Like me, you’ve probably been chastised by food waste fighters on campus every time you mistakenly throw a compostable cup in the trash, or a chip bag (full of both metal and plastic) in the compost...
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Jiayan Sun and Edward Arron stepped onto the stage to thunderous applause, and moments later, with the first triumphant slamming of piano keys of “Grand Duo sur des thèmes de Robert le Diable,” the concert began. This was the sixth and final performance of Sun’s series “The Timeless Genius of Chopin.”
On December 1 2021, the Supreme Court heard arguments on reviving Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban in the case of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.…
It is against everything Smith College preaches not to provide its students with a free subscription to The Daily Hampshire Gazette.
Like many a stir-crazy teenager, I, too, looked to my grandmother’s old yarn hoard as a means of working through my quarantine boredom in the early days of the pandemic. My affair with the fiber arts began as it often does: mindless fiddling with different crochet hooks and tangled skeins of yarn.
就像大多数小型文理学院一样，史密斯学院承诺给予本科学生卓越的教学体验。教授们不会因为自己的研究项目而突然消失，随即把大部分的学生参与度留给助教承担；相反，他们会主动创造教学环境。这种参与程度对教职工的要求很高，即使是那些即将或者已经被授予终身教职资格的教师也会面临这样的问题。教学是一项艰苦、耗时的工作，正如学术界同时对他们抱有不断发表文章的期望。考虑到这些要求，我们很难想象一个访问教授如何能在短暂的逗留期间提供宝贵的的课堂经历。
“Maya Lin: Mappings,” a collection of Lin’s works commenting on the relationship between humans and the environment, will be in exhibition at the Smith College Art Museum through Aug. 7.
Smith, like most small liberal arts colleges, promises a superior commitment to teaching undergraduate students. Professors don’t disappear to work on their research and leave the bulk of student engagement to teaching assistants; rather, they create the classroom environment. That level of engagement is a high demand for faculty, even those who are tenure-track or tenured.
I was accepted by Smith College with a caveat — I would have to matriculate in January. Initially, I was too excited about my acceptance to read beyond “Congratulations!” It was only when I examined the letter more carefully that I noticed the minor hitch.
The Sophian interviewed five students about their experiences having COVID-19 at Smith, two in December and three in February. All students wished to remain anonymous…