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… 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 …

… 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 …

… Twelve Barnard Moments from 2024 From the inauguration of the College’s ninth president to the … Laura A. Rosenbury ; celebrating seniors and welcoming first-years ; announcing Monica L. Miller — chair of the … and Soul The Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being opens to offer community members an integrated, …

… 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 …

… Mental Health Advocate Elizabeth Bishop Davis Trussell ’41 The psychoanalyst and professor created the foundations for … with a degree in psychology, she helped launch Harlem’s first mental health clinic, the Lafargue Mental Hygiene … visit the  Francine A. LeFrak Foundation Center for Well-Being , Barnard’s new centralized hub for all …

… Practices in Teaching Overview Image Students are people first, and embody various identities and circumstances that could be known or unknown to the instructor and to the class. In light of this, it is … can take to care for student’s academic and personal well-being, as well as their own. These include surveying students …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… TO PHILOSOPHY. 3.00 points . Survey of some of the central problems, key figures, and great works in both … overlap with those about gender? Is there a normal way of being queer? Introduction to philosophy and feminism through … discussion section ( PHIL UN2311 ). Attendance in the first week of classes is mandatory PHIL UN2311 HISTORY OF …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Fall 2022 Public Service & Advocacy The Fight Goes On In the early 1970s, Abby Pariser ’67 became … center where she volunteered in 1970 that Abby Pariser ’67 first saw an index card tacked to a bulletin board: … through both farm- and city-based after-school programs. “Being able to use the platform we’ve built and the world of …

… ‘It Feels Like Déjà Vu’ The Movement Lab’s Guy de Lancey reflects on becoming a … political refugee from South Africa in the Movement Lab’s first Artist Interview. As de Lancey shares below, he left … subtle ways, of how what seems normal is anything but.  Being faced with prison, condemnation, or being threatened by …

… from simulation studies for selective constraints on the codon usage of the Angiosperm  psbA  gene  under the … , and was a Nightline Peer Listener . Currently, I am a first-year at University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary … important genes for crops and flowering plant species. Being in project lab was such a special time for me during my …

… she got started in public service in a very private way: being a translator for her immigrant Chinese parents. From about the age of 8, Sun says, she helped her parents manage a whole … She was appointed deputy chief of staff to New York’s first woman governor in October 2021 — the highest-ranking …

… unafraid to question what it means to be educated and what the future holds for women.  Yet to meet the challenges of … our commitment to access, Barnard will announce its first-ever loan forgiveness plan  in the fall of 2024. This … understand the value a supportive network has for well-being and learning. Reinvestment in community is the natural …