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Alumnae Stories
Barnard’s almost 36,000 alumnae are forces to be reckoned with. Leaders in almost every field, these intrepid women have revolutionized health care, won Pulitzer Prizes, and made significant scientific discoveries.
“Barnard formed me with its supportive, collaborative environment. It’s where I came to life. It’s the shining confidence this College gave me and all of us.”
— Sonia Taitz ’75
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For Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Barnard's President writes about the challenges of "having it all"
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Letter to the Editor of The New York Times cites research from Barnard's Center for Toddler Development.
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Diverse Issues in Higher Education highlights Prof. Christiansë's collaboration with South African colleague.
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Debora L. Spar, President of Barnard College, answers the question "Why a women's college," in this Q&A with the India Ink blog in the New York Times.
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International peacekeeping works better when the people trying to do that job pay attention to local conflicts in the countries they are trying to help.
So says Severine Autesserre, a Barnard College political scientist who has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for the ideas set forth in her book, “The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding.”