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Events at Smith

Food Sovereignty in Native America
November 13, 2023
By Rachel Beth Sayet, Indigenous educator and anthropologist. Rachel is a member of the Mohegan nation. Raised with the spirits of her ancestors, she grew up learning traditional stories and teachings and participating in tribal events. Rachel has always been passionate about and proud of her Mohegan heritage and identity as well as an avid studier and learner about other cultures, indigenous and beyond. This talk is part of the ENX 100 Environment and Sustainability: Notes from the Field lecture series. All are welcome!
Neilson Browsing Room
3:05 pm to 4:20 pm

Science Careers for the Greater Good: Sandra Laney, PhD
November 13, 2023
Hear from Sandra Laney (AC 1996, G 2002), the President and Principal Advisor at SJL Advising, a philanthropic advisory firm focused on science and social impact. Dr. Laney has also worked for the Gates Foundation, Paul G. Allen's Ebola Program at Vulcan, Inc., and the Walder Foundation. In addition, she served as the Senior Advisor on Gender, Education and Health in Secretary Clinton's Science Advisor's Office at the U.S. Department of State. Register on Handshake.
Zoom
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

GIS Day Interactive Workshop: Participatory mapping for accessibility on campus
November 15, 2023
Are you a member of Smith College? Interested in mapping for accessibility? Want to define what accessibility means at Smith? Join Shiya Cao (SDS) and Heather Rosenfeld (ES&P) to map for accessibility on the Smith College campus in a guided workshop. Click on the link below to sign up for the GIS Day Event! Lunch provided. Everyone is welcome – we are eager to hear from students, faculty, and staff.
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CEEDS
11:00 am to 1:00 pm

For a Pirate Ecology: And We Will Be Free
November 15, 2023
With Fatima Ouassak, political scientists, co-founder of Mothers' Front and Verdragon: House of Popular Ecology, created in 2021 in the hills of Bagnolet, in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. She has contributed to several collecive works on feminism and ecology. On the heels of her celebrated first book, The Power of Mothers (La Decouverte, 2020) which received the Caussette 2021 Feminist Essay Prize, she is releasing For A Pirate Ecology: And We Will Be Free this fall (2023), a reflective work that combines environmentalist, feminist and internationalist outlooks. Ouassak will be presenting material from this last book at Smith in French, with English translation.
Stoddard G2
4:30 pm

Carbon Neutrality and the Benefit of Nature Based Solutions
November 16, 2023
CEEDS intern and engineering major Dakota Law '24 will share some of the basics of what carbon neutrality is and how nature-based solutions can contribute to these efforts. Lunch provided! Also available on Zoom; emails ceeds@smith.edu for the link.
CEEDS
12:15 pm

Field Station Friday: Game Night at MacLeish
November 17, 2023
Join us for a cozy game night at MacLeish this Friday! If it's not too chilly we will make s'mores over the fire as well! Vans leave at 4:15 PM from Sage Hall circle :) Sign up for a spot in the van at the link below.
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MacLeish Field Station - Meet at Sage Hall Circle
4:15 pm to 7:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Automated moth monitoring & you!
November 16, 2023
To truly understand trends in insect populations, we are going to need more data. Cameras and automation can massively accelerate collection of biological data. But how do we build an automated monitoring system for nocturnal insects? And how do we make the automated monitoring of moths inclusive, accessible, and scientifically robust? Join us and discover the convergent evolution of four systems: the Mothitor, AutoMoth, Mothbox and AMI, in a quadruple-webinar followed by a guided discussion. Professor Mariana Abarca from Smith College will speak on The Mothitor: Automated moth monitoring by undergraduate students. Sign up at link below!
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Online
3:00 pm to 4:30 pm

Northeast Summit for a Sustainable Built Environment 2023: Justice of Place
November 17, 2023
Energy and Environmental Justice in the Built Environment. NESSBE is a biennial northeast regional summit meant to include a larger community of building professionals, owners, academics, policymakers, advocates, and students in a conversation about sustainability in the built environment. Frontline communities are now experiencing the greatest effects of Climate Change. These communities face both an increased energy cost burden and an associated increased health burden due to environmental pollution and housing conditions. The intention of this summit is to explore the means and solutions for meeting this challenge in the built environment, lifting up our most vulnerable communities, while improving the quality of life -with a focus on CT residents but relevant for other communities.
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Yale University, Kroon Hall 195 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT
7:30 am to 5:00 pm

Events at Smith

Navigating USAJobs and Introduction to Federal Resume Writing
November 21, 2023
This is a virtual information session on federal resume writing, navigating USAJOBS website, including paid internships and fellowships in the federal government. In this session we will walk through the application process to include the questionnaire, discuss resume formats, preferences, required documents to include, and how to align your experience with the job qualifications. This class is designed specifically to help you develop your federal resume and address key areas in the job announcement to make you an eligible applicant. This is a virtual event hosted by the Lazarus Center. Register on Handshake.
Zoom
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Events at Smith

Lecture: Science Graphics
November 29, 2023
Jen Christiansen, Graphics Editor at Scientific American and Smith class of 1995 will speak about building science graphics. The lecture will discuss honoring complexity, avoiding misinformation pitfalls, and visualizing uncertainty when producing science graphics for a public audience. All welcome.
McConnell 103
4:15 pm

Geothermal Project Tour
November 30, 2023
Would you like to know more about what all the construction around campus is about? Have you wanted to know more about what the college is doing to mitigate its carbon footprint? This is your chance to get answers to these questions and more during one of our student-run Geothermal Project Tours! Rain date is 11/31 at the same time. Open to all Smith community members.
Meet at the Elm St entrance to the Campus Center
12:15 pm

"Deborah Jack: the water between us remembers, so we carry this history on our skins,
December 1, 2023
long for a sea-bath and hope that the salt will heal what ails us (2018)" On view through February 4, 2024. How do memory, place, nature, and the afterlives of slavery and colonialism connect? What possibilities do video (as a medium) and beauty (as an aesthetic approach) offer artists interested in these connections? In the water between us remembers…, an immersive video installation now on view in SCMA's Video and New Media Gallery, artist Deborah Jack takes up these questions and contends with past and present representations of the Caribbean as a tropical paradise. More information at the link below. Admission to the museum is free to all.
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Smith College Museum of Art
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

Friday Craft Night: Making Firestarters
December 1, 2023
Join us a for a craft night in CEEDS! We will be making firestarters, which make great holiday gifts. Materials provided. Sign up for a spot at the link below.
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The Center for the Environment, Wright Hall 005
4:15 pm to 6:30 pm