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Dr. Bennett (medical director of Nityanand Ashram) and Smith students Ryan Rasdall, Anna Valentine, and Karen Morfin. In the fall of 2013, Smith College will offer a seminar in Women’s Health in India: Tibetan and Indian Women, and on April 2 and 3, Health Services will offer info sessions on the seminar. The information [...] In 2013, Smith Travel is offering more than two dozen travel opportunities for alumnae and their families and friends. The first trip—Patagonian Frontiers—begins on January 4, 2013 and will allow participants to explore Argentina and Chile by land and sea. Smith Travel is entering its thirty-sixth year of offering travel programs to the Smith community. [...] Learning about the world through the stomach: Monday's International Students' Day Food Festival was a huge success. With a walk around the Campus Center Carroll Room, hundreds of Smith College students, faculty, and visitors took a gastronomical trip around the world this Monday afternoon. Sponsored by the International Students Organization (ISO) and the Office [...] See "La feria, Cordoba" by Zahraa Al-Janabi '13 and other student photos by visiting our Facebook album. Smith’s annual International Photo Contest showcases photographs submitted by students who studied abroad during the past academic year or summer. This year, the contest drew a record number of submissions from Smithies who traveled to 25 different [...] Brinda Somaya M.A. '73. Photo courtesy of snkindia.com. This weekend Smith College will award 652 baccalaureate degrees and 80 advanced degrees. The college will also award honorary degrees to Commencement speaker Jane Lynch, Haitian novelist Edwidge Danticat, pioneering financier Muriel Siebert, atmospheric scientist Susan Solomon, and architect Brinda Somaya M.A. ’73. Brinda received a [...] In March, Diana Eck ’67 published her latest book, India: Sacred Geography. The book tells the story of “the pilgrim’s India” and is described as “an extraordinary spiritual journey through the living landscape of this fascinating country—its mountains, rivers, and seacoasts, its ancient and powerful temples and shrines. Seeking to fully understand the sacred places [...] Anthropologist and professor Susan Seizer will give a talk at Smith this week. This Thursday, Susan Seizer will present Comedy in Two Contexts: Surprising Continuities between Special Drama in South India and Road Comedy in Southern Indiana, a lecture comparing comedic performances by Tamil Special Drama artists and American road comics. Seizer, who is [...] On Wednesday, March 14 there will be a presentation of the South Asia Concentration. The South Asia Concentration focuses on the interdisciplinary study of South Asia and its diaspora. It brings together the perspectives of various disciplines, from art history to philosophy, economics to religion, to create a sustained curricular focus on South Asian life [...] On Thursday, March 1, Global Studies Center will present Smith in the World: Women’s Health in India. Smith students Carina Ahuja ’12, Kiren Chauhan ’12, Margaret Harpin ’12, Karisa Klemm ’12 and Ruth Romero ’13 will share their experiences learning about women’s health issues and teaching reproductive health to Tibetan students in India. The event [...] |
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