In her new book, Posthuman Bliss? The Failed Promise of Transhumanism, Susan B. Levin, Roe/Straut Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, offers what Bruce Jennings of Vanderbilt ...

When Christine McCarthy ’77 was 9 years old, she had to write a report on her hero. Her choice: Amelia Earhart. “I idolized her because she did adventurous things men did and broke barriers,” McCarthy ...

Among democratic countries around the world, the United States is an outlier when it comes to guaranteeing rights for individuals based on sex or gender. This means that in America, women do not have ...

In late 2016, I began investigating a little-known killer named John Arthur Ackroyd, who, decades earlier, had stalked a stretch of U.S. 20 through Oregon. My editor wanted to know if a handful of ...

During World War II, the campus transformed itself into U.S.S. Northampton, the official training ground for the country’s first women naval officers. The WAVES moved into student houses, did ...

As a first-year Smith student, Tigress Osborn ’96 attended a Cromwell Day workshop on fat acceptance. “I wasn’t that fat, but I had a strong identity as a fat girl,” she says. “I was being told all ...

We’re going to need more honey for Friday tea. After nearly 40 years as the Pioneers, the college is embracing a bold—and fuzzy—new moniker: the Smith Bears. The new moniker reflects the strength and ...

When Wisconsin Democrat Tammy Baldwin ’84 won her third U.S. Senate race in November, even Fox News wanted to hear from her. Baldwin won by 28,781 votes—almost the exact margin that carried Donald ...

The 147th Commencement exercises of Smith College have come to a close and will linger for many years in our memories. I want to congratulate our graduates and sincerely thank the hundreds of people ...

Part two of “Women’s Clothes and the Stories They Tell” looks at the laborious undertaking of preparing the collection for its museum debut. The process of curating the Smith College Historic Clothing ...

1. L’Engle, born November 29, 1918, was the only child of artistic parents. Her mother, Madeleine Bennett Camp, was a pianist, and her father, Charles Wadsworth Camp, was a critic, writer and foreign ...

After eight years on Smith’s board of trustees, Susan May Molineaux ’75 in July rose to a new role as board chair. Molineaux has enjoyed a storied career as a cancer researcher and innovator in drug ...