My grandmother was the first woman to teach a mixed-gender Sunday school class. At first, when the boys realized what was ...

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

Into this wilderness comes the new Smith College bear, described in an official announcement as a symbol that reflects the ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

After growing up in Northampton, Jack Loveless received a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of New Hampshire in 2002 and a doctorate in structural geology from Cornell University in ...

Meredith Pecukonis joined the psychology department at Smith College in 2025. Professor Pecukonis directs the Autism and Neurodevelopment (AND) Lab, which explores how both neurobiological and ...