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Smith in the News

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

September 2022

9/29/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Crisis pregnancy centers face new scrutiny - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/28/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: ’How does reproductive justice win?’ - The New Republic
9/28/2022
Prof. John Connolly: What history says about Roe's effect on midterms - New York Times
9/28/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker on rise of medication abortion in VT - VT Digger
9/26/2022
Amrita Acharya ’23J appears on climate podcast - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/26/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Rare disease reveals importance of abortion access - Undark
9/22/2022
Sen. Tammy Baldwin ’84 seeks to codify gay marriage - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
9/22/2022
New president seizes the moment, finds her 'best life' at Smith - University Business
9/20/2022
Sarah Willie-LeBreton announced as Smith's 12th president - The Sophian
9/20/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Syrian camp won't see new U.S. aid - The National U.S.
9/17/2022
Sarah Willie-LeBreton appointed president of Smith - Diverse Issues in Higher Education
9/16/2022
Smith College names Sarah Willie-LeBreton as 12th president - New England Public Media
9/16/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Can an Indigenous-led proposal help 2030 Olympics bid? - Toronto Star
9/16/2022
Smith College taps scholar of social inequality as 12th president - Boston Globe
9/15/2022
Prof. Kimberly Ward-Duong: Stunning images of a distant world - NASA blog
9/15/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: How the ERA can improve health outcomes for women of color - Women's eNews
9/15/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Catholics for Life file for abortion ban - Ms. Magazine
9/14/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Impact of ruling on Michigan abortion ban - Ms. Magazine
9/14/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will Tokyo Olympics scandal cast shadow over 2030 bid? - France 24
9/14/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Michigan judge rules abortion ban violates women's equal rights - Ms. Online
9/14/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Rutgers football cost taxpayers - NorthJersey.com
9/14/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Deepening bribery scandal casts shadow over 2030 bid - France24
9/14/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Stemming the red tide of deficits at Rutgers - NorthJersey.com
9/14/2022
Prof. Steve Waksman: The history of live music - NEPM
9/13/2022
Smith ranked among top liberal arts colleges - Boston Globe
9/12/2022
Trustee Terry Hartle: Don't blame student loan debt on the few schools with large endowments - Boston Globe
9/11/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Tokyo Olympics scandal will fade - Express Tribune Online
9/8/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: How the ERA can improve health for women of color - Women's eNews
9/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Already mighty in the U.S., the Super Bowl dreams of elsewhere - Look Charms
9/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Indianapolis’ proposed stadium - Indianapolis Business Journal
9/7/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Jewish women’s armed resistance to Nazis during World War II - Ms. Online
9/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Shifting language on abortion - CNN Online
9/6/2022
Thea Lee ’80 on celebrating the U.S. Labor Dept. - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: New abortion care options for college students - WBUR
9/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Covering the cost of Buffalo‘s new stadium - Buffalo News
9/1/2022
Colleges respond to food insecurity - WWLP

August 2022

8/31/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Women’s equality is still not guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution - Ms. Online
8/29/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The future of the English Premier League - Washington Post
8/29/2022
Sarah K.A. Pfatteicher ’88: How partnerships can strengthen—not save—your college - Chronicle of Higher Education
8/25/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: At some colleges, the fall of Roe will weaken student abortion access - Wired
8/25/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Taking stock of abortion access in Massachusetts - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/25/2022
Prof. Sabina Knight reviews ‘In the Same Light: 200 Tang Poems for Our Century’ - Mekong Review
8/23/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Female athletes stiffed on money at top U.S. colleges - USA Today
8/22/2022
Prof. Suleiman A. Mourad: Why Muslims and Christians see the Crusades so differently - The Muslim Times
8/18/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Groundbreaking law protects telemedicine abortion providers - Ms. Magazine Online
8/17/2022
Prof. Jay Garfield: How (and why) to lose yourself - Ten Percent Happier
8/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Massachusetts’ new reproductive rights and gender-affirming law - WHMP “Afternoon Buzz”
8/15/2022
Clare Coleman ‘92: It’s been more than 50 years since Congress created a federal family planning program - NPR Morning Edition
8/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Why Power 5 conferences should split media rights revenue with football athletes - Athletic Director U
8/9/2022
Prof. Nancy Whittier: The politics of child sexual abuse - WYSO
8/9/2022
Rachel Gorman Cooper ’23: We fought so hard for equality. Now we must fight again. - The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle
8/9/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: What Beyonce, Lizzo changing song lyrics says about artists’ relationship with fans - KPCC
8/9/2022
Geothermal heating and cooling: Renewable energy’s hidden gem - Yale Climate Connections
8/8/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The allure of high pay for playing in autocratic states - CBC
8/2/2022
Prof. Johanna Brewer: Logging in to collegiate sports - KQED
8/2/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Rights as realism in the Middle East - Brookings
8/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Pregnancy as punishment - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Mexican telehealth abortion provider now serves U.S. women - Ms. Online
8/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports betting, other items as legislative session closes - WBUR

July 2022

7/27/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The Feminism and Legal Theory Project - Ms. Magazine Online
7/25/2022
Prof. David Howlett: On a new photo of Mormon founder Joseph Smith - Religion News Service
7/20/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pac-12 facing uncertain future after losses to Big 10 - NBC Los Angeles
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Pennsylvania Republicans pave the way for banning abortion - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Doctors protest Ohio six-week abortion ban - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion how-to: The Ms. Q&A on menstrual extraction with Carol Downer - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: President Biden mobilizes federal resources to support abortion access for all - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Wyoming McGinn ’23: Supreme Court term in review: Experts warn of a court coming for your rights - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Phoebe Kolbert ’23: Status of abortion laws, state by state - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Hannah Beck ’23: Ahead of midterms, women’s rights are among issues most important to young voters - Ms. Online
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Crisis-pregnancy centers have been orbiting campuses for years. What are they? - Chronicle of Higher Education
7/20/2022
Prof. Marylynn Salmon: Syphilis existed in Europe long before explorers could have brought it from the Americas - The Conversation
7/20/2022
Women's colleges respond to overturning Roe v. Wade - Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Is declaring a public health emergency a good response to Dobbs?
7/20/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Pregnant, parenting and running for office - Ms. Online
7/12/2022
Prof. Lucie Schmidt: First-gen economists in academia - Washington Post
7/4/2022
Prof. Lauren Duncan: Where are all the gun violence protestors? - Connecticut Public Radio
7/4/2022
Prof. Lauren Duncan: Activists have been warning of an abortion rights reversal. Now, they're preparing for a new battle. - Boston Globe
7/4/2022
Profs. Carrie Baker, Loretta Ross: Advocates point to existing support network around abortion - MassLive/Springfield Republican
7/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How the government subsidizes American sports - The Guardian
7/4/2022
Where there's laundry, there’s art - American Coin-Op
7/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Conference realignment makes another seismic shift - Associated Press
7/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Say good-bye to the Power 5; it's now all the Big Ten and SEC - MarketWatch
7/4/2022
President Kathleen McCartney and women’s college presidents: On the abortion ruling - The New York Times
7/4/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: We need racial solidarity to restore abortion rights - ZNet

June 2022

6/28/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: America before and after ‘Roe’ - The New York Times
6/27/2022
At SCMA: Maya Lin ‘Mappings’ - World Architects
6/27/2022
Jade Mosley ’25: Eric Adams’ alarming advice about staying safe on the subway - Bust
6/27/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Roe v. Wade - WGBH
6/27/2022
Prof. Loren Cahill: On overturning Roe v. Wade - ArcaMax
6/27/2022
An unsurprising step back: Reactions to Roe v. Wade - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/27/2022
Prof. Kathleen McCartney: On Roe v. Wade - National Observer
6/27/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On Supreme Court decision regarding Roe v. Wade - MassLive/Springfield Republican
6/21/2022
Schroeder Stribling SSW ’92: Taking on the ‘five-alarm’ mental health crisis - The Hill
6/21/2022
Prof. Ruth Ozeki on her prize-winning novel: ‘Can objects teach us about reality’? - The Guardian
6/21/2022
Prof. Ruth Ozeki ’80 wins Women’s prize for fiction - The Guardian
6/21/2022
Michelle Moulton ’23, Phoebe Kolbert ’23: Sharing abortion stories - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: What does the Heard-Depp trial mean for #MeToo? - Showcase (TRT World)
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: FDA abortion pill policy may preempt state restrictions - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Justice Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates rally for ’Roe v. Wade’ - WSHU
6/21/2022
Justice Kavanaugh’s classmates rally for ’Roe’ - New Haven Independent
6/21/2022
At reunion, Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates protest his position on abortion - New Haven Register
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Enforcing criminal abortion bans after Roe - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: This is how abortion pills work - Now This News
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Senators urge Biden to issue executive order protecting abortion rights - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Google improves flagging of fake abortion clinic ads, but there's much more to be done - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: If ’Roe’ falls, here's what abortion access on college campuses might be like - Elite Daily
6/21/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion on our own terms - Ms. Magazine Online
6/21/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the Braves’ new park - Atlanta Business Chronicle
6/21/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How Los Angeles is building transit for the 2028 Olympics - Los Angeles Times
6/21/2022
Aria Martinelli ’24, Kate Keelan ’24, Laura Fay ’25: Northampton and the 1950 census - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/21/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: Is the future still female? - The New York Times
6/21/2022
On Juneteenth weekend, Prof. Loretta Ross and other Black activists march for abortion rights - Weekend Edition Sunday
6/21/2022
Smith professor Ruth Ozeki wins prestigious literary prize in Great Britain - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/17/2022
Gloria Steinem ’56: ‘I feel proud, and I feel angry as hell’ - The New York Times
6/14/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Proposed federal law prohibits nonconsensual condom removal - Ms. Magazine Online
6/14/2022
Prof. Claire Leavitt: California‘s trailer for November’s blockbuster - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
6/14/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Investing in fun - WalletHub
6/6/2022
Meihui Chen ’23: Are we making the economy greener by adding more green jobs? - Critical Mass Bulletin
6/3/2022
Jade Mosley ’25: What you need to know about the Mississippi case that is likely to overturn Roe v. Wade - Bust
6/1/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The future of self-managed abortion after ‘Roe’ - Ms. Online

May 2022

5/31/2022
Prof. Efadul Huq: How did the Supreme Court start housing planning for Dhaka’s poor? - The Daily Star
5/31/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: New laws may soon require some public universities to offer abortion pills - Chronicle of Higher Education
5/25/2022
Ellen Weldon ’76 failed penmanship as a child. Now she’s a successful calligrapher. - The New York Times
5/25/2022
Schools are working to improve their carbon footprint - Environmental Leader
5/25/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On the Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial - Intercambio (Ecos del Combeima—Colombia)
5/25/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: What the leaked Alito decision could mean for women’s health - The Public Morality Radio Show
5/25/2022
Campus landscapes: So much more than marketing - Inside Higher Ed
5/25/2022
Summer reading starts now! An advance look at this year's Smith Reads selection - Inside Higher Ed
5/24/2022
Prof. Paul Joseph López Oro: Centering Garifuna in the African Diaspora - AfroLatinidad
5/24/2022
Wendy Schmidt ‘77: Philanthropy can seed agroecology - Inside Philanthropy
5/23/2022
Kimberly Drew ’12: Women, work and Faith Ringgold at the New Museum - The Cut
5/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: In Massachusetts, lawmakers push to make medication abortion available on college campuses - The 19th
5/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Oklahoma passes extreme vigilante abortion ban - Ms. Magazine Online
5/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Campaigning for a monument to women forgotten in the ’Birthplace of American Liberty’ - Ms. Magazine Online
5/17/2022
VP Floyd Cheung: On equity and inclusion - GoodCourse
5/17/2022
Prof. Pamela Petro: To Wales, with love - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Lack of abortion services on Cape Cod - Cape Cod Times
5/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Fighting for abortion rights after Roe - The Nation
5/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial - BBC News/Mundo
5/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On crisis pregnancy centers - WHMP -- "Afternoon Buzz"
5/13/2022
Prof. Lauren Duncan: Protesting at justices’ homes - Voice of America
5/13/2022
Anna Peel ’22: Climate change is a human rights issue - Middletown Press
5/12/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Pregnant? Need help? They have an agenda - The New York Times
5/11/2022
Prof. Lauren Duncan: Abortion rights protests at justices’ homes spark debate - Voice of America
5/11/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: How redemption plays a vital role in society - Her Agenda
5/11/2022
Smith College to become carbon neutral - WWLP - Channel 22
5/11/2022
These luminaries will address the Class of 2022 at college commencements in Massachusetts - WBUR
5/9/2022
When Roe fails...Speaking with women's rights advocate Carrie Baker - Give Our Take
5/9/2022
Reproductive rights advocates push for medication abortions on college campuses - Boston.com
5/9/2022
Massachusetts lawmakers want to improve access to medication abortion at public colleges - MassLive/Springfield Republican
5/9/2022
Smith College aims to cut campus carbon emissions by 2030 - NEPM
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: What the Amber Heard and Johnny Depp trial could mean for #MeToo - The Hill
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion activists mobilize in Massachusetts after Supreme Court leak - WBUR News
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion Pills FAQs: Get the facts about medical abortions - Ms. Magazine Online
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Birth control and gay marriage could be next if Roe v. Wade falls - Vice
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Why Asian-American women are behind in pay equity - The 19th
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reacting to possible changes to Roe v. Wade - Afternoon Buzz
5/6/2022
Area abortion-rights supporters decry high court's draft ruling on Roe - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Overturning Roe v. Wade would hand power over abortion to many states that would ban it - Idaho Capital Sun
5/6/2022
Smith College to break ground on environmental energy project - Environmental Leader
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Hana‘s story: Tricked and traumatized by a fake abortion clinic - Ms. Magazine Online
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: What would Alito‘s draft opinion mean for women‘s rights? - Ms. Magazine Online
5/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Thousands of Massachusetts college students live in ‘abortion deserts’ - Boston University News Service
5/6/2022
Gloria Steinem ’56: On the consequences of Roe v. Wade - NPR "All Things Considered"
5/4/2022
Smith plans big cut in emissions with $200M overhaul of heating, cooling systems - Daily Hampshire Gazette
5/4/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: How some companies help employees access abortions - Marketplace
5/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will hosting the World Cup bring investment to Qatar? - Investment Monitor
5/3/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Report offers few clues on Assad family wealth - Al-Monitor

April 2022

4/29/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Reproductive health advocates reignite fight for abortions at Massachusetts public universities - WGBH
4/29/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: How anti-abortion centers coerce pregnant people away from abortion care - Ms. Magazine Online
4/29/2022
Mona Sinha ’88: Leveraging financial power to build equity - NPR: Our Body Politic
4/27/2022
Hannah Beck ’23: Helping America rebuild - Ms. Magazine Online
4/24/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Sedona Prince‘s NIL deal - Forbes
4/24/2022
Prof. Greg White: Climate change and forced migration - The Sweaty Penguin
4/19/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: How grassroots activists forced a Texas DA to drop murder charges for a self-induced abortion - Ms. Magazine Online
4/19/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Kentucky becomes first state to ban in-clinic abortions - Ms. Magazine Online
4/18/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What can San Diego learn from the Bills‘ stadium deal? - Newsbug
4/18/2022
Ramona Flores ‘22: Google Jigsaw introduces new tool to protect high-risk online users - Ms. Magazine Online
4/18/2022
Prof. Jay Garfield: Learning to live without a self - Tricycle
4/18/2022
Lauren Wolfe ‘05: Truth in influencer advertising - Washington Post
4/18/2022
Where Jerry Zaks MFA ‘69 goes to escape the ‘pure pleasure’ of the theater - The New York Times
4/18/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the new Buffalo Bills stadium - Sportsmax
4/18/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Texas woman‘s arrest foreshadows post-Roe future - Ms. Magazine Online
4/18/2022
Juliet Schulman-Hall ‘22: Incarcerated women and high school students attend class together - Ms. Magazine Online
4/18/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Self-managed abortion pill ads launch in NYC subway stations - Ms. Magazine Online
4/18/2022
Reginald Dwayne Betts brings theatrical adaptation of his poetry to Smith - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/13/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The Penguins’ best playoff matchup - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
4/13/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The Washington Nationals might be for sale. Then what? - Washington Post
4/13/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What San Diego can learn from the Buffalo stadium deal - San Diego Union-Tribune
4/13/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The great, not great things about Opening Day - Cincinnati Enquirer
4/13/2022
Smith students collecting books through April - Greenfield Reminder
4/12/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The threat of pregnancy crisis centers in a post-Roe U.S. - Ms. Magazine Online
4/12/2022
Prof. Benjamin Baumer: Teaching statistics with baseball - Tech & Learning
4/11/2022
Prof. Paula Giddings: On Ida B. Wells and anti-lynching legislation - NBC News
4/11/2022
Prof. Marguerite Itamar Harrison: On the death of novelist Lygia Fagundes Telles - The New York Times
4/11/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Buffalo Billions - Vox Podcast
4/11/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Cavs owner Dan Gilbert among bidders for England‘s Chelsea Football Club - Ideastream Public Media
4/11/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the sale of the Cincinnati Reds - Cincinnati Enquirer
4/11/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Woman arrested for abortion in Texas - Ms. Magazine Online
4/11/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Food sales are covering MLB‘s player salaries - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
4/6/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Should universities embrace NFTs? - Times Higher Education
4/6/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Portrait of a provider—‘Everything is done in your own time’ - Ms. Online
4/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: A survivor's story - Ms. Magazine Online
4/5/2022
Prof. Joseph O‘Rourke: A new, ‘infinite’ solution to a vexing geometry problem - Quanta Magazine
4/5/2022
Prof. Alex Barron: Urgent takeaways from the new UN climate report - National Geographic
4/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: As Hochul struck a deal for Buffalo Bills, ‘so they stay’ was front of mind - Buffalo News
4/1/2022
A new role at Prairie View for Smith President Emerita Ruth Simmons - The Texas Tribune

March 2022

3/31/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Illinois telemedicine abortion provider aims to break stigma - Public News Service
3/31/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Throwing a challenge flag on the Bills deal - New York Daily News
3/31/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the Buffalo Bills stadium deal - WIVB
3/30/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Bills deal renews debate over public dollars for arenas - Rome Sentinel
3/30/2022
Rachel Sturges ’02: Imagining the wind - Earth Island Journal
3/30/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: What's wrong with the Buffalo Bills’ deal - New York Post
3/29/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On a new stadium for the Buffalo Bills - Buffalo News
3/28/2022
50 quotes from Gloria Steinem ’56 that are perfect for Women's History Month - Parade Magazine
3/28/2022
Colors of spring on display at Smith’s Lyman Plant House and Conservatory - Springfield Republican
3/28/2022
Kylin Gao ’25: Who cares? A response to India’s Covid-19 orphan crisis - Modern Diplomacy
3/24/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: #MeToo‘s influence is paying off in Congress - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/24/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: New lawsuits filed to challenge Texas‘ abortion ban - Ms. Magazine Online
3/24/2022
Deborah Archer ’93 shares five lessons for Black women persevering to become the ‘first‘ - Forbes
3/24/2022
Professor Loretta Ross’ antidote to cancel culture - WHYY
3/24/2022
Prof. Susan Levin: Silicon Valley's favorite weird philosophy is fundamentally wrong - Slate
3/24/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Studies refute hype around new stadium in Chattanooga - Chattanooga Times Free Press
3/23/2022
Prof. Justin Cammy: A titanic Yiddish poet is brought out anew—and just in time - The New York Sun
3/23/2022
Cara Krumikoff-Salkin ’22: The sky is disappearing and we must protect it - Wilton Bulletin
3/23/2022
Prof. Joel Kaminsky: The meaning and telos of Israel's election - Two Cities
3/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Dr. April Lockley answers questions about abortion pills - Ms. Magazine Online
3/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Telehealth is revolutionizing abortion in some states - WGBH
3/23/2022
Prof. Floyd Cheung: Five techniques for better class discussions - Faculty Focus
3/18/2022
A weekend in Northampton: Visit SCMA - The Weekender
3/18/2022
Maya Lin ‘Mappings’ at SCMA: Things to do around Boston this weekend - Boston Globe
3/18/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: On expressing unpopular views - Washington Post Magazine
3/16/2022
Kara Jackson ’23: National Youth Poet Laureate - PBS NewsHour—Brief But Spectacular
3/14/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Texas Supreme Court ends challenge to state’s abortion ban - Ms. Magazine Online
3/11/2022
Amy Bloom MSW ’78: Writer reflects on her husband’s suicide - Fresh Air with Terry Gross
3/11/2022
Prof. Kate Soper: ‘Songful Sublimity’—A review of ‘The Understanding of All Things’ - The New York Times
3/10/2022
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ’02: Six Pakistani women transcending borders with their work - The Express Tribue
3/10/2022
Juliet Schulman-Hall ’22: The confining nature of climate change on incarcerated people - Ms. Magazine Online
3/9/2022
Veronica Kessler ’22: My journey from rural Colombia to the U.S. - Diaspora
3/9/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: A profile of online abortion provider Razel Ramen - Ms. Online
3/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: MLB whiffs on two counts: Labor peace and speeding up games - Bloomberg
3/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On student athletic fees - WUNC
3/4/2022
Prof. Sergey Glebov: On the Russian invasion of Ukraine - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/4/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Minor league baseball, hockey teams seeking Covid-19 relief - Spectrum Bay News 9
3/4/2022
Prof. Tim Recuber: What we’re doing when we make erratic posts about Ukraine - The Atlantic
3/4/2022
Prof. Sabina Knight: China’s Minority Fiction - World Literature Today
3/3/2022
An update on Yale‘s efforts to increase diversity in investments - Yale Daily News
3/2/2022
Smith president stepping down in 2023 - WWLP - Channel 22
3/2/2022
Smith College president Kathleen McCartney announces plan to step down - MassLive/Springfield Republican
3/2/2022
Smith President Kathleen McCartney is stepping down in 2023 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/2/2022
Smith President Kathleen McCartney will step down in 2023 - Associated Press
3/2/2022
What Luma Mufleh ’97 has planned for her Smith commencement address - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/2/2022
Prof. Paul Joseph López Oro: The history of the Garifuna: Indigenous legacies in the Caribbean - Buzzsprout
3/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Abortion pill orders surged after Texas abortion ban - Ms. Online
3/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Profiling a provider: Abortion pills - Ms. Online
3/2/2022
Tallulah Costa ’25 and Prof. Carrie Baker: Speaking out - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/2/2022
Katie Hitchcock-Smith ’17: Navigating the Great Resignation as a jaded millennial - Boston Globe
3/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Impact of betting in college sports - U.S. Bets
3/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Derek Jeter to depart as CEO of Marlins - Bloomberg
3/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Pyeongchang still awaits its Olympic payoff - The New York Times

February 2022

2/23/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Not by counterterrorism alone: Root causes and the defeat of the Islamic State group - Brookings
2/23/2022
Prof. Annaliese Beery: The romantic temptation of the monogamous prairie vole - Scientific American: 60-Second Science
2/23/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Why the Olympics can be a bad deal for host cities - KCBS Radio
2/23/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Will a new Broncos owner mean a new stadium, too? - The Denver Post
2/23/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How New York bankrolls horse racing with billions - Albany Times-Union
2/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Profiling a provider: Telemedicine abortions support patient autonomy, control - Public News Service
2/23/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Most people want over-the-counter abortion pills, study finds - Ms. Online
2/23/2022
President Kathleen McCartney: Five steps new presidents should take - Inside Higher Ed
2/21/2022
Nora Cothren ’12: Boosting inclusion in youth hockey - Philadelphia Inquirer
2/21/2022
Kylin Gao ’25: Beijing, Beijing - L.A. Progressive
2/17/2022
Wendy Sherman ’71 leads Biden administration’s strategic dialogue with Russia - NPR Morning Edition
2/17/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The ERA is ratified. Now what? - Ms. Magazine Online
2/17/2022
Prof. David Howlett: What happens when Mormon women are called to ordained ministry? - The Christian Century
2/16/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: SoFi Stadium went up, and then everything changed - Sports Illustrated
2/16/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: L.A. backs Super Bowl, ’28 Olympics but questions economic payoff - Los Angeles Times
2/16/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Cincinnati’s Super Bowl - Cincinnati Business Courier
2/16/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: For China, hosting the Olympics is worth every billion - The New York Times
2/16/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Congress ends forced arbitration of sexual harassment and assault claims - Ms. Magazine Online
2/16/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: North Carolina’s new approach to birth control - The 19th
2/16/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Pregnancy and childbirth endanger women’s lives and health - Ms. Magazine Online
2/14/2022
Smith's new ‘no-loan’ program offers enhanced support for students - Chronicle of Higher Education
2/14/2022
Elim Chan ‘09: On her BSO debut, and her ‘thunderbolt moment’ at Smith - WCRB Classical Music with Laura Carlo
2/14/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: North Carolina no longer requires a prescription for birth control. But who can afford it? - The 19th
2/9/2022
More bean burgers, less beef - Inside Higher Ed
2/9/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Profiling telemedicine abortion provider Julie Amaon - Ms. Online
2/9/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Profiling telemedicine abortion provider Melissa Grant - Ms. Online
2/9/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: New approaches to getting abortion pills online - Ms. Online
2/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Beijing Olympics open amid hurdles - VOA News
2/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Bengals are latest small-market team to score big - Yahoo Sports
2/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The real cost of the Beijing Olympics - The BL
2/9/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The real cost of hosting the Olympics - Insider
2/7/2022
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy ‘02: Female directors who revolutionized the industry - Bol News
2/7/2022
Prof. Kiki Smith: Costumes for upcoming ‘Lemon Girls, or Art for the Artless’ - Broadway World
2/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Beijing Olympics will not bring windfall - Marketplace Morning Report
2/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Olympic ideals and authoritarian rule - Associated Press
2/7/2022
Meeting students’ extra needs - Inside Higher Ed
2/3/2022
Making a college degree more affordable - Business West
2/3/2022
Prof. Joel Kaminsky: The value of jokes in Jewish-Christian dialogue - Christian Century
2/2/2022
Prof. James Lowenthal: The Pentagon is looking for garbage collectors in space - Washington Post
2/2/2022
Prof. Kate Queeney: Forging a partnership between Amherst College and Amherst schools - Daily Hampshire Gazette
2/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The ERA is now the law! - Ms. Online
2/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The ERA is now ratified. What's next? - Ms. Online
2/2/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The real cost of the Beijing Olympics - Insider
2/2/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: An interview with Barbara Walter about civil wars - C-SPAN
2/2/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On Jex Blackmore and medication abortion - Ms. Online

January 2022

1/28/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Medication abortion for university students - Academic Minute
1/27/2022
Marty Garbarini ’22: The women who stayed in the workforce - Ms. Online
1/27/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Gait Lacrosse's deal with Joey Spallina - Syracuse.com
1/27/2022
Ten Museum Must-See‘s: Maya Lin at SCMA - Boston Globe
1/27/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: ‘Zombie diplomacy‘ - Brookings
1/26/2022
Prof. Sara Pruss: Fossils from one of the world’s first reefs can be found on Nevada mountains - Hakai Magazine
1/26/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: The feminist self-help movement helped women seek reproductive care - Teen Vogue
1/26/2022
Prof. Loretta Ross: Before Roe - The New York Times
1/26/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: ‘We have had abortions’ 50 years later - Ms. Online
1/26/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Olympic ‘curse’ strikes again as Beijing costs mount - France24
1/26/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: NBC walks tightrope in coverage of Beijing Olympics - Deadline.com
1/26/2022
Prof. Ruth Ozeki ’80: Listen to the voices only you hear - New York Times: Ezra Klein Podcast
1/18/2022
Profiling Hanya Yanagihara ’95 - The New Yorker
1/18/2022
President Kathleen McCartney: Here's what could happen if we canceled all student loan debt - Marketwatch: Best New Ideas in Money
1/18/2022
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Assad‘s normalization and the politics of erasure in Syria - Dawn
1/18/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On medical abortions at UMass - Boston.com
1/18/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Profiling online abortion providers from Choix - Ms. Online
1/18/2022
Marissa Hochstetter fights for survivors’ rights - People Magazine
1/18/2022
Check out the achievements of Elim Chan ’09 as she prepares to lead the BSO - Boston.com
1/14/2022
Helen Bezuneh ’23: It's time we talk about Blackfishing - Ms. Online
1/13/2022
Saadia Zahidi ’02: We must come together to face longterm global risks - Time
1/13/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On telemedicine abortion - Ms. Online
1/10/2022
Prof. Tom Litwin: Changing car culture for a livable planet - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/10/2022
Prof. Loretta J. Ross: Is there room for redemption in our cancel culture? - PBS: Amanpour & Co.
1/10/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The next abortion battleground: campus health clinics - Boston Globe
1/10/2022
Hana Yanagihara ’95: An audience of one - New Yorker
1/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On new ownership for Real Salt Lake - Salt Lake Tribune
1/7/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On student athletes and the Supreme Court - WHMP -- The Bill Newman Show
1/7/2022
Prof. Daniel Horowitz: What’s lurking around the corner for 2022? - USA Today
1/7/2022
Prof. Mary Harrington: Why gray winter days may make it harder to work out - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/6/2022
Susan Sorrells ’68: The queen of the desert - The New Yorker
1/5/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The economics of commercialized college sports - FutureU
1/5/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On David Blitzer and the Cleveland Guardians - The Athletic
1/5/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: MLB's lockout partially stems from the fact that the league is a monopoly - NPR "All Things Considered"
1/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Is it legal to order abortion pills online? - Ms. Online
1/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: On the FDA and abortion pill access - Ms. Online
1/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: The anti-abortion movement's digital strategies to track pregnant women - WMC News and Features
1/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Telemedicine means better access to early, safe abortions - Provincetown Independent
1/5/2022
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: For moral and practical reasons, the Olympics need a new home - Toronto Star
1/5/2022
Juliet Schulman-Hall ’22: Housing challenges facing people with intellectual and developmental disabilities - Next Avenue
1/5/2022
Prof. Carrie Baker: Online abortion provider Robin Tucker - Ms. Online
1/5/2022
Marty Garbarini ‘22, Hannah Beck ‘23: Feminist wishes for the new year - Ms. Online
1/2/2022
Prof. Daniel K. Gardner: What does China's new Paris Agreement pledge mean for climate change? - Carbon Brief
1/2/2022
Leela de Paula ‘23: Smith's $500K donation solidifies its relationship with city - Daily Hampshire Gazette

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