Smith Today

Taking the ‘Next Practical Step’

Smith’s career development program is helping students navigate job market uncertainty

Alum News

This Was Not in the Brochure

Phoebe Potts ’92 proves that humor can be an antidote to the emotional highs and lows of adoption.

  • Alum News
  • July 16, 2025

Learn more about how Smith is providing resources and support for Smith's on-campus community related to antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Smith Quarterly

Check out the landing page for the Smith Quarterly, containing current and past issues.

On the Cover, Spring 2025

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin ’84’s strategy isn’t flashy, but it works: Meet people where they are, listen to their concerns, and get things done. Learn more about how she wins in a divided America.

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All Articles & Features

Looking for a timely list of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums featured in major media outlets? Check out Smith in the News.

Research & Inquiry

People News, January 2025

Read about the latest accomplishments of Smith students, staff, faculty, and alums.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • January 22, 2025
Detail of the top of the Grecourt Gates in the winter
Campus Life

Shave, Plane, Chisel, Learn

For a small group of students, January was the perfect time for a woodworking master class

  • Campus Life
  • January 16, 2025
Elizabeth Rennert ‘25 in a blue 2024 Mountain Day shirt, pushes a Lie Neilson handplane across a block of wood
150th Anniversary

1909: President Marion Le Roy Burton

In this Quarterly profile, Burton, who began his presidential duties in 1910, is described as a “man...

  • 150th Anniversary
  • January 10, 2025
Archival black and white of Marion Le Roy Burton sitting in a chair

People News

A. Brooke Bennett ’95 Named a Presidential Leadership Scholar

  • March 26, 2025

A. Brooke Bennett ’95 has been named a Presidential Leadership Scholar, a program for mid-career professionals in government, academics, and business interested in exploring the lessons of the administrations of Presidents Lyndon Johnson, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George H.W. Bush. Bennett, who is chief of staff for U.S. House Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.), majored in Russian civilization at Smith and earned a law degree at Tulane University.

Anu Aiyengar ’91 Honored by U.S. Indian Consulate

  • March 26, 2025

Anu Aiyengar ’91 was honored by the Indian Consulate in the U.S. for her leadership and impact as the only woman and person of color to hold the position of global head of advisory and mergers and acquisitions for JP Morgan. Aiyengar, who was born in Kerala and moved to the U.S. as a teenager, majored in computer science at Smith and earned an M.B.A. at Vanderbilt University.

Tori Murden McClure ’85 Appointed to Sweet Briar College Board

  • March 26, 2025

Tori Murden McClure ’85 has been appointed to the board of directors of Sweet Briar College in Virginia. An author, explorer, and former president of Spalding University, McClure holds a Smith degree in psychology, a master of divinity degree from Harvard, and a law degree from the University of Louisville.

In the News

Learn how Smith is being covered in the press and online through links to the latest media mentions about students, faculty, staff, and alums. From opinion pieces, to profiles, to discussions of groundbreaking research and developments in higher education, Smith community members are making an impact and shaping conversations about timely issues around the world.

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Other News & Publications

Smith Quarterly  
The Smith Quarterly was established in 1909 and is published by the Office of College Relations four times a year.

Smith eDigest
The Smith eDigest is sent to all campus e-mail accounts, providing important notices, college news, deadline notifications and other college information.

Notes From Paradise
Distributed weekly by the Office of College Relations, Notes From Paradise is an e-newsletter for alumnae, faculty, staff, students and friends of the college.

Insight
Insight was an online journal chronicling the ideas, intellectual life and creative thinking inherent within the culture of research and the liberal arts at Smith. It was published from 2010 to 2016.

The Sophian
The Sophian is the official, independent student newspaper.

NewsSmith
Published through Spring 2010, NewsSmith was distributed by the Office of College Relations for alumnae, staff, students and friends.

Library Events, Exhibitions & News
Listings of upcoming events at the libraries, current exhibitions, links to online exhibits and to newsletters, including News from the Smith College Libraries, Friends of the Libraries Newsletter and the Sophia Smith Collection’s Imposing Evidence.

Smith College Studies in Social Work
Since 1930, the Smith College Studies in Social Work has published materials of interest to clinical social workers and social work educators.

Smith in the News
A timely list of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums featured in major media outlets, highlighting everything from political discourse to cutting-edge research.

Meridians
Meridians, a collaborative venture of Smith’s Women’s Studies Program and Wesleyan University, is a new feminist interdisciplinary journal and forum for scholarship and creative work by and about women of color.

Amazonian Literary Review
The Amazonian Literary Review is a journal dedicated to the literary traditions of the countries of the Amazonian Basin.

Botanic Garden News
Published twice each year by the Friends of the Botanic Garden.

Smith Style Guide
Maintained by the Office of College Relations, the Smith Style Guide is a reference for Smith-specific words and phrases.