Recipient of the 2023 Nike Division III Executive of the Year Award, Hughes, M.S. ’93, has led Smithies to athletic glory but her commitment to team building is equally commendable. “There’s just a gravitational pull with Kristin. She’s good to be around,” says Alexandra Keller, interim vice president for campus life and dean of the college.

Joining athlete Serena Williams and civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, Ross is one of 10 women honored as 2024 inductees into the hall. Recognized for her decades of reproductive justice activism, national strategic leadership, and other accomplishments, Ross will be honored during a televised ceremony in March 2024.

Honored for her film Shimu, which focuses on women working in the grueling clothing factories of Bangladesh, Hossain is the second female director ever to win this National Film Award. Hossain is also the writer and director behind 2011’s award-winning film Meherjaan.

The city’s first Smithie mayor has a bold vision for the future, one that’s uniquely informed by her perspective on town-gown relations. “I feel like Northampton is at this really exciting moment. We’re working to push us into a new era for the future of the city,” said Sciarra.

Higher education market manager for furniture maker KI, Clark was identified by EDmarket as an exceptional young professional dedicated to improving the experiences of students and teachers. She and the 15 other awardees were honored at the EDspaces Annual Conference.

Over the summer, Law participated in Accessible Sharks, an eight-week program funded by the National Science Foundation. Working out of a lab at Harvard, she collaborated with scientists to analyze skin samples, collect data on movement, and much more.

The ninth president of Smith and the eighth president of Prairie View A&M, Simmons was the featured guest during an Accolades event in November honoring Texas individuals for their commitment to improving the lives of children. “I’m so humbled and really honored to be recognized in this way by Children at Risk,” Simmons said.

Running now through Jan. 6, 2024, at the Childs Gallery, Interlaced: The Fabric of Art features 10-plus works by dance professor Rodger Blum as well as pieces from Patrick Carroll, Alexander Davis, and other artists.

On Dec. 5, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET, join retirement consultant Ida Abbott ’69 as she provides a framework to help identify priorities and roadblocks and brainstorm ideas to achieve the post-career life of your dreams. For Smithies of all ages.

An award-winning transgender writer-director for television, film, and theater, Weinstein is now directing Jes Tom’s one-person comedy Less Lonely. Presented by actor Elliot Page, the play is running at New York City’s Greenwich House Theater.

The Yale School of Medicine is now studying long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, aka ME/CFS. Sirot, who personally experiences ME/CFS, made her gift with the hope that a biomarker for the syndrome can be found.

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