Smith College

Paul Alpers, husband of Smith College President Carol T. Christ, dies of cancer

Monday, May 20, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Paul J. Alpers, the husband of Smith College President Carol T. Christ and an unofficial ambassador for the school, died Sunday night after a battle with cancer. Alpers, 80, died the same day that the college he loved held its 135th graduation ceremony and just a few weeks before Christ is to retire after 11 years as Smith’s 10th president. In her remarks to the college community during Ivy Day Convocation on Saturday, Christ fondly remembered arriving at the Northampton campus with her husband after a cross-country journey from the University of California Berkeley. “For me, these past 11 years have been a … 0

Arianna Huffington, President and Editor-In-Chief of the Huffington Post Media Group, stands to give the commencement address Sunday during the 135th Commencement Ceremony at Smith College.

SARAH CROSBY

Arianna Huffington at Smith calls for ‘third women’s revolution’

Sunday, May 19, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief of the news website that bears her name, challenged Smith College graduates Sunday to redefine the meaning of success and lead what she called “the third women’s revolution.” In her commencement address before a crowd of graduates, families and friends gathered in the quadrangle, Huffington said … 0

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Smith College seniors Catherine Betances, Monique Gagne and Rajiha Medhi, from left, helped the Northampton Department of Public Works plan for better management of stormwater run-off.

Smith engineering students help solve run-off problem

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

When Smith College senior Monique Gagne can find the time to think past graduation, one image that comes to mind is a garden. Not the vegetable kind. As an engineer, she and a team this year sprouted plans for rain gardens that will help Northampton’s Department of Public Works manage stormwater, as the … 1