Barnard College News

Abby Wambach, the all-time leading scorer in international soccer history and advocate for pay equity and LGBTQ rights, will deliver the keynote address to the Class of 2018 at Barnard College’s 126th Commencement May 16, 2018, at 4 p.m. at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

Barnard administrators and faculty offer advice to incoming and departing college students.

Frances Sadler ’72 Awarded 2017 Columbia Alumni Medal

For the first time in Barnard College’s 128-year history, a student, Midshipman Kelsey Lynch, will be commissioned as a U.S. Navy Officer May 18 at 4:30 p.m. in Low Memorial Library Rotunda at Columbia University.


Columbia University confers an alumni medal on Barnard’s Elaine Schlozman Chapnick '61.

Citation for Simi LInton, activist and consultant on disability and the arts.

Ambassador Samantha Power delivers keynote speech for Commencement 2015. Barnard Medal of Distinction also presented to disability activist Simi Linton, pioneering middle school principal Nadia Lopez, and record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad.

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards urges graduates to be activists, troublemakers, and agitators.

Champion of women’s rights to receive Barnard Medal of Distinction alongside Xerox CEO, social ethics scholar, and renowned singer-songwriter.

Barnard’s latest graduates reflect on their time at Barnard and celebrate their Commencement ceremony. Watch their reflections.

View media coverage of Barnard's Commencement ceremony and President Obama's speech from news organizations around the world.

President Barack H. Obama delivered the keynote address at Barnard College’s 120th Commencement. Watch Obama's remarks and the full ceremony, and browse photos.