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Chronological Listing
September 28, 2000
SPACE.COM
Check out www.space.com/colleges
for "Cool Professor," a profile of Smith astronomy
prof Suzan Edwards. Writer Robin Lloyd (Smith '84) says
Edwards is "known across the United States as not just a
popular astronomy professor but an innovative, widely read and
effective one." Edwards gets high marks from students for
her hands-on approach to learning. [www.space.com]
September 26, 2000
NEW YORK TIMES
An article headlined "Colleges Courting Their Black Alumni"
noted that the presence of President Ruth Simmons was
an important factor in motivating a group of African American
Smith alumnae to return to campus for reunion in May 1999. [www.nytimes.edu]
September 25, 2000
ASSOCIATED PRESS
A federal study reports that fewer than 10 percent of all engineers
and approximately 27 percent of computer scientists and programmers
are women. The Associated Press reports on a number of innovative
programs to change those numbers, including Smith's new Picker
Program in Engineering and Technology. Quoting President Ruth
Simmons, the article noted: "Engineers literally design
and build much of the human environment. Women must not accept
such a marginal role in so important a field." The article
also noted that Smith is home to the Women in Technology's Invent
Center, the first technology center and incubator for women on
a women's college campus. [www.ap.org]
September 25, 2000
ASSOCIATED PRESS
The AP's coverage of the Sophia Smith Collection's "Agents
of Social Change" conference focused on the role that Gloria
Steinem's papers and materials, newly opened to scholars,
will have in shaping understanding of the women's movement. SSC
Head Sherrill Redmon noted that the Steinem collection
will help redress public criticism that often portrayed the movement
as "all white and elitist." "Steinem's correspondence
makes it clear that was untrue," Redmon explained. [www.ap.org]
- September 17, 2000
IDAHO SPOKESMAN-REVIEW
A poll sponsored by the Idaho Spokesman-Review found that one
in four Idahoans doesn't favor more ethnic diversity -- even
though a recent U.S. Census report ranks Idaho the fourth-whitest
state in the nation. To interpret the results, the paper consulted
Professor of Sociology Peter Rose, who characterized the
findings as "troubling but not suprising." Typically,
Rose says, resistance to greater diversity comes from "the
'once-hads' and the 'never-hads,'"people who are struggling
and feel threatened by newcomers." Rose advocates education
and exposure to people of different cultures as keys to overcoming
resistance. Children, he says, should be taught, beginning in
elementary school, 'the very American notion of 'many peoples,
one nation.'" [www.spokane.net]
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- September 14, 2000
- BLACK ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION
In a look at several new academic offerings across the country,
Black Issues noted that Smith is "turning heads and raising
eyebrows" with its new engineering program, the first at
a women's college. Another distinction, notes the program's founding
chair, Domenico Grasso, is that three of the four faculty
members set to join the program are women. Nationwide, 96 percent
of engineering faculty are men. [www.blackissues.com]
September 11, 2000
INDUSTRY STANDARD
Industry Standard, a Silicon Valley-based magazine that bills
itself as "intelligence for the Internet economy,"
featured Smith's new engineering program in an article headlined
"Move over nerds: Well-rounded engineers are being trained
at the country's top schools." Engineering department chairman
Domenico Grasso noted that Smith's program will address,
among many areas, the need for engineers to be effective communicators.
Students, he said, will be required to write reports that are
"music to my ears" and must be able to "interact
fluidly in a group setting." Other innovative programs cited
in the article include those at Cooper Union, the University
of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology,
and Harvey Mudd College. The story was the work of San Francisco-based
freelancer Linda Berlin, who says she was inspired to write it
by her 1999 visit to Smith as a CASE Media Fellow. [www.thestandard.com]
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- September 10, 2000
BOSTON GLOBE
In an article headlined "Down on Dowloading," Smith
is listed among an estimated 30 percent of campuses, including
Amherst and Hampshire, that are blocking access to Napster, the
Internet library that many students use to download recorded
music. "We weren't thrilled about blocking, but there was
great concern that academic scholarship was being interrupted
because of the [network] congestion," said Herb Nickles,
executive director of Smith's information technology services.
[www.boston.com/globe]
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- September 1, 2000
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
In the magazine's annual "best colleges" issue, Smith
ranked #12 (up from #13 last year) among the Best National Liberal
Arts Colleges. Smith was also named among the "Great Schools
at Great Prices." [www.usnews.com]
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