Barnard College News

The recent graduate, who majored in political science and human rights, will spend one year — fully funded — working on a master’s program in Beijing.

BCRW, the Public Theater, and the Ntozake Shange Literary Trust celebrated the newly created residency with an evening of tributes and performances.

The donation will enable a rotating roster of media experts and filmmakers — up to four per semester — to teach, mentor, and coach students on the ins and outs of film and media.

The grant is part of a 10-year partnership to increase enrollment of undocumented and low-income students at the College.

This year, Barnard women are the recipients of some of the most prestigious grants and fellowships for scientific research.

For the fifth time in a row, the College has been a leader in securing prestigious international research opportunities for students and alumnae.

The grant will support the work of the Caribbean Digital Scholarship Collective led by
Professor Kaiama L. Glover

Grant will support the College’s Beckman Scholars Program and provide funding for student research

This year, five alumnae were selected for international travel, teaching, and study as researchers and teaching assistants.

From anthropology to neuroscience, Barnard professors were recognized by the American Institute of Architects, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and more.

The funding will support 30 Pell-eligible students and enable research on how to better help academically talented women from low-income families pursue undergraduate STEM degrees.

The sophomore joined an international body of fellows in designing community-oriented social campaigns for a sustainable future.

Asha Futterman ’21 reflects on her three-year journey with the Barnard Center for Research on Women, including her Reading the Black Library Youth Fellowship with the Rebuild Foundation.

Read about the new accomplishments of Barnard scholars.

For the first time since 1949, eight Barnard students and alumnae were selected for the prestigious Fulbright program.

With this funding, the College will help grow the number of women in computer science.

Read about the latest fellowships and grants won by Barnard faculty and campus programs.

Grant will support new partnerships and curriculum centered on immigration, poverty, and labor rights policy

Alexandra Watson, Lecturer in First-Year Writing, won the 2019 PEN/Nora Magid Award for Editing of Apogee Journal.

The CLIR Grant team is making progress on their proposed project.

Since last May, Barnard faculty members were awarded major research grants that support a diverse array of interests, enabling them to continue existing studies and support collaborations with other institutions.

This summer, faculty in Barnard’s Chemistry Department were awarded major federal grants that will support them, individually and collaboratively, as they research a variety of topics.

For almost a decade, the Athena Center for Leadership Studies has dedicated itself to the advancement of inspired and courageous women leaders around the world.

Barnard College presented the faculty with awards to honor their commitment to exceptional teaching and research.

Every year, outstanding Barnard students and alumnae earn scholarships, fellowships, and awards that reward their intellectual curiosity, commitment to public service, and academic success. Barnard College is thrilled to announce and congratulate the recipients for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Professors Lisa Son and John Morrison are Honored with Fulbright Award and Mellon Fellowship.

Ann Whitney Olin Professor of English Achsah Guibbory has been named Honored Scholar of the Year by the Milton Society of America.

In December, 2017, and January, 2018, three members of Barnard's faculty were awarded research grants.

Barnard College was awarded a second Beckman Scholars Award to support student research in biology, chemistry, and neuroscience and behavior.

In the summer and fall of 2017, Barnard's exceptional faculty were awarded multiple prestigious research grants and fellowships.

Professor of English William Chapman Sharpe is one of three senior scholars honored with a Fulbright Visiting Professor Award—and the first from Barnard—which, according to the US-UK Fulbright Commission, is “viewed as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar programme" and honors those who "have significant teaching and publication records.”

Professor Reshmi Mukherjee Is Named American Physical Society 2017 Fellow

Every year, outstanding Barnard students and alumnae earn scholarships, fellowships, and awards that reward their intellectual curiosity, commitment to public service, and academic success. Barnard College is thrilled to announce and congratulate the recipients for the 2016-2017 academic year.

Barnard College presented the exceptional faculty with awards to honor their commitment to teaching and research.

Claire Tow Professor of Religion John Stratton Hawley was recently awarded the 2017 Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize by the South Asian Council of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) in Toronto for his book A Storm of Songs: India and the Idea of the Bhakti Movement (Harvard University Press, 2015).

Beginning in the fall of 2017, Barnard will offer a newly funded scholarship called the Ann and Andrew Tisch Scholarship for Refugee Women.

A roundup of the numerous awards, grants, and fellowships students and recent alumnae received this year.
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