Coney Barrett is a grave threat to women's rights - Ms. Online
9/25/2020
Strategic alliances: The Five College Consortium - University Business
9/25/2020
Jenna Bush Hager remembers Barbara Pierce Bush ’47 - Glamour
9/23/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's legacy—as a lawyer, on the bench and in dissent - Ms. Online
9/22/2020
Prof. Paul Joseph López Oro: On the Latinx community and ‘Black Lives Matter’ - Washington Post
9/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The falsehood of a rosy future -- Olympics 2020 - Nikkei Newspaper
9/16/2020
Tamana Attai ’22: Another bystander to the Hazara genocide - Medium
9/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Message to Congress on NCAA reform - Forbes
9/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the future and financial health of Major League Baseball - Forbes
9/16/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What Broadway can learn from sports - The New York Times
9/15/2020
Start of college this year is unforgettable, bittersweet - MassLive/Springfield Republican
9/10/2020
Prof. Howard Gold: Lessons for incumbents in Neal's win - CNN
9/9/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Tackling the economics of empty stadiums - Marketplace
9/9/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: Can you be too rich to be canceled? - Town & Country
9/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Doubt and uncertainty one year before Olympics - Japan Times
9/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: College sports—without football - USA Today
9/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What fall cancellation means for Iowa Hawkeyes - Hawk Central
9/8/2020
Student team partners with USFW to aid fish migration - Medium
9/7/2020
Prof. Anderea Moore: Interpreting Beethoven - MSN New Zealand
9/2/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra: The Jim Crow South in Faulkner's fiction - New York Review of Books
9/2/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The difference women voters make - Ms. Online
9/2/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Fighting forced arbitration at Best Buy - Ms. Online
9/2/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Celebrating protest, power and progress - Ms. Online
9/2/2020
Violet Rawlings ’22: Democracy needs you. Become a poll worker - Ms. Online
9/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: NBA's strong relationships with players could prevent collective bargaining issues - CNBC
9/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: NBA boycott comes at critical time - Boston Herald
9/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Are athletes paid too much? - The Athletic
9/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Strong ratings boost for women's sports - Reuters
9/2/2020
Prof. Howard Gold: On the race between Richie Neal and Alex Morse - Jewish Insider
9/2/2020
Feeding the Revolution: Gaiana Joseph ’17 - The New York Times Style Magazine

August 2020

8/31/2020
Kimberly Drew ’12: What Should a Museum Look Like? - Vanity Fair
8/28/2020
President Kathleen McCartney: Reopening and the local community - The Hill
8/25/2020
Review: Prof. Michael Gorra's ‘The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War’ - The New York Times
8/24/2020
Coronavirus and colleges: What will the fall semester look like? - Vogue
8/19/2020
Prof. Alexander Barron: New carbon price focuses on results you want, not impacts you don't - Ars Technica
8/19/2020
Prof. Alexander Barron: A simpler, more useful way to tax carbon - Vox
8/19/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Why college football is a new Normandy - Yahoo News
8/18/2020
Prof. Jordan Taylor: How early U.S. newspapers brokered slavery - Journalist's Resource
8/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Policing and punishing pregnant women: The case of Chelsea Becker - Ms. Online
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Recipe for a losing college football season - Hour Detroit
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A financial boost from Washington's name change - WAMU
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The bill has come due for college sports - Washington Post
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Can the Olympics survive 2020? - Business Casual
8/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Some universities are bypassing new Title IX rules - Ms. Online
8/18/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21: Activist faces felony charges for organizing protest - Ms. Online
8/18/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21: A renewed attack on ‘Roe v. Wade’ - Ms. Online
8/18/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra: What to Do About William Faulkner - The Atlantic
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Lost revenue for Iowa Hawkeyes after football canceled - Hawk Central
8/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: College football's pause raises pressure on women's sports - Sportico
8/17/2020
Prof. Andrea Hairston's new book injects hope into a precarious world - New England Public Media
8/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Florida's football factories and the risk of the pandemic - Sun-Sentinal
8/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How will college sports survive without football? - Boise State Public Radio
8/17/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: Speaking out against the call-out culture - New England Public Media
8/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The hidden caste in the college sports heirarchy - Forbes
8/12/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Rescuring college sports from its economic and moral abyss - Forbes
8/12/2020
Education and engineering: The Gracie Project - Racer
8/12/2020
August wave of campus opening reversals - Inside Higher Ed
8/5/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Trump's Syria sanctions cannot solve the problem - The New York Times
8/5/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Maternal health during the pandemic - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/5/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Misogyny, Murder and the Men's Rights Movement - Ms. Online
8/5/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21 and Prof. Carrie Baker: Remembering Nadine Taub - Ms. Online
8/4/2020
Riley Mayes '23: Why won't men wear masks? - Bust
8/4/2020
Lucy Metz ’22 and Prof. Alex Barron: Crafting climate policy in Massachusetts - Medium
8/4/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Rethinking the Tokyo Olympics - Nikkei Newspaper

July 2020

7/31/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Ratings boost momentum for women's sports - WKZO
7/30/2020
President Kathleen McCartney: Please wear a mask - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/27/2020
Prof. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: On Andrew Jackson - The New York Times
7/27/2020
Dr. Angela Rasmussen ’00: On the first coronavirus vaccine - The New York Times
7/24/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Doubt and uncertainty one year before Tokyo Games - BBC World News
7/24/2020
Professor Loretta Ross: On the cancellation of John Muir - East Bay Times
7/24/2020
Colleges prepare for students’ fall return to campus - MassLive/Springfield Republican
7/22/2020
Violet Rawlings '22: On the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization - Ms. Online
7/22/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Feminists file amicus brief demanding recognition of the ERA - Ms. Online
7/22/2020
Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley '20: On immigrant detention during COVID-19 - Ms. Online
7/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Higher education could see big revenue losses from sports shutdown - Marketplace
7/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What's in a name change? - The Athletic
7/22/2020
IOC emphasizes $100M in aid after Smith economist calls for payments - SwimSwam
7/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: IOC should help shoulder the cost of delayed Tokyo Games - Kyodo News
7/22/2020
Violet Rawlings '22: We are losing good public health officials to misogyny - Ms. Online
7/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The cost of a fall without football - USA Today
7/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball's short season exposes vulnerability - Bloomberg
7/22/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The abortion pill mifepristone just became easier to get - Ms. Magazine
7/22/2020
Prof. Mehammed Amadeus Mack: Let's talk about sex, habibi - The Revealer
7/22/2020
Jane Curtis ‘39: Still fighting for justice at 102 - Christian Science Monitor
7/19/2020
College professors condemn ICE policy for international students - New England Public Media
7/9/2020
Colleges react to ICE guidance on international students - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/8/2020
Smith team wins ventilator challenge - Medical Design and Outsourcing
7/8/2020
Professor Andrew Zimbalist: Ten ways that sports will be different beyond the pandemic - Sports Illustrated
7/8/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: White supremacy in the Trump era: A new course with Loretta Ross - Ms. Online
7/8/2020
Professor Carrie Baker: New Research Proves that Restricting Abortion Harms Women - Ms. Online
7/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On student-athlete coronavirus waivers - Yardbarker
7/8/2020
Prof. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor: Everyday words and phrases with racist connotations - CNN.com
7/8/2020
Aliyah Logan '24: Thoughts on Protests - Gothamist
7/7/2020
College will be different in the fall; how will pricing change? - Boston Globe
7/2/2020
Prof. Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor and Vanessa Otero AC ‘03 on fighting systemic racism - WGBY

June 2020

6/29/2020
Oliver C. Haug ’20: LGBTQ progress started in the streets, not the courts - Ms. Online
6/29/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: College football 2020—theater of the absurd - Forbes
6/28/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball's uncertainty complicates a deal - Philadelphia Inquirer
6/24/2020
Isabel Fields ’21: College life during the pandemic - Teen Vogue
6/24/2020
Violet Rawlings ’22: Secret emails expose anti-abortion influence - Ms. Online
6/24/2020
Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley ’20: Brazilian women's fight to remove Bolsonaro - Ms. Online
6/23/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: If MLB cancels 2020, what happens to baseball? - The Ringer
6/23/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the future of free agency in the MLB - The Athletic
6/22/2020
Prof. Alex Barron: Climate action after the pandemic - NEXT
6/22/2020
Smith College President Kathleen McCartney: On the Supreme Court's DACA decision - Boston Globe
6/22/2020
Mary Bull ’58: My father, my parish priest - Los Angeles Times
6/22/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: A path out of conflict in Syria - Brookings
6/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Modern Olympics? - BBC Radio
6/22/2020
Colleges acknowledge Juneteenth - Inside Higher Ed
6/22/2020
Prof. Courtney Lannert: Bizarre quantum matter in space - Scientific American
6/18/2020
President Kathleen McCartney: When students return to campus - The New York Times
6/17/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Corporate immunity for making people sick? - Ms. Online
6/16/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Corona politics in the U.S. - Trouw
6/16/2020
Oliver C. Haug ’20: Journalists ‘sick and tired’ of newsroom inequality - Ms. Online
6/16/2020
Oliver Haug ’20: LGBTQ media representation increases acceptance - Ms. Online
6/16/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21: Six LGBTQ activists who prove we can all make a difference - Ms. Online
6/15/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: As Syria's economy teeters, U.S. prepares sanctions - Al-Monitor
6/15/2020
Coach George Lombard: Honoring his mother, Rosamond ‘Posy’ Lombard ‘65 - Los Angeles Daily News
6/15/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Has higher education lost its mind? - Forbes
6/15/2020
Tammy Baldwin '84: On Joe Biden's VP list? - The New York Times
6/15/2020
Prof. Annaliese Beery: Female research subjects are still an afterthought - Inside Higher Ed
6/11/2020
Prof. John M. Connolly: ’Black Lives Matter’ slogan is profoundly American - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What fan-less games mean for the NFL - Dallas Morning News
6/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: MLB negotiations unique because of COVID-19 - Los Angeles Times
6/10/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Lies and hypocrisy around the abortion pill - Ms. Online
6/10/2020
Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley ’20: On the death of George Floyd - Medium
6/10/2020
Prof. Annaliese Beery: Females are still routinely left out of biomedical research—and that matters - Stat
6/10/2020
Prof. Annaliese Beery: Females gain ground as biomedical research subjects - The Scientist
6/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Getting baseball back on track - Forbes
6/10/2020
Prof. Lauren Duncan: The elements of anger - Medium: Elemental
6/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Is the window losing on baseball this year? - Sports Business Daily
6/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: California and the MLB - NBC Sports
6/10/2020
Tara Joseph ’88: Hong Kong protesters rally for their freedoms - PBS NewsHour
6/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: ‘Open Book’ with NPR's Scott Simon - Open Book
6/4/2020
Lessons for the class of 2020—from the class of 2008 - Quartz at Work
6/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A critical week in baseball - Philadelphia Inquirer
6/3/2020
Agnes Baddoo ’85: Seven Black-owned fashion brands to support right now - The Zoe Report
6/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Billions on the line with return of college sports - Union Democrat
6/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: City betting on baseball boon sees stadium plan stall - Bloomberg Quint
6/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The basic economics of an MLB deal - Newsday
6/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Players disappointed by MLB's sliding-scale salary plan - Philadelphia Inquirer
6/1/2020
Checking in with Carolina Dellepiane '20 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/1/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The long, continued fight to #freethepill - Ms. Online
6/1/2020
Noted: Class of 2020 - Wall Street Journal

May 2020

5/28/2020
Sofia Engelman ‘19: Dancers find footing in pandemic - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/28/2020
Jes Tom: Comedian finds humanity in the pandemic - OZY
5/28/2020
Smith grads support internships during pandemic - MassLive/Springfield Republican
5/28/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Evangelicals paid Roe v. Wade plaintiff to oppose abortion rights - Ms. Online
5/26/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The multi-front battle to end the FDA’s abortion-pill restriction - Ms. Online
5/26/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reports of the death of the ERA, Part 6 - Ms. Online
5/26/2020
Visiting Writer Susan Faludi: ‘Believe all women’ is a right-wing trap - The New York Times
5/26/2020
Angela Rasmussen '00: A virologist answers viewers’ questions - PBS NewsHour
5/26/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Minor league baseball in the crosshairs - FutureSox
5/26/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Television drives post-pandemic sports plans - Michigan Live
5/26/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Minnesota Gophers post-pandemic - Twin Cities Pioneer Press
5/19/2020
Pelosi to Smith grads: ’Know your purpose’ - WHDH Boston
5/19/2020
Pelosi address Smith's virtual commencement - WBZ Boston
5/19/2020
Pelosi speaks at Smith commencement - WWLP - Channel 22
5/19/2020
Pelosi addresses Smith grads - Western Mass News
5/19/2020
‘Know your power,’ Pelosi urges grads - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/19/2020
Pelosi urges grads to make progress for America - MassLive/Springfield Republican
5/19/2020
Pelosi tells grads: Know your purpose, power - Boston.com
5/19/2020
Pelosi: ’Know your purpose; know your power - Associated Press
5/19/2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: ’The world needs your leadership’ - Boston Globe
5/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: No-test abortion protocol increases safety during COVID-19 - Ms. Online
5/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reports of the ERA's death have been greatly exaggerated - Ms. Online
5/18/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: You can die for your country, but forget equal rights - Ms. Online
5/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The road back to live sports - NewsChain
5/18/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Can millionaire coaches defend their salaries during COVID-19? - The Guardian
5/13/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: New sexual assault regulations are an ‘abomination‘ - Ms. Online
5/13/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A shorter season for MLB? - PYMNTS
5/13/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pandemic could change landscape for minor leagues - Associated Press
5/13/2020
Prof. Jen Malkowski: The female-fronted-first-person shooter - The Ringer
5/12/2020
Prof. Daniel K. Gardner: The planet can't afford a coronavirus feud - The New Republic
5/12/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports grapple with fan-free future - Agence France-Presse
5/12/2020
Prof. Paula Giddings: A posthumous Pulitzer for Ida B. Wells - Ms. Online
5/11/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How bad will the financial hit to baseball be? - Washington Post
5/11/2020
Prof. Loretta Ross: How approval of the birth control pill changed lives - National Public Radio
5/8/2020
Trudi Cloyd '07: Being a COVID survivor keeps this doctor strong - Harper's Bazaar
5/8/2020
Smith archives document COVID-19 experience - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/8/2020
Laura D'Andrea Tyson '69: U.S. states need federal funding to combat the pandemic - Project Syndicate
5/5/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball can (again) be the great national pastime - Newsday
5/5/2020
Cady Chaplin '12: Healing in the ICU during COVID-19 - The New Yorker
5/4/2020
Claire Lane '20: The great COVID experiment - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/1/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The long fight for the ERA, part 3 - Ms. Online
5/1/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion restriction battles, state by state - Ms. Online
5/1/2020
Prof. Jefferson Hunter: Timely thoughts on the common toad - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/1/2020
Prof. Jen Malkowski: Analyzing a classic Buffy episode: ‘The Body‘ - Buffering the Vampire Slayer
5/1/2020
President Kathleen McCartney: The purpose of the endowment - The New York Times

April 2020

4/30/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Should NCAA athletes be paid for use of name, image? - Buckeye Extra
4/27/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: When sports are on hiatus, many workers are overlooked - USA Today
4/27/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Rethinking collegiate sports after the pandemic - Forbes
4/27/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the return of sports teams to New York - Agence France-Presse
4/24/2020
How schools are grading during the coronavirus - Teen Vogue
4/24/2020
How botanic gardens are growing without visitors - Atlas Obscura
4/23/2020
Katie Fleischer ’21: The darker side of environmentalism - Ms. Magazine Online
4/23/2020
Who is Betty Friedan? - Harper's Bazaar
4/23/2020
Prof. Paula Giddings: Remembering Cheryl Wall - Art Daily
4/23/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The long fight for the ERA, Part 2 - Ms. Magazine Online
4/23/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Ensuring safe abortion during the pandemic - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will Alex Rodriguez buy the Mets? - Newsday
4/22/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What it will take to restart baseball - Forbes
4/22/2020
The great experiment: College in the time of COVID-19 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Reduced hotel revenues mean reduced stadium funding - The Business Journals
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The fan experience after the pandemic - MSN
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The NBA after the pandemic - CNBC
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports after the pandemic - NBC Sports: Football in America
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will fans return to the stands? - MSN
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports in a post-pandemic world - MSN
4/21/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pandemic will create long-lasting issues for sports teams - SportsBusiness Daily
4/17/2020
Anita Waxman AC '01: Does musical theater still have an economy? - The Berkshire Edge
4/17/2020
Isabel Fields ’21: The secondary gender wage gap - Ms. Magazine Blog
4/17/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The long fight for the ERA, Part 1 - Ms. Magazine Blog
4/17/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The stories behind 12 reproductive rights cases - Ms. Magazine Blog
4/15/2020
Smith plans virtual commencement - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/13/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How the pandemic will affect Ohio State's bottom line - Columbus Dispatch
4/13/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Major League Baseball after the pandemic - Boston Sports Journal
4/13/2020
Prof. Jen Malkowski: An army of fact checkers to battle fake news - Teen Kids News
4/11/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Self-managed abortion -- is it legally safe? - Ms. Magazine Blog
4/9/2020
Wendy Schmidt '77: The wonders of the deep sea - USA Today
4/9/2020
Seven types of COVID-19 relief for college students - NerdWallet
4/8/2020
Prof. Anna Mwaba: Addressing a pandemic on a continental level - Africa is a Country
4/8/2020
Prof. Timothy Recuber: The return of market patriotism - Salon
4/8/2020
Prof. Martha Ackelsberg: What is the federal stockpile for? - The New York Times
4/8/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Summer 2021 was the only Olympic choice - Japan News
4/6/2020
Supporting first responders - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/1/2020
Lillian Carrasquillo ’05 tells her data science story - Silicon Angle
4/1/2020
Sarah Biskowitz ’21 is home from JYA in Paris and optimistic - Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
4/1/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Equal Pay Day is in March; Equal Earnings Day is much later - Ms. Online
4/1/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Attorneys general urge broader access to abortion during pandemic - Ms. Online

March 2020

3/30/2020
The state of minority-owned businesses: Women entrepreneurs - All Busines
3/30/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Effects of global pandemic on soccer - 610 ESPN
3/30/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What's the long-term outlook for the Sabres? - NBC Sports
3/27/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Why we need telemedicine abortion - Ms. Magazine Blog
3/25/2020
Prof. Randy Frost: What would Freud make of the toilet paper panic? - The New Yorker
3/25/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports, leagues planning ‘on the fly‘ during crisis - Associated Press
3/25/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What's next, after Olympic postponement? - Yahoo Sports
3/25/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: New leadership for U.S. Soccer and the USWNT lawsuit - Sports Illustrated
3/25/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Delaying the 2020 Olympics - Marketplace
3/24/2020
Prof. Steve Waksman: Why music matters right now - The New York Times
3/24/2020
Luma Mufleh '97: Educating young refugees through soccer - WBUR
3/23/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Olympic torch may foreshadow Olympic postponement - Japan Times
3/23/2020
Smith models change in the ‘asterisk semester’ - Inside Higher Ed
3/23/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Our students don't melt under fire - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/23/2020
Oliver Haug ’20: An ending that's a promise - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/19/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How pandemic will affect MLS, crew - Columbus Dispatch
3/19/2020
Campus School teacher Andrea Hermans: Teaching remotely during coronavirus - NECN Next
3/19/2020
Barbara Washburn ’35: The “accidental mountaineer” who mapped the Grand Canyon - National Geographic
3/19/2020
Wendy Schmidt ’77: How Philanthropists are Tackling COVID-19 - PENTA
3/19/2020
Prof Zimbalist: Cities affected by events canceled due to COVID-19 - The Seattle Times
3/19/2020
Prof. Steve Waksman: What do we lose when we lose live music? - The Atlantic
3/19/2020
Prof. Jordan Taylor: Political fissures may worsen COVID-19 outbreak - Washington Post
3/18/2020
Colleges in forefront of virus containment - The New York Times
3/18/2020
Margaret Farrar Petherbridge 1919: The true parent of the crossword - The New York Times
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: A season without sports - Houston Chronicle
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Answering questions about suspended NBA season - Yahoo! Lifestyle
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Baseball delays season - NBC News
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: As NBA suspends season, new realities - Forbes
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Amid pandemic, Olympics Twitter puts on a happy face - Reuters/The New York Times
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The effect of sports cancellations in Boson - Boston Globe
3/17/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports cancellations could be part of COVID-fueled recession - The Athletic
3/13/2020
Italy Interrupted: Sadie Wiese '21 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/12/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: In Tokyo, a growing sense of angst over virus-hit games - Reuters
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will the Olympics happen? - Japan Times
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Coronavirus and the Olympics - NPR Weekend Edition Saturday
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: To pay or not to pay? - StarTalk Radio
3/10/2020
Vice President Audrey Smith: COVID-19 is changing admission - Inside Higher Ed
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The tourism legacy of the Olympic games - CNN
3/10/2020
Prof. Virginia Hayssen: A female perspective in science - The Conversation
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Hidden athletic fees - NBC News
3/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Tentacles of Olympic cancellation would be worldwide - Associated Press
3/4/2020
Prof. James Lowenthal: Attract people to STEM by losing the jargon - Physics Today
3/3/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Coronavirus and the Tokyo Olympics - WFAE
3/2/2020
Simran Sethi ’92: How to be good - The New York Times
3/2/2020
Matt Donovan: Poetry Center director gets the words just right - Daily Hampshire Gazette

February 2020

2/27/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Could the coronavirus cancel the Olympics? - Yahoo Sports
2/27/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: Is it too late to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment? - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/26/2020
Prof. Brent Durbin: Digital authoritarianism — finding our way out of the darkness - War on the Rocks
2/26/2020
Prof. Brent Durbin: What's next for U.S. spy agencies? - KQED
2/26/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Is the Astros cheating scandal good for baseball? - The New York Times
2/26/2020
Prof. Brent Durbin: Will Richard Grenell eliminate dissent? - Washington Post
2/25/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: The complicated history of women's suffrage - WGBY "Connecting Point"
2/25/2020
Jane Lakes Harman ’66: The nation’s top spy job is about to be destroyed - The New York Times
2/18/2020
Kimberly Probolus ’11: Men need to listen - The New York Times
2/18/2020
Twelve exhibitions you should see this month - WBUR
2/18/2020
Prof. Barbara Brehm: When is the best time to work out? - Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore
2/14/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Humanitarian goals remain an option for the U.S., if it acts now - The Hill
2/13/2020
Mimi Bull '58: My father, the parish priest - New York Times
2/11/2020
Prof. Michael Gorra: On Susan Sontag - New York Review of Books
2/11/2020
Provost Michael Thurston: Community college transfer: Everyone benefits - Inside Higher Ed
2/11/2020
Prof. Nancy Whitter: Unlikely allies - Washington Post
2/10/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Football attendance falls as student culture shifts - Hartford Courrant
2/5/2020
Prof. Jack Loveless: What's causing Puerto Rico's earthquakes? - WGBY
2/4/2020
Prof. James Lowenthal: Stargazing threatened by space junk - Sierra
2/4/2020
Prof. Randy Frost: Hoarding stems from a sense of responsibility - Radio New Zealand

January 2020

1/29/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The NFL is ready to score a huge payday - Bloomberg
1/28/2020
Mary Dickinson '81: 2020 political campaigns are trying to avoid a 2016-style hack - NPR
1/27/2020
Yoo Eun Kim '16: What's in a name? - San Francisco Chronicle
1/22/2020
Sylvia Plath ’55 letters among top books of 2010s - London Times
1/22/2020
Prof. Paula Giddings on Ida B. Wells - WAMU
1/21/2020
Saadia Zahidi '02: WEF plans to tackle rising income inequality - Bloomberg TV
1/21/2020
Evie Tochterman ’00 cares for koalas in bushfire aftermath - Sidney Morning Herald
1/21/2020
Pres. Kathleen McCartney: Prioritizing and thriving - Thrive Global
1/17/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: ‘Bombshell’ satisfying and hard to watch - Ms. Magazine
1/17/2020
Rachel Simmons: It's ok to be upset if you don't get into your dream college - Teen Vogue
1/10/2020
Prof. Andrea Moore: The best way to hear Beethoven anew - Miami Herald
1/7/2020
Prof. Marc Lendler: On impeachment - WGBY's Connecting Point
1/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the boom in building sports stadiums - Bloomberg News
1/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On legalized sports betting in Michigan - WLNS
1/2/2020
Shaharzad Akbar ’09: Peace talks, the Taliban, and the uncertain future of Afghan women - New Yorker
1/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The NCAA sports model is broken, and it's time for Congress to step in - Forbes
1/2/2020
Review: “Battling Bella,” by Leandra Ruth Zarnow ‘01 - New York Times
1/2/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker, Isabel Fields '21: Feminist victories from the past decade - Ms. Magazine
1/2/2020
Prof. Carrie Baker: What women won in 2019 - Ms. Magazine
1/2/2020
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Predictions for the new year - The Athletic
1/2/2020
Prof. Andrea Moore: Celebrating Beethoven's 250th birthday with a Beethoven ban - Chicago Tribune
1/2/2020
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Intensified offensive puts Syrian civilians on the run - PBS NewsHour

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