The earliest representations we have of the crossbow date from 400 BCE, in China. By 209 BCE the Chinese army had 50,000 crossbowmen who fought with mass-produced bronze weapons. These crossbows, ...

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Smith Career Connect is a new career mentoring platform where alums can support students who are seeking career conversations. This platform is exclusive to the Smith community. By joining, you’re ...

The 1098-T is a record of the financial information reported by Smith College to the IRS on a student’s behalf. Depending on your income (or your family’s income, if you are a dependent), whether you ...

The symbolic vocabulary of fairy tales is interwoven throughout Sabrina Orah Mark’s book of lyric essays, Happily (Random House, 2023). A story about a loved one’s cancer treatment and its physical ...

Evie Shockley, whose latest collection suddenly we (Wesleyan University Press, 2023) was named a National Book Award finalist, emerged from Nashville’s cultural landscape to become one of America’s ...

Euphemia Lofton Haynes was the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics, which she received in 1943 from the Catholic University of America. A mathematics major at Smith, she went ...

Thank you for submitting a little love letter to Smith! We’re glad you’re celebrating Smith's 150th with us. By completing this form, you Grant Smith College permission to use your submission across ...

I hope that winter break allowed you each a combination of fellowship, rest, and rejuvenation. It’s always struck me as optimistic that we begin our spring semester in the depths of the Northern ...

Our employees are a key part of what makes Smith College a world-class institution. We value the importance of not only hiring and retaining skilled employees, but also providing them the support they ...