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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.

Democracy in Action

‘Hope and Action’

Faculty and students reflect on the outcome of the 2024 presidential election.

  • Democracy in Action
  • November 6, 2024
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Research & Inquiry

People News, November 2024

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

  • Research & Inquiry
  • November 1, 2024
Democracy in Action

Your Vote, Your Voice

Alice Schaffer Smith ’61 brings a lifelong passion for fair elections to the ballot box.

  • Democracy in Action
  • October 28, 2024

People News

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.

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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.