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Events at Smith

Lunchbag: Successfully navigating a STEM major
September 14, 2018
A panel with Kevin Shea, Chemistry professor and director of the Science Center, Gabby Drew ‘19, Neuroscience major, Wiktoria Leks ‘19, Biochemistry major. Pizza lunch provided. Part of the STEM and Health Professions Lunchbag Series.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Lunchbag: Frontiers Abroad
September 17, 2018
Max Borella of the Frontiers Abroad program in New Zealand will share information about this popular study-abroad program. Come hear more about it! Lunch will be served.
Sabin-Reed 103
12:10 pm

Life Sciences Lunchbag: Strategies for Joining a Research Project at Smith
September 17, 2018
Do you want a mentored research experience with a STEM professor, but don't know how to ask them? Join faculty from the biological sciences for a discussion of strategies for discovering WHAT research opportunities exist in the Life Sciences and HOW you can access them.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Meeting: Smith Students for Food Justice
September 17, 2018
SSFJ will have our first meeting THIS Monday! We'll be discussing what SSFJ has done in the past, what food justice even IS, hopes+dreams for this semester, and we'll also get to know each other and have fun ....... treats WILL be present. See you there!
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
8:00 pm

Lecture: How US universities, Kenya farms, and Moroccan women’s cooperatives
September 18, 2018
are adapting to climate change: Organizational learning, collective action, and the resilience of local institutions" a lecture by Camille Washington-Ottombre, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy.
Seelye 106
5:00 pm

Green Team Meeting
September 20, 2018
Are you interested in environmental issues? Join us to find out what the Green Team at Smith is all about! We'll talk about what we have done in the past and them brainstorm together goals for this year and how we might work towards them. All welcome!
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
7:00 pm

Divest 101
September 20, 2018
Interested in Divest Smith College and want to know more? Heard about divestment campaigns, but not really sure what it means? Just need a refresher? Come join us for Divest 101! Ask questions, meet a Divest member, and learn what we're all about. Treats will be provided!
CampusCenter 103/4
8:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Emergent Strategy video and discussion
September 20, 2018
We will watch a short video of a keynote address by adrienne maree brown. How does the natural world teach us about transformative justice, through ideas of adaptation, decentralization, resilience, iteration, fractal selves, and creating more possibilities? brown is the author of Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds. Includes facilitated discussion with Brennan Tierney. Brennan graduated from UMass Amherst in 2018 with a degree in Legal Studies and Anthropology and continues to work with the UMass Alliance for Community Transformation (UACT). Part of the Talking Truth: Finding Your Voice Around the Climate Change Crisis series.
W.E.B. Du Bois Library, 26th floor, UMASS Amherst
7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Featured Event

Lunchbag: Tales from an Uncertain World
September 26, 2018
L. S. Gardiner '95 is the author of a book by the same title: Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change. She is also an author of two and illustrator of nine children's books about science. A veteran science educator, she works at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Research. Lisa received her PhD from the University of Georgia. Sponsored by the department of geosciences, environmental science and policy, and CEEDS.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm to 1:00 pm

Events at Smith

Lunchbag: Avoiding Unforced Errors in Your Graduate & Professional School Applications
September 21, 2018
Aka “Why Should I Care About the Honor Code?” Are you familiar with the Honor Code? What constitutes cheating? What is the potential impact of an Honor Code violation on your future at Smith and beyond? The focus of this presentation will be on practical aspects of the Honor Code and the Honor Board from a student perspective including consequences of an Honor Code violation, potential sanctions and longer term ramifications. There will be plenty of time for student questions. Pizza lunch provided. Part of the STEM and Health Professions Lunchbag Series.
McConnell 103
12:15 pm

Bike Kitchen Open Hours
September 23, 2018
Join us to get started on some bike fixin'! We'll help you as needed.
The Bike Kitchen, Talbot House
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Bike Kitchen Interest Meeting
September 24, 2018
Come to CEEDS to learn about how you can get involved with the Smith College Bicycle Kitchen! Our mission primarily is to teach people in the Smith College community how to repair bicycles, through hands-on instruction, and additionally to encourage bicycle riding widely within the community. We hold weekly open hours, where we train interested students as "bike mechanics", and where the newly-trained mechanics instruct other students on how to fix flats and adjust brakes (etc.). No experience fixing bikes is necessary to get involved – all you need is an excitement and willingness to learn!
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
12:10 pm to 1:00 pm

Annual Five College Jackie Pritzen Lecture: "Ashes to Ashes, Disk to Disk"
September 25, 2018
with Suzan Edwards, L. Clark Seelye Professor of Astronomy, Smith College. Connections is the theme of this talk—connections in the universe through space and time, and connections in the Five Colleges through collaborating institutions and departments. Professor Edwards arrived at Smith College and the Five College Astronomy Department in 1980. For most of that time she served as chair of the Five College Astronomy Senate and more recently as chair of the Five College Astronomy Department. Her scientific research is on the formation of young stars and proto-planetary systems using space- and ground-based telescopes. Further details are available at the link below:
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Seelye Hall 106
5:00 pm

A Conversation with Lisa Gardiner '95
September 26, 2018
Bring your questions about the book and take advantage of an alumna visiting campus to also ask your questions about her career path! L. S. Gardiner '95 works at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Center for Science Research where she is a veteran science educator. Lisa is the author of the new book "Tales from an Uncertain World: What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change." She is also an author of two and illustrator of nine children's books about science.
CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
4:15 pm

Events Off Campus

Fungi Kingdom Mushroom Festival
September 22, 2018
Free event, everyone is welcome! Expert speakers, nature walks, photography, art, hand-on science. Workshops and sales by Fungi Ally Mushroom Farm. Mushroom i.d. by the Pioneer Valley Mycological Association.
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Arcadia Wildlife Sanctuary, 127 Combs Rd, Easthampton
1:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Fall Equinox Celebration
September 22, 2018
Come celebrate the fall equinox and enjoy an evening of excellent live music with our house band the fabulous Radiolaria fronted by A. Burris Jenkins aka. Burrie. Radiolaria encompasses a wide range of styles from rock to reggae. All their music is original and spans lyrical and Jazzy ragtime elements and yes even tribal dance groove! For a taste check it out on Soundcloud at the link below Admission to the sanctuary is $10 and we ask you to support the musicians with tips by the stage. Children under 12 are free. If this is a hardship, please contribute what you can.
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Three Sisters Sanctuary, 188 Cape St, Goshen, MA 01032
4:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Third Annual Monarch Butterfly Release
September 23, 2018
Join Bev Montague at Three Sisters Sanctuary for a wonderful afternoon in the gardens during which you’ll learn more about the majestic monarch butterfly and then you'll have a chance to release one in the gardens! Each year we have more people attend than butterflies so we'll hold a free raffle this year for an opportunity to release one of the butterflies. Admission: $10 per adult, children under 12 are free. If this is a hardship you are welcome to contribute what you can. To learn more about the Monarch and its importance in our world see the link below:
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Three Sisters Sanctuary, 188 Cape St, Goshen, MA 01032
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Environmental and Climate Justice : Lecture and Reception
September 24, 2018
With Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Patterson has worked in many capacities on many issues, including women, HIV/AIDS, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice. She is also the co-founder of Women of Color United, an organization that connects women of color in the US to women abroad. Patterson serves on the International Committee for the US Social Forum, the Steering Committee for Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, the Advisory Board for the Center for EarthEthics, and the Boards of Directors for the Institute of the Black World, Center for Story Based Strategy, and the US Climate Action Network. Refreshments will be served.
Franklin Patterson Hall, Main lecture hall, Hampshire College
6:00 pm to 7:30 pm

Environmental & Climate Justice: Workshop and Discussion
September 25, 2018
With Jacqueline Patterson, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. Patterson has worked in many capacities on many issues, including women, HIV/AIDS, racial justice, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice. She is also the co-founder of Women of Color United, an organization that connects women of color in the US to women abroad. Patterson serves on the International Committee for the US Social Forum, the Steering Committee for Interfaith Moral Action on Climate, the Advisory Board for the Center for EarthEthics, and the Boards of Directors for the Institute of the Black World, Center for Story Based Strategy, and the US Climate Action Network. Lunch provided.
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
12:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Book talk: Beginning to End Hunger
September 25, 2018
The Western Mass Chapter of Science for the People invites the public to join political agroecologist M. Jahi Chappell in a discussion of his path-breaking new book: Beginning to End Hunger: Food and environment in Belo Horizonte, Brazil and beyond. Chappell presents the story of Belo Horizonte, home to 2.5 million people and the site of one of the world’s most successful food security programs. In this convincing case study, Chappell establishes the importance of holistic approaches to food security, suggests how to design successful policies to end hunger, and lays out strategies for enacting policy change. With these tools, we can take the next steps toward achieving similar reductions in hunger and food insecurity elsewhere in the developed and developing worlds. M. Jahi Chappell is a political agroecologist with training in ecology and evolutionary biology, science and technology studies, and chemical engineering. He is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience (CAWR) at Coventry University, a Fellow of Food First/the Institute for Food and Development Policy, and an Adjunct Faculty member of the School of the Environment at Washington State University.
Thompson 620, UMass
4:00 pm to 5:30 pm

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Presentation of the Environmental Concentrations in Climate Change and Sustainable Food
October 4, 2018
The environmental concentrations let students engage in an interdisciplinary exploration of the many issues involved in the topics of sustainable food and climate change. Come for a tasty lunch and find out more!
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CEEDS, Wright Hall 005
12:00 pm

Events at Smith

Workshop: Photogrammetry
September 28, 2018
Learn the science and methods used to make high resolution maps and 3D models from drone imagery. The Spatial Analysis Lab and the Kahn Institute are hosting a technical training/workshop on photogrammetry - the processing of overlapping images into an orthophoto mosaic and/or 3D models. The workshop is part of a larger Kahn event titled Drones: Power, Play, Policy and Pedagogy organized by Jon Caris and Greg White. Schedule: 10:00 - 12:00 - hands on photogrammetry workshop in the Spatial Analysis Lab (SR 104); 12:00 - 1:00 - pizza lunch or on your own; 1:00 - 4:00 - continuation of photogrammetry with broader discussion on applications. Students are encouraged to participate in the 2-part hands on workshop. Please indicate your interest in attending the morning and/ or afternoon sessions (with lunch) by filling out the RSVP form below. This will be great learning opportunity to learn from an expert in the field of drone mapping. Open to students, faculty, and staff at Smith and in the Five Colleges.
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Sabin-Reed 104
12:00 am

Lecture: Drones for Good: Perceptions and Policy
September 28, 2018
by Faine Greenwood, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. Drones are everywhere, yet they are an ambiguous and polarizing topic. This talk will contextualize non-military drones and consider how our culture thinks about the technology, and how that shapes our understanding and affect of human-robotic relationships.
Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
5:00 pm

Hurricane Relief Weekend at the Botanic Garden
September 29, 2018
September 30, 2018
This weekend, September 29 & 30, the Botanic Garden of Smith College will pass all donations to the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. Come explore and help fight hunger in the communities most affected by Hurricane Florence.
Smith College Botanic Garden

Source to Sea River Clean-Up Canoe Trip
September 29, 2018
Join a river clean-up trip this Saturday, 9/29! It's a fun canoe trip that Smith Outdoors is coordinating as part of the Source to Sea clean-up effort with the Connecticut River Conservancy. We'll meet at the boathouse at 10am, then head out for a paddle downriver from Hatfield, MA. While we are underway we will have a snack and clean up one of the popular islands, then finish in Northampton. We should return to campus around 3pm. If you want to join us or have questions you can email outdoors@smith.edu, or just show up at 10am and jump on board!! Be sure to dress for the weather and bring a water bottle.
12:00 am to 12:00 am

Info Table: SEA Semester
October 2, 2018
Can't make it to our lunchtime information session? Stop by our table near the Cafe and get all the important information about how to study with us for a semester or for the summer. re you thinking about studying abroad for a semester or during the summer? Get more information about the unique, hands-on SEA Semester program! SEA Semester offers field-based environmental programs to students of all majors. Students learn how to sail and embark on a research voyage to either the Caribbean, Europe, New Zealand or French Polynesia while becoming active crew members on a 134' ship. We offer a number of different semester programs focusing on environmental topics such as global climate change, cultural and environmental sustainability, and conservation and marine biodiversity. There are also summer sessions for students looking for a shorter experience.
CC, Cafe table
10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Info Session: SEA Semester
October 2, 2018
Are you thinking about studying abroad for a semester or during the summer? Come learn about the unique, hands-on SEA Semester program! SEA Semester offers field-based environmental programs to students of all majors. Students learn how to sail and embark on a research voyage to either the Caribbean, Europe, New Zealand or French Polynesia while becoming active crew members on a 134' ship. We offer a number of different semester programs focusing on environmental topics such as global climate change, cultural and environmental sustainability, and conservation and marine biodiversity. There are also summer sessions for students looking for a shorter time to study off-campus. We seek motivated students who are passionate about learning, inspired to tackle and address real-world issues, and eager to become part of an unparalleled living and learning community. Pizza lunch provided.
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CEEDS, Wright Hall lower level
12:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Drinking Water “Hackathon”
September 28, 2018
How can we provide safe, sustainable, and equitable access to drinking water for all? You tell us! This event will bring together students, faculty, engineers, social justice advocates, and policy experts to generate possible solutions to drinking water issues in our local area, in the state, and around the country. This event is an opportunity for students to meet professionals in their fields and apply their studies to real world problems. Lunch is provided; pre-register (link below) to reserve your spot!
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Dining Commons, Middle Room, Hampshire College
12:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Power of Poetry and The Press Journalism & Literature as the Voice of Environmental Conservation
September 29, 2018
In the 19th century, William Cullen Bryant inspired an early American conservation ethic through his poetic verses and compelling essays. He penned nationally read poems and editorials that encouraged Americans to rethink their connection to nature and experience the unique and undeveloped American landscape. Following Bryant’s lead, The Trustees present a Symposium - a gathering in the spirit of environmental awareness - with a keynote address by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History and New Yorker staff writer, Elizabeth Kolbert. This day's program will focus on how local journalism and the creativity of literature can inspire a modern conservation ethic and call to action in preserving our rustic New England landscapes. College Shuttle There is a free shuttle to this event for all Smith students. The shuttle will leave from:1 Roundhouse Plaza, Northampton, MA (Peter Pan Bus Terminal) at 8:35AM on the day of the event. To RSVP for a spot on the shuttle, please email: bryanthomestead@thetrustees.org by September 25th
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William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington, MA
9:30 am to 12:00 pm

20th Annual North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Festival
September 29, 2018
September 30, 2018
See link below for travel and parking info; schedule of entertainment, activities, and exhibitors. Admission: Only $5 per day for adults, $8 for a weekend pass. Kids 12 and under free. Come prepared: No ATM on site, bring a water bottle for free water, and a bag to carry great goods! Great music, entertainment, and spoken word fill three stages and the rolling fields. The line-up of performers this year is an amazing testimony to the culturally diverse and abundant talents of the region. Over 100 bountiful booths feature regional artists, farmers, community organizations, and healing arts; strengthen community and economy by purchasing locally crafted and grown. Plus, over eighty engaging workshops and demos, activities and performances are scheduled throughout the weekend! Garlic games abound on the main field, including the famous raw garlic-eating contest. Travel the garlic globe in the chef demo tent, and fill your belly with farm fresh and savory cuisine in four food courts. Orange is the New Green: trash free (only three bags for 10,000 people) with everything else recycled or transformed into fertile compost to make gardens not garbage. Bring your own bottle for the free drinking water provided, or buy a souvenir refillable one along with an artist-designed festival tee shirt and collector cookbook. And much, much more. See link below.
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Forster’s Farm, 60 Chestnut Hill Rd. Orange, MA. No pets allowed on site or in parking lots.
10:00 am to 5:00 pm

48 Peaks: Hiking and Healing in the White Mountains
October 3, 2018
Come hear Cheryl Suchors discuss her new memoir. At age 48, Cheryl set out to hike the arduous 4000 footers of New Hampshire, enduring breast cancer and redefining success along the way. In the wild, she finds health, spiritual nourishment, and joy.
Broadside Bookshop, 247 Main St., Northampton, MA
7:00 pm

MA Green Careers Conference
October 4, 2018
Explore career advancement and sustainable development. Enjoy cross-sector dialogues with stakeholders from government, business, education, and nonprofits. Learn about current trends and resources.
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MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, Westborough, MA
9:00 am to 2:30 pm