Barnard College News

The first year of the breakthrough program is inspiring a diverse cadre of determined, creative change-makers.

Genevieve Depke ’24 and Silvana Navia ’24 join a unique program — co-founded by the Obamas — designed to support public service careers and horizon-expanding travel.

A budding AFF programmer shares insights on her experience discovering film festival careers through a unique lens.

Beyond Barnard’s A-J Aronstein explains ‘Why We Need Humanities in Business’ in a recently published book chapter.

What’s it like to work at the College, within the Communications Department? Three graduating seniors share personal reports. #CountdowntoCommencement

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

The Summer Colloquium kept 350 community members virtually connected with more than 80 programs and events around career opportunities.

Atoosa Rubenstein ’93 shares how Barnard shaped her to become Hearst’s youngest-ever editor-in-chief.

The Opportunities Fair for the spring 2019 semester will take place on January 25, 2019.

When should a student begin preparing for life after college? According to the team at Beyond Barnard, Day 1 is not too early, and it’s never too late to think about post-graduate options.

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.


For five years, Barnard has supported an increasing number of STEM students through the Summer Research Institute (SRI).


The “toddler whisperer,” Prof. Tovah Klein, breaks down the importance of children at work.


Carol Dweck '67, the groundbreaking psychologist behind mindset theory, shares the reasons for her fascination with the mind.

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The Summer Research Institute of 2017 supported student-faculty STEM collaborative work for 147 Barnard students.

Grammy-nominated concert organist Professor Gail Archer discusses her amazing career.

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.

The Department of Dance invited four accomplished dancers to campus to share their stories at “The Next Stage: Ballerinas Find New Careers.”

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

As they prepare to retire, education professor Lee Anne Bell and history professor Herbert Sloan reflect on their careers.

An interview with actor Kelly McCreary '03, who plays Dr. Maggie Pierce on Grey's Anatomy.

Actor Peggy McCay '49, best known as Days of Our Lives's Caroline Brady, looks back on an exciting 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.

8 Business Lessons from former Wall-Streeter Sallie Krawcheck.


Watch political science Professor Séverine Autesserre share her journey from aspiring reporter to activist to Ivy League professor in the first episode of Barnard's Pathways to Passion series.

View coverage of President Spar's upcoming book Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the Quest for Perfection

In news segment about work-life balance, President Spar notes the need to redefine success.

More than 100 students had an unparalleled opportunity to learn interviewing techniques from highly successful alumnae.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013
9AM-4 PM
JAMES ROOM, 4TH FLOOR BARNARD HALL

Barnard’s Office of Career Development hosts intensive course for students interested in careers in finance.

Hear from Barnard's President on how striving to "have it all" condemns women and their daughters to failure.

For Newsweek/The Daily Beast, Barnard's President writes about the challenges of "having it all"

On-Campus Job Fair in the James Room
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
The Jobs & Internship Career Fair in the LeFrak Gymnasium
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Spar responds to The Atlantic's cover story on trade-offs facing professional women.

Letter to the Editor of The New York Times cites research from Barnard's Center for Toddler Development.

Watch segment highlighting Barnard's Career Development Office for its Matching Alumnae to Partner with Students (MAPS) program.

Explore career-related topics and gain practical career advice.

Running a retail marketing operation requires promotional savvy, breakneck pacing, and a sense of fun...Macy’s Bernice Clark has it all

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.


The latest Barnard graduates have entered the real world. Here's what they're up to.

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.