Smith in the News
This page features selected news items about Smith College people and programs.
December 2017
12/18/2017
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Prospects in Syria - The Intercept
12/18/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Soccer now a genuine major league, but low on the hierarchy - Crain's Detroit Business
12/15/2017
12/14/2017
12/14/2017
12/13/2017
Smith Prof. Daniel Gardner comments on China's crackdown against pollution - South China Morning Post
12/12/2017
12/12/2017
12/12/2017
12/11/2017
12/8/2017
12/5/2017
12/5/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne: Increasing AIDS awareness - Washington Post
12/1/2017
Putting real-world environmental scenarios into the classroom - Education Dive
12/1/2017
Five Colleges Names Sarah Pfatteicher '88 executive director - Business West
November 2017
11/30/2017
Review: 'Life Among the Scorpions' by Jaya Jaitly '63 - The Times of India
11/29/2017
11/28/2017
Western Mass colleges offer support to displaced students from Puerto Rico - MassLive/The Republican
11/21/2017
11/21/2017
11/21/2017
11/21/2017
11/17/2017
Thanksgiving Match program sparks long-term connections - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/15/2017
11/15/2017
President Kathleen McCartney: Taxing endowments - Boston Globe
11/15/2017
Meet Hartford Symphony music director Carolyn Kuan '99 - The Take Magazine
11/14/2017
Smith, Mount Holyoke announce programs for displaced students from Puerto Rico - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/13/2017
Smith program helps teach "the right way to be wrong" - Harvard Business Review Online
11/13/2017
What Barbara Cooney '38's illustrations teach us about moral courage - Atlantic Online
11/13/2017
Prof. Daniel Gardner: Prioritizing the environment in China - South China Morning Post
11/9/2017
11/7/2017
Photo essay: The unseen Julia Child '34 - New York Times
11/3/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How the proposed tax plan will affect sports stadiums - U.S. News & World Report
11/2/2017
Smith helps support new affordable housing in Northampton - MassLive/The Republican
11/2/2017
With Smith support, Northampton breaks ground on new affordable housing - Daily Hampshire Gazette
11/1/2017
Literary Review: The Letters of Sylvia Plath, Vol. 1 - Literary Review
October 2017
10/30/2017
10/30/2017
10/25/2017
10/24/2017
10/24/2017
Ruth J. Simmons appointed eighth president of Prairie View A&M University - Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
10/24/2017
Smith holds groundbreaking for Neilson Library project - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
10/23/2017
Where to see (really see) the art of Maya Lin - New York Times Online
10/23/2017
President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons named president of Prairie View - Inside Higher Ed
10/23/2017
Smith President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons finds a third act - Chronicle of Higher Education
10/18/2017
10/17/2017
10/17/2017
Radio Readings of Sylvia Plath 'Letters' - BBC Radio 4
10/17/2017
Novel by Lola Lafon set at Smith College - France Inter
10/17/2017
Gracie Hackenberg '18: A built-it-herself race car takes on the track - Wall Street Journal
10/17/2017
Prof. Michael Gorra: Henry Green is as good as his word - Paris Review
10/17/2017
Smith professors recall poet Richard Wilbur - MassLive/The Republican
10/13/2017
Tomi-Ann Roberts '85: Harvey Weinstein and the consequences of sexual objectification - NPR/National Public Radio Online
10/13/2017
At the SCMA: A Dangerous Woman -- The art of Honoré Sharrer - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
10/13/2017
Smith Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: How managerial changes effect the bottom line - Bloomberg Baystate Business Hour
10/13/2017
Smith Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Buyouts for college coaches - Tampa Bay Times
10/13/2017
10/13/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Federal investigation fuels debate over amateur nature of college sports - U.S. News & World Report
10/11/2017
Review: Diana Oh '08's {my lingerie play} - The New York Times
10/10/2017
Review: Letters of Sylvia Plath, Vol. 1 - New Statesman
10/10/2017
10/10/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne: The Liberian elections - Washington Post
10/4/2017
10/2/2017
10/2/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Sports events and sustainability - Austrian Broadcast System
September 2017
9/29/2017
9/29/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne: Presidential age limits in Uganda - Washington Post
9/27/2017
9/27/2017
Thelma Golden '87: Leader's vision for Studio Museum - New York Times
9/27/2017
Prof. Carrie Baker: Civil Rights Wronged - Ms. Magazine blog
9/25/2017
'Dearest Teddy': Sylvia Plath's love letters to Ted Hughes published for the first time - The Telegraph, U.K.
9/25/2017
Sylvia Plath's unseen letters describe 1953 suicide attempt - The Telegraph, U.K.
9/25/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Government takes a pass on the Olympic torch - Regulation Magazine
9/25/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on government spending and the Olympics - Regulation Magazine
9/21/2017
9/20/2017
The Constitution as savior: Mass. AG Maura Healey speaks at Smith - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/20/2017
9/18/2017
Prof. Carrie Baker: The Department of Injustice - Ms. Magazine
9/15/2017
9/13/2017
Prof. Ginetta Candelario: The conflicted quest for straight hair - San Francisco Chronicle
9/13/2017
Prof. Suzan Edwards: Stars and faith on Hawaii's Mauna Kea - BBC World Service
9/12/2017
Mollie Pleau '17: To the Air Force -- and beyond - Kennebec Journal
9/12/2017
Prof. Ruth Pearlman: Grieving the death of a pet - Daily Hampshire Gazette
9/11/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Bringing the Pistons back to Detroit - Crain's Business
9/6/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Vote-buying damages IOC - Associated Press
August 2017
8/30/2017
8/30/2017
8/28/2017
8/28/2017
Betty Friedan '42: The woman who asked “Is this all?” - Yahoo Style
8/28/2017
8/24/2017
Margaret Worthen '06, brain injuries, and civil rights - The New York Times
8/24/2017
Prof. Don Robinson: Hope rooted in stamina of the American soul - Daily Hampshire Gazette
8/23/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Investing in college athletes - Wall Street Journal
8/22/2017
Prof. Daniel Gardner: Pollution and anti-corruption in China - Radio Free Asia
8/22/2017
8/22/2017
Hundreds gather at Northampton eclipse-viewing events - Daily Hampshire Gazette Online
8/18/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne reviews book by Miroslava Prazak '79 - Washington Post
8/18/2017
Prof. Eric Reeves: Recalling Lincoln in the wake of Charlottesville - Huffington Post
8/16/2017
Smith supports Hungry Ghost Bread community garden - The Republican
8/14/2017
Dean Deb Shaver: Important support - Washington Post
8/14/2017
Emelie Chace Donahue '18: Options for reconstruction in Syria - Atlantic Council
8/11/2017
8/11/2017
Prof. Marnie Anderson: On effective diplomacy with North Korea - New York Times
8/9/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Los Angeles' Olympic negotiations - Los Angeles Times
8/4/2017
At D.C.'s portrait gallery, the side of Sylvia Plath '55 you didn't know - Washington Post
8/3/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Los Angeles and the 2028 Olympics - The Guardian
8/3/2017
Shira Doron '94 on antibiotic-resistant bacteria - PBS NewsHour
8/2/2017
8/1/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne: Who governs when Nigerian president is sick? - Washington Post
8/1/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: L.A.'s successful negotiations with IOC - Los Angeles Times
July 2017
7/31/2017
Soccer program helps refugees - Chronicle of Philanthropy
7/31/2017
7/31/2017
Prof. Lauren Duncan: 25 years after ‘The Year of the Woman,’ what’s changed? - Boston Globe Online
7/26/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist gives talk in Tokyo - Japan Times
7/26/2017
7/24/2017
President Kathleen McCartney: Tackling gender stereotypes - The New York Times
7/24/2017
7/24/2017
7/24/2017
Smith Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Community involvement important for the Bucks' longterm success - Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
7/21/2017
Prof. Daniel Elihu Kramer shakes things up at the Chester Theatre Company - Daily Hampshire Gazette
7/21/2017
Quinceañeras protest Texas sanctuary city ban - National Public Radio
7/20/2017
7/20/2017
Smith Prof. Pinky Hota contributes to new book on 'trigger warnings' - Inside Higher Ed
7/19/2017
7/13/2017
7/13/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Who wants the Olympics? - WBUR's 'On Point'
7/11/2017
7/11/2017
7/10/2017
Victoria Schein '16 is shaping the future of Ford - The Street
7/9/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On NBA salaries - NPR -- Weekend Edition Saturday
7/6/2017
Learning resilience through failure - Good Morning, America
7/6/2017
Prof. Randy Frost: Helping those who hoard - The New York Times
June 2017
6/26/2017
President Emerita Ruth Simmons named interim president at Prairie View A&M - U.S. News & World Report
6/26/2017
Teaching resilience - The New York Times
6/26/2017
6/20/2017
President Emerita Ruth Simmons named interim pres at Prairie View A&M - Houston Chronicle
6/19/2017
Prof. Josh Miller comments on China bomb blast - New York Times
6/19/2017
President Kathleen McCartney: What's worked - The Chronicle of Higher Education
6/15/2017
Dorothy Siegel '68: Reshaping autism education - New York Times
6/14/2017
Smith Prof. Carrie Baker: Nevada says 'yes' to ERA - Ms. Magazine
6/14/2017
6/13/2017
Kory Stamper '96: A 'lexicographical Bildungsroman' - The Chronicle of Higher Education
6/9/2017
How Bostonians defeated the Olympics - The Atlantic
6/9/2017
Smith librarian co-curates national exhibition on Sylvia Plath '55 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/8/2017
Prof. Carrie Baker: Confronting human trafficking - Emory Magazine
6/7/2017
Best commencement speeches of 2017 - Rolling Stone Magazine
6/7/2017
6/7/2017
Brittany Collins '19: The power of women's stories - Ms. Magazine
6/2/2017
Inside the wild and wonder-filled world of Jane Yolen '60 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
6/1/2017
May 2017
5/30/2017
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Syria reconstruction and the illusion of leverage - Atlantic Council
5/30/2017
Kim Bierwert on 40 years of coaching at Smith - Swimming World
5/26/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the Yankees' financial outlook - New York Daily News
5/25/2017
Speakers, including Oprah, offer parting advice to grads - San Francisco Chronicle
5/23/2017
5/23/2017
5/23/2017
5/22/2017
5/19/2017
5/19/2017
5/19/2017
5/15/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: Los Angeles is all in for the 2024 Olympics - The New York Times
5/10/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: IOC remains vulnerable to corruption - 89.3 KPCC Radio
5/10/2017
5/10/2017
Luma Mufleh '97 cited in top philanthropists list - Town and Country
5/10/2017
5/9/2017
Prof. John Davis named to new role at Smithsonian - Smithsonian Newsdesk
5/9/2017
Smith professor hopes to build on 'resilience' of refugees - MassLive.com/The Republican
5/9/2017
5/9/2017
Ancient class distinctions in SCMA exhibit - Christian Science Monitor
5/9/2017
Victoria Schein '16: On life in Detroit - Bloomberg News Online
5/9/2017
Prof. John Davis named to Smithsonian position - Artdaily.org
5/8/2017
Smith to host conference on refugees - MassLive/The Republican
5/8/2017
Great commencement speeches - Esquire
5/5/2017
5/4/2017
Sid Dalby: How elite institutions can stand out to two-year students - The Evolllution
5/3/2017
5/2/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist co-authors 'anti-Olympics' manifesto - AT Radio, Around the Rings
5/2/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: More layoffs likely at ESPN - Taipei Times
5/2/2017
5/2/2017
5/2/2017
April 2017
4/28/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The future of ESPN - Yahoo Sports
4/25/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The inside story of No Boston Olympics - Commonwealth Magazine
4/24/2017
4/24/2017
Prof. Andrew Rotman is author of new book about Bollywood star - The Hindustan Times
4/24/2017
4/24/2017
Dana Udwin '14: What it means to be a data scientist - Parade Magazine
4/24/2017
Prof. Eric Reeves: Darfur—the most 'successful' genocide in a century - Huffington Post
4/21/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist's new book on Boston and the Olympics - Boston Globe
4/20/2017
Prof. Kim Yi Dionne on 'road rage' case in Zambia - World Politics Review
4/20/2017
Terry Gross interviews Kory Stamper '96 - Fresh Air
4/20/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on why communities cater to sports teams - The Real Deal in Sports, NPR/Denver [5:00]
4/18/2017
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Still several steps away from a catastrophic war - Valley Advocate
4/18/2017
Prof. Kate Soper, the Pulitzers, and women composers - The New Yorker
4/18/2017
Kory Stamper '96: American's uncivil war over words - The New York Times
4/18/2017
President Kathleen McCartney: Closing the gap for first-generation students - Chronicle of Higher Education
4/17/2017
4/12/2017
4/11/2017
4/10/2017
Book Review: 'Word by Word' by Kory Stamper '96 - The New Yorker
4/10/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On Hartford's new ball park - Hartford Courant
4/10/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The allure of Wrigley Field - Chicago Tribune
4/10/2017
4/10/2017
Smith College exhibit shows what ancient ruins reveal about garden medicine - Daily Hampshire Gazette
4/6/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist discusses whether hosting Olympics is worth it to cities - SportsNet, Canada
4/3/2017
Draper entrepreneurship competition inspires Smithie to launch business venture - Daily Hampshire Gazette
March 2017
3/31/2017
Provost Katherine Rowe: Smith can shape the culture of data science - Diverse Issues in Higher Education
3/30/2017
Smith prof. Andrew Zimbalist on UConn women's basketball - Hartford Courant
3/30/2017
3/29/2017
3/28/2017
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Keeping the Syrian conflict in mind - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/27/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The budgetary challenges of hosting the Olympics - The Japan Times
3/27/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on UMass basketball coach's decision to leave - Western Mass News
3/27/2017
3/27/2017
Smith College hires first-ever contemporary art curator - Artforum Online
3/27/2017
Smith College names first-ever contemporary art curator - Artdaily.org
3/23/2017
Prof. Steven Heydemann: Little reason for optimism in Syria - ZDF Heute, Germany
3/23/2017
Remembering President Emerita Mary Maples Dunn as a 'townie' - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/23/2017
Prof. Emeritus Don Robinson: Experiencing a political revolution - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/23/2017
3/23/2017
Kory Stamper '96 leads journey into the Merriam-Webster word factory - New York Times
3/23/2017
Mary Maples Dunn, advocate of women’s colleges, dies at 85 - New York Times
3/22/2017
Renowned scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., will speak at Smith - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/22/2017
3/21/2017
President Emerita Mary Maples Dunn dies at 85 - Daily Hampshire Gazette
3/20/2017
No Boston Olympics to publish book on how they torpedoed city's 2024 bid - Inside the Games
3/20/2017
3/20/2017
Smith Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on the value of hosting the Olympics - BBC World Service
3/20/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist's new book, 'Unwinding Madness' - U.S. News & World Report
3/20/2017
Prof. Annaliese K. Beery: Are biomedical researchers forgetting females? - Chemical & Engineering News
3/17/2017
Smith Prof. Andrew Zimbalist recommends making L.A. permanent host of Summer Olympics - The Bakersfield Californian
3/15/2017
3/15/2017
President Emerita Carol T. Christ named chancellor at UC Berkeley - New York Times
3/15/2017
Former Smith College president will be UC Berkeley's first female chancellor - Los Angeles Times
3/9/2017
3/9/2017
Photos: Smith College bulb show gives sneak peek of Spring - The Republican
3/8/2017
3/7/2017
3/7/2017
Prof. Lauren Duncan: On the feasibility of a women's strike - Boston Globe
3/7/2017
3/7/2017
President Kathleen McCartney: Calling out sexism - New York Times
February 2017
2/27/2017
2/23/2017
Prof. Carrie Baker: Fighting for true workplace advancement - Ms. Magazine
2/22/2017
2/21/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist on the Olympic Movement - Harry Shearer
2/21/2017
Smith raises record-high $486 million - New York Times
2/21/2017
Smith announces record fund-raising - Boston Globe
2/21/2017
Prof. Kate Soper's Philosophy Opera - The New Yorker
2/21/2017
Review of Prof. Andrew Zimbalist's new book - Inside Higher Ed
2/20/2017
2/20/2017
Smith is a trailblazer for transfer students - University Business Online
2/20/2017
Smith earns major grant for life sciences education - Springfield Republican
2/20/2017
Smith sets new fund-raising record for women's colleges - Inside Higher Ed
2/20/2017
Admission dean Deb Shaver defines ‘leadership’ - Concord Monitor Online
2/17/2017
2/15/2017
Smith mentioned among 'Coolest College Architecture in U.S.' - University Business
2/14/2017
2/7/2017
Prof. Alex Barron: Science and the EPA - Valley Advocate
2/2/2017
2/2/2017
2/1/2017
2/1/2017
2/1/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: The Raiders' stadium deal - Marketplace
2/1/2017
January 2017
1/31/2017
1/30/2017
'Leisure and Luxury' among top upcoming art events - Boston Globe
1/30/2017
1/27/2017
Prof. Don Robinson: What should Democrats do now? - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/25/2017
Smith contributes $100,000 for Northampton affordable housing - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/25/2017
Conservative journalist Ana Navarro discusses 2016 presidential election - Daily Hampshire Gazette
1/25/2017
Commentator Rachel Maddow discusses election results at Smith College - International Business Times, U.K.
1/24/2017
1/23/2017
1/23/2017
Rachel Jackson '12 on significance of marching in D.C. - Inside Higher Ed
1/19/2017
1/18/2017
1/17/2017
Prof. Andrew Zimbalist: On the Chargers' move to Los Angeles - Chicago Tribune
1/17/2017
1/17/2017
1/17/2017
Smith senior is bringing math to Connecticut middle school students - Greenwich Time
1/17/2017
1/11/2017
1/10/2017
1/5/2017
1/4/2017
Tracking author Margaret Mitchell '22 in Atlanta - London Free Press
1/4/2017
ASA Early Career Profiles: Dana Udwin '14 - Journal of the American Statistical Association Online
1/4/2017
Yoo Eun Kim '16: How Obi-Wan Kenobi helped me love my name - Chicago Tribune
1/3/2017
Eric Felten reviews new book by Prof. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz - Wall Street Journal
1/3/2017
1/3/2017
1/3/2017
Women for Action interview with Alexa DeJesus '10 - Women for Action
1/3/2017
Alexa DeJesus '10 works for National Women's Caucus - South Coast Today
1/3/2017
An open letter to parents from Smith psychiatrist - Psychology Today
1/3/2017
Prof Emeritus Don Robinson: In season of Advent, what can we hope for? - Daily Hampshire Gazette