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International Notes: the World Clock

Need to call someone overseas? Don’t know what the time is in London or Seoul? Try the World Clock!

The World Clock has been an accurate and reliable source of time for over 15 years. The online clock (you can find it at http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/)features a list of cities all over the world with up-to-the-second time […]

Notable international alumna: Xie Xide ’49

Xie Xide was a respected Chinese physicist. She earned a graduate degree from Smith College in 1949 and an honory degree from the college in 1981.

Xie Xide ’49 was an amazing woman. Born in Quanzhou, China in 1921, Xie got her undergraduate degree in physics at Xiamen University in 1946. Then, she […]

Smith students swim the English Channel

Rising Smith juniors Emma Reim ’13 and Mackenzie Bradley ’13 were successful in their attempt to swim the English Channel.

The swimmers have been tracking their progress on a blog. On Saturday, August 6 they posted an update that they “hit the French coast in the early hours of Saturday morning.” Mackenzie finished in 13 […]

International students transfering to Smith

As we’ve mentioned before, 794 new students are joining the Smith community this fall. Among them, are a record number of international students. Two transfer students with international ties are profiled here.

Mame Sourang joins Smith from Brooklyn, New York. Having grown up in Senegal, Mame knows what it is like to live with conservative […]

Smith Club of Great Britain supports Smithies swimming the Channel

The Smith College Club of Great Britain is helping to support two Smithies who will be attempting to cross the English Channel this month.

Emma Reim ’13 and Mackenzie Bradley ’13 are hoping to cross all 23.69 miles of the Channel sometime in the next week or so. They have already made it to England […]

Smithies meet up with Seven Sisters alumnae in Bangalore

A Seven Sisters gathering in Bangalore ~ July 25, 2011

A group of alumnae from the Seven Sisters colleges met in Bangalore last week over dinner. The photo above was taken at the event by Brianna Dieter ’05. Two other Smithies are in the photo; on the far left is Meghna […]

International student awarded NASA scholarship

Geneviève de Mijolla ’13 has been awarded a one-year $10,000 scholarship as a NASA MUST Scholar. The Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology (MUST) scholarship program encourages students from underserved and underrepresented groups to enter science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Geneviève, who is from France, is a double major in engineering and physics at Smith. […]

Pakistani alumna will perform in US next year

Haniya Aslam and Zeb Bangash. Photo by Nida Rehman, courtesy of zebandhaniya.com.

Haniya Aslam ’02 is taking part in an initiative to bring foreign performers to the United States.

The Center Stage initiative is a pilot program that will bring international performing artists to tour the United States in 2012. Artists from Haiti, […]