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Working with 20,000 Matzoh Balls and a Safety Net

Two outstanding staff members—Associate Dean of Students Becky Shaw and chef Hilary Mikucki—are recipients of this year’s Gavel Awards

CEEDS Research

Side Effects of Salt

Professor Amy Rhodes and Frances Li ’23J worked to study the impact of campus de-icing protocols.

  • CEEDS Research
Amy Rhodes
Research & Inquiry

People News, March 2025

Read about the latest accomplishments of Smith students, faculty, staff, and alums.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • March 26, 2025
two people in a kayak paddle beneath a flowering tree

Learn more about how Smith is providing resources and support for Smith's on-campus community related to antisemitism and Islamophobia.

Smith Quarterly

Check out the landing page for the Smith Quarterly, containing current and past issues.

On the Cover, Winter 2025

In her new book, Unrig the Game: What Women of Color Can Teach Everyone About Winning, visionary leader and grassroots organizer Vanessa Priya Daniel ’00 champions women of color as the ‘MVPs’ of social justice movements. Learn about her experience and read an excerpt from the book.

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Campus Life

Learning to ‘Be Navy’

During World War II, the campus transformed itself into U.S.S. Northampton, the official training gr...

  • Campus Life
  • June 11, 2019
WAVES standing in the shape of USNR and an anchor
Smithies Create

Famous Last Words

Two of Smith’s most iconic alumnae, Sylvia Plath ’55 and Julia Child ’34, live on in new books.

  • Smithies Create
  • June 10, 2019
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Smithies Create

Fun with Puns

Peadoodles, the brainchild of Lisa Slavid ’90, is a line of more than 1,000 cartoons featuring food,...

  • Smithies Create
  • June 10, 2019
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Smithies Create

Three Sheets to the Wind

Three Sheets to the Wind is an illustrated reference guide to the nautical origins of everyday expre...

  • Smithies Create
  • June 10, 2019
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Other News & Publications

Smith Quarterly  
The Smith Quarterly was established in 1909 and is published by the Office of College Relations four times a year.

Smith eDigest
The Smith eDigest is sent to all campus e-mail accounts, providing important notices, college news, deadline notifications and other college information.

Notes From Paradise
Distributed weekly by the Office of College Relations, Notes From Paradise is an e-newsletter for alumnae, faculty, staff, students and friends of the college.

Insight
Insight was an online journal chronicling the ideas, intellectual life and creative thinking inherent within the culture of research and the liberal arts at Smith. It was published from 2010 to 2016.

The Sophian
The Sophian is the official, independent student newspaper.

NewsSmith
Published through Spring 2010, NewsSmith was distributed by the Office of College Relations for alumnae, staff, students and friends.

Library Events, Exhibitions & News
Listings of upcoming events at the libraries, current exhibitions, links to online exhibits and to newsletters, including News from the Smith College Libraries, Friends of the Libraries Newsletter and the Sophia Smith Collection’s Imposing Evidence.

Smith College Studies in Social Work
Since 1930, the Smith College Studies in Social Work has published materials of interest to clinical social workers and social work educators.

Meridians
Meridians, a collaborative venture of Smith’s Women’s Studies Program and Wesleyan University, is a new feminist interdisciplinary journal and forum for scholarship and creative work by and about women of color.

Amazonian Literary Review
The Amazonian Literary Review is a journal dedicated to the literary traditions of the countries of the Amazonian Basin.

Botanic Garden News
Published twice each year by the Friends of the Botanic Garden.

Smith Style Guide
Maintained by the Office of College Relations, the Smith Style Guide is a reference for Smith-specific words and phrases.