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Smith College is a distinguished liberal arts college committed to providing the highest quality undergraduate education for women to enable them to develop their intellects and talents and to participate effectively and fully in society.
The college began more than 140 years ago in the mind and conscience of a New England woman. The sum of money used to buy the first land, erect the first buildings and begin the endowment was the bequest of Sophia Smith. When she inherited a large fortune at age 65, Sophia Smith decided, after much deliberation and advice, that leaving her inheritance to found a women’s college was the best way for her to fulfill the moral obligation she expressed so eloquently in her will:
“I hereby make the following provisions for the establishment and maintenance of an Institution for the higher education of young women, with the design to furnish for my own sex means and facilities for education equal to those which are afforded now in our colleges to young men.” Source
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| Country | United States of America |
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Search ArticlesChemistry Lecture
Skip to main content Wednesday, February 18, 2026 4:30-6 p.m. Location: Ford Hall 240 (Picker Case Study Room) For: Chemistry Lecture: Jennifer Laaser
Kunstadter Lecture: Ken Botnick
Focusing on five publications from his emdash press, Ken Botnick will discuss the roles of designer, author, artist, craftsman, and publisher, and how they frame the conceptual questions that shape his work. Supported by the Maxine and Sigmund Kunstadter Lecture Fund and presented by the Department of Art
Smith College Medalist Elim Chan ’09: ‘I Gained My Courage and Fearlessness at Smith’
Known for her expressive energy and concise movements, Elim Chan ’09 is one of the most sought-after classical music conductors of her generation. In 2014, she became the first woman to win the prestigious Donatella Flick Conducting Competition, and went on to spend the 2015–16 season as assistant conductor at the London Symphony Orchestra.
Smith College Medalist Wendy Brown Dean ’87: ‘Women’s Colleges Are Living Demonstrations of Women’s Potential’
Physician Wendy Brown Dean ’87 is co-founder and CEO of The Moral Injury of Healthcare, a nonprofit focused on alleviating workplace distress among health care and medical professionals caused by overwork and factors that don’t allow them to make independent decisions. “Moral injury,” she maintains, more accurately describes what has been traditionally called “physician burnout,” because “moral injury” signifies that the system is broken—not the individual.
Smith College Medalist Lori L. Tharps ’94: ‘Is Saving the World Too Much To Ask?’
Lori L. Tharps ’94 is an author, journalist, educator, podcast host, and popular speaker who describes her work as meeting “at the intersection of race and real life.” Tharps spent two years working on Madison Avenue at one of New York City’s top public relations agencies before earning a master’s from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She started her journalism career as a staff reporter at Vibe magazine, then as a correspondent for Entertainment Weekly.
Smith College Medalist Theanne Griffith ’08: ‘I Wish Every Scientist Had a Liberal Arts Background!’
Theanne Griffith ’08 is an assistant professor in the department of physiology and membrane biology at the University of California, Davis. Last year, she was named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Freeman Hraboski Scholar. The Griffith Lab investigates the sense of proprioception, or the internal awareness of the body’s position in space, using a combination of molecular biology, physiology, and neuroscience techniques. The impact of her research has been far-reaching.
Smith College Named a Top Fulbright Producer
News of Note Photo by Jessica Scranton Published February 10, 2026 Smith College has once again been named among the nation’s top producers of Fulbright U.S. Student Program award recipients, continuing a long-standing record of preparing graduates for global engagement and impact. Smith is one of only five baccalaureate institutions that can claim being a Top Producer of Fulbright Students every year since the designation began in the 2009–10 academic year.
Jenny Browne Poetry Reading
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 7-8:30 p.m. Location: Weinstein Auditorium For: Jenny Browne’s recent poems—from her forthcoming book I Am Trying to Love the Whole World (BOA 2026)—grapple after grace through incantations, linguistic veers, refutations of easy solace, and “trying to praise what left us gutted.” Browne’s work is fierce and tender all at once, and her poems brim with both loss and beauty as they bear down brilliantly on grief and the forever-failable human heart. BDPC YouTube page.
Chemistry Rosenfeld Lecture
Skip to main content Wednesday, February 11, 2026 4:30-5:30 p.m. Location: Ford Hall 240 (Picker Case Study Room) For: Chemistry Rosenfeld Lecture: Paul Hergenrother
Fall Senior Exhibition
On view through February 12, 2026 Mondays-Fridays, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. A culminating group exhibition by senior Studio Art majors. Contributing artists: Rebecca Aware, Ilana Diddams, Tori Gomez, Veda Hedgepeth, Rowan Howe, Sula Johnson, Joan Kobayashi, Lan Kung, Nikté Lopez-Aleshire, Isa Norris-Howard, Eloise Silver Van Meter, and Risa Watanabe Free and open to the public