… Elissa Newport ’69 For Brain Awareness Week (March 15-21), the recipient of the APA Award for Distinguished Scientific … ability to speak and understand language. It wasn’t the first time Newport had changed directions. “Every 10 years or … “[The Barnard labs] really led me to switch over from being an English major, which I really enjoyed, to being a …
/news/way-back-wednesday-elissa-newport-69… Break This Down: Haiti, Zombies, and Benign Denials To mark the August 1791 anniversary of the start of the Haitian … than ten years later, it ended with Haiti becoming the first colony in the region to win independence. To mark the … as a political subject, as opposed to as a merely abject being in need of aid. A big part of what I try to do in this …
/news/break-down-q-prof-kaiama-glover-haiti-zombies-and-benign-denials… One for the History Books In 1976, Mae Yih ’51 became the first Chinese American elected to a state legislature … say the least. “The newspaper said, ‘Mae Yih’s chance of being elected is like a snowball in July,’ ” she remembers …
/magazine/fall-2018/one-history-books… holding her bronze medal win from a May 2019 meet, where the Columbia women's rowing team took third place in the … that every morning for the next five years. Rowing was my first experience in a team sport, and there was something … a second-place finish at our championship meet. What does being a student-athlete at the only college for women to …
/news/barnards-got-game-caprice-herjavec-20… This Is It | The Class of 2021 Graduates Three students have shared their Barnard journeys since they first arrived on campus four years ago. Here, the graduating … Harrison '21, Phanésia Pharel '21, Agie Neneh Sissoho '21] Being a Barnard student in 2021 looks a lot different than it …
/news/it-class-2021-graduates… and philanthropy, many Barnard alumnae throughout the years have gone on to build careers in the art industry … malleability of a Barnard education and the advantage of being in New York City, where courses are regularly taught at … was like to work in museums and art spaces, and I got my first job at the Met through the Barnard career services …
/news/curating-careers-five-alumnae-share-how-they-found-their-calling-work-museums… didn’t know what to study. “I love science, but honestly, the idea of ‘scientist’ as a potential career never once … scientists shifted when she arrived at Barnard. During her first semester, she took Classical Mechanics with … of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge before being named a NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellow in 2015 and …
/news/way-back-wednesday-erin-kara-11… Celebrating Barnard’s Graduating Class of 2024! To mark the academic year’s biggest milestone, 4,700 family members, … as president of Smith College, you established the first engineering program at an American women’s college in … because of this honor [but] because of the privilege of being with you today and listening to the wonderful remarks …
https://barnard.edu/news/celebrating-barnards-graduating-class-2024… interview to celebrate National Latinx Heritage Month, the famed writer shares his views on storytelling and his … English, for me, is assuming a different past, almost like being someone else. Juan Gabriel Vásquez The stars don’t … between September 18 and November 13. While this isn’t the first time Vásquez has visited the College, it’s the first …
/news/break-down-novelist-juan-gabriel-vasquez-barnards-inaugural-international-artist-fellow… in Teaching On This Page On This Page Overview Trauma in the Classroom Six Trauma-Informed Core Principles … Practices in Teaching Overview Image Students are people first, and embody various identities and circumstances that … can take to care for student’s academic and personal well-being, as well as their own. These include surveying students …
/caring-practices-teaching… The Power of Community Barnard Magazine Barnard magazine … close, I’ve been reflecting on the past academic year — my first as president of Barnard College. It has been a great … aspects: the life of the mind, mental and physical well-being, financial fluency, and a sense of belonging. This is …
/magazine/spring-2024/power-community… Spring 2024 Athletics The Good Fight Boxer Zinnat Ferdous ’16 is aiming for Bangladesh’s first Olympic medal By Gabriel Baumgaertner | Photos by James … habits of her freshman roommate, who had aspirations of being a doctor. After graduating with a psychology degree, …
/magazine/spring-2024… Trailblazing AIDS Researcher Linda Laubenstein ’69 The physician was a pioneering scientific figure of the … pattern, in 1981, Laubenstein and colleagues submitted the first paper to be published in a medical journal about the … living with AIDS who had been fired from their jobs after being diagnosed. Laubenstein was very outspoken when it came …
/news/trailblazing-aids-researcher-linda-laubenstein-69… Barnard magazine Winter 2020 Photo by Getty Images Maybe the words “joy” and “physics” don’t seem like an obvious … matter change phases from gas to liquid to solid? Or from being magnetic to not being magnetic? There are very large … California and did research in astrophysics. That was the first time I did research. Once I started doing research, I …
/magazine/winter-2020/driven-discover… 2016 Barnard Introduces New Curriculum Foundations honors the College’s commitment to the liberal arts while … Typically, two students a year play the role of Millie. Being Millie isn’t for the faint of heart. Daly Franco ’12 … about 15 years ago. Her name is an homage to Barnard’s first president, Millicent McIntosh. The bear image was …
/magazine/fall-2016… Fall 2018 One for the History Books In 1976, Mae Yih ’51 became the first Chinese American elected to a state legislature … say the least. “The newspaper said, ‘Mae Yih’s chance of being elected is like a snowball in July,’ ” she remembers …
/magazine/fall-2018-0… Student Services Please see below for more information on the RESOURCE FAIR: STUDENT SERVICES , which will take place … a whole to support students who identify as international, first-generation, or low-income as they navigate the American … personal development, and mental and physical well-being of all students. Health and Wellness — Barnard offers …
/resource-fair-student-services… on Sunday, August 28, 2022! It was wonderful to welcome the parents and families of our incoming first-year and transfer students to Barnard. Our sessions … Speaking and Writing Fellows. Student Health and Well-Being Track 1 (Last Names A–M): 2:45–3:30 p.m. in the Event …
/incoming-parent-family-orientation… Following a significant amount of time away from campus, the College offered a week of programming to help students … Barnard’s New Student Orientation Program (NSOP) welcomes first-year and transfer students to campus with programming … she said. Isabella Pechaty ’23 said that even after being away for a year, picking up where she left off came …
/news/welcome-home-welcome-back-barnard… magazine Spring 2023 When I meet with a new client for the first time, I usually have a set of slides I use to introduce … got married, and had three kids. I was the oldest. For me, being a part of an Iranian-Irish-American household offered …
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