Stay Connected to Smith
The Office of Alumnae Relations and Development welcomes you to “Stay Connected to Smith,” where you can explore the vibrant tapestry of Smith’s academic, cultural, and social initiatives. Here, you’ll find a wealth of engaging content, from thought-provoking lectures to insightful articles and impactful student projects, all to keep you connected, informed, and inspired.
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- Associate Professor Loretta Ross spoke with YES! Senior Editor Sonali Kolhatkar about her new book, Calling In: How to Start Making Change With Those You’d Rather Cancel.
- Chair of Smith’s psychology department, Professor Nnamdi Pole recently appeared on the Unraveling podcast, where he spoke with host Kurt White about his class The Psychology of the Black Experience, as well as the challenges that come with teaching about race in multicultural classrooms.
- Associate Professor Jennifer DeClue joined The Fabulous 413 radio show to discuss “the overlooked histories of those who were enslaved in the Connecticut River Valley, how women have been often left out of the slavery narrative, and how the legacy of slavery is evident as you walk down Main St.”
- Wurtele Center Director Erin Park Cohn ’00 and STRIDE Scholars Marta Almazovaite ’24 and Sirohi Kumar ’26 have published a paper titled “Group Projects as Spaces for Leadership Development in the Liberal Arts Classroom,” which focuses on preparing students to take on society’s greatest challenges.
- Through June 2025, the New York Historical Society presents Real clothes, real lives: 200 years of what women wore, the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection.
- Check out Smith Executive Education to enroll in women’s leadership programs.
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Feel Good
- Read a selection of little love stories to Smith, to celebrate the college’s 150th anniversary. You can submit your own story through our website.
- In honor of the college’s sesquicentennial, the Smith College Archives has compiled a series of photos capturing Smithies both in the classroom and at play. The photos span the 1880s through 2018, and they capture moments such as campus protests, astronomy classes, and one of the world’s first women’s basketball games.
- Sip, sip, hooray! First introduced during the inauguration of President Sarah Willie-LeBreton, Smith’s two custom tea blends are available for sale.
- Check out the winners of the Global Encounters Photo Contest.
- Download a beautiful Smith photo for your Zoom background.
Smithies Create
Check out a selection of the books by Smithies being released this year:
- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold ’26
- Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior by Melina Packer ’04 and Ambika Kamath
- Mostly French: Recipes from a Kitchen in Provence (A Cookbook) by Makenna Held ’07
- The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir by Freda Epum ’15
- purl by Michele Evans (Michele Peterson Evans ’94)
Smithies have made their mark in literature. If you would like to have your work appear on our list of Smithie authors, please fill out this form.
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Smithies in the Community
- Jane Cooke Wright ’45, recognized as the “Mother of Chemotherapy,” is featured in the article These 10 Black Physicians Transformed US Health Care.
- Smith Trustee Deborah Archer ’93 recently published the op-ed Sixty years after ‘Bloody Sunday’ the fight for democracy continues.
- As part of the 2025 class of Presidential Leadership Scholars, A. Brooke Bennett ’95 will travel to participating presidential centers to learn about the leadership principles of civic leaders and former U.S. presidents. Bennett is currently chief of staff for Arkansas Rep. French Hill.
- Olaolu Aganga ’03 and Anu Aiyengar ’91 are included on Barron’s annual list of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance, which honors women who have achieved leadership positions in the world of finance and are helping to shape its future.
- Heather Stone ’10, a science policy analyst for the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, is featured in the Washington Post’s “Who is Government?” Post Opinions series.
- Having grown up with frequent power outages in her home country of Kenya, June Lukuyu ’13 was driven to improve energy systems in underserved communities around the world. This is a primary focus of her University of Washington research group, IDEAS.
- Carolina Miranda '93 was awarded a 2024 Art Writers Grant from the Andy Warhol Foundation.
