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June 2008

6/26/08 SSW Conference Keynoter Addresses Treating Veterans' Mental Health
6/25/08 Smith Names Sustainability Director
6/25/08 Student Orientation Focuses on Sustainability
6/25/08 Incoming Smith Students Assigned Poetry on the History of the South
6/24/08 Preventing Extreme Perfectionism in Children
6/16/08 New Century Theatre Opens Season with House of Blue Leaves
6/16/08 View videos of Ivy Day, other Smith events, on YouTube's Smith page
6/13/08 WEW participants, young women leaders, reflect on shared experience
6/13/08 Paradise Pond Dredging Begins
6/10/08 Smith Fund Charges Toward Goal
6/10/08 Face Time: Ashavan Doyon
6/9/08 Adopting American Habits May Be Harmful to Immigrant Health
6/9/08 Readings from Book by Sam Intrator to Echo Through Congress
6/6/08 Empowering Young Women Around the Globe; WEW
6/5/08 Expect a Short-Term Power Interruption Mon., June 9/ CoGen testing
6/2/08 Face Time: Stacie Hagenbaugh
6/2/08 One Foot Already in College: NHS Students Enroll in Smith Classes
6/1/08 The Gate: Best of Smith for Spring 2008

May 2008

5/30/08 Media Maker:  Smith Songwriter Elizabeth Willis ’09 in Rolling Stone
5/30/08 Combat Stress: Preparing for the Return - a National Conference
5/29/08 SAQ Takes Another CASE Award
5/28/08 Smith Makes Gift to Local Public Schools
5/27/08 Strong Fellowship Record Continues
5/27/08 Face Time: Bruce Sadjak
5/24/08 State of the College Address by President Christ
5/20/08 Students Awarded Prizes at Last Chapel Convocation on Ivy Day
5/20/08 Mahnaz Mahdavi Receives Honored Professor Award
5/18/08 Photo gallery: Commencement 2008
5/17/08 Photo gallery: Ivy Day 2008
5/16/08 Smith College Adopts SAT-Optional Admission Policy
5/16/08 SmitHistory: Commencement
5/15/08 Financial Tips for Graduating Seniors
5/14/08 Face Time: Abby Reilly '08
5/14/08 New Life Perfect Fit for New Grad Theanne Griffith '08
5/14/08 Celebrations to Perform Commencement Weekend
5/13/08 Financial Tips for 2008 College Graduates, Randy Bartlett
5/13/08 Smith Wins United Way Award
5/12/08 Smith College Class of 2008, By the Numbers
5/12/08 2008 Graduates Include Student Routed to Smith by Hurricane Katrina
5/12/08 2008 Graduates Include Woman Who Refused to Fail, Allison Bellew
5/12/08 Springfield Pair Awarded Full Scholarships to Smith
5/12/08 Smith / Springfield Scholarship Program Expands to Holyoke
5/12/08 Smith College to Dredge Without Draining the Campus Pond
5/9/08 Dorcas Eason MacClintock ’54: Smith Professors and Prairie Dogs
5/8/08 Ride Your Bike to Work Week
5/8/08 SmitHistory: The Strike of 1970
5/7/08 JYA Journal: A Fan of Football in Firenze
5/6/08 Face Time: Priscah Cheruiyot ’10
5/6/08 Take the Spirit Mark Survey
5/5/08 Six Sign On to Sigma Xi
5/2/08 Smith Establishes MacLeish Field Station for Environmental Study
5/1/08 Smith Entrepreneurs: A Woman in Men's Clothing

April 2008

4/30/08 SmitHistory: Gloria Steinem '56 in Sixth Grade
4/29/08 Danielle Ricardi '06: Cirque du Soleil Performer
4/28/08 Smith to Celebrate Storied Alumna Anne Martindell AC '02
4/28/08 Face Time: Rebecca Pringle '11
4/25/08 Access to Art: 'Zobiki' by Hiromitsu Takahashi
4/24/08 Annual Awards Recognize Student Excellence
4/24/08 Q & A with Cynthia Wade '89, Oscar-winning alumna filmmaker
4/22/08 Smith Awarded $1.3 Million for 'Developing the Modern Scientist'
4/21/08 Five Sophomores Named Mellon Mays Fellows
4/21/08 Three Faculty Honored with 2008 Sherrerd Teaching Awards
4/18/08 Smith Receives $1.4 Million Mellon Grant to Map the Curriculum
4/16/08 Today's Graduates Look to Fill the 'Gap'
4/16/08 Student's Katrina Photo Exhibit Takes UK Award
4/14/08 Staff and Faculty Invited to Wellness Fair
4/14/08 Theatre Department to Present Festival of One-Act Plays
4/14/08 Smith Democrats Host Former Vermont Governor
4/11/08 JYA Journal - Learning the Lingo in Geneva
4/10/08 Six Students and Alumna Receive Grinspoon Entrepreurial Awards
4/9/08 Asian Students Association Presents Dance Auction for United Way
4/8/08 40 Alumnae Poets to Read at Smith for Poetry Center 10th Anniversary
4/8/08 Festival Explores Intersection of Arts and Technology
4/7/08 Alum Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy on 'The Lost Generation'
4/4/08 Smith College to Launch Online Encyclopedia - Smithipedia
4/4/08 Face Time: Lindsey MacNabb '08
4/4/08 American Studies Professor Dan Horowitz Wins Guggenheim
4/4/08 Feist to Rock at Spring Concert
4/2/08 Museum's Miller Lecture Addresses Multiple Identities in Art
4/2/08 Student-Organized Concert to Raise Funds for Maggie Worthen '06
4/1/08 Alum Artist Elizabeth Denny '81 Mixes Old with New

March 2008

3/31/08 Feel the World Beat
3/29/08 Care Packages from College Democrats
3/28/08 Spring Dance Concert Features Variety of Styles
3/28/08 Face Time: Oyeama Okpalor '10
3/27/08 Jhalak Gives a Glimpse of South Asia
3/27/08 'Peter and the Wolf' Meets 'Seasame Street'
3/27/08 Philanthropist Harvey Picker dies
3/26/08 Celebrating Collaborations: Student Research to Be Showcased
3/26/08 Smith to Host Sylvia Plath 75th Year Symposium
3/25/08 Job Accomplished in New Orleans
3/25/08 Poet Sharon Olds and High School Prize Winners to Read at Smith
3/24/08 Journalists to Reflect on New Media
3/24/08 Grant Expands Science and Technology Outreach
3/20/08 Sol LeWitt's Art on the Courthouse Wall
3/20/08 Oscar-Nominated Film Writer, Director Marjane Satrapi to Speak at Smith
3/19/08 Access to Art: "Unmasked" (2005), by John Bankston
3/18/08 Julie Casper Roth: Alum Filmmaker Getting National Exposure
3/16/08 Lily Lamboy ’10 Interviews President Bill Clinton
3/13/08 Face Time: Laura Williams '09
3/13/08 Smith's Executive Education Program: Training Women for Leadership
3/13/08 Smith Preview: An Early Glimpse of Life at Smith
3/13/08 Students to Swing Hammers During Spring Break
3/13/08 Smith Announces 2008-09 Fees
3/12/08 Access to Art: "Oba's Crown"
3/11/08 Obituary: Craigen Weston Bowen '75
3/10/08 Smith Board Approves Faculty Promotions
3/10/08 Elevator Pitch Contest: 90 Minutes to Success
3/10/08 Poet and Memoirist Mark Doty to Read at Smith
3/7/08 Janine Olthuis ’08: Soccer Captain Wins NCAA Scholarship
3/7/08 Sophia Smith Collection Exhibits Celebrate International Women's Day
3/7/08 Smith Professor Reeves Lauded for his One-Man Campaign to End Darfur Genocide
3/7/08 Exhibition About Censorship at Smith College
3/7/08 Crew Team to Row for Local Women
3/5/08 Smith Women and New Publications
3/5/08 Face Time: Abby McIntyre '10
3/4/08 The Body Politic: Symposium on Bioethics of Breast Cancer
3/4/08 First Steelwoman Triathlon Gets Students Moving
3/4/08 Smith, Local Schools Host Renowned Theater Group
3/3/08 Smith Alumna and playwright Sonya Sobieski to Discuss NYC Theater Scene
3/3/08 Face Time: Ashley Abbott '10J
3/3/08 A Cuilinary Creation
3/1/08 Poetry Center Announces High School Poetry Prize Winners

February 2008

2/28/08 Pulitzer Prize Winner Margaret Edson to Deliver Commencement Address
2/27/08 Smith to Honor Sudan Analyst, Faculty Member C. Eric Reeves
2/26/08 Smith to Host Five College Dance Concert
2/25/08 Senior Simone Gianfrancesco Directs Provocative Play
2/25/08 Smith Alumna Cynthia Wade Wins an Oscar
2/25/08 Rally Day 2008 Award Winners
2/25/08 Randy Frost to Discuss Hoarding at Engel Lecture March 11
2/22/08 Spring Begins at Smith with Annual Bulb Show
2/21/08 Q & A with Alumna Socheata Poeuv ’02, Filmmaker
2/20/08 Photo Galleries: Rally Day 2008 Seniors Rally Day Ceremony 2008
2/19/08 Student Engineers Have Designs on Local Library
2/19/08 A New Piano for Washburn House
2/18/08 Face Time: Ryan Brandau, music
2/18/08 SmitHistory: Rally Day
2/15/08 People News: New Books by Ginetta Candelario and Carrie Baker
2/15/08 Poet Tony Hoagland to Visit Smith
2/14/08 Smith to Kick Off Five College Conference on Globalization
2/13/08 Mortimer Rare Book Room Exhibitions
2/13/08 Weather Forces Temporary Evacuation of Lamont
2/12/08 Rally Day Among Oldest Traditions
2/12/08 Happy Birthday "Gate!"
2/12/08 SmitHistory: Smithies and Valentine's Day
2/12/08 Smith Desktop Wallpapers
2/11/12 In Italy: Another Day, Another Strike
2/8/12 Annual Grad Dance Concert to Explore Identity
2/7/12 Winter NewsSmith: Students Pass On Vietnamese Heritage
2/7/12 Italian Fashions on Display
2/6/12 How Shall I Put It:  Smith College Style Guide
2/5/12 Smith to Honor Sudan Analyst, Faculty Member C. Eric Reeves
2/5/08 New Affordable Rental Housing Near Downtown
2/4/08 All Parties Invited on Super Tuesday
2/1/08 The Jeopardy of Global Warming
2/1/08 Update: Tuberculosis on Campus

January 2008

1/31/08 Superbowl Party: Gathering for the Big Game
1/30/08 Gate Q&A with "Vagina Monologues" Creator Eve Ensler
1/30/08 Motorola Grant Aims to Inspire Future Innovators
1/30/08 "African Beaded Art: Power and Adornment" Exhibition Opens at Museum of Art Feb. 1
1/29/08 Smith to Host Five College Student PoetryFest
1/29/08 Photography Exhibit at Smith to Benefit Landmine Victims
1/28/08 Naturalist Laurie Sanders '88 to Discuss Natural History of Connecticut River Valley
1/25/08 Learning Leadership, Contributing Locally
1/24/08 'Vagina Monologues' Writer to Kick Off Nationwide Tour at Smith College
1/23/08 Five Colleges Join National Global Warming Event
1/23/08 Press Release: Speech by Black Panther Leader Slated for Black History Month
1/23/08 A Letter of Thanks to Smith Heroes
1/22/08 New Life for Old Clothes
1/22/08 Photo Gallery: Costume Restoration
1/14/08 Helping Women Underrepresented in Math, Science Achieve Success
1/11/08 JYA Journal: Maggie Mertens '09 Finds Her Present in Italy's Past
1/10/08 Press Release: Staff Encouraged to Mark MLK Day with Service
1/10/08 Press Release: Scholar of Race and Ethnicity to Speak at Smith
1/8/08 Smith on the Walls of New Hospital Wing
1/8/08 Smith Athletic Director Wins Athletics Award
1/7/08 What Can You Learn This Month?
1/4/08 Election 2008: Faculty and Students on the Issues
1/3/08 Riding Coach Doing What She Loves

December 2007

12/21/07 The Gate: Best of Smith 2007
12/20/07 Two New Books by Smith Faculty Receive Praise
12/17/07 First in Class of 2008 Bid Goodbye to Campus
12/17/07 Photo Gallery: Engineering Students Build a Tiny Town
12/11/07 Video: Poetry Rings Out Across Campus
12/11/07 Smith in the Netherlands: A Transatlantic Connection
12/10/07 JYA Journal—Notes From Abroad: Cheri Hardy '09
12/7/07 Rachel Imhoff '10: The Shirt Off Her Back
12/6/07 Press Release: Poetry All Around

November 2007

11/28/07 People News: Art Installation Recalls Days of Card Catalog
11/27/07 Owners of Sophia Smith House Honored
11/26/07 Smith Senior Featured in CosmoGirl! Magazine
11/26/07 Press Release: Smith Joins National Climate Pact
11/20/07 The Study of the Brain
11/19/07 Face Time: Shenquia Archer '08
11/19/07 Smith Number One in Long-Term Study Abroad
11/16/07 Student Film Wins Noho Film Fest
11/15/07 Photo Gallery: Julia Child Day
11/15/07 Grécourt Gate: Engineering Prof Wins National Teaching Award
11/14/07 Back to Our Roots: Poets Elizabeth Alexander, Karl Kirchwey, Meredith Martin '97 and Abe Louise Young '99 to Read at Smith
11/13/07 SmitHistory: Julia McWilliams Child '34
11/12/07 Press Release: Acclaimed Author Daniel Mendelsohn to Speak About Writing the Holocaust
11/12/07 Grécourt Gate: Ada, Award-Winning Poet, to Read Her Work
11/9/07 Grécourt Gate: Kitchen Sisters to Serve Up Heaping Helping of Stories
11/8/07 Exhibition Explores Puerto Rican Heritage in Holyoke
11/8/07 People News: Cynthia Wade '89, Erin Park Cohn '00, Seymour Itzkoff
11/8/07 Of Note: Helen Horowitz Discusses Women's Colleges on NPR program
11/7/07 Press Release: Five Outstanding Alumnae Named Smith Medalists
11/6/07 Choral Groups Present Autumn Serenade
11/6/07 Press Release: Smith to Open Indoor Track for Walking, Running
11/5/07 WNPR Radio Visits Smith Mum Show
11/5/07 Press Release: Smith Appoints New Executive Director for Facilities
11/2/07 Look Before They're Gone: "Petrographs"
11/2/07 Face Time: Smith President Carol T. Christ
11/1/07 Smith Elects the World: The Value of Learning Off Campus

October 2007

10/31/07 Lamont Residents Adopt Local Middle School
10/31/07 SmitHistory: Otelia Cromwell, Class of 1900
10/31/07 Alumnae Poets Gail Mazur '59, Eve Grubin '92 and Gina Franco '97 to Read at Smith
10/30/07 View Christian Science Monitor Video of Emma Forrest '10
10/30/07 Panel to Discuss Ambition and Friendship—Narratives of Conflict and Support
10/29/07 Four Faculty Named 2007 Sherrerd Award Winners
10/29/07 For Older Women, Key to Happiness is Not Always Traditional
10/26/07 Crew Coach Takes Firsts in Boston
10/23/07 Mikal Minarich '10: A Tale of Two Passions
10/23/07 Media Advisory: Smith Faculty Experts on China's politics, culture, history
10/22/07 Watch Video of Gloria Steinem's Sept. 29 talk at Smith
10/22/07 Smith Women to Help Honor Sylvia Plath's 75th
10/22/07 Photo Gallery: Ford Hall Groundbreaking
10/22/07 Ford Construction Official
10/19/07 Play Premiere to Explore Flip Side of Theater
10/19/07 Former Smith Trustee Jan Oresman '55 Wins John M. Greene Award
10/19/07 International Students Day: Food from Faraway Places
10/19/07 Photo Gallery: International Students Day
10/18/07 Press Release: Racial Integration in the Arts Focus of Otelia Cromwell Day
10/16/07 SmitHistory: During WWII, WAVES at Smith trained women for non-cambat duty
10/16/07 Four Faculty Named 2007 Sherrerd Award Winners (re-posted from 4/30/07)
10/16/07 Press Release: Chrysanthemum Fireworks at the Botanic Garden
10/16/07 Press Release: Smith to Honor Women Standouts On and Off the Playing Field
10/15/07 Smith to Host Fundraising Event for Darfur
10/15/07 Ford Hall Groundbreaking
10/12/07 Finance VP Recognized for Volunteer Service
10/12/07 Blending Art and Technology
10/12/07 Psychology Faculty Criticize APA Stance
10/10/07 President Christ Honored by Alma Mater
10/10/07 Peeking Beneath Mount Everest; Geologist to Speak Oct. 23
10/10/07 NewsSmith:  Good Ideas Put into Practice
10/8/07 Poet Aleida Rodriguez to Read at Smith
10/5/07 Smith Junior to Direct Choral Groups in Symbolic Concert
10/5/07 Smith Invests in Biodiesel Plant
10/3/07 New Book Takes Close Look at Bible
10/3/07 Spotlight on Outstanding Smith Employees
10/2/07 Photo gallery: Mountain Day 2007
10/1/07 Smith Alumna Fondly Remembered: Roselle Hoffmaster '98
10/1/07 Gate: Today is Mountain Day
10/1/07 Press Release: Smith Students Celebrate Annual Mountain Day

September 2007

9/28/07 Celebrated Chef in Fall SAQ
9/27/07 Face Time--Praxis Edition: Min Jung Kim ’08
9/26/07 Sukkah Hut Celebrates Jewish Holiday
9/25/07 Food Drive to Fight Local Hunger
9/24/07 Retiring Music Prof to Perform on Custom Instrument
9/21/07 Reflections of Ten Years of Poetry
9/20/07 Smith Biologist Leads Effort to Wipe Out Parasite
9/19/07 Dining Services Offers More Locally Grown Food
9/19/7 New Faces in New Places
9/18/07 Staying Healthy at Smith: 15 Ways to Avoid the ‘Freshman 15’
9/18/07 Face Time: Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah ’10
9/18/07 Press Release: Math Center Seeks to Multiply Young Women's Success in the Field
9/14/07 Library Responds to Students' Changing Needs
9/13/07 Student Houses Sport  New Look
9/13/07 Press Release: Poet Robert Hass to Kick Off Poetry Center 10th Anniversary
9/12/07 Face Time/Praxis: Emily Roubatis '09
9/12/07 Press Release: Nation's Oldest Women's Archive to Turn 65
9/10/07 How Do You Get to Smith?
9/8/07 Author Madeleine L'Engle ’41 Dies at 88
9/7/07 Press Release: Speaker to Talk About the Increasing Pressure for Clean Water
9/7/07 Leaders of International Women's Colleges Map Strategy for Collaboration (Press Release: Women's Education Worldwide )
9/6/07 Press Release: Café and College Announce Agreement on Extended Lease
9/5/07 Photo Gallery: The Fun of Physics

August 2007

8/31/07 Press Release: Award-Winning Poet Nikky Finney to Read at Smith
8/31/07 Photo Gallery: Dine Around
8/29/07 Photo Gallery: New Students Move In
8/23/07 Moving Away from Bottled Water
8/22/07 Face Time/Praxis: Katie Garwood '08
8/22/07 SAQ excerpt: The Women We've Become
8/21/07 Gate Q&A: Coaching Soccer in Brazil
8/17/07 Photo Gallery: School for Social Work Commencement
8/17/07 Gate: Computers for the Senior Center
8/14/07 Gate: This Machine Lifts Printing Off the Page
8/13/07 Press Release: Fifth-Generation Smith Student in Class of 2010
8/10/07 What Is Smith Like? New Online Tour Explains
8/8/07 Press Release: Dr. James Sacksteder to Deliver Commencement Address at School for Social Work
8/7/07 Face Time: Zainab Raza ’07
8/6/07 Back at Smith Again
8/2/07 Gate: Student Explores a Century of Combat Trauma
8/2/07 Press Release: Smith Appoints International Study Dean
8/1/07 Photo Gallery: Pub Walls Feature Student Works of Art

July 2007

7/27/07 The World is Still Flat: Landscapes on Paper
7/27/07 Press Release: Refugees learn to tell their stories at Smith
7/26/07 Press Release: Two Local Teens Complete Science Program with Scholarship Support
7/24/07 Smith Fund Meets $11.3 Million Goal
7/23/07 Local Alum: From 307 Pounds to Personal Trainer
7/19/07 Press Release: Smith College Founds Quantitative Learning Center
7/19/07 Campus Center Now the Heart of Smith, Survey Says
7/19/07 But How Does It Feel?
7/18/07 The Fallout of Combat Trauma: Q&A with Kathryn Basham, SSW
7/17/07 SSW Faculty Book Signing
7/13/07 Drum Circle Brings Girls Together
7/13/07 Kids Learn Technology at Annual Summer Camp
7/11/07 Summer in the Botanic Garden
7/11/07 Turning People's Stories into Theater
7/9/07 Face Time: Samantha Chaplin ’10
7/9/07 Face Time: Katharine Shropshire ’09
7/3/07 Summer in the Botanic Garden
7/3/07 Flags Around the ITT
7/2/07 Face Time: Whitney Dorer '07