Barnard College News
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Fall 2021 message from the DEI Cabinet on programming, new resources, and more.
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Financial security expert Joanna Smith-Ramani ’98 explains how social policies that prioritize equity and justice can close the racial wealth gap and improve women of color’s mental well-being.
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Led by the population it serves, the new office brings together the College’s resources for first-generation, low-income, and international students into one targeted approach to enhance opportunities.
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Since last Women’s History Month (March) — over the course of a challenging year — alumnae, faculty, and students still stepped up as game-changers.
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In preparation of her campus-wide Accessibility Week workshop — “Ableism in the Classroom, Academia, and Society” — the urban studies major and Speaking Fellow explains why accessibility is everyone’s fight.