Smith Today

Meeting the Moment

Smith faculty members share thoughts about teaching in uncertain times

CEEDS Research

Side Effects of Salt

Professor Amy Rhodes and Frances Li ’23J worked to study the impact of campus de-icing protocols.

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Amy Rhodes

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, Winter 2025

In her new book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, visionary leader and grassroots organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel ’00 champions women of color as the ‘MVPs’ of social justice movements. Learn about her experience and read an excerpt from the book.

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Research & Inquiry

People News, September 2023

New publications, poetry readings and career promotions are among the recent accomplishments of Smit...

  • Research & Inquiry
  • August 28, 2023
Students in the lounge in the campus center
Research & Inquiry

A Pickleball Pessimist

Professor Andrew Zimbalist is among those who are skeptical of pickleball's potential as a professio...

  • Research & Inquiry
  • August 22, 2023
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Research & Inquiry

Sparking Interest in Science

Four summer research students in Prof. Lesley-Ann Giddings’ lab offered science workshops for girls.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • August 17, 2023
Prof. Lesley-Ann Giddings and students at summer camp

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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.

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.