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Barnard Magazine

A Book of Our Own

In a preview of Barnard Magazine's upcoming Winter issue, a new, illuminating tome chronicles the history of Barnard College.

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Activism

Break This Down: Addressing Racism in the Healthcare System

Medical student Christina LaGamma ’16 discusses systemic racism in the healthcare industry and how she helped get a medical magazine to dedicate an entire issue to Black Lives Matter.

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Alumnae

Way Back Wednesday | Avni Doshi '05

The writer — whose debut novel, Burnt Sugar, is shortlisted for the Booker Prize — discusses her incredible journey into the literary industry and writing her first book. 

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Leadership

Brenda Darden Wilkerson Shares Her Insights

The president and CEO of AnitaB.org shares strategies for the vital work of getting more women into computer science.

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Essentially Barnard

Join the scientific researchers, Olympic-level athletes, published poets, performers, artists, and activists who make up Barnard's nearly 2,600 students and 35,000+ alumnae. In this community, voices command respect and opinions help shape the discourse.

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An Education for Tomorrow

  • A Flexible Curriculum You Can Shape

    The Barnard Foundations curriculum encourages you explore widely across disciplines, discover new territory, and then dive deep. It’s structured to ensure that you examine the world through a variety of lenses — the rest is up to you.

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  • Advanced Research Opportunities

    You can look up information — but to solve problems, you have to think critically and creatively. At Barnard, you have multiple opportunities to hone these skills through faculty-mentored, structured research in the sciences or humanities.

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  • Digital Literacy Across Disciplines

    Dancers research the data of movement. Historians build digital visualizations of complex ideas. You’ll need digital skills whatever your discipline, and Barnard is the first liberal arts school to require that you learn to interpret and create digitally.

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Voices & Stories

Poet

Ntozake Shange '70

Celebrating Shange

Myth Buster

Rebecca Jordan-Young

Prof. Jordan-Young Breaks Down Truth of Testosterone

Legal Lion

Shirley Adelson Siegel '37

Barnard Medal of Distinction Recipient

Creative

Shannon Hui '22

Reimagining the Brooklyn Bridge

Bee Whisperer

Jonathan Snow

Prof. Snow is Keeping Bees-y

Creating Opportunities

Stand up, step up, speak up

Fearless Barnard students and graduates have collapsed boundaries, sparked change, and made their mark since the College’s founding in 1889.
Barnard Class of 1899

Learn more about Barnard's fearless history

Literary Ambitions

First in their families to go to college, these alumnae authors share how Barnard, and the community here, helped them to find their voices and hone their craft.
Mary Beth Keane ’99, Mary Gordon ’71, Edwidge Danticat ’90, and Cecily Wong ’10

Telling their stories

Leadership Launch Pad

You have ideas, questions, and ambitions. We have workshops, programs, and more to help you focus that intellectual energy and learn alongside each other.

Athena Center for Leadership

Barnard Now

News

Performing Arts

5 Questions With … Senior Lecturer Shayoni Mitra

November 20, 2020
Alumnae

Way Back Wednesday | Avni Doshi '05

November 18, 2020
5 Questions With...

5 Questions With … Dean Spade ’97

November 11, 2020
Break This Down

Break This Down: Period Teasing

November 2, 2020
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