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M.S.W. January 08, 2026

Lafayette Slaydon ’26: Building Community Through Clinical Social Work

Lafayette Slaydon chose the School for Social Work for a lot of reasons, after a search th…

Lafayette Slaydon looks through the window of an exterior door.

School December 17, 2025

Laughter & Heart: Dean Yoshioka's Legacy at SSW

The nation was a vastly different place in 2014, the summer when Marianne Yoshioka f…

Marianne Yoshioka stands with two graduates with arms around each other

M.S.W. December 17, 2025

From Classroom to Clinical Care: How Alexis Minnis Found Her Calling in School Social Work

Alexis Minnis was drawn to Smith College School for Social Work in 2024 because of its uni…

Alexis Minnis laughs in front of Paradise Pond

Alumni November 04, 2025

Lead the Conversation: Now Accepting Proposals for Deepening Clinical Practice 2026

Practitioners and scholars are invited to share their expertise at the Deepening Clinical…

A room full of conference attendees listen carefully to the 2025 Keynote Speaker at the Deepening Clinical Practice Conference.

M.S.W. November 03, 2025

Lev Fein: Coming Home to Smith - Hereness, Queerness and Belonging

Smith College couldn’t have been a better landing place for Lev Fein, AC ’21, M.…

Lev Fein smiles looking off to the side. Behind is a tree and green leaves

Faculty September 29, 2025

Professor Rory Crath Collaborates at MoMA

Professor Rory Crath will present a collaboration with Annette-Carina van der Zaag and a group of QT/BIPOC artists and thinkers at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City on October 24, 2025 from 2-6:30 p.m.

Entrance to the MoMA, photo by Noah Kalina

Alumni September 23, 2025

Bringing Global Perspective to Local Practice: Isabel Snodgrass, M.S.W. ’25

After graduating from Bard College in 2018 with a degree in International and Global Studi…

School September 20, 2025

SSW Commencement 2025: Community Care in Challenging Times

On a joyous warm August day, the 108th School for Social Work Commencement brought t…

Four phd graduates in blue academic robes and tams hug and smile in front of cement stairs

Alumni September 19, 2025

Fall 2025: Creating Connections and Community

This September, casual alumni meetups around the U.S. are a chance to reconnect with…

Janae Peters, Katie Potocnik Medina and Samantha Mishne hug, take selfie and Janae holds up a Smithie heart temporary tattoo

Faculty September 16, 2025

From Courtrooms to Classrooms: Ruth Spencer’s Social Work Journey

Ruth Spencer J.D., M.S.S.A., L.I.S.W., can’t quit the Smith College School for Social Wo…

Ruth Spencer in the classroom