Applied Learning & Research

Smith’s wide array of innovative programs and centers, cross-disciplinary initiatives, and internship and service opportunities are designed to enrich the academic experience to help students further explore their passions in real-world pursuits.

Apply Your Knowledge

Go Green.

The Center for the Environment, Ecological Design, and Sustainability

Integrate sustainability into every aspect of your Smith experience—from academics to life in the houses. Apply what you know to help our environment.

Engage.

Jandon Center for Community Engagement

Partner with others in your community to work on real-life challenges and issues facing society and bring about real change.

Innovate.

Jill Ker Conway Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center

Home to the annual Draper Competition, the Conway Center encourages students to think outside the box and pave new trails.

Women posing at the 2019 Draper Competition

Write.

The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center

Attend readings by national and international poets, craft your own verses, and explore what it means to express yourself through poetry.

A student reading poetry to a gathered group

Lead.

Wurtele Center for Leadership

Everyone has the capacity to be a leader. Unlock your possibilities with workshops, programs, and talks geared toward creating equitable and thoughtful leaders.

Collaborate.

Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Long- and short-term projects bring together students and faculty members from across campus and across the Five Colleges, creating unlikely partnerships.

Students gathered around a table in the Kahn colloquium room

Hands-On Research

As a small liberal arts college, Smith has the unique opportunity to offer research positions to many of its undergraduate students across a wide expanse of disciplines. Dive into research in a chemistry lab, or apply your learning to a psychological study. The options are limitless.

Explore Research at Smith Humanities Research Opportunities