Barnard College News
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This summer, the College hosted a community science fair featuring a special performance by STEM from Dance.
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In British Portraits: Identity, Empire, and the Museum, students look at the creation and conceptualization of 18th-century portraits with a contemporary perspective.
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Take a look at graduating seniors’ projects from the departments of Art History and Dance.
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Three sets of staff members and graduating students speak candidly about their family bonds and time together on campus.
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Two sets of faculty members and students traveled to Berlin and Madrid to complement the traditional classroom setting with a global perspective.
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A new festival from Barnard’s Movement Lab invited an exploration of what it means to live and make art at a time of rapidly evolving technology.
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This year celebrates women’s leadership with film screenings, panel discussions, and campus-wide events.
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The annual Athena List, part of Barnard’s Athena Film Festival, elevates exceptional scripts and writers, helping untold stories get produced and reach broader audiences.
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Read how the storyteller — whose film will screen at this year's Athena Film Festival — seeks to empower the disability community through authentic cinema inspired by personal experience.
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Abby Sullivan ’25, an art history major, solved a mystery of the past with Louis Lang’s 1871 Art Students painting — helping to deepen the art world’s connection to the painter.
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In the introductory course Drawing Studio, students learn that there’s a lot more to the craft than simply putting pencil (or charcoal) to paper.
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The Harlem Renaissance, art installations at the MoMA, and American theatre are a small slice of what students will learn as they head back to class this spring.
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Recent acquisitions from outside the College community reveal a burgeoning reputation for feminist research at the campus, thanks to the skillful approach of Barnard’s archivists.