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Events at Smith

Divest Meeting
December 3, 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
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Lecture: Plant Life Through the Ages: A Mural of Plant Evolution
December 3, 2015
James W. Walker is a noted paleobotanist and professor of Biology at UMass Amherst. He will be speaking on plant evolution and the mural preceding a reception and viewing of the mural at Lyman Plant House.
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CC Carroll Room
7:00 pm

Inaugural Opening: Plant Life Through the Ages: A Mural of Plant Evolution
December 3, 2015
The Botanic Garden is proud to unveil a new 60-foot mural, consisting of eight panels depicting great moments in plant evolution. The stunning paintings were created by muralist Robert Evans. His work can be found at the Smithsonian, Mount Vernon, and numerous museums, zoos and aquaria; this is his first installation at a botanical garden. This reception follows a lecture by UMass professor James W. Walker in the CC Carroll Room.
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Lyman Plant House
8:00 pm

Presentation: From Waste to Resource
December 4, 2015
Smith College generates approximately 1,560 tons of organic material annually. The ENX 301 class has explored different composting methods that would take advantage of this organic material by turning it into a resource while reducing Smith’s carbon footprint. Over lunch we will present our recommendations and lead a conversation about compost on campus.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
12:15 pm

Stargazing at the New McConnell Rooftop Observatory
December 4, 2015
Come see stars, galaxies, star clusters, and a region of active star formation at the astronomy department open house. All are welcome - please dress very warmly. For further information or to check on weather conditions, contact Meg Thacher (mthacher at smith.edu.
McConnell Hall Roof
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Wintertime Crafts at the Field Station
December 6, 2015
Embrace the season by designing paper snowflakes, coloring, playing board games, and enjoying being inside or outside at the MacLeish Field Station. Transportation and tea provided! Sign up for a seat in the van at the link below:
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Leaving from outside Chapin House.
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Film Screening of climate change film: This Changes Everything
December 8, 2015
Based on Naomi Klein's bestselling book This Changes Everything, the documentary film builds to her most controversial and exciting idea: that we can seize the existential crisis of climate change to transform our failed economic system into something radically better. Hosted by the Environmental Science and Policy Program.
Stoddard Auditorium
7:00 pm

Events Off Campus

World on Edge: War and Peace in the Climate Age Era
December 2, 2015
The world is currently suffering from a proliferation of violent conflicts and social upheavals, including wars in Iraq, Syria. Libya, Yemen and Afghanistan, along with a massive tide of refugees seeking to escape all this violence. At the same time, we are seeing increasing evidence of the impact of climate change on human societies, in the form of droughts, floods, forest fires and coastal erosion. How will these two trends interact? Will climate change make war more or less likely? No final answer can be provided to these questions, but some trends are beginning to emerge.
Franklin Patterson Hall, Hampshire College
4:30 pm

Featured Event

Climate Change and the Paris COP21 Summit
December 9, 2015
A discussion on COP21 led by Professor Camille Washington-Ottombre and Siiri Bigalke ‘16J, with Alyssa Johnson-Kurts ‘16 on the ground in Paris joining to share her impressions via Skype. Pizza lunch will be provided.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

Divest Meeting
December 10, 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
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Presentation: GIS maps for Two Local Non-profits
December 11, 2015
This year, students in the Introduction to GIS course (ENV/GEO 150) have partnered with two community non-profits — Mass Audubon and the Kestrel Land Trust — to carry out projects that promote the mission of those organizations. "Story Mapping the Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary" (Community partner: Mass Audubon) — Julia Franchi Scarselli '18, Anastasia Konefal '17, and Morgan Mpungose '17; "Mapping the distribution of hemlock trees at Graves Farm Sanctuary (Community partner: Mass Audubon) — Haleigh Anderson '19, Sophie D'Arcy '16, Bryn Gingrich '16, and Tessa McGann '16; "Story Mapping the Mount Holyoke Range" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) — Aixin Li '17, Zoe Mitrisin '18, and Dulce Mora Flores AC; "Developing a hunting policy for Kestrel Land Trust properties" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) — Chloe Brownlie '17, Jonathan Cartledge (Staff), and Charlotte Mann '17; "Developing a trail network at the Sawmill Hills Conservation Area" (Community partner: Kestrel Land Trust) — Dan Babineau (Staff), Olivia Daddi '17, Danielle Opatovsky '16, and Celeste Venolia '17Please come to learn about these projects and celebrate the students' hard work! Refreshments will be provided.
Spatial Analysis Lab (Sabin Reed 104)
9:00 am to 10:20 am

SmiTHrift's Winter Gear and Business Clothing Sale
December 12, 2015
All items have been donated to SmiTHrift and all sale profit will be donated to charity. If you bring a bag of clothes (or other items) to donate, you'll receive a discount on your purchase!
Campus Center 102
11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Film Screening: Just Eat IT: A Food Waste Documentary
December 12, 2015
Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of waste from farm, through retail, all the way to the back of their own fridge. Featuring interviews with TED lecturer, author and activist Tristram Stuart and acclaimed author Jonathan Bloom, Just Eat It looks at our systemic obsession with expiry dates, perfect produce and portion sizes, and reveals the core of this seemingly insignificant issue that is having devastating consequences around the globe. Just Eat It brings farmers, retailers, inspiring organizations, and consumers to the table in a cinematic story that is equal parts education and delicious entertainment. Hosted and sponsored by Smith's Food Recovery Network
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Seelye 106
7:00 pm

ES&P Capstone presentations!
December 15, 2015
ES&P students in ENV312 will be presenting their semester-long research projects: Visualizing Vulnerability: Climate Change Impacts at Smith College, Siiri Bigalke, Maria Cristina Del Valle, and Karen Yu; Closing the Clothing Loop, Jo Harvey and Emily Volkmann; Mitigating Stormwater Runoff at Smith College through the Implementation of Bioswales, Meg Kirsch and Danielle Opatovsky.
Neilson Browsing Room
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

Library "Playback" Sessions- see multiple times
December 16, 2015
How have students, faculty and staff reimagined Neilson Library? Join members of the Library Program Committee and the design firm Shepley Bulfinch for a "playback" of the major themes and ideas that have emerged from this fall's engagement events. Open sessions for the Smith community begin at 11 a.m., 1:10 p.m. and 4 p.m.
Neilson Browsing Room
11:00 am