Since last Women’s History Month (March) — over the course of a challenging year — alumnae, faculty, and students still stepped up as game-changers.
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In time for the Grammy Awards, the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Player and co-founder of the Black Music Action Coalition credits Barnard for setting a strong foundation as she journeyed from law to music.
The recent National Science Foundation fellow is the third person in Barnard’s history to become a Gates Cambridge scholar.
A year after delivering her senior thesis, the budding anthropologist’s paper wins the Society for Applied Anthropology’s first-place prize.
Smith College professor Erin Pineda ’06 discusses the politics of civil disobedience and the global research on resistance movements central to her new book, Seeing Like an Activist.
The co-founder and incoming executive director of Sister District — who left behind a law career to help launch the voter-engagement nonprofit — describes the values of sisterhood that led her to success.
As the pandemic disrupted traditional internships and in-person work, Barnard students and alumnae discovered new professional opportunities.
The senior partner and chief diversity and inclusion officer at McKinsey sheds light on what COVID-19 means for women in the workplace.
The chief innovation officer of a major hospital center shared her experiences in the healthcare system during COVID-19, as the final event of the Big Problems: Making Sense of 2020 lecture series.
A Treatise on Stars, by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge ’69, was recently nominated as a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Poetry. Here, Berssenbrugge reflects on the natural influences and the creative process at work in her latest collection of poems.
The computer scientist shares her thoughts on creating inclusive technology, her journey into STEM, and playing the bagpipes.
The recent inductee into the American Political Science Association’s Minority Fellows Program is determined to use the skills she acquired at Barnard to improve public policy and everyday lives.
Medical student Christina LaGamma ’16 discusses systemic racism in the healthcare industry and how she helped get a medical magazine to dedicate an entire issue to Black Lives Matter.
The writer — whose debut novel, Burnt Sugar, is shortlisted for the Booker Prize — discusses her incredible journey into the literary industry and writing her first book.
Actor, writer, and filmmaker Shannon Harris ’01 reflects on her growth as an artist and leader following the release of her first short film, THREE birds.
For International Day of Climate Action (October 24), a paleoclimatologist discusses climate change, teaching in a pandemic, and studying STEM at Barnard.
The president of the Desai Foundation explains how Barnard nurtured her dedication to community health for women and girls in India and the United States.
A Day in the (Remote) Life of … Associate Director of the Empirical Reasoning Center Fatima Koli ’17
The data scientist talks virtual Python workshops, tech-related reading recommendations, and relaxing skincare breaks.
From faculty to alumnae and a student, seven doers and thinkers are highlighted for the different ways they are contributing to society in the midst of an epidemic.
The Summer Colloquium kept 350 community members virtually connected with more than 80 programs and events around career opportunities.