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Events at Smith

Poster Creation Tips & Tricks Workshop
March 25, 2016
With Celebrating Collaborations fast approaching (4/16) the CATS group is offering a workshop for students and faculty. Topics to be covered include the preparation of content, basic aesthetic and layout tips, core tools to use in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator, PowerPoint and Keynote, and porting tips to the final PDF file.
Bass Hall room102
1:00 pm

Field Station Getaway!
March 27, 2016
It's finally spring, so it's beautiful weather to spend the afternoon at the field station! There will be opportunities for hiking, hanging out in nature, or relaxing in the eco building. Transportation provided. Sign up at:
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Ada and Archibald MacLeish Field Station
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Green Team Meeting
March 27, 2016
Join us for some fun and planning for Earth Week & other events we might like to hold before the finals season kicks in! Bring a friend--newbies more than welcome! THERE ARE RUMORS THAT THERE COULD BE VEGAN PIE &/OR TREATS.
CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
8:00 pm

Coming to America: Invasive Species, Ocean Rafting, and Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris
March 28, 2016
with James T. Carlton, Professor of Marine Sciences Emeritus, Williams College, Director Emeritus of the Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program. Come for refreshments at 3:30 p.m., Lecture starts at 4.
McConnell Foyer/103
4:00 pm

The Landscape of Globalization Over Five Continents
March 29, 2016
Acclaimed photographer and writer Leo Rubinfien will present "Back Roads Through the World City," a lecture about his travels through the landscape of globalization over five continents. Known for his luminous, intimate vision and its unsentimental humanism, he will show photographs and read excerpts from his books, and from work in progress. Rubinfien's work has been exhibited at major museums and galleries around the world.
Graham Hall, Hillyer
5:30 pm

Presentation of the major and minor in Geosciences
March 31, 2016
For Smith students. Indian food lunch provided!
Sabin-Reed 103
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Protest/Vigil about the assassinated Indigenous environmental activists and military "aids" role
March 26, 2016
This Saturday we will have a Pine Needle, Flower, Candle honoring circle. We will be there. With signs. With hope. With Information about the assassinated Indigenous environmental activists and how US military "aid" has fueled repression and violence in Honduras and elsewhere. Come stand against it, and be in dialogue about what we can do. In standing together here we also stand with those holding vigils in NYC, DC, Toronto, Vancouver, Waterloo, and elsewhere around the globe. Event co-sponsored by Oonagh Doherty, em jollie, First Churches Committee for Peace and Justice, and Western Mass Code Pink. Share! Join! Invite your friends!
Intersection of Main & Pleasant/King AND nearby lawn of First Churches (First Churches is next door to Urban Outfitters)
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Featured Event

Climate Cafe-- Performance: Dr. Keeling's Curve
April 1, 2016
In this poignant one man show, environmental activist,journalist and author George Shea portrays Keeling, the quirky and brilliant man who created the iconic chart that illustrates the rise in atmospheric CO2 levels from 1958 to the present, and introduced the concept of climate change. The story combines Keeling's personal journey with the insights of atmospheric scientists who, hundreds of years earlier, made discoveries that laid the foundation for Keeling’s own extraordinary work.
Neilson Library Browsing Room
4:15 pm

Folk Music at the Field Station
April 2, 2016
A lively group of musicians will be having a fun concert/open jam session in the field station, with fiddles, banjos, a standup bass, and more. There will be cozy seating, tea, snacks, and maybe even an opportunity to learn some dance moves, if you wish. This was the most popular field station event last year. All Smithies are welcome! Vans leave Smith at 6:30 p.m. and arrive back at 9:30 p.m. To sign up, visit the link below:
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MacLeish Field Station (leave from Chapin loading dock)
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Events at Smith

April Showers - Smith Houses Competition
April 4, 2016
April 4 - 8. April Showers is an annual spring competition between houses with the goal of conserving water. Decrease water usage by taking shorter showers, then compare your usage to other houses and win prizes for the most water saved! Students use 5 minute shower timers to take shorter showers, and put a check on the April Showers calendar when they’ve take a short shower, or no shower that day. The house with the most short or no showers at the end of the week wins! Sponsored by the Eco-Reps.
All Smith Houses

Campus-Wide Free Box
April 5, 2016
Help reduce our community's end of the year waste by reusing and rehoming clothing and more! Bring your unwanted clothes or your house's free box to share, and see if there is anything you’d like to take home. All items are free.
Chapin Lawn / Campus Center Lower Level if bad weather
11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Sigma Xi: Smithies in Panama: An Integrative Field Course in the Tropics
April 5, 2016
With Lisa Mangiamele. Open to all faculty, staff, and students. A complimentary lunch is offered in McConnell Foyer.
McConnell 103 auditorium
12:10 pm

Bike Kitchen Open Hours
April 6, 2016
Maybe you are wondering where the bike paths are or where bike resources are in the area. Maybe you are having trouble with your brakes or something else on your bike and want to learn how to fix it yourself. Or maybe you just LOVE bikes. In any case, come to Open Hours and we can help!
Talbot basement
6:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Power Dialog 4.4.16
April 4, 2016
The Power Dialog is a nation-wide effort to support students engaging face-to-face with state and local officials on efforts to meet the US climate commitment. This is an opportunity for students to hear firsthand how climate change is being addressed in Massachusetts and for their voices to be heard by our legislators. Featured panelists: Stephanie Ciccarello, Amherst Town Sustainability Coordinator; Ben Downing, Massachusetts State Senator; Jordan Garfinkle, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Paino Lecure Hall, Beneski, Amherst College
6:00 pm

New Coastal Urban Infrastructures: Recent Work of LOLA
April 7, 2016
Walter Meyer, co-founder of Local Office Landscape and Urban Design, has been recognized for leadership in coastal resiliency by the Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the White House. Jennifer Bolstad is a Landscape Architect and co-founder of Local Office Landscape and Urban Design. She teaches at the Pratt Institute and holds degrees from Harvard College and Harvard Graduate School of Design. Her research and practice concentration is coastal landscapes at all scales, operating between infrastructure, urbanism and ecology. Together, these two great minds will explore the recent work of Local Office Landscape & Urban Design, LLC (LOLA). This company addresses the impact of cities on the sea, how to protect cities from sea surges and more
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Procopio Room, 105 Hills North, UMass
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Of Bees and Anxiety: Imagining Animals in Ancient Christianity
April 7, 2016
Patricia Cox Miller is the Bishop W. Earl Ledden Professor of Religion, Emerita, at Syracuse University, where she taught from 1977 to 2012. Her research focuses on religion in the period of the Roman Empire, especially Christianity.
Pruyne Lecture Room, 115 Fayerweather Hall, Amherst College
5:00 pm

Featured Event

Open Climate Cafe
April 8, 2016
Join us for an informal conversation over tea and cookies! We'll welcome questions, a discussion of current news, recent events or issues related to climate change, and whatever else is on your mind. Today's Cafe will have a local (action) focus and we'll chat with local activists and Hampshire College students Gabriel Shapiro (Sugar Shack Alliance and Climate Action Now) and Amber Barnes (Climate Action Now) about resources for students, local actions and events to get involved with.
CEEDS- Center for Environment, Ecological Design & Sustainability, Wright Hall 005
4:15 pm

Events at Smith

Film screening: Cowspiracy
April 8, 2016
The Green Team and Eco-reps want you to come on out to enjoy vegan treats & watch this 2014 documentary about animal agriculture's effects on the environment that earned an 8.5 rating on IMDB. LEO IS THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER (what more can you ask for?):
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CC 104
7:30 pm

DIY T-shirt Crafts
April 10, 2016
Bring an old t-shirt or use one of ours, to unleash endless possibilities! We'll be teaching you how to turn a humble t-shirt into things like tote bags, handkerchiefs, reusable menstrual pads, yarn, rugs, fun tank tops, pillows, and more! Bring your friends for an after-brunch activity! No sewing needed. Hosted by your Smith Eco Reps!
CC205
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Food Recovery Action
April 10, 2016
Join other students in the Smith Food Recovery Network in an action to share along with others in our community food that would otherwise go to waste.
Cutter/Ziskind Dining Room
3:50 pm to 4:30 pm

Bike Kitchen Open Hours
April 10, 2016
Maybe you are wondering where the bike paths are or where bike resources are in the area. Maybe you are having trouble with your brakes or something else on your bike and want to learn how to fix it yourself. Or maybe you just LOVE bikes. In any case, come to Open Hours and we can help!
Talbot basement
6:00 pm

Living on the Edge: Integrating People, Parks and Protection
April 11, 2016
a talk with Signe Nielsen, FASLA, Principal, Mathews Nielsen. Part of the LSS 100 spring lecture series. All welcome.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
2:40 pm to 4:00 pm

Bike Kitchen Open Hours
April 13, 2016
Maybe you are wondering where the bike paths are or where bike resources are in the area. Maybe you are having trouble with your brakes or something else on your bike and want to learn how to fix it yourself. Or maybe you just LOVE bikes. In any case, come to Open Hours and we can help!
Talbot basement
6:00 pm

Liberal arts luncheon: Race and Medicine: A Troubled History
April 14, 2016
A talk by Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. Her visit is cosponsored by the Science Center Committee on Diversity, the Offices of the President, of the Provost, and of Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity. She will speak at April 14th's a campus-wide talk at 4:30 pm, Being Color Brave NOT Color Blind: Creating an Inclusive Academy in the 21st Century (McConnell 103).
Seeye 201

Five Tales of Plant Obsession in a Botanical Garden
April 14, 2016
Dr. William Friedman, director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum, will present a special guest lecture on the role of botanical gardens in science and education. The public lecture is in honor of Smith Botanic Garden Director Michael Marcotrigiano's retirement and will be followed by a reception at the Botanic Garden in the early evening.
Ford Hall 240
4:30 pm

Being Color Brave NOT Color Blind: Creating an Inclusive Academy in the 21st Century
April 14, 2016
A talk by Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and Professor of African and African American Studies, Harvard University. Her visit is cosponsored by the Science Center Committee on Diversity, the Offices of the President, of the Provost, and of Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity.
McConnell 103
4:30 pm

Working Writers: Siobhan Roberts on Capturing Conway:
April 14, 2016
The Trials and Tribulations of Writing about a Wily Mathematical Genius. This Thursday, writer Siobhan Roberts will read from and discuss her new book Genius at Play: The Curious Mind of John Horton Conway. The book is a biography and portrait of Conway, the Princeton mathematician who developed the famous Game of Life as well as contributed many other intriguing mathematical discoveries. Siobhan Roberts is a science journalist and biographer who focuses on writing about mathematics. Her new book was included by "Brainpicker" Maria Popova among the best science books of 2015.
Seelye 106
4:30 pm

Divest Smith College meeting
April 14, 2016
Interested in taking action on divestment? Join us to learn more. All welcome.
Campus Center 103/104
8:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Panel: The Future of Offshore Wind in Massachusetts
April 8, 2016
The UMass Wind Energy Center and the Offshore Wind IGERT program are excited to present an important discussion with panelists Thomas Brostrøm (DONG Energy), Jeffrey Grybowski (Deepwater Wind), Erich Stephens (OffshoreMW), and Matthew Morrissey (Offshore Wind MA). Panelists will discuss the path forward to include offshore wind in the energy market in Massachusetts. Massachusetts Senate President Stanley Rosenberg will share his perspective on the future of energy in the state, with a particular focus on offshore wind. Use the lnk below to contact Jody Lally at the UMass Wind Energy Center for further information:
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Bernie Dallas Memorial Room (Rm. 506), Goodell Building, at UMass Amherst
2:00 pm to 3:30 pm

Non-violent Direct Action Training
April 10, 2016
Join Divest UMASS students.
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Gordon Hall, UMASS
2:00 pm

Climate Justice Action
April 11, 2016
Join Divest UMASS students in demanding climate justice #DivestTheRest #LeadWithUs
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Student Union
12:00 pm