Part memoir, part handbook, Ross’s Calling In: How to Start Making Change With Those You’d Rather Cancel chronicles how to call people into conversation rather than ostracize them. In a recent Smith Today article, Ross discusses writing the book and how she’s utilized its methodology in her career and everyday life.

In 2015, Held purchased Child’s home in Provence, France, sight unseen and transformed it into the Courageous Cooking School two years later. In an as-told-to piece for Architectural Digest, Held discusses her school and how she updated its building while honoring Child’s legacy.

During Rally Day last week, 2025 Smith medalists (pictured from left, with President Sarah Willie-LeBreton) Deborah Farrington ’72, Nancy Weiss Malkiel ’65, Iris González ’11, and Margaret Nyamumbo ’11 discussed their careers and offered advice to the class of 2025.

This Friday at 7:30 p.m. EST in Weinstein Auditorium, hear Gersony discuss the mission of Smith’s PLACE Lab and how it’s currently conducting artistic and scientific explorations of plants and climate change. A recording of the lecture will be available on YouTube.

In late 2024, Doyle made news website Downtown Express’s inaugural list of Downtown Block Stars, which honors those working to improve Manhattan. As president and CEO of Hudson River Park Trust, Doyle oversees the management of a park on Manhattan’s west side.

In a first-person piece for the American Society on Aging, Corey reflects on how her time at Smith deepened her appreciation for nature, and how she shifted gears from someone who simply enjoyed the environment to someone who took action to preserve it.

The Summer 2019 issue of the Smith Alumnae Quarterly highlights the role of Smithies—and the college itself—in bringing an end to World War II. In early 1942, a few weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Smithies were secretly recruited by the U.S. Navy to crack enemy codes, while Smith College became a training ground for the Navy’s first women officers.

On Feb. 28 from 5 to 7 p.m. EST, the Smith Alumnae House will host an opening reception for a retrospective of still lifes and figure paintings from Grunfeld. The exhibition, called Lit from Within, will remain on display through April 18.

Written by Stevens, The Fig Tree, and The Phoenix, and The Desire to Be Reborn tells the story of two children who meet under a fig tree and feel as though they’ve met before. See the play at the Boston Playwrights’ Theatre through March 9.

News website Technical.ly Baltimore named Bolger its 2024 Educator of the Year, recognizing her work as founding director of Loyola University Maryland’s Simon Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

A female scientist who fought against scientific fraud and corruption, Hill chronicles her professional experiences in her forthcoming memoir, The Crying Window. Hear her speak about her book and science career during the Science 360 podcast.

As MaineHealth’s new vice president of advancement and chief development officer, Brown will help elevate the organization’s philanthropy programs, strengthen donor relationships, and collaborate with communities to promote health initiatives.

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