In addition to myriad blooms, this year’s Spring Bulb Show featured works by Jamie Marigold Biagiarelli AC ’26 and Congyue Wang ’28. Asked to produce something inspired by a Smith College Museum of Art exhibit—Younes Rahmoun: Here, Now—Biagiarelli created Gathering, which comprises colorful rectangular panels hung from the botanic garden’s ceiling, and Wang created Echo, which uses long, vibrant threads of string, some bearing beads.

Author of the memoir Up Home: One Girl’s Journey, Simmons recently spoke at the University of Houston Law Center about racism, civil rights, and democracy. “We must come together to come up with sensible policies and make it possible to move forward together,” she said.

Offering hundreds of games, the Gaming Lab in Hillyer Hall was established in 2018 by Jennifer Malkowski, associate professor of film and media studies. Originally a space for gaming studies students to work, it’s since evolved into a hangout for the entire Smith community.

Started in 2016, the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association list celebrates the mentorship and leadership of coaches. “This elite honor goes to those with incredible IQ of our sport, a winner’s mindset, and exceptional leadership skills,” says head coach Lynn Hersey.

Each season, the Smith Quarterly ’s Favorites column highlights creations by alums, students, faculty, and staff. Some projects recently featured in the magazine include, from left, custom pet portraits by Zahra Hannan ’20 and Alexx Shuman ’12’s Vermont Marshmallow Company.

During the college’s first Founder’s Day celebration on March 8, Sanders spoke to a crowd at the Alumnae House about the many significant connections between Northampton’s history and the founding of Smith College. Now available to watch on YouTube, the event also featured remarks from Smith President Sarah Willie-LeBreton and Northampton’s mayor, Gina-Louise Sciarra '96.

On April 2, at 4:30 p.m. EST in Weinstein Auditorium, a panel co-sponsored by the Office for Equity and Inclusion will address how laws around trans rights are shifting in unprecedented ways. Speakers include Nathan DuFord, assistant professor of government at Smith; Cat Dawson, visiting assistant professor of art at Smith; and RL Goldberg, assistant professor of queer studies at Hampshire College.

This year, Passover begins the evening of April 12 and ends the evening of April 20. The college will recognize the major Jewish holiday with traditional lunches and dinners, both on and off campus. Meals must be reserved by midnight on April 8. Learn more in a Passover letter co-written by Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer, Jewish student adviser.

Former president of Spalding University and author of A Pearl in the Storm: How I Found My Heart in the Middle of the Ocean, McClure recently joined the board of directors of Sweet Briar College. According to a statement, she and the new directors bring “a shared commitment to ... empowering women to lead and innovate.”

Eavesdropper is narrated by a young girl, Sara Green, the sole Jewish student at her school in the 1950s. The novel centers on Green’s family being targeted by the FBI. “The plotline is imaginary but based on research,” Kivowitz says.

The garden includes daylilies that have won the Stout Silver Medal, the highest award given by the American Daylily Society annually in recognition of exceptional blooms. “The garden is a fragrant lesson in daylily breeding history,” writes Atlas Obscura.

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