Year of Science Stories

Lecturer Rob Brotherton discusses the psychology of fake news and why we fall for it.


The Barnard student shares her day of online courses, family time, and coffee runs.

Sarah Morrison-Smith and Adam Poliak were awarded an unrestricted gift from Google’s explore CSR initiative to launch a program called “Barnard BEARS: Better, Enhance, and Advance Research Series.” Barnard BEARS is a workshop preparing Barnard undergraduates for opportunities in computer science research.

Anja Benshaul-Tolonen, assistant professor of economics, discusses the results behind her new quantitative study on attitudes toward menstruation and how Barnard students are engaging with the data.

The award-winning journalist discussed race and inequality in the healthcare system as part of the Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020 lecture series.

In this extraordinary year for Barnard, our community stood as one from near and far, supporting students and shattering Giving Day records.