With rapid advances in artificial intelligence sparking urgent global debates about human labor, technology access, and ...

Following a national search, Smith College has named ej seibert ’08 as its next Vice President for Equity and Inclusion.

It allowed me to begin to imagine a career as an academic and doing what I came to specialize in, which is qualitative ...

The new microscope, which replaces an outdated 2001 model, provides images at the nanoscale: billionths of a meter. In addition, it can produce images with minimal preparation of samples. The ...

Please join us in reading Becky Chambers’ Monk and Robot, our 2026 Smith Reads selection. This award-winning collection of two novellas imagines a hopeful future of a world recovering from ecological ...

Suleiman A. Mourad is a historian of Islamic and Middle Eastern cultures whose work focuses primarily on Muslims as makers and interpreters of their own religious, historical and legal traditions. His ...

Sujane Wu teaches courses on classical Chinese literature, culture and all levels of Mandarin Chinese language. Her literature and culture courses include The Culture of the Lyric in Traditional China ...

Leslie King’s research and teaching interests include population studies, environmental sociology, social movements and corporate power. Much of her research has focused on how ideologies of ...

Fernando Armstrong-Fumero is a historically oriented anthropologist with almost a quarter-century of research experience in the Yucatan Peninsula. His research focuses on the complex relationship ...

Roisin O’Sullivan is a macroeconomist interested in applied policy issues. Her research publications include articles on monetary policy frameworks such as inflation targeting and on the role of asset ...

Since its establishment in 1962, the Smith Medal has been awarded to more than 200 alums, each of whom has exemplified “the true purpose” of a liberal arts education in their lives and work.

Lectures by new Chaired Professors, sponsored by the President of Smith College. These lectures are free and open to the public.