Podcaster Alie Ward didn’t draw the usual crowd one might expect at a college talk about science. “Rather than quiet, stiff intellectuals sitting back in…
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On Nov. 4, retired Admiral Rachel Levine came to Smith College to speak as part of the Smith College Colloquia series. Prior to her discussion…
In 2018, Daily Beast writer Allen Barra asked: “Why the hell are we still reading Ernest Hemingway?” Smith College professor Michael Thurston sought to provide…
Tiana Clark’s “Scorched Earth” Selected as Finalist for the National Book Award
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When Tiana Clark wrote “The First Black Bachelorette” in 2016, she knew she had created something special. The long poem exploring the speaker’s concept of…
This article was originally published in the October 2025 print edition. Northampton Mayor and Smith alumna Gina-Louise Sciarra ‘96 is seeking reelection to address her…
Athlete and journalist Karleigh Webb opened Smith’s panel “A Conversation on Trans Athletes, Gender and Race” by speaking directly to her target audience: student athletes.…
A little after 11 a.m. on Sept. 20, marching bands, real estate companies, therapy dogs, senior living facilities, arts groups, vintage cars, roller derby players,…
As the sun shone down on Chapin Lawn on Sept. 9, community members gathered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the college opening to its…
In 2022, University of Massachusetts professor and filmmaker Kate Way had just finished teaching her course on the politics of K-12 education, which included a…
This article was originally published in the April 2025 print edition. When Smith College’s inaugural 14 students entered the college in 1875, higher education for…