Since its establishment in 1962, the Smith Medal has been awarded to more than 200 alums, each of whom has exemplified “the ...

Adrienne Rich‘s life and writings have bravely and eloquently challenged roles, myths, and assumptions for half a century. She has been a fervent activist against racism, sexism, economic injustice, ...

Erinn McGurn ’94 brings her experience as a student, alum, and board member to her role in shaping the Campus Use Plan As an architect, Erinn McGurn ’94 has always been drawn to mission-driven ...

Fourteen new tenure-track professors will begin teaching at Smith this fall in disciplines ranging from economics to Jewish ...

Smith College senior brings her future into focus with Madison Square Garden photography internship.

Part two of “Women’s Clothes and the Stories They Tell” looks at the laborious undertaking of preparing the collection for its museum debut. The process of curating the Smith College Historic Clothing ...

Part three of “Women’s Clothes and the Stories They Tell” looks at the significance of the SCHCC as a teaching resource. When Kiki Smith ’71, professor of theatre, started the Smith College Historic ...

Learn more about how Smith is providing resources and support for Smith’s on-campus community related to antisemitism and Islamophobia. This special Spring/Summer 2026 double issue is devoted to ...

Julianna Tymoczko’s research is between algebraic geometry and algebraic combinatorics, including studies of geometric representations of the symmetric group, modern Schubert calculus, and equivariant ...

The Fellowships & Postgraduate Scholarships Program supports Smith students and recent alums who want to apply for national and international fellowships and scholarships. Our approach revolves around ...

Karen Kukil is an international authority on Sylvia Plath and Virginia Woolf. She edited the unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath (2000) and co-edited a two-volume edition of The Letters of Sylvia ...

At Smith today, caps and gowns are worn at Commencement to symbolize unity and academic achievement. Academic dress is believed to have originated at medieval British universities. At Smith’s first ...