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… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 Fall 2024: PHIL UN2301 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… The Style Series | Chinese Fashion, Past to Present From the … a rebellious lovestruck heroine (the subject of Ko’s first monograph). Ko’s research on fashion addresses these … often outsourced to workshops in India or China instead of being made in the French or Italian atelier.  What does it …

… Who’s That Girl? Millie the Bear is the life of campus celebrations, but who wears … 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 …

… Six graduates reflect back, look forward, and celebrate the moment!   May 19, 2022 Many of the 984 students served … — the program dedicated to supporting international, first-generation, or low-income students — traveled … Commencement, I’m honestly really nervous about no longer being a student. It has been one of the few things that has …

… series, Anne Cebula ’20 talks about becoming Barnard’s first student-athlete to win an individual NCAA Championship title. March 28, 2019 One of the many advantages that students value about their Barnard … defines the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium. How has being an athlete informed your college experience? The …

… Way Back Wednesday | Edwidge Danticat ’90 The youngest-ever National Book Award nominee shares how … to Barnard on February 20 for an event highlighting first-generation writers, alongside  Mary Gordon ’71 ,  Mary … merit but, they believed, because organizations were being politically correct. She stressed, “If you feel like …

… ’21, gives a preview of what new students can expect from the week of online programming. August 28, 2020 Image … kicks off the school year with a week of programming for first-year and transfer students to get acquainted with the … Going to Barnard, students are told that they are being set up to be successful and that this school will open …

… approaching, we want folks to know that there's a place in the zine library for people who aren't interested in sex … people on the asexual spectrum. These essays range from being in a relationship with a non-asexual person, queer … from prolific zinesters, this sexuality comp zine contains first-person accounts from a variety of sexualities, with …

… Conference Opportunities Conference Logistics The Fall 2023 Opportunities Conference was an exciting … many students as possible felt that their interests were being addressed in a campus-wide celebration of career … LinkedIn headshots taken. Headshots were offered on a first-come/first-served basis.   Previous Conference Premium …