25,504 research outputs found
Organic Gardening and Possibilities for its Implementation at Smith College: An Exercise on the Sustainable Use of Limited Resources
No full textThe focus of this paper lies in the comparison of conventional agriculture methods versus those of sustainable alternative or organic farming, in terms of their impacts on the environment and the sustainable use of limited resources. By looking at the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of sustainable agriculture in comparison to conventional practices, there is an emphasis on approaches that Smith College students could take to further educate themselves on this topic. Specifically, I have investigated possibilities for the implementation of an organically grown student-run garden at Smith College, and the benefits that it would produce for Smith College from a systems level perspective. This paper encourages Smith College students to become involved in what the Five-College Consortium has to offer in terms of educational opportunities geared towards the merits of sustainable alternatives to mainstream, conventional agricultural. The detrimental consequences of conventional agriculture are pervasive and widespread, and this is important for students to understand. Finally, the author urges for the eventual involvement of Smith College students in an alternative methods, student-run community garden on the Smith College campus or in the nearby vicinity
Chinese Classics: The Commentarial Tradition
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Reading texts from the Chinese and Japanese canons, Knight and Smith engage the subtle interplay of classic texts and commentaries, ancient and modern. They find that no classic text is a stand-alone: each inner text has traditionally been read as a dialogue between originating author(s) and authoritative later readers. When we approach these texts, then, we find ourselves part of an explicit, venerable conversation. Knight and Smith focus on five examples: the Sunzi (Sun Tzu) Art of War, the Japanese Zen Master Ikkyū, the great Tang dynasty poet Li Bo (Li Po), the ancient divination text the Yijing (I Ching) or Classic of Change, and the perplexing philosopher Laozi (Lao Tzu), originator of Daoism (Taoism). Reading these texts is like marrying into a very large family, one whose members, allusions, rewritings, irregular knowing and jokes we may appreciate or tolerate to different degrees. No way to control this process!
Book Abstract:
This Is a Classic illuminates the overlooked networks that contribute to the making of literary classics through the voices of multiple translators, without whom writers would have a difficult time reaching a global audience. It presents the work of some of today\u27s most accomplished literary translators who translate classics into English or who work closely with translation in the US context and magnifies translators\u27 knowledge, skills, creativity, and relationships with the literary texts they translate, the authors whose works they translate, and the translations they make. The volume presents translators\u27 expertise and insight on how classics get defined according to language pairs and contexts. It advocates for careful attention to the role of translation and translators in reading choices and practices, especially regarding literary classics.https://scholarworks.smith.edu/clt_books/1004/thumbnail.jp
Natural NMSSM Higgs bosons
No full textWe study the phenomenology of Higgs bosons close to 126 GeV within the scale invariant unconstrained Next-to-Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model (NMSSM), focusing on the regions of parameter space favoured by low fine-tuning considerations, namely stop masses of order 400 GeV to 1 TeV and an effective ? parameter between 100–200 GeV, with large (but perturbative) ? and low View the MathML sourcetan?=2–4. We perform scans over the above parameter space, focusing on the observable Higgs cross sections into ??, WW, ZZ, bb, ?? final states, and study the correlations between these observables. We show that the ?? signal strength may be enhanced up to a factor of about two not only due to the effect of singlet–doublet mixing, which occurs more often when the 126 GeV Higgs boson is the next-to-lightest CP-even one, but also due to light stops (and to a lesser extent light chargino and charged Higgs loops). There may be also smaller enhancements in the Higgs decay channels into WW, ZZ, correlated with the ?? enhancement. However there is no such correlation observed involving the Higgs decay channels into bb, ??. The requirement of having perturbative couplings up to the GUT scale favours the interpretation of the 126 GeV Higgs boson as being the second lightest NMSSM CP-even state, which can decay into pairs of lighter neutralinos, CP-even or CP-odd Higgs bosons, leading to characteristic signatures of the NMSSM. In a non-negligible part of the parameter range the increase in the ?? rate is due to the superposition of rates from nearly degenerate Higgs bosons. Resolving these Higgs bosons would rule out the Standard Model, and provide evidence for the NMSSM
Short Stories from Taiwan
No full textWith careful literary crafting, Taiwan\u27s writers have told the complex story of their country since World War II. Sabina Knight, a professor at Smith College and author of Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction, recommends five of her favourite short story collections.
Interview by Sophie Roell, Edito
The Cultural Revolution and Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize
No full textWe spoke to Dr. Sabina Knight of Smith for a two-part conversation on her book: Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction.
In Part 2 (our conclusion) we discuss the literature of China\u27s May 4th movement, the literature of the cultural revolution & Nobel-Prize winning author Mo Yan
In part one, we discussed the historic & contemporary influence that Daoism, Confucianism & Anti-War Poetry have had on China\u27s literature & literary culture.
Episode webpage
Mary Ann Smith Wilson, Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism
No full textThe Mary Ann Smith Wilson - Ruby Doris Smith Robinson Collection on Student Activism spans the dates 1948-2008 with the bulk of the material dated 1960-1967. The collection documents both Ruby Doris Smith Robinson's and Mary Ann Smith Wilson's participation in the civil rights movement and the organizations with which they were affiliated. Although the collection documents both sisters' activities, the bulk of the collection reflects Ruby Doris Smith Robinson’s activism activities in the civil rights movement. Also included in the collection are photographs, correspondences, news articles, programs, reports, and flyers.
At the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library, we are always striving to improve our digital collections. We welcome additional information about people, places, or events depicted in any of the works in this collection. To submit information, please contact us at [email protected]
DSpace for e-print archives
No full textDSpaceTM (http://dspace.org/) is the new open source digital repository system from the MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard Labs designed to support the digital collections of academic research institutions, as well as the SPARC conception of Institutional Repositories for digital research material. The DSpace system has been described elsewhere in detail so the focus of this article is on its implementation at MIT for archiving e-prints and other artifacts of scholarly communication, and making these available to the public. The MIT Libraries are deeply concerned about the well-documented crisis in scholarly communication and are committed to working
towards innovative solutions. We share this concern with many of the MIT faculty and administration, several of who have been key supporters of the DSpace project and related
initiatives at the university. The MIT Libraries were a founding member of SPARC, and are a signatory of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). This article will describe how MIT Libraries have implemented DSpace to support these goals
An interview with Michael Barresi
No full textMichael Barresi is Professor of Biological Sciences at Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA, where he uses the zebrafish to understand central nervous system development. Michael is also Program Director of the ‘Student Scientists’ outreach project and has made significant contributions to teaching developmental biology, including being co-author and illustrator of the textbook Developmental Biology, producing developmental documentaries and starting the Online Developmental Teaching Forums. He was awarded the 2021 Viktor Hamburger Outstanding Educator Prize from the Society of Developmental Biology (SDB). We caught up with Michael over Teams to hear more about his career and love of learning
Letter from Smith Green to grandma and grandpa
No full textLetter from Smith Green to his grandparents, William and Mary Green, giving updates.45 Jersey Street San Francisco, Cal. Oct 24, 1945 Dear Grandpa & Grandma, Have been trying to call you all day but can get no connection with Mrs. Rose Hendricks. The Broken Bow operator says they do not have a subscriber by that name. I can't understand because Uncle Gus's telegram said to call her. I hope and pray he is better now. If I had known sooner I could have come there first althought I have to be back to the hospital on the 31st. I am doing 10 days temporary duty here in S.F. However, I have nothing to do. After I report back to the hospital I hope to get a furlough of about 90 days. That's why I took the duty here so I could visit the folks here then when I got the furlough I could come right home. I am in excellent health in fact when I first arrived I weighed 195 lbs. I don't weigh that much now though. I've been visiting around here and there every since the 21st, the day I left Dibble General Hospital, Menlo Park, California. Virignia, Doris, Grandma Smith, Claude and cousin Gladys met me at the docks. I certainly was surprised to see them there. I've also met an old friend of mine from the 2d Tank Co. He has been in the Navy since 1939. he is a Chief Radioman now. All the folks here are fine. I got a letter from Florence today. Also a phone call a few days ago. She and John's wife are fine. I've also heard from Aunt Lois in New Mexico. Everybody wants me to stop by but I'm afraid I can't. I hope everyone there is fine. Grandpa, You must get well so we can run around when I get there. Love to all Smith (over) You can phone me at ATWATER 3018, San Francisco We are still trying to get you on the phone. S. L. Green 45 Jersey St. San Francisco Mr. W.M. Green Box 426 Broken Bow, Okla.
Letter From Ruby Doris Smith to Her Sister Mary Ann Smith, February 25, 1961
No full textCorrespondence from Ruby Doris Smith to her sister Mary Ann Smith from York County Jail. 5 pages
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