News & Events Secondary Scroll Left In This Section News & Events Close Secondary Nav Kahn Project Fellowships Kahn Projects Expand Kahn Projects Menu Past Long-Term Projects Past Short-Term Projects News & Events More Check back regularly to read profiles of students and faculty, notes from the Kahn staff, and to learn more about Kahn projects and events. What’s Happening at the Kahn Smith Quarterly When the Past Won’t Let Go Students, faculty examine spirituality and hauntings via various lenses in Kahn Institute project. Smith Quarterly February 17, 2026 Kahn Institute Student Fellows 2025–26 The Kahn Liberal Arts Institute is delighted to announce our student fellows for 2025–26. April 29, 2025 Research & Inquiry “Do Plants Know Math?” Christophe Golé’s new book asks—and illustrates—fundamental questions. Research & Inquiry November 10, 2024 Kahn Student Fellows 2024–25 The Kahn Liberal Arts Institute is delighted to announce our student fellows for 2024–25. April 22, 2024 Abortion as a Human Right: A Dialogue Thursday, March 28, 2024, 6–8 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room February 19, 2024 Research & Inquiry From Atom to Molecule: Reflections on Jun Sawada and Yasuo Deguchi’s visit to Smith College Read about the highlights from “How Can Human Values Inform Technological Innovation? A Dialogue.” Research & Inquiry December 12, 2023 A Publication Celebration: Christen Mucher’s and Javier Puente’s New Books Come engage with groundbreaking books from two Smith professors: Christen Mucher's Before American H... March 17, 2023 Vegetal Forms: Knowing Time and Place Through Plants How does plant form communicate trauma, landscape, memory, and place? Join us to discuss the work of... February 15, 2023 1 2 3
Smith Quarterly When the Past Won’t Let Go Students, faculty examine spirituality and hauntings via various lenses in Kahn Institute project. Smith Quarterly February 17, 2026
Kahn Institute Student Fellows 2025–26 The Kahn Liberal Arts Institute is delighted to announce our student fellows for 2025–26. April 29, 2025
Research & Inquiry “Do Plants Know Math?” Christophe Golé’s new book asks—and illustrates—fundamental questions. Research & Inquiry November 10, 2024
Kahn Student Fellows 2024–25 The Kahn Liberal Arts Institute is delighted to announce our student fellows for 2024–25. April 22, 2024
Abortion as a Human Right: A Dialogue Thursday, March 28, 2024, 6–8 p.m. in the Campus Center Carroll Room February 19, 2024
Research & Inquiry From Atom to Molecule: Reflections on Jun Sawada and Yasuo Deguchi’s visit to Smith College Read about the highlights from “How Can Human Values Inform Technological Innovation? A Dialogue.” Research & Inquiry December 12, 2023
A Publication Celebration: Christen Mucher’s and Javier Puente’s New Books Come engage with groundbreaking books from two Smith professors: Christen Mucher's Before American H... March 17, 2023
Vegetal Forms: Knowing Time and Place Through Plants How does plant form communicate trauma, landscape, memory, and place? Join us to discuss the work of... February 15, 2023