Smith Today

Celebrating ‘Transformative’ Teaching

Three faculty members are recipients of the 2025 Sherrerd Teaching Awards

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Research & Inquiry

Meeting the Moment

Smith faculty members share thoughts about teaching in uncertain times.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • April 22, 2025
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CEEDS Research

Side Effects of Salt

Professor Amy Rhodes and Frances Li ’23J worked to study the impact of campus de-icing protocols.

  • CEEDS Research
Amy Rhodes

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, Winter 2025

In her new book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, visionary leader and grassroots organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel ’00 champions women of color as the ‘MVPs’ of social justice movements. Learn about her experience and read an excerpt from the book.

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Smithies Create

Decked Out

A limited-edition pack of playing cards created by the photographer Naima Green features Kimberly Dr...

  • Smithies Create
  • July 17, 2020
Photo of Kimberly Drew on a deck of cards. The box for the deck is labeled "pur*suit"
Smithies Create

To Protect and Smooth

Five tips for skin care in quarantine from Earth Love Cosmetics owner Sarah Page ’96.

  • Smithies Create
  • July 17, 2020
Earth Love Cosmetics bottles
Smithies Create

Fashion. Statement.

Social-impact fashion brand Got To Stop launches a COVID-19 campaign with a line of face masks, tote...

  • Smithies Create
  • July 17, 2020
Erika Ewing standing in front of a black power fist assembled from a covid-19 wordcloud. She is wearing a shirt with the same image.
Smithies Create

No Dairy Necessary

Make dairy-free strawberry ice cream at home using a recipe from Incredible Vegan Ice Cream by Deena...

  • Smithies Create
  • July 17, 2020
Bowl of strawberry vegan ice cream with fresh strawberries artfully scattered around it.
Alum News

Feeding a Revolution

When protests against police brutality began in New York City a few weeks ago, Gaiana Joseph ’17 wan...

  • Alum News
  • June 22, 2020
Six friends—five black and one white— in masks standing next to each other in front of a citscape. T-shirts include "Black Nerds Unite" and "Melanin Poppin"

For the Media

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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.

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.