… will study formal and institutionalized interventions in the realms of practice and theory, as well as … colonial policies and practices. Port-au-Prince, the first city studied, will be examined in relation to the … universal basic income, etc.) This year, the course is being offered in an immersive, online format with an …
/seminars… Arthur Ross Greenhouse Celebrates 20 Years To celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Barnard’s Arthur Ross … W. Stewart '13 and Hester Mary Rusk '12 work in Barnard's first greenhouse, circa 1912. Student working, 1944 Student … have occupied Milbank's roof, with the most recent being our 20-year-old Arthur Ross Greenhouse. This facility …
/news/botanybarnar-arthur-ross-greenhouse-celebrates-20-years… Religion) spoke to Joscelyn Jurich about active pedagogy, the limitations and potential of online teaching and … What you end up with is a conversation. In the first year seminar class I taught in the spring, we read … comfortable with that kind of material production, and being able to manipulate different types of media and bring …
/news/our-conversation-najam-haider… Saskia Hamilton paints an illuminating portrait of the marriage of two literary greats: writer Elizabeth … making? Saskia Hamilton: In 1989, I was 22 years old, a first-semester graduate student in poetry at NYU, and I heard … Lowell’s passionate pursuit of Caroline. It is also about being driven off course in his pursuit of his sanity and his …
/magazine/spring-2020/lives-letters… Athena Turns 10 The Athena Film Festival caps a milestone as an international … support the work of up-and-coming women filmmakers. The first Sloan development grant, established to promote stories … important it is for girls to ‘do science,’ as opposed to ‘being scientists,’ it’s critical that films represent women …
/magazine/spring-2020/athena-turns-10… trying to become writers while caring for small children. The second wave of feminism was cresting, and thousands like … she get anything written and published in that time? Her first published essay, on Twyla Tharp, a fellow Barnard alum, … of sensibilities, and the deeply satisfying sense of being known and loved. When I showed her my first collection …
/magazine/spring-2020/remembering-tobi-tobias-59-1938-2020… these dynamic women who also happen to be born in the month of February. January 31, 2017 Cultural Icons … 1926 , African American historian Carter G. Woodson first celebrated “Negro History Week” to highlight the … writing, "By this time I am, of course, completely into being Zora's niece, and the lie comes with perfect …
/news/women-black-history-month… The Academic Year Ahead September 9, 2020 Dear Members of the … opportunities for discussion for the Class of 2024. The First-Year Experience faculty have been particularly hard at … complex safety and health protocols that ensure the well-being of our community; updating classrooms with the …
/news/academic-year-ahead… Down: Daylight Saving Time Professor Peter Balsam explains the complex job our brains have when negotiating daylight and … or even when playing sports. Many people complain of that first day or week of DST as going slowly. Why do we feel that … on how we feel on the first days of DST is the result of being tired. Many of us are not tired when the clock tells us …
/news/break-down-q-prof-peter-balsam-surviving-switch-daylight-saving-time… Schwartz Roberta Schwartz ’91 Takes On ‘Big Problems’ The chief innovation officer of a major hospital center … by Provost Linda Bell , the series was created by First-Year Seminar faculty members Wendy Schor-Haim , Laurie … it’s not possible to put telemedicine back in a box. That being said, what they are worried about is the runaway cost …
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