Department News

Political science professor discusses peacebuilding efforts in Africa

The Trustees of Barnard College are responsible for the overall governance and stewardship of the College. Read about this year's newly appointed Trustees.

Toddler Center enjoys large following from New York City parents

Director of Barnard’s Toddler Development Center comments on the effects of technology

Director of Barnard’s Center for Toddler Development appears on CNBC

This fall Barnard's academic departments welcomed a number of new faculty members, with a diverse range of research and teaching interests.

Early childhood researchers weigh in on "Generation iPad"

This year marks two important anniversaries for Zora Neale Hurston ’28, a preeminent writer of the Harlem Renaissance. To celebrate them, Barnard Magazine recently published two essays that broaden our understanding of this unique American writer.



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

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

Diverse Issues in Higher Education highlights Prof. Christiansë's collaboration with South African colleague.

Debora L. Spar, President of Barnard College, answers the question "Why a women's college," in this Q&A with the India Ink blog in the New York Times.


International peacekeeping works better when the people trying to do that job pay attention to local conflicts in the countries they are trying to help.
So says Severine Autesserre, a Barnard College political scientist who has won the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for the ideas set forth in her book, “The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding.”