Weekend offers opportunities to reconnect, hear lectures from top Barnard professors, and more.
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The recent graduate has a unique role with the National Wildlife Federation: the Offshore Wind Energy team’s Storytelling Fellow.
Harriet Newman Cohen ’52, one of the nation's leading matrimonial and family law attorneys, details her life in her new Memoir, “Passion and Power: A Life in Three Worlds.”
Artificial intelligence experts joined together for Barnard’s AI symposium to discuss what responsible AI looks like on a college campus and build upon the College’s framework for AI literacy.
Barnard alumnae and students are set to screen their respective films at the 16th annual Athena Film Festival.
Juliet Howard ’86 and her wife, Norma Jennings, both trailblazers in their own right, have dedicated their lives to public service. In January 2026, the two were believed to be the first same-sex married couple concurrently sworn in as judges in the New York courts.
The Waterfall, a two-woman play about mothers, daughters, and the idea of the American Dream, is running through March 8, 2026 at WP Theater. Its seeds were planted at Barnard College.
Four documentaries with Barnard ties — two feature films and two shorts — are nominated for the 98th Academy Awards.
“I'm so proud to be the first American woman to have completed this expedition, a testament to the power of dreaming big and taking it one step at a time.”
In her role with The Oregonian, award-winning journalist Lillian Mongeau Hughes ’04 connects the dots on politics, policy, and Portland’s homeless population.
Michelle Friedman ’74 details her childhood on a chicken farm in the Catskills as the daughter of Holocaust survivors.
After the passing of Susan Stamberg ’59, one of the founding mothers of NPR, audio journalist Theo Balcomb ’09 reflects on her life noting how she gave back to the Barnard community throughout her life.
The New York Times bestselling author is making her adult debut in an atmospheric thriller centered around the world’s powerful and troubled elite.
The dancer made her Broadway debut as a swing in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, standing in for a record-setting 10 roles.
After writing a play for Barnard Theatre that premiered this past spring, the veteran stage actress — and “Gossip Girl” fan favorite — stars in Bedlam’s Are the Bennet Girls OK?.
Listeners from around the world tuned in to be part of the latest Barnard|Next Authors’ Shelf event on Nov. 18, where Ilise Feitshans ’79 lectured on nanotechnology and global health disparities.
Adventurer Says it’s Not Just About Making History, ‘It’s About Showing up Scared and Doing it Anyway’
Students, alumnae, and employers joined together on Sept. 26 for the 2025 Opportunities Conference to forge a path for the next generation of Barnard leaders.
Eight prestigious programs will host dozens of College scholars who will conduct research as close as within the U.S. or work as English Teaching Assistants as far away as Indonesia.
This year’s crop of books from Barnard authors offers an array of genres, from heady history to fun fiction and more.