“It was just the vibe,” Cothren says of what unexpectedly drew her to the college. When a member of the club hockey team ...

Once reluctant to reveal her years, the bestselling author now embraces the freedom that comes late in life Sophy Doub ...

It’s a phrase usually meant to spark excitement and optimism about the road ahead, but for graduates entering today’s ...

Karelia Stetz-Waters ’99 lives in Oregon with her wife of 27 years; her pug, Willa Cather; and a garden full of hummingbirds ...

It was my first time applying for the Guggenheim Fellowship, a mid-career award for practitioners in every field of knowledge ...

Is it fair to hold women athletes to men’s standards? For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 ...

“I’ll put up a slide with a picture of the Earth spinning and just say, ‘I acknowledge the moment,’” Katz says. “On my ...

Having left Boston for the Jersey Shore, she began wandering the beaches there, collecting branches and contemplating this new chapter of her life. A few years later, while reeling from a fight with a ...

Two Smith College alums—author and feminist icon Gloria Steinem ’56 and lawyer and civil rights advocate Deborah N. Archer ...

Inviting Pandith to be the keynote speaker fit perfectly with this year’s Cromwell Day theme of “Courage and Community in ...

Loretta J. Ross teaches a course on White Supremacy, Human Rights and Calling In the Calling Out Culture as a visiting associate professor at Smith College. Since beginning her academic career in 2017 ...

In the latest Conversation with Sarah, President Sarah Willie-LeBreton reflects on the values that guide Smith as a neighbor and partner.