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Responsible AI at Barnard

Artificial intelligence experts joined together for Barnard’s AI symposium to discuss what responsible AI looks like on a college campus and build upon the College’s framework for AI literacy.

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Alumna and Wife Both Elected to New York Benches in Historic Election

Juliet Howard ’86 and her wife, Norma Jennings, both trailblazers in their own right, have dedicated their lives to public service. In January 2026, the two were believed to be the first same-sex married couple concurrently sworn in as judges in the New York courts.

Alumnae

Playwright Phanésia Pharel ’21 Makes Her Off-Broadway Debut

The Waterfall, a two-woman play about mothers, daughters, and the idea of the American Dream, is running through March 8, 2026 at WP Theater. Its seeds were planted at Barnard College.

Photo Credit: Joan Marcus.

 

Faculty

Professor Logan Brenner Honors International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Logan Brenner, assistant professor of environmental science, led faculty chat, “My Zayde’s Holocaust Survival Story," in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Alumnae

Barnard Alumnae Receive Oscar Nominations for Documentary Short and Feature Films

This year two films involving Barnard alumnae received Academy Award nominations for Documentary Feature Film, 'Cutting Through Rocks' and Documentary Short ‘Children No More: Were and Are Gone’

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Learn how a Barnard education embraces the whole self and fosters empowerment. And join the scientists, athletes, poets, performers, artists, and advocates who make up Barnard’s 3,000 students and 40,000+ alumnae.

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Black and white image of Zora Neale Hurston

The Zora Neale Hurston Centennial

From 2025 to 2028, Barnard will celebrate the centenary anniversary of the enrollment and graduation of Zora Neale Hurston, Class of 1928, and Black students at Barnard. 

An Education for Tomorrow

  • A Flexible Curriculum

    The Barnard Foundations curriculum encourages you to 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.

  • Advanced Research Opportunities

    In order 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.

  • 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.