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Taking the ‘Next Practical Step’

Smith’s career development program is helping students navigate job market uncertainty

Alum News

This Was Not in the Brochure

Phoebe Potts ’92 proves that humor can be an antidote to the emotional highs and lows of adoption.

  • Alum News
  • July 16, 2025

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, Spring 2025

Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin ’84’s strategy isn’t flashy, but it works: Meet people where they are, listen to their concerns, and get things done. Learn more about how she wins in a divided America.

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Looking for a timely list of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums featured in major media outlets? Check out Smith in the News.

Research & Inquiry

In the Aftermath of Trauma

Professor Timothy Recuber describes how norms are changing after traumas such as mass shootings.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • June 21, 2024
Tim Recuber
Research & Inquiry

Awareness of Abortion Pill Rising

Prof. Carrie Baker says women are flocking to use mifepristone after a failed ban on the medication.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • June 18, 2024
Carrie Baker
Research & Inquiry

People News, June 2024

Read about the latest accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • June 4, 2024
Two people walking down a campus path in the summer.
Research & Inquiry

Teaching Data Journalism

Smith faculty members Naila Moreira & Ben Baumer share insights about their data journalism course.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • May 30, 2024

People News

Nancy Daly ’81 Receives Patrick Quinn Award for Distinguished Service to Actors

  • July 17, 2025

Nancy Daly ’81 is the recipient of Actors’ Equity Foundation’s Patrick Quinn Award for Distinguished Service to Actors for her efforts to better the lives of actors and stage managers. Daly has served for years on Equity’s National Council and is the founder of Actors and Artists Unite 2 End Alzheimer’s. Daly earned her Smith degree in theatre.

Smith’s CEEDS Receives Grant to Protect Endangered Wildlife at MacLeish Field Station

  • July 17, 2025

Smith’s Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability (CEEDS) has received a grant from the National Wildlife Foundation, Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom to help protect endangered wildlife at MacLeish Field Station. The grant will support the restoration of woody habitat at MacLeish that is home to the endangered Eastern rat snake.

In the News

Learn how Smith is being covered in the press and online through links to the latest media mentions about students, faculty, staff, and alums. From opinion pieces, to profiles, to discussions of groundbreaking research and developments in higher education, Smith community members are making an impact and shaping conversations about timely issues around the world.

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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.

Smith in the News
A timely list of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums featured in major media outlets, highlighting everything from political discourse to cutting-edge research.

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.