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Events at Smith Lunch Talk: Trade, Development, Economics and Climate Change: A Conversation with Susan George October 21, 2015 Susan George, '56, a social scientist, activist and writer who addresses global justice, poverty, development and debt, will provide an informal, open-ended discussion of her work. Free and open to the public. Light lunch provided. Campus Center 204 12:00 pm Presentation: Study the Environment Abroad October 21, 2015 Learn more about the ways you can study the environment while taking part in one of the many Smith-approved study abroad programs. Lunch provided. Lewis Global Studies Center, Wright Hall first floor 12:00 pm Lunch: Coral Reef Ed-Ventures: A marine education research program in Belize October 22, 2015 Coral Reef Ed-Ventures is an innovative, cooperative educational venture between Smith College and the Hol Chan Marine Reserve in San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize. Students can spend six weeks in Belize learning about the scientific and social issues facing the coral reefs, with the first and last weeks spent at Smith for discussion. Join the Geo Department for a pizza lunch to learn more. Sabin-Reed 103 12:00 pm Presentation of the Art Major October 22, 2015 Presentation of the Art Major, including the Architecture + Urbanism track. In the Art atrium at noon. Lunch will be provided -- including wraps, fruits, vegetables, cookies, and beverages. Art atrium 12:00 pm Spatial Analysis Lab workshop series October 22, 2015 Join us in the SAL to learn about a technology which helps biologists track wildlife, helps archaeologists survey historical sites, and powers self-driving cars, among many other applications. The workshop will take place in two 1-hr sessions: Tues, Oct 20 from 4-5pm; and Thurs, Oct 22 from 4-5pm. Please feel free to attend one or both according to your schedule. Visit the link below for more information and to sign up! Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104) 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Coral Reef Ed-Ventures Art Exhibit Reception October 22, 2015 Have you seen the Coral Reef Ed-ventures Program exhibit? If not, come by the Nolan Art Lounge tomorrow between 5-7pm for our reception and meet the faculty behind this awesome project. Nolan Art Lounge, CC 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm Divest Meeting October 22, 2015 Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College�s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting! CC 103/104 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Lecture: Climate Crisis and Gender: the Intersection October 23, 2015 with organizer, educator, researcher and founder of RADIKO- Ceci Pineda Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. 5:00 pm CEEDS Fifth Annual Apple Cider Pressing October 24, 2015 Join students and staff from the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS) and Dining Services to experience a family friendly and tasty New England tradition. We're all about sustainable food! Help us press fresh, Ashfield-grown apples into cider and then have a cup together with a Hadley-made cider donut. Chapin Annex Road 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Bike Ride and Picnic October 24, 2015 We will lead a bike ride on the bike path to a lovely park in which we will have a picnic and ride back. Lunch will be provided and the bike ride difficulty will be mild. Bike Kitchen, Talbot Basement 4:00 pm Presentation of the Minor: Landscape Studies October 26, 2015 Please join the Landscape Studies faculty for food, drink and conversation about the unlimited possibilities within the Landscape Studies Program. Dewey Hall Common Room 12:00 am Lecture: Building Our Future October 26, 2015 Marc Sternick, Vice President, Senior Project Architect, Dietz & Company Architects, Inc. will talk about Building Our Future - The State of the Art of Energy Efficient Building Practices. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm Workshop: The History of Capitalism October 26, 2015 with Loren Ressler from the Responsible Endowment Coalistion (REC). This workshop will shed light on how our current economic model came to be and how it is inextricably linked to some of the greatest systemic social issues of our time- from climate crisis to the prison industrial complex. This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Divest Smith College. Seelye 101 4:00 pm SAL Workshop: QGIS! October 27, 2015 Join us to learn about QGIS, the leading free, open source alternative to ArcGIS. More information and the registration link can be found at the link below: More... Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104) 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Events Off Campus Sustainable Halloween Costume Sale October 22, 2015 A Halloween sale of reused clothing. Save money and be sustainable at the same time. Choose from the �pre-assembled� assortment of fabulous costumes or personalize your own in the do-it-yourself section. Show your creativity during the #UMassHalloween Instagram event. 162 Campus Center, UMASS 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm Sustainable Halloween Costume Sale October 23, 2015 A Halloween sale of reused clothing. Save money and be sustainable at the same time. Choose from the �pre-assembled� assortment of fabulous costumes or personalize your own in the do-it-yourself section. Show your creativity during the #UMassHalloween Instagram event. 162 Campus Center, UMASS 10:00 am to 10:00 pm Conference: Transforming Sustainability Education October 25, 2015 October 26, 2015 October 27, 2015 with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Smith's own Camille Washington-Ottombre, professor of environmental science and policy and Dano Weisbord, director, campus sustainability will be presenting. More... Minneapolis, MN		Featured Event Lecture: A Glimpse Into the Future of Energy October 28, 2015 with Sally Benson, a globally renowned climate scientist and member of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. A member of the faculty at Stanford University, Benson serves as director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, the hub of energy research and education at Stanford, and also directs Stanford�s Global Climate and Energy Project, a university-industry partnership that develops innovative energy supplies. Benson is the author of more than 160 scientific publications and the co-founding editor of MRS Energy and Sustainability. Benson holds a B.S. degree in geology from Barnard College and earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California-Berkeley. She received an honorary degree from Smith College in 2015. Ford 240 7:00 pm Lecture: Global Climate Action: COP 21 October 29, 2015 with Brice Lalonde, the former Environmental Secretary of France and later Minister of the Environment, French Republic Ambassador on Climate Change, and from 2010 to 2012 Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio +20). This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. Seelye 106 4:30 pm Events at Smith Engineering Forum October 29, 2015 Join us to hear from Sally Benson, Stanford University professor of energy resources engineering and director of the Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP), a pioneering university-industry partnership to develop innovative, low-carbon energy supplies to meet global energy needs. Benson is also director of the Precourt Institute for Energy, the hub of energy research and education at Stanford. An internationally recognized scientist with extensive management experience, Professor Benson is responsible for fostering cross-campus collaborations on energy and guiding the growth and development of GCEP's diverse research portfolio. Food will be served at this event, students are invited to bring their own beverage. Ford Hall - Room 240 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Presentation of the major and minors: Environmental Science and Policy program October 29, 2015 Come for lunch and learn about how you can major or minor in environmental science and policy OR marine science and policy through the ES&P program. Indian food lunch provided. McConnell 404 12:00 pm SAL Workshop: QGIS! October 29, 2015 Join us to learn about QGIS, the leading free, open source alternative to ArcGIS. More information and the registration link can be found at the link below: More... Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin-Reed 104) 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm Lecture: Cultural Heritage and the Wonders of Waste October 29, 2015 Dr. Robin Nagle, Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at New York University, is the author of Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City. Since 2006, she has been anthropologist-in-residence with the NYC Department of Sanitation. Her research focuses on the category of material culture known variously as garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash, or waste. She is particularly interested in its labor and infrastructural requirements in urban contexts. Seelye 201 5:00 pm Divest Meeting October 29, 2015 Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College�s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting! CC 103/104 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm A Conversation with Robin Nagle, October 30, 2015 Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies at New York University. Nagle is the author of Picking Up: On the Streets and Behind the Trucks with the Sanitation Workers of New York City. She is the been anthropologist-in-residence with the NYC Department of Sanitation. Her research focuses on the category of material culture known variously as garbage, rubbish, refuse, trash, or waste. She is particularly interested in its labor and infrastructural requirements in urban contexts. Pizza lunch provided for the first 25 participants. Dewey House Common Room Queer Students� Experiences in the Sciences at Smith October 30, 2015 Join us for the First AEMES Grounded Knowledge Panel. The AEMES Grounded Knowledge Panel (GKP) is composed of students talking about important issues from their personal perspectives related to Smith and the greater community in the context of STEM. Next Friday's panel is the first of what will be an interesting set of grounded explorations important to students on the Smith campus. Pizza will be provided. McConnell 103 12:15 pm Lunchbag: Rainforest Conservation: Practical Approaches from Chucanti, A Cloud Forest in Panama November 2, 2015 with Guido C. Berguido. A native of Panama, Guido Berguidohas a degree in biology from the University of Panama and is a Certified Interpretive Guide through the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) in the U.S. Leading nature and bird watching tours for the most important tour operators of the region for over 15 years, he has been committed to environmental education and conservation activities with the Smithsonian Institute and the Panama Audubon Society. Lunch provided. CEEDS Wright Hall 005 12:15 pm Lecture: Why Local Food Matters November 2, 2015 Come hear Andy Pressman, Agricultural Specialist, National Center for Appropriate Technology, speak about the importance of local food. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm Events Off Campus Conference: Transforming Sustainability Education October 28, 2015 with the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). Smith's own Camille Washington-Ottombre, professor of environmental science and policy and Dano Weisbord, director, campus sustainability will be presenting. More... Minneapolis, MN Student meeting: 5 College Scopes October 29, 2015 If you are a student of color in the five colleges who is in the sciences, STEM or is an activist, supporter, organizer, silent supporter of environmental justice or any area in between, we hope you will join us! We call ourselves The 5 College Scopes, and we are a continually blossoming organization seeking to promote solidarity among students of color in these areas, to highlight the voices of these students, and to provide a inclusive space, support network as well as to educate, network and cultivate opportunities for our community. If this organization feels like a good fit for you we welcome you to join us and to bring any other interested friends, students, and colleagues. Contact Blythe Coleman-Mumford (bcolemanmumford at smith.edu) with questions. More... Elm Classroom, UMASS 4:00 pm Why Are We Not Surprised By Everything? Structures and Patterns November 3, 2015 with Sigrid Miller Polling FAIA, Principal Miller Pollin Architecture, Amherst, MA. Part of the "Women in Design" architectural lecture series sponsored by the UMASS architecture department Room S211 Integrated Learning Center, UMass 5:30 pm		Featured Event Exclusive Smith College Film screening: CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap November 4, 2015 What would society gain if more women and minorities coded? How do we get there? CODE documentary exposes the dearth of American female and minority software engineers and explores the reasons for this gender gap. CODE raises the question: what would society gain from having more women and minorities code? Complimentary pizza and movie candy. Space is limited. RSVP in E-Access by Friday, October 30. This film is intended for all students from Smith. View the trailer: vimeo.com/123004482 Ford Hall 240 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm What Makes a Sustainable Library? A Campus Conversation. November 5, 2015 Bring your ideas and help frame our thinking about library programming as it relates to sustainability. Join students, faculty and staff in a conversation about sustainability and the Neilson Library with members of the library programming sustainability subcommittee, the design firm Shepley Bulfinch, and the Center for the Environment, Ecological Design and Sustainability. Lunch provided for the first 50 participants. Neilson Library Browsing Room 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm Lecture: Rio de Janeiro: Mega-events and the Dynamics of Urban Change November 9, 2015 After decades of stagnation, by 2010 Rio de Janeiro was one of the fastest growing cities in the Americas. Pricier than New York and receiving double the international investment of S�o Paulo, Rio was eager to take advantage of its selection as host of the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics to constitute itself as a �global city.� How is this boom unfolding on the ground in Rio? How are the mega-events intersecting with the city�s infamous levels of inequality, historic segregation, and disparities in access to housing and public services? What is happening in the city�s 600-plus favelas? How might the city transform the current situation into one promoting inclusion, sustainability, and reductions in inequality? Theresa Williamson is Founder and Director of Catalytic Communities, an NGO that provides capacity building, media exposure, and networks of support to leaders from low-income communities across Rio de Janeiro. Seelye 106 4:30 pm Events at Smith Lunchbag: Eco-Feminism in Latin America November 4, 2015 Join Lucia Delbene, a feminist biologist from Uruguay, visiting Smith as part of the State Department�s Professional Fellows Environmental Sustainability Program. In Uruguay Delbene runs a Gender, Ecology and Sustainability program that aims to explore how women are linked to the environment and why they are so affected by its destruction. Lunch provided. CEEDS, Wright Hall 005 12:15 pm Divest Meeting November 5, 2015 Divest Smith College (DSC) is a network of students and community members dedicated to continuing Smith College�s history of empowering women of all backgrounds to make a positive impact on the world by creating an environment that is both fiscally and morally responsible. If you're interested in making a change come to a meeting! CC 204 12:00 am to 12:00 am Engineering Forum November 5, 2015 Dr. Cara E. Stepp �04 and Defne Abur �14 will present on their research at the STEPP LAB for Sensorimotor Rehabilitation Engineering at Boston University. Food will be served at this event, students are invited to bring their own beverage. Ford Hall - Room 240 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm Smith Built Environment Club- Senior Q&A Roundtable November 5, 2015 Question and Answer with the seniors of the architecture major/LSS minor about study abroad and internships. Pizza provided. Arch Studio/Hillyer 106 12:00 pm Tire fixing workshop November 6, 2015 Flat tires are one of the main issues that arise when it comes to bike problems. We are leading a workshop on flat tire fixing at the fall fest. Come swing by and learn how to patch or change a tire! Bike Kitchen, Talbot Basement 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Lecture: Horticultural Insights into Plant Conservation and Climate Change November 6, 2015 with faculty Jesse Bellemare (Biology). Climate change is predicted to be a major threat to biodiversity in coming years. It is unclear how species will respond: native plant horticulture provides an untapped trove of data on these pressing questions, as many species have been grown outside their native ranges, and some have even escaped to colonize new areas. These data are helping to recalibrate ecological models and guide the development of new conservation approaches. Followed by a reception in the Lyman Plant House and a preview of the fall Mum Show. More... CC Carroll Room 7:30 pm Poetry Reading: Jenifer Browne Lawrence & Markie Babbott November 6, 2015 The 2016 Perugia Press Prize winner, Jenifer Browne Lawrence, will read with local poet, Markie Babbott, for an evening of poems that draw from the landscape�the Atlantic to the Pacific�to describe interpersonal relationships. Jenifer Browne Lawrence�s awards include the Orlando Poetry Prize, the James Hearst Poetry Prize, the Potomac Review Poetry Prize, and a Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant. Jenifer lives in a small seaside community on Puget Sound, where she works as a civil engineering technician and edits Crab Creek Review. Markie Babbott�s book, Into the Great Swamp, is a poetry and photography collaboration with her 93-year-old father, Edward Babbott. Together they explored the Great Swamp nature refuge in New Jersey. Markie Babbott�s poems have been published widely in journals and anthologies. Her chapbook, Sus Scrofa, won the 2008 Poets Corner Press competition. She is a psychologist who lives with her partner and two children in Northampton, and in her free time, she volunteers with the Connecticut River Watershed chapter of River of Words, a place-based program that integrates poetry, visual art, and the environment. For the Northampton community, this reading will bring together two poets from two watery landscapes who are paying close attention to their physical and emotional worlds, describing keenly how the two intersect. The reading, book signing, and reception is free, open to the public, and accessible. It is co-sponsored by Perugia Press and the Poetry Center at Smith College. Poetry Center, Wright Hall 7:30 pm Fall Chrysanthemum Show November 7 - 22, 2015 Featuring Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) by Smith College Students. This reception is kicked off with a lecture by Smith faculty Jesse Bellemare in the CC Carroll Room on November 6. Lyman Plant House 10:00 am to 4:00 pm MacLeish Campfire Trip November 8, 2015 A sunset drive to the field station, to enjoy the cozy eco-building with board games and hot cocoa, and if weather permits, watch stars while making s'mores at the campfire. Reserve your spot at: More... Meet at Chapin loading dock 6:30 pm Lecture: People, Planet and Profits November 9, 2015 Ross Hackerman, Gray Dog's Farm Meat CSA, will talk about making a difference and making ends meet on a small sustainable animal farm. This event is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. McConnell 103 2:40 pm to 4:00 pm Biodiversity Studies and Building the Tree of Life November 10, 2015 with Pamela Soltis. After the lecture join Pamela and Douglas for a discussion on graduate school for biology students. McConnell 103 12:10 pm Events Off Campus Writing about Health, Medicine and the Body November 4, 2015 The event, a reading and Q&A, will feature journalist and Smith College lecturer Nell Lake (author of The Caregivers: A Support Group's Stories of Slow Loss, Courage, and Love),UMass faculty member Norman Johnson (author of Darwinian Detectives: Revealing the Natural History of Genes and Genomes), and Suzanne Koven, MD and writer in residence for the Mass General Hospital internal medicine division. Coolidge Museum at the Forbes 7:00 pm MA Interfaith Legislative Climate Action Day November 10, 2015 The MA Interfaith Coalition for Climate Action will gather at the State House (2nd floor, Grand Staircase) to demonstrate our commitment to a clean and just energy future in Massachusetts! Co-op Power members are strongly encouraged to attend! Go to tbewellesley.org/Climate and click the sign-up link. Grand Staircase on 2nd floor of the State House Countdown to the Paris Climate Summit: What's at Stake November 10, 2015 The international community will gather on Nov. 30th at a climate summit in Paris - officially the 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (or COP-21) - which will no doubt prove the most significant climate negotiations of modern times. In light of all this, Hampshire College will devote an afternoon and evening to consider the scientific, political, and ethical issues raised by COP-21, as well as the opportunities for actions. The program will consist of a series of panels led by Hampshire College and Five College faculty, students, and community members. Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College, Main Lecture Hall 4:00 pm to 8:30 pm Hierba Mala o Mala Hierba? The Many Reproductive Lives of Weeds November 10, 2015 What is a weed? Ralph Waldo Emerson described a weed as a "plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered." 19th century botanist Asa Gray wrote "Even the most useful plants may become weeds if they appear out of their proper place." In W.S. Blatchley's "The Indiana Weed Book", he wrote "Many weeds, like misery, love company." Using Susan Leigh Star's theory of boundary objects as a point of departure, this presentation by Sam Smiley, Independent Scholar and Artist, will start with a video that analyzes the multiple definitions and uses of weeds by humans within the United States, and within the context of the English language. The video and research includes a social constructionist and performative approach (Gergen and Gergen). It will also engage with the idea of the weed as a material-semiotic object within a shifting network of meanings, descriptions, and plant and human actors. The presentation will continue with the introduction of a "Plant Anthropologist" who visits a "huerto" in Mexico City, and a provocation about the definitions of weeds outside of the English language, and within different locations in Latin America. How does the weed change when it is "translated" into Spanish or Portuguese? What translations remain stable and which ones shift? Faculty Lounge, FPH, Hampshire College 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm