Jeffrey Ahlman, professor of history, is the author of “W.E.B. Du Bois and the Liberian Question: Sovereignty, Empire, and ...

I often tell people that in college I didn’t want to major in anything—I wanted to major in everything! I changed my major ...

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 ...

When she graduated, she pledged to help create opportunities for new generations of Smithies. Her contributions support ...

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 ...

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.

The annual Draper Competition for Collegiate Women Entrepreneurs is designed to hone the skills that undergraduate women need to advance from idea to venture creation. Through multiple rounds of ...

Yael Granot received her doctorate in social psychology from New York University and her bachelor’s from Vassar College. Her research focus is psychology and law. She uses eye tracking and other ...

Go touch (and design) grass! Did you ever have trouble deciding on a major? What, ultimately, helped you decide? I entered Smith without knowing what I wanted for my career, let alone what I wanted to ...

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 ...

Naomi Miller teaches in the department of English as well as the Study of Women & Gender. Her teaching interests include Shakespeare, early modern women authors, lyric poetry of all periods and ...