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Celebrating 150 Years
Since it opened its doors in 1875, Smith has been educating women to take on the world’s toughest and most important challenges. Celebrate with us!

Fall for Smith

Applying to Smith for either spring or fall 2026? Register for our fall open house on Tuesday, November 11, and experience the semester (and the foliage!) in full-swing.

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Reasons to Celebrate Smith

Paradise Pond lives up to its name.

Paradise Pond, formed in the 18th century by a dam on the Mill River, is both a top campus attraction and a living laboratory for science students. It’s dredged periodically to manage sediment and preserve its ecosystem. Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind reportedly named it when she visited Northampton in 1851 and found the pond, well, paradisal.

Alums sit on a bench looking out over Paradise Pond

Smith, in the Moment

Stay current with all things Smith. Learn about upcoming events and peruse the news on Smith Today.

Family Weekend

October 31–November 2

Check out the weekend’s full schedule of events.

Research & Inquiry

Sharing the Joy of Teaching at Smith

This year’s Sherrerd Teaching Award winners describe what they value most about their work at Smith.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • October 23, 2025

A Culture of Curiosity

Maneeta Bhandari ’27

Engineering major; Film & Media Studies minor

“I have been a very STEM focused my whole life. With courses like first-year seminars at Smith, I have gotten an opportunity to study the liberal arts from a closer distance.”

About the Open Curriculum

Kristin Hughes

Director of Athletics

“It’s a disservice to women athletes to expect anything but the best for themselves. We talk about winning. We talk about why it’s important. We talk about why they need to own what they’re good at.”

Explore Athletics at Smith

Ginetta E.B. Candelario ’90

Professor of Sociology and of Latin American & Latino/a Studies

“Because of what I learned and now teach at Smith, I am more committed than ever to Sophia Smith’s vision of ‘reforming the evils of society’ through our work ‘as teachers, as writers, as mothers, as members of society.’”

How She Found Smith

J. Courtney Sullivan ’03

Novelist

“I am so thankful that my 18-year-old self unwittingly chose an education that has lived on inside me and continues to teach me things a quarter century after the fact.”

See How Smith Shaped Her