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“Even though I’m focusing
my philanthropy on
supporting the sciences
at Smith, I’m really
supporting the institution
as it exists today: a strong
liberal arts institution, a
strong science institution
WE’RE and a single-sex
institution. Those three
things matter to me.â€
EXPANDING 38 PERCENT OF SMITH –SUSAN MAY MOLINEAUX ’75
STUDENTS MAJOR
OUR REACH IN THE NATURAL During the 2015–16 academic
SCIENCES. NATIONALLY,
WOMEN ACCOUNT FOR
THROUGH ONLY 19 PERCENT OF MORE THAN
year alone, Smith received
DEGREES CONFERRED
IN THOSE SAME
SCHOLARLY DISCIPLINES. $7 MILLION
TO SUPPORT
FACULTY RESEARCH
WORK. In 2015-16, Smith ranked AND CURRICULAR
at the top of the Oberlin
Group’s 86 selective liberal
arts colleges in terms of PROGRAMMING
funding from the National AND INITIATIVES.
Science Foundation, the
National Endowment for the
Humanities, and the National
Endowment for the Arts.
Over the past dozen years,
Smith has won more Fulbright
Fellowships than any other
liberal arts college in the
country, including 130 winners
from 2009 to 2016.