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CAMPUS LIFE

Connect and Celebrate!

Tours, lunch in the houses, sports matches, and other special events are all part of the Come Home to Smith celebration, Saturday, Nov. 1.

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Students

Going Back—To Give Back

Over the summer, Arden Grim ’26 worked with the doctors and therapists who helped her as a child.

  • Students
  • September 10, 2025

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

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Smith Quarterly

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

On the Cover, Summer 2025

For this special issue—celebrating Smith’s 150th anniversary—we invited four illustrators to create their own interpretations of the iconic undated photograph of college founder Sophia Smith. Readers received one of the four commemorative covers at random.

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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

Can Russia Still Save Assad?

The future of Syria’s deposed leader grows more precarious, says Prof. Steven Heydemann.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • December 9, 2024
Steve Heydemann
Sustainability

How Climate Policy Saves Lives

Professor Alex Barron's research shows that reducing air pollution can save lives and resources

  • Sustainability
  • December 2, 2024
Alex Barron

People News

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

Elevator Pitch Contest Winners

  • January 22, 2025

Audrey Banie ’27 won the Best Pitch prize in the 2024 Elevator Pitch Contest sponsored by Smith’s Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center for her enterprise, “Grow.” Other contest winners were: Mary Clare Michael ’26 in the Out of the Box category for “The Policy Playhouse”; Olohi John ’27 and Mia Tran ’27 in the Conquering Injustice category for “Kuali Juvenile Education Foundation” and “Resilient Vietnam”; Ally Tutay ’25 and Faithrose Daniel ’27 in the Educational Dividends category for “Seedmatch” and “Mama Market”; and Diane Okong’o ’26 in the Finance Free category for “Thrive Together.” The Judges’ Choice prize went to Gabrielle Bennett ’27 for “Really Cool Rocket Boots.”

Professor Carrie Baker Authors New Book

  • January 22, 2025

Carrie Baker, Sylvia Dlugasch Bauman Chair of American Studies and Professor of the Study of Women and Gender, is the author of Abortion Pills: U.S. History and Politics published by Amherst College Press. The book offers a comprehensive history of abortion pills in the U.S., including how activists waged a decade-long campaign to create and expand access to abortion medication.

Professor Susan B. Levin Publishes New Research

  • January 22, 2025

Susan B. Levin, Roe/Straut Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, has published new research critiquing the zeal of some philosophers and tech billionaires for engineering agelessness. “The irrationality of human confidence that an ageless existence would be better,” published in Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, and Levin’s response to comments about the article from advocates of agelessness explore why the quest for agelessness, driven by confidence that an ageless existence would be superior to our own, is irrational and detrimental to human flourishing.

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 Communications & Marketing 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
Notes from Paradise is a weekly e-newsletter produced by the Office of Communications & Marketing. Sent to alums, faculty, and staff, Notes From Paradise shares stories about Smithies as well as news of happenings on campus and updates from the college’s leadership. Not receiving Notes From Paradise? Make sure your email address is correct in The Network before reaching out to ithelp@smith.edu.

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.

Smith Style Guide
Maintained by the Office of Communications & Marketing, the Smith Style Guide is a reference for Smith-specific words and phrases.

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

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.

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.

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

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.