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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.

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Reasons to Celebrate Smith

Social work is social justice.

Since its founding in 1918, the Smith College School for Social Work has been pushing the boundaries of the helping professions. The school was the first to offer a formal program for training social workers, the first to offer multicultural courses and training, and one of the first to formally commit to becoming an anti-racist organization. Speaking at the school’s 2024 Commencement ceremony, Dean Marianne Yoshioka (who plans to retire next year) called on graduates to speak out against oppression: “Uplift those we serve, and shape the changes that raise the bar for an ethical and just world.” Professor Mary Hall is pictured at left.

Smith, in the Moment

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

News of Note

Boosting Research and Discovery

Pres. Willie-LeBreton joins a new initiative aimed at strengthening Massachusetts’ research economy.

  • News of Note
  • September 29, 2025
News of Note

Lives of Purpose

Four remarkable alums will be honored with the Smith Medal at next year’s Rally Day.

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  • September 30, 2025
Smith College Medal

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.”

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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.”

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