Earliest records show a spoon shaped compass made of lodestone or magnetite ore, referred to as a "South-pointer" dating back to sometime during the Han Dynasty (2nd century BCE to 2nd century CE).

Volume 1 (the Executive Summary) is presented in this section. Final versions of Volume 2 and 3 are presented in portable document format (PDF). These are very large, graphic-intensive files. Members ...

Katy Schneider teaches drawing and painting at Smith College. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim and a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, and of awards from the National Academy of Design and ...

A molecular biophysicist by training, Professor Candice Etson’s research lies at the intersection of physics and biology. She uses single-molecule techniques to investigate the physical principles ...

A liberal arts degree can take you anywhere—a fact that is borne out in the results of a recent survey that examined how alumnae are using their Smith degrees. The poll, which was sent to alumnae who ...