by Yuna Kim in News
In an effort to reduce its contribution to global climate disruption, Smith has made the decision to install solar panels on the roof of the Campus Center. The installation began this week and will be completed in one month.
Dano Weisbord, the environmental sustainability director, said that the college chose the Campus Center for the installation because it is a crossroad on campus and a site with a great amount of visibility.
by Gina Charusombat in News
This year, Smith College is ranked as one of the most expensive institutions of higher education in the country among 58 other private universities. According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Smith appears on the list of schools that have exceeded a milestone $50,000 for comprehensive tuition for the 2009-10 school year.
by Radhika Garland in News
This week in the Campus Center Nolen Arts Lounge, students can see enormous photographs of the iconic mushroom cloud of the atomic bomb, panoramic views of devastation and, perhaps most disturbing, close-up shots of men, women and small children who were in the close vicinity of the explosions in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
by Alexandra Ghiz in News
Parishioners of St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Northampton, across the street from College Hall and adjoining Stoddard Hall, received some disconcerting news over the weekend of Nov. 7. Effective January 2010, the Diocese of Springfield plans to shut down the 143-year-old church as part of a restructuring of the Catholic churches in the area.
by Clare Lynch in News
As PVTA buses pulled into Haggis Mall last Thursday night, students murmured and pointed out the windows. The lawn on the UMass-Amherst campus was filled with multiple news vans, reporters, camera crews and over 100 protestors holding candles and signs with slogans like "UMass supports terrorism.
by Raquel Paulino in News
About 30 percent of Smith students are science majors, a significant number of students dedicated to the field. However, overall, the country is facing a shortage of female scientists, causing researchers to push colleges and federal agencies for change.
According to a report from researchers at the University of California - Berkeley, women with Ph.
