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Smith sends 15 Fulbright Fellows around the world this year

Noa Gutterman ’14 is one of 15 Fulbright Fellows from Smith College this year.

Recent Smith graduate Noa Gutterman ’14 is one of this year’s 15 Fulbright Fellows from Smith College. Noa will be conducting anthropology research in Ethiopia throughout the next year for a project titled “Affirming the Economic, Environmental & Socially […]

Smithie spends the summer in Peru

Haisley Wert ’16 in the Amazon rainforest in Lamas, Peru.

Smith student Haisley Wert ’16, a potential Latin American Studies and Spanish major, spent three weeks in the high Amazon of Lamas, Peru during the summer of 2013. She traveled with the organization Living Routes (affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Amherst) with […]

STEM global experience: Smithie’s summer research internship in Germany

Maria Alvisi ’16 at the gardens of the Basilica of Constantine in Trier, Germany.

Maria Alvisi ’16, biology major and ethics minor, spent six weeks in Homburg, Germany as a researcher.

Maria worked in Jens Rettig’s lab at the University of Saarland. Prior to her internship, Maria took biology courses including a research […]

Student spends summer researching in Spain

Victoria von Saucken ’16 conducts research in Spain.

This summer Smith student Victoria von Saucken ’16 had the opportunity to conduct stem cell research at the University of Córdoba in Córdoba, Spain for two months under the tutelage of Dr. Teresa Roldán-Arjona, Vice Dean of Sciences at the University of Córdoba. Smith already […]

Smith students to spend summer in Belize

Left to right: Alyssa Stenek '13, Sarah Alper '15, Kiara Gomez '14, Sarah Tucker '13, Dena Greenstreet '15, and Kayla Clark '14.

This summer, nearly 100 students living on an island off the coast of Belize will learn about the coral reef there through Smith College’s Coral Reef Ed-Ventures Program, now in its […]

Study abroad info sessions scheduled

On Tuesday, April 16, the Global Studies Center will host info sessions for Smith’s study abroad programs in Paris and Geneva. Any student interested in studying abroad in 2014-15 should attend the session, which begins at 4 p.m. Smith’s long-established Junior Year Abroad programs in Geneva and Paris attract about 30 students each year. Students […]

Iraqi students spend month at Smith

This month, Smith welcomed ten female Iraqi undergraduates from the College of Science for Women at the University of Baghdad. The students are participating in the State Department’s NeXXt Scholars Initiative, which is encouraging young women from Muslim-majority countries to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math through partnerships with U.S. women’s colleges.

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Smithie creates program to bring Muslim students to U.S. colleges

Smith alumna Sandra Laney '96, MA '02 developed the NeXXt Scholars Program.

The recently created NeXXt Scholars Program is a partnership between the U.S. Department of State and American women’s colleges. The program is designed to increase opportunities for women from Muslim-majority countries to pursue undergraduate degrees in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and […]

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 […]

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. […]