Barnard students donate thousands of pounds of gently-used items as they move out, building on the College’s innovative program to reduce waste, support future students, and benefit the surrounding community.
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Delicate leaves and flowers from the Barnard Archives are being scanned and digitally preserved for future scholars
Community members tuned into a cross-disciplinary faculty panel discussion on climate politics, research, and debates.
Barnard welcomed the environmental activist author for a talk on the most invaluable resource of all — nature.
The first-year shares how her designs went from being featured in on-campus fashion shows to on stage at a United Nations Climate Change Conference.
The New Year brings a multidimensional roster of classes to Barnard students this spring.
Professor Kadambari Baxi is exploring the rapidly shifting landscape of reproductive healthcare with a botanical art installation at the Milstein Center for Teaching and Learning.
Take a look at the many ways the College has grown its commitment to championing positive change as it celebrates Climate Week NYC 2024.
The Nairobi-based, women-led organization works to empower leaders to champion the green transition.
Botany enthusiast and professor Hilary Callahan traveled 4,000 miles to find out what keeps plants flowering and fruiting in the Arctic’s harsh conditions.
The decade-long research, one of the largest urban street tree growth studies, reflects hands-on coursework that can offer real-world solutions.
As part of the “Summer Internship Series,” Gina Brown ’26 shares what it’s like to work in the noble gas lab of Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory through Barnard’s Summer Research Institute.
From the College’s latest pledge to attain net-zero emissions by 2040 to receiving a STARS gold rating for sustainability efforts, Barnard leads the climate movement by example.
Professor Logan Brenner is part of an international collaboration to drill into the ocean’s past.
After spending five weeks on the North Island of New Zealand, the Tow Fellow calls the chance to search for a connection between people and nature “the real gift of Barnard.”
Avigail Greenberg ’25 — a political science major and environmental science minor — shines a light on renewable energy systems in Africa for a road map to a sustainable future.
The Laidlaw Scholar traces the policy effects of climate displacement ahead of the U.N. conference COP 28.
Thirty-four of the College’s faculty, staff, and students collaborated to publish an open-access textbook — connecting higher education to a sustainable future for the planet.