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Break This Down: Novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez is Barnard’s Inaugural International Artist Fellow

In this special interview to celebrate National Latinx Heritage Month, the famed writer shares his views on storytelling and his obsession with his native country, Colombia.

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Alumnae

Way Back Wednesday | Deepanjali Kanoria ’14

Heyday Care founder Deepanjali Kanoria ’14 shares why she left her job at Ernst & Young to create a company dedicated to biodegradable and organic menstrual products.

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Student

Barnard Celebrates with Convocation

Emmy-winning documentary executive producer and keynote speaker Sheila Nevins ’60 joined the College community to kick off the 130th academic year with a huge welcome-back party.

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Students

Barnard’s Summer Research Institute Hosts Nearly 190 Scholars

Now in its sixth year, Barnard’s biggest summer science program demonstrates the College’s commitment to women in STEM.

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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

Trailblazer

Zora Neale Hurston 1928

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Entrepreneur

Jada Hawkins '16

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Choreographer

Twyla Tharp '63

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Fishmonger

Johanna Shipman '99

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Groundbreaker

Margaret Mead 1923

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At Home in New York City

Scoring Points in Brooklyn

She goes by Lavender Menace when she's playing roller derby with Brooklyn's Gotham Girls. At Barnard she's Mia Ciallella ’19, fashion director of the student-run Hoot magazine, peer writing tutor, and community educator.

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Finding Home on Campus

“At the beginning of the school year, I was introverted and scared, but I’ve joined a dance team called CU Dhoom that's become my favorite part of Barnard. I don't remember the girl I was on move-in day.”
—Agie Neneh Sissoho ’21

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At Home With Powerful Women

“You never question a woman holding a position of leadership here. You learn ’this is how it is.’ There's a normalcy given to a woman being successful.”
— Elvita Dominique ’03  

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News

Barnard College Announces Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty Members

September 12, 2019
Student Life

Barnard Celebrates Constitution Day 2019 with Voter Registration and Quiz

September 16, 2019
Environmental Science

Professor Peter Bower’s Simulated World 20 Years Later

September 3, 2019
Press Release

Award-Winning Nonprofit Media Executive and Anchor Maria Hinojosa ’84 Joins Barnard College as Inaugural Journalist-in-Residence

August 28, 2019
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