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Event for First Years: Composting, Recycling and Energy, Oh My!
September 12, 2017
This event is part of the First Year Experience and is open to first year students only. Please register on the Smith Guidebook App. Attention First Years: Come meet students and staff who work on sustainability issues at Smith for a lunch discussion. We’ll talk about Smith’s carbon neutrality goals, where our energy comes from, where our waste goes and how you can get involved. Lunch provided for the first 20 students.
CEEDS - Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Reception for Esther Pullman '64 'Greenhouse Panoramas: a Process of Reinvention'
September 8, 2017
This show is the result of a series of creative re-inventions. Esther Pullman '64 trained as a graphic designer but made a self-directed mid-career transition to photography which itself morphed from a hands-on, craft-based discipline to a computer-based digital process. This series of large-scale greenhouse images, began as an intuitive and visceral effort to bring light and life into my own home, as I anticipated the darkening seasons, gradually took on a more symbolic and metaphorical meaning in the face of our increasingly imperiled home planet. Exhibition open to public Monday-Friday, Sept. 8 to Jan. 8, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30. p.m.
Alumnae House Gallery
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Plants of Pompeii: Ancient and Modern Medicinal Plants
September 13, 2017
Botanical illustrations created by Victoria I and Lillian Nicholson portray medicinal plants identified in the excavations of Pompeii. Come explore the varied ways both ancient Romans and modern Pompeians have used these plants. Exhibit on view through December 15, 2017.
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Church Exhibition Gallery, Lyman Plant House

Lecture: "Flying Toilets and Oyster Shells"
September 14, 2017
Landscape Studies Lecture Series - "Flying Toilets and Oyster Shells: Landscape Design Practices for the New Environmental Reality" with Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology, Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Weinstein Auditorium
3:00 pm to 4:50 pm

Events Off Campus

Lecture: Public Opinion on Climate Change in the US
September 8, 2017
Dr. Jennifer Marlon, Yale Program on Climate Change
Morrill 129, UMASS Amherst
3:30 pm

"Water, Water Everywhere but Not a Drop to Drink? Protecting Public Health and the Environment
September 10, 2017
in Uncertain Times" with Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator under President Obama. A career public servant in both Democratic and Republican administrations, Gina McCarthy has been a leading advocate for common sense strategies to protect public health and the environment for more than 30 years.
Engineering Lab II Auditorium, UMASS Amherst
11:00 am

HeatSmart Northampton Kickoff Event
September 12, 2017
Come find out more about the City of Northampton’s latest initiative to help its residents save on their energy bills while reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. The City has partnered with Express Plumbing, Heating & Solar and is working with volunteers from Climate Action Now and Mothers Out Front to bring new cold climate air source heat pumps to city homes and businesses at a limited time discount. Come to our event to: -Learn how heat pumps work and how they can shrink your energy bills and your carbon footprint -Meet the folks from Express, get your questions answered and learn how the City selected them for this program -Discover how HeatSmart discounted pricing, state and utility rebates and 0% interest financing through Mass Save can make heat pumps more affordable -Hear from your neighbors about their experiences with heat pumps. HeatSmart Northampton and its special offer will be available until January 31, 2018.
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Northampton Senior Center
7:00 pm to 8:30 pm

Documentary: Here's to Flint
September 13, 2017
WHAT: “Here's to Flint," a documentary by the ACLU Michigan, examines what led up to the poisoning of the largely African American city, and, on a larger scale, how lack of funding in infrastructure poses risks to the entire country. Speakers to kick off the post-film discussion include: Mary Ann Babinski, Westfield City Councilor, who will talk about water safety problems closer to home with activists from Westfield Residents Advocating for Themselves (WRAFT); and David Ahlfeld, Prof. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Amherst. Hosted by the Resistance Film Series of the Northampton Committee to Stop the Wars. A link to the FaceBook event page is below:
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Forbes Library, 20 West St, Northampton
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Springfield Wastewater Treatment Tour
September 14, 2017
What happens to water when it goes down the drain? How does it get cleaned? We’ll join SUEZ Water Environmental Services, Inc. and Springfield Water and Sewer Commission for an informative tour of the Springfield Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility and learn about the process of cleaning wastewater for public health. RSVP required to jbowman @ ctriver.org
Agawam, MA
5:45 am to 7:45 am

Featured Event

NOAA Summer Internship Presentations
September 20, 2017
Come for lunch and to hear from some of the Smithies who spent their summer interning at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) this summer. Find out how you can apply for an internship for next summer! This week: Emma Becker '18 (BIO): Stakeholder Communication and Engagement: Addressing Clam Population Decline in the Kachemak Bay, Alaska; Gray Li '19 (ECO): Where does atmospheric mercury come from? Tracking mercury fate and transport; and Sophie Shapiro '19 (PHY): Madden Julian Oscillation and Diurnal Amplitude Weather Oscillations in the Tropical Pacific.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Events at Smith

Info Session: Frontiers Abroad New Zealand
September 18, 2017
Earth, Adventure and Environment- study abroad opportunities in New Zealand for all with Frontiers Abroad and the University of Canterbury and Auckland. Come for lunch and find out more about this approved study-abroad program!
Sabin-Reed 103
12:10 pm

Sigma Xi lunch talk: What is the Difference between Data Science and Statistics?
September 19, 2017
with Jordan Krouse (computer science), Ben Baumer (data science) and Burcu Minski (biological sciences) Lunch is served in the Foyer at 11:45 a.m., talks begin at 12:10 p.m. and are open to all faculty, emeriti, staff, and students.
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McConnell 103
12:00 pm

House Sustainability Challenge- info session
September 20, 2017
The House Sustainability Challenge invites Smith College houses to develop programs that promote scalable, sustainable practices that can be adopted or implemented by houses campus-wide. Join us for pizza lunch to find out more about how you can win money to test out your idea in your house and more.
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Campus Center 003
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Event for First Years: Let's Walk the Walk: A Sustainability Tour of Smith
September 20, 2017
Please note: this event is part of the First Year Experience and is open to first year students only. Please register on the Smith Guidebook App. Attention First Years: Take a tour of Smith focused on sustainability, led by students and campus sustainability staff. Learn about green buildings and initiatives and what you can do to be more sustainable. Refreshments served at the end of the tour.
CEEDS - Wright Hall 005
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Info Session: Investment Club- help manage a new sustainability-focused investment fund!
September 20, 2017
Help us manage this $100,000 completely divested fund! Club members, under sponsorship of the Conway Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center, will have the opportunity to research, construct and manage an investment portfolio in an environmentally-responsible way. Join us for pizza and find out more!
CC 103
6:00 pm

Reclaiming Our Time: Black Faces, White Spaces and the Possibility of Us
September 21, 2017
by Carolyn Finney, Professor of Geography, University of Kentucky. This lecture is part of the LSS 100 lecture series sponsored by the Landscape Studies Program.
Weinstein Auditorium
3:00 pm to 4:50 pm

Stargazing
September 21, 2017
Come see stars, planets, and galaxies through the astronomy department's telescopes. All are welcome - please dress warmly. For further information or to check on weather conditions, contact Meg Thacher (mthacher @smith.edu, 585-3935).
McConnell Hall Roof
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm

Events Off Campus

The Power of Water / The Power of Words Reception
September 16, 2017
Join us for a celebratory reception of the powerful, collective art installation of The Power of Water / The Power of Words at the Great Falls Discovery Center. This beautiful art sculpture serves a powerful public policy purpose.
Great Falls Discovery Center, 2 Avenue A Turners Falls, MA
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Lecture: The Climate Challenge Deepens
September 19, 2017
Join leading climate scientist Alan Betts from Atmospheric Research in Pittsford, VT for a special lecture and discussion about how global climate change is affecting New England, and review the transformation of society that is underway despite current political opposition. In his talk, Betts will explore the question, “What are our responsibilities to the Earth?”. This event is free and open to the public.
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Hooker Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College
4:15 pm to 6:00 pm

Environmental Mercury: The Legacy of Mining and Atmospheric Deposition in New England
September 21, 2017
-the Cooks Pond Story a lecture by Bob Newton, Professor of Geology and Director of CEEDS. Part of the Five College Geology Faculty Symposia at UMass. Sign up for a ride over with other Smithies (the sheet is in Sabin-Reed 109) Van leaves Clark Corner (under the walkway between McConnell and Burton Halls) at 5:30 p.m. Pizza dinner at 6 p.m., symposium starts at 7 p.m.
UMass- sign up to travel in our van
5:30 pm