Barnard College News

Research chemist Alison Scorese ’16 and entrepreneur Rhitu (Rhi) Risal ’14 discuss their shared love for Barnard and beauty.

Natasha Cox ’19, who interned at the Office of the President of Malta, Her Excellency Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, through the Athena Center for Leadership Studies Global Summer Fellowship, shares how she used the connections she built during her internship to invite President Coleiro Preca to Barnard. 

Barnard is a preeminent incubator for the world’s next generation of women leaders. Students enter with passion and intellect, and they graduate with an enhanced sense of identity and purpose.

Barnard faculty members reflect on what inspired them to enter and excel at their career.

In the Winter 2015 issue of the magazine we featured alumnae who have returned to Barnard to teach. Here are several of the alumnae whose contributions also make Barnard the unique place it is—the administrators who run the College and provide an array of services other than instruction.

Both Claudia Altman-Siegel Goldyne ’95 and Katherine Don ’03 have recently plunged into establishing themselves in the art world. Here they share insights about operating a business, cultivating and promoting talent, and finding ways to achieve their goals.

Los Angeles–based Laura Napoli has parlayed her Barnard fencing years and expertise in stage combat and acting into a versatile career as a stuntwoman/ swordswoman/actress. Recent credits include Celebrity Deathmatch, Dead Rising, Devil May Cry 4, and the live-action stunt show Terminator 2: 3D. She talks to Barnard about how she found her niche.

The Office of Career Development’s Reunion weekend workshops provided alumnae with tips on job hunting, interviewing, writing a résumé, and how to out-market the competition in a turbulent economy.