When making decisions about the future, “think back to this moment, right here, on the cusp of graduation,” Levine advised.

I entered Smith in 1949, uncertain and unsure. I graduated in 1953, confident and more aware of who I was. During those in-between years, I struggled mightily for several reasons.

Abby Allen ’19 grew up in Minnesota, where her family belonged to a conservative Jewish congregation and she attended Jewish ...

Sarah Peskin ’71 credits Smith with inspiring her mission to preserve Frances Perkins’s historic home I often tell people ...

The Smith community comes together for events throughout the year. From the first Rally Day in 1876, to Julia Child Day and the Sherrerd Teaching Prizes, begun in 2004, the college's annual events ...

Eco-anxiety /Global Warming is an ongoing series of watercolor monotypes on 22” x 30” Arches Hot Press watercolor paper. Dark humor sets the tone, inspired by silent film comedians, especially the ...

Martha Ackelsberg joined the Smith faculty in 1972, was appointed Five College 40th Anniversary Professor in 2006, and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor in 2007. She retired at the end of 2014. At Smith, ...

Did you ever have trouble deciding on a major? What, ultimately, helped you decide? When I originally came to Smith, I knew that I wanted to be a STEM major, but I had no idea where that would lead me ...

In addition to holding the Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Chair in Middle East Studies, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government, Steven Heydemann is a nonresident senior fellow in the ...

In 2024, I spent the summer working on climate change communications for the Office of Protected Resources in National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries. With guidance from my ...