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Smith Alumnae Quarterly

Faculty

All for the Cause

A fighter with a big heart, Loretta Ross is here to build a more just future.

  • Faculty
  • September 21, 2023
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Sustainability

Saving the Mountain Magnolia

Magnolia fraseri is facing extinction. Can Smith researchers figure out how to save it?

  • Sustainability
  • September 25, 2023
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“We come from a long line of Dominican women who were, each in their own way, committed to knowledge and learning and to women’s independence and to their future generations.”
Ginetta Candelario ’90, professor of sociology and of Latin American and Latino/a studies, on her late mother, Elena Maria Candelario Caceres, Daily Hampshire Gazette, July 21, 2023

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Campus

Welcome Home!

The Alumnae House reopens after a top-to-bottom renovation.

  • Campus
  • September 25, 2023
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Research & Inquiry

Behind the Screens

Neilson Professor’s new book demystifies digital inequality.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • September 26, 2023
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Research & Inquiry

The Joy of Making

Pilot class offers a preview of a new academic concentration.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • September 26, 2023
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Research & Inquiry

Bridging Continents

African scientists convene at Smith to conquer river blindness.

  • Research & Inquiry
  • September 26, 2023
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“I’m starting to learn that this symbiotic relationship between living and dying and, as an extension, loving and dying is kind of the answer to the question because as much as I feel like I have an answer when I’m around people, I think it’s when I can’t be around them or when someone’s taken from me—that’s the moment that I understand why we were brought together at all.”
Singer-songwriter Kara Jackson ’23, explaining her answer to the question that doubles as the title of her debut album (Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love?), NPR, May 12, 2023

Smithies Create

Smithies Create

The Way We Wore

Theatre professor Kiki Smith ’71 examines pieces from Smith’s Historic Clothing Collection.

  • Smithies Create
  • September 25, 2023
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Smithies Create

Inspiring BIPOC Writers

Read, Write & Create, a podcast hosted by Lori L. Tharps ’94, offers “pep talks for BIPOC writers.”

  • Smithies Create
  • September 25, 2023
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Smithies Create

Liquid Gold

Libellula olive oil, co-founded by Julia Franchi Scarselli ’18, expands its offerings.

  • Smithies Create
  • September 25, 2023
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Smithies Create

Need for Beads

These aren’t your grandmother’s brooches (though we’re sure those are lovely too!).

  • Smithies Create
  • September 25, 2023
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Smithies Create

Cheese the Day

Tenaya Darlington ’94, aka Madame Fromage, goes from cheese blogger to book author.

  • Smithies Create
  • September 25, 2023
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Smithie Lives

An Oasis in the News Desert

With the growing number of news deserts across the country, Deborah Dumaine ’70, left, and Jane Sherwin ’70 are helping keep local news from disappearing by launching a nonprofit weekly paper for their town of Belmont, MA. Jane first envisioned The Belmont Voice, and Deborah is helping with revenue and operations.

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Past Reads

Check out some articles from past issues of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly to see how members of the Smith community have been working to push the world forward.