Smith Today

Teaching with Conviction, Empathy, and Joy

As a new semester gets underway, four Smith faculty members reflect on how they are teaching in uncertain times

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.

Two students sitting in front of Paradise Pond in the fall.
150th Anniversary

Capturing Stories, Creating History

Students and alums have the chance to participate in a global diary project to celebrate our 150th.

  • 150th Anniversary
  • September 11, 2025
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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.

Explore the Quarterly

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.

Campus Life

Seeing Safety in Community

Chief Jimi Nealy’s mission for connections between campus safety and students, faculty, and staff.

  • Campus Life
  • June 2, 2025
News of Note

People News, May 2025

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

  • News of Note
  • May 30, 2025
A photo of the Botanic Gardens in the summertime

People News

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

Helen Rosner ’04 Wins 2025 James Beard Media Award

  • July 17, 2025

Food writer and editor Helen Rosner ’04 is the recipient of a 2025 James Beard Media Award for her profile story, “Padma Lakshmi Walks into a Bar,” published in The New Yorker magazine where she is a staff member. Rosner, who earned her Smith degree in philosophy, was formerly an editor at Eater magazine.

Associate Professor Jennifer Guglielmo Co-hosts Talk on Italian-American Identity and Whiteness

  • May 30, 2025

Jennifer Guglielmo, associate professor of history, co-hosted a talk in April on the theme of Italian-American identity and whiteness at 33 Hawley’s Barn Door Gallery in Northampton.

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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For the Media

Tools for the Media Office of Media Relations

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.