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Events at Smith

'Confluence' by Amanda Maciuba
September 5 through October 16, 2024
Amanda Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. Confluence is a series of prints, artist’s books and installations that are inspired by the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City, Kansas, that has expanded to consider multiple points how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return throughout the United States. Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. On view through October 17.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Artist Walk with Younes Rahmoun at the MacLeish Field Station
September 7, 2024
Join multidisciplinary Moroccan artist Younes Rahmoun for a walk to experience his new site-specific sculpture, Ghorfa #13, which is being hosted by Arts Afield and the Smith College Museum of Art at MacLeish as part of the larger exhibition, Here, Now. Rahmoun is a leading figure in contemporary art internationally. We will also be joined by exhibition organizer Emma Chubb, Charlotte Feng Ford '83 Curator of Contemporary Art, SCMA. For Smith students only. Interested? Get more details and fill out the form at the link below; we will confirm your spot via email.
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MacLeish Field Station
1:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Telling the American Story on Our Public Lands
September 5, 2024
Our vast and stunning public lands are not only celebrated for their natural beauty and natural resources—they also play a prominent part in conveying the American Story to visitors from across the country and around the globe. How can we ensure that we meet the need to more accurately and inclusively tell American history in these public spaces, and to preserve and expand access to the voices and stories they hold for future generations? US Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland joins Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander for a discussion about the reparative work Haaland leads on our public lands, the charge of stewardship for racial and environmental justice, and the role of Interior in telling the American Story. Register to get the link below:
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A VIRTUAL DISCUSSION
4:00 pm

Events at Smith

'Confluence' by Amanda Maciuba
September 5 through October 16, 2024
Amanda Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. Confluence is a series of prints, artist’s books and installations that are inspired by the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City, Kansas, that has expanded to consider multiple points how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return throughout the United States. Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. On view through October 17.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Events Off Campus

Ocean Governance: Past, Present, Futur
September 12, 2024
Dr. Scott Barrett is the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University, with appointments in the School of International and Public Affairs and the Earth Institute. He is also Centennial (Visiting) Professor at the London School of Economics. His research shows how international cooperation in managing the environment can be achieved by the strategic design of treaties and related institutions. For his exceptional accomplishments, he has received many prestigious awards and honors. For example, he has been awarded the Erik Kempe Prize by the European Association of Environmental & Resource Economists, the Publication of Enduring Quality Award by the Association of Environmental & Resource Economists (AERE), and the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by the University of Bath. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a fellow of AERE. He is also a Fellow and former chairman of the advisory board of the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics in the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Webinar - register at link above
10:00 am

Events at Smith

Climate Justice Symposium: Exploring Feminist Interventions and Possibilities
September 20, 2024
September 21, 2024
Join other scholars, artists, students, activists, and professionals for a dynamic interdisciplinary symposium. The symposium focuses on climate justice scholarship, activism, and art around 3 themes- Food and Land, Energy and Natural Resources, and Health and Well-being- and includes keynotes with Dorceta Taylor, Wangari Mathaai Professor of Environmental Justice at the Yale School of the Environment and Jacqueline Patterson, Founder and Executive Director of the Chisholm Legacy Project and one of Time Magazine’s Women of the Year for 2024, plus parallel panel sessions and workshops. Find out more, and register to attend at the link below. All welcome.
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Smith College, Northampton, MA

'Confluence' by Amanda Maciuba
September 5 through October 16, 2024
Amanda Maciuba’s work is an exploration of the visible and invisible marks of human hands on the landscape. Her practice investigates human relationships with the environment over time, forefronting the impacts of human driven climate change. Confluence is a series of prints, artist’s books and installations that are inspired by the confluence of the Kaw and Missouri Rivers in Kansas City, Kansas, that has expanded to consider multiple points how water shapes human life and how our actions impact river environments in return throughout the United States. Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM. On view through October 17.
Oresman Gallery, Hillyer
8:30 am to 4:30 pm

International Park(ing) Day celebration!
September 20, 2024
Reid Bertone-Johnson and the ParKit team will be celebrating this holiday with a Landscape Master Plan inspired installation! All are welcome to come on down. They'll have games, comfortable places to rest, and bubbles! Bring your lunch or take a break and find another time to join the fun for a little while.
Near Sage Hall
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Climate Shocks, Domestic Violence, and the Protective Role of Climate-Resilience Projects
September 20, 2024
Nidhiya Menon, Professor, Department of Economics & International Business School will discuss her paper which investigates the impact of climate change on intimate partner violence in Bangladesh, and shows that policy can mitigate much if not all of the harmful consequences of climate shocks on women. All are welcome to this Climate Justice Symposium adjacent event hosted by the economics department.
Seelye 201
12:15 pm

Do Plants Know Math?: Unwinding the Story of Plant Spirals from Leonardo to Now
September 21, 2024
This fall stop by to enjoy this companion exhibit to the book of the same name by Christophe Gole (Smith College), Stephane Douady, Jacques Dumais, and Nancy Pick. Photographs by Victor Mozqueda. Join the exhibit opening on September 26, 4:30-6 pm.
McConnell Hall Foyer

Requesting Letters of Recommendation
September 23, 2024
In this workshop, learn how to decide whom to ask to write you a letter of recommendation, how to make the request, and how to guide your letter writers to best support your application. We’ll also discuss how to build positive and meaningful relationships with faculty long before you would like to ask for a recommendation. Pizza will be served, including vegan and gluten-free options. Register on Handshake (link below)
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Campus Center 103/104
12:15 pm

Smithies in Science Club meeting and talk!
September 23, 2024
Join us for the first meeting of the semester Smithies in Science Club at Smith! Guest Martha Weiss, professor and director, Biology Department and co-director, Environmental Studies Program at Georgetown University will join us via Zoom. If you are interested in Environmental Science or Biology, come and hear her speak about her career and answer any questions you may have! If you want to join the Smithies in Science email list, you can sign up at the link below:
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Ford Hall 240 (Picker Case Study Room)
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Events Off Campus

Environmental Justice and Building a Clean Energy Economy
September 19, 2024
Join Black Appalachian Coalition, Ohio River Valley Institute and Main Street for Lunch & Learn at noon where we will hear from Archbishop Marcia Dinkins framing the issue of shaping a new economy with justice, inclusion and environmentally safe communities. Our special guests: Dr. Jalonne White-Newsome, Environmental Justice 40 Initiative Director for the White House Council on Environmental Quality will address the importance of the EJ-40 Initiative. Her perspective brings a new paradigm to government spending as a catalyst for change. Sonia Kikeri, National Director for Policy and Civic Engagement for Emerald Cities will show how strong economies are democratic and inclusive of all populations that are impacted by public and private investment and policy decisions. Patricia DeMarco will discuss the intrinsic dignity of work and the new direction for jobs in the clean economy. There will be time for discussion and a call to action for October and November. Register for the event at the link below.
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Over Zoom
12:00 pm

A Look at the Women in the Etchings of Frank A. Waugh
September 19, 2024
With Professor Emerita Annaliese Bischoff. In the twentieth century Frank A. Waugh was one of the most influential writers and advocates for horticulture, landscape design, and conservation, though he is not well known today. He wanted people to see beauty in the common places around them, beginning with the trees. Late in life he took up etching so he could represent trees in his penultimate book to popularize tree appreciation for everyone- men, women and children. In these etchings, beyond the trees, he represented three little known women who factored into his life- his wife, his eldest daughter and the long-term cleaning lady. Through the window of the etchings, more understanding about all of their important lives can be gleaned- how Waugh supported them and how they supported Waugh adds a dimension to history to be shared here. Their historically significant contributions to the larger community will be the focus. This Zube Lecture is sponsored by the UMass Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning.
UMass Amherst Design Building Lecture Hall (DB 170)
4:00 pm to 5:00 pm