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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 …

… 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, …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …