SMITH COLLEGE

MA students can obtain LGBT certificate through courses like 'Transgender Literature'

The Five College Consortium has released a list of courses for this upcoming semester that qualify students for the…

By Brendan McDonald '25
Aug 24, 2024

FLASHBACK: Smith College students vowed to ‘occupy’ a school building ‘until Smith divests,’ but their protest lasted less than two weeks

Smith College students invaded a building on campus a few weeks before the current anti-Israel protests on the nat…

By Jacob Beckwith '26
Apr 30, 2024

Smith College president responds to anti-Semitic incidents by denouncing 'Islamophobia,' announcing possible Israeli divestment

The president of Smith College responded to anti-Jewish hate by emailing the campus about the problems of both anti…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Mar 13, 2024

$5k summer program will teach high schoolers how 'power plays a role in the ethics of sex'

Smith College is offering a 'Women, Gender, and Representation' summer program for students in grades 9-12 to learn…

By Alexia Bianchi '22
Jan 22, 2024

Smith College continues to offer course on 'White Supremacy in the Age of Trump'

In 2020, Campus Reform reported that Smith College professor Loretta Ross would be teaching a course titled 'White …

By Marya Ruth Dunning '25
Jun 1, 2023

Universities are still policing language as fall semester starts

Smith College tells students to avoid using term the terms ‘Freshmen’ and ‘Chairman.'

By Jordan Deibler '24
Aug 17, 2022

Smith College professor wants public universities to provide on-campus abortion pills

One professor wrote an article arguing that public universities should provide abortion pills to students on campus…

By Amelia Scarponi '23
Jul 26, 2021

Professor takes on colleges that discriminate against White students

Economics professor filed civil rights complaints against Ithaca College and Smith College for discriminatory progr…

By Alex Munguia '24
Jun 2, 2021

Black activists tell Smith College to 'rethink' handling of supposed racial profiling incident

A group of Black professors, nonprofit leaders, and organization leaders recently sent a letter to Smith College Pr…

By Addison Pummill '23
May 19, 2021

Smith College staffer who spoke out against Critical Race Theory resigns, citing 'racially hostile' environment, 'culture war'

A staff member at Smith College resigned out of frustration over its “antiracist” culture.

By Ben Zeisloft
Feb 22, 2021

UNITY? Prof pushes 'nazification of the Republican party' theory as respected law scholar is equated with 'Holocaust denier'

A growing number of professors is equating Republicans , conservatives, and those concerned about election integrit…

By Dion J. Pierre
Jan 21, 2021

College president forced to apologize after saying 'all lives matter'

Six hours later, McCartney apologized.

By Kaitlyn Schallhorn
Dec 9, 2014