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 ...

Amid all the excitement surrounding its first season of play, the Women's National Basketball Association remembered this summer to duly honor Smith College as the fountainhead of women's basketball.

Candles were first mentioned in Biblical times, as early as the tenth century BCE. These early candles were made of wicks stuck into containers filled with a flammable material. The first dipped ...

The importance of shopping small is heavily emphasized during the holiday season, and both the Smith and local Northampton ...

Gary Hartwell (center), project manager in Facilities Management, explains the workings of the new North District geothermal ...

In 2006, The Poetry Center launched its first annual Poetry Prize for High School Girls in Massachusetts (open to sophomores and juniors); since then, our contest has expanded into the other New ...

Who goes to Smith? We could quote statistics on geographic distribution, class rank and College Board examination scores. But statistics do little to give you a sense of the vibrancy, intelligence and ...

Amerlinck de Corsi, María Concepción. 1999. “Vistas del palacio del virrey en México.” In Los siglos de oro en los virreinatos de América: 1550-1700. Pp. 158-162. Madrid: Sociedad Estatal para la ...

Smith Precollege Programs are open to students entering 9th–12th grade in the fall of 2025. Smith is a residential women’s college. Our Precollege Programs offer a Smith experience for high school ...

The Department of English Language and Literature aims to teach all students to write and speak well and to read skillfully, thoughtfully and with pleasure. We offer many courses that stress literary ...

Thanks to our collective efforts and response throughout the COVID-19 health emergency, we maintained a safe learning environment for students, faculty, and staff. This will remain our goal going ...

For almost 150 years, Smith has stood as a beacon for knowledge, equality, and progress—while at the same time upholding unique traditions that have come to define the Smith experience. A college rich ...