Candice Price—professor of mathematical sciences at Smith and a Sherrerd Teaching Award winner—talks to the Smith Alumnae Quarterly about her new book, Radical Grace, her teaching philosophy, and creating more equity in STEM.

Sherry Rehman ’85, Pakistan’s minister for climate change, was recently named among the “100 Most Influential People of 2023” by Time magazine for her efforts related to the devastating floods that hit Pakistan last year.

Read about this year’s Draper Competition, in which 10 teams were selected out of a pool of 60 student teams from across the country to compete in a lightning round of 90-second pitches. Watch the finalists’ pitches here.

Smith’s Conway Center has a new Financial Literacy Empowerment Fellows program designed to educate students about personal finances and investing and to train them to become “money mentors” to their peers.

In an interview with the Today show, Wendy Schmidt ’77 talks about the state-of-the-art vessel provided by the Schmidt Ocean Institute that’s helping scientists explore the ocean to find ways to slow climate change.

Climate activist Kathy Sharp Borgen ’64 says Smith is uniquely positioned for climate action, and she’s making a gift to inspire others to help endow Smith’s Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability (CEEDS).

In his play Pride@Prejudice, Smith theatre professor Daniel Elihu Kramer deconstructs and reexamines Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice through the lens of a high-speed internet world. The play runs through May 6 in Port Jefferson, New York.

Learn about a new exhibit by American contemporary artist Lesley Dill ’75 titled Ascend: Until the Urge to Rise Meets the Urge to Fall showing at the Nohra Haime Gallery in New York through May 6.

In this episode of And Now, Smith theatre professor Len Berkman talks about theater, film, and television. Berkman has taught playwriting, theater history, and the dramatic literature of various nations and cultures since 1969 and has won several awards.

Smith NewsTracker

Selected items from the news media featuring Smith College people and programs

Profs. Baker and Zimbalist on a Title IX victory

Diandra Dillon ’19: Study abroad experiences for students of color

Christine-Marie Quigless ’04 on resilience in turbulent times

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