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Lisa Howie Appointed First Chief Investment Officer at Smith College
Lisa Howie has been appointed Smith Collegeâs first chief investment officer. Howie is currently a director in the Yale University Investments Office. There, she is responsible for managing the schoolâs foreign public and private equity portfolios. Howie holds an undergraduate degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry and a masterâs in business administration from Yale. She is [âŚ]
April 13, 2021
Campus Climate
2019 Year in Review
In 2019, issues related to diversity in higher education took the national stage, from affirmative action, to DACA and to NCAA athletics.
December 30, 2019
News Roundup
Smith College to Enforce New Administrative Reforms Amid Racial Profiling Case
Smith College has announced it will formally adopt administrative reforms after settling a lawsuit between the school and Oumou Kanoute, who was receiving representation by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). In July 2018, a college employee called Smith campus police on Kanoute, a Black woman and rising sophomore at the time, for eating lunch [âŚ]
January 31, 2019
Students
2018 Higher Education Highlights
Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, equity and higher education. Most notably, this past year we witnessed up close a number of racial incidents on campus involving law enforcement being called on students and staff of color.
December 20, 2018
African-American
Black Smith College Student Says Trauma is Ongoing After Police Were Contacted Because She Reportedly Looked Out of Place on Campus
Oumou Kanoute, a Smith College student, spoke to Refinery29 about her ongoing emotional trauma stemming from a July incident involving campus police. An employee of the Massachusetts-based college reportedly called police on Kanoute, because she looked out of place as she was eating and using her iPad in a campus dining hall. As a result Kanoute, [âŚ]
September 13, 2018
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Mellon Foundation Selects Renowned Poet and Scholar as President
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which supports humanities, culture and the arts in higher education, has appointed nationally acclaimed poet and scholar Elizabeth Alexander as its president.
February 8, 2018
Leadership & Policy
Ruth Simmons Named Prairie View Interim President
COLLEGE STATION, Texas â Retired Brown University President Ruth Simmons, the first African-American woman to serve as president of an Ivy League institution, has been named interim president of Prairie View A&M University. The 71-year-old Simmons, who also was president at Massachusettsâ Smith College, the nationâs largest womenâs university, and served in executive positions at [âŚ]
June 20, 2017
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Smith College Raises Possible Record $486M
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. â A private liberal arts college for women says the Massachusetts school has raised a record-high $486 million. The Boston Globe reports Smith College in Northampton announced on Monday its âWomen for the Worldâ campaign significantly surpassed its goal of raising $450 million. The campaign launched in the fall of 2012. The school [âŚ]
February 21, 2017
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Transwomen Applaud âEvolvingâ Views Regarding Admissions
Smith College recently became the latest all-womenâs college to announce that it will consider individuals who self-identify as women in their admissions process starting next fall.
May 7, 2015
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