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… Commencement Commencement 2024 The biggest celebration of Barnard College’s academic year is … 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 …

… and leadership development trainings for women. The format of these training programs can vary from a … women who are assertive in the workplace are penalized for being seen as angry and uncompromising; thus, they are less … and activist. During her 2010 political campaign as the first Indian American woman to run for U.S. Congress in the …

… undergraduate student who identifies as low-income and/or first-generation and attends Barnard College, Columbia College, the School of Engineering and Applied Science, or the School … can check out materials from the collections without being required to publicly identify themselves as low-income …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… made regularly, this curated selection seeks to help the community stay connected to the College while supporting … Cagen coined the term “quirkyalone” — someone who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) … the 1940s, Diana Chang became widely known to be the first American-born Chinese person to publish a novel in the …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… of Transformation Why horizontal models matter Image The coda for this resource on how anti-racist efforts can … burdens for students of color aims to do two things. First, it provides a sense of how many students perceive the … change happens at Barnard, a place that prides itself on being a racially diverse, minority-inclusive institution with …