Leslie Stephen compiled a photograph album and wrote an epistolary memoir, known as the “Mausoleum Book,” to mourn the death of his wife, Julia, in 1895. Leslie Stephen’s photograph album is now part ...

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

The Trebuchet was invented by Mariano Taccola, "the Sienese Archimedes." This war machine was invented during the Middle Ages (around 1400 AD) in order to destroy the great walls of the enemy palaces.

WHO does it affect?: Anyone can suffer from anorexia: male or female, young or old, rich or poor or somewhere in between, black or white or Asian or Hispanic or interracial, ANYONE! This eating ...

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

I feel certain I am going mad again. I feel we can't go through another of those terrible times. And I shan't recover this time. I begin to hear voices, and I can't concentrate. So I am doing what ...

Each year, Smith College offers some of its finest incoming first-year students one of the best perks possible: a scholarship that includes a paid research position—a prestigious job and research ...

"It is difficult to give notice only to his calligraphy. As dean of American book arts, Dwiggins for decades deftly juggled visual ideas and techniques with results that transformed the physique of ...

Famous chefs, Pulitzer Prize winners, political columnists, environmental researchers, film directors, venture capitalists, physicists, poets, playwrights, CEOs—Smith women apply their learning ...

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 ...

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 ...

An abacus is an ancient tool used for counting, consisting of a framed set with rods on which balls or beads are moved. The abacus has been in existence in China since the second century BCE, although ...