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… 1968: Fifty Years Later We reflect on the protests that changed the College and transformed Barnard … Americans to form their own campus social life for the first time, including, in 1965, organizing the Students’ … around midnight, SAS requested that SDS leave. “I remember being sad about it,” Patrick recalled, “because I was coming …

… Smile Canine cognition pioneer Alexandra Horowitz studies the inner lives of humanity’s best nonhuman friends. By Marie … toys have different effects on dogs’ general well-being. The lab also serves as a training ground for aspiring … Horowitz, who found herself on the leading edge of the first wave of dog cognition research. As such, the field was …

… pomp and circumstance; you will throw your caps in the air; scream; cry (some of you); and go celebrate with … Because – spoiler alert here – no one really likes their first job out of college; no one generally stays in it for … way we do. That’s not real diversity.  Real diversity is being with people and, crucially, listening to people, who …

… Linda Villarosa Linda Villarosa Takes On 'Big Problems' The award-winning journalist discussed race and inequality in … Black Women’s Guide to Physical Health and Emotional Well-Being and the Lambda Literary Award-nominated novel Passing … Linda Bell , the Big Problems series was created by First-Year Seminar faculty members Pamela Cobrin , Cecelia …

… A Word with Akil Kumarasamy ’10 The writer takes readers to past and future worlds in her … to her credit. The reviews of Kumarasamy’s second book and first novel, Meet Us by the Roaring Sea , point to the … part about breaking into professional fiction writing? Being okay with uncertainty — I think that was the big thing …

… ’80 Barnard Magazine Barnard magazine Summer 2013 Over the past four decades, Dorothy Denburg says there have been … which has grown from 50-some mentoring pairs in its first year to 86 mentoring pairs this year,” Denburg says. … seminar program and the Centennial Scholars program. Being in the classroom helped her gain more insight into the …

… Lahiri ’89 Twenty years after Interpreter of Maladies , the Pulitzer Prize-winning author discusses the journey to … would end up writing in a language besides English. Her first language was Bengali, and she studied both Russian and … Beckett, who wrote in both English and French. “I remember being a [first-year at Barnard] and reading [him] for the …

… Beshkin Barnard Magazine Barnard magazine Summer 2013 The day her debut novel landed on bookstore shelves, actress … actress trying to make it in New York City, is her first serious foray into writing. Quindlen started the Q & A … main characters, she often goes hours or days without being on set. Other actors with that much downtime, she …

… Inside the Artemis Rising Fellowship Program Two documentary film … was so thrilled to see the level of attention and support being brought to filmmaking at Barnard,” said Banta. “I loved … and featured guest speakers with various roles. On the first day of class, a full roster of students filed into the …

… Compassion For 32 years, Sharon Kleinbaum ’81 oversaw the world’s largest LGBTQ+ synagogue By Arlene Schulman / … advocating for gay rights.  The bathroom, which was the first in New York City to receive a variance to include all … and activist Grace Paley. “Barnard has a reputation for being an intellectually exciting place, a place for the arts …