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Newsmakers

Bard alumni/ae are always in the news, whether it’s the arts, sciences, or civil service. Catch up on some of what your fellow alumni/ae have been up to by reading the stories below.

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October 2013

10-27-2013
Musician Donald Fagen has penned a literary memoir focusing on his musical influences, not stardom.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Music |
10-26-2013
Lawyer, statesman, author, and (soon-to-be) television personality Ronan Farrow '04 has the resume of someone twice his age.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Early Colleges,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-21-2013
Where privatization and charity fail, investments in watershed services can solve the global water crisis, writes CEP alumna Karen Corey.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy |
10-18-2013
Bard College and Simon's Rock alum Ronan Farrow '04 has a new MSNBC show and a book in the works.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
10-17-2013
Lilly Bechtel '09 harnesses the healing power of yoga in her work with veterans who are coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-16-2013
Larissa Phillips examines the social, environmental, and parenting implications of hunting for food.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-16-2013
Composer Sung Jin Hong '03 plans to stage his new mini-opera Breaking Bad—Ozymandias next year. The piece will combine elements of the hit show with Percy Bysshe Shelley's sonnet "Ozymandias."
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature,Film,Music,Opera | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-16-2013
Bard MAT Graduate Colleen Bucci Named New York State Master Teacher<br />
Bard College Master of Arts in Teaching (Bard MAT) graduate Colleen Bucci ’08 has been named a New York State Master Teacher by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. Bucci is one of 104 educators from four regions to be selected as the first group of New York State Master Teachers. Bucci, who graduated from the Bard MAT Program in 2008, is a biology teacher in the Hyde Park Central School District.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Master of Arts in Teaching |
10-15-2013
How do you turn a graphic novel into a musical? Broadway veterans took the unconventional childhood memoir Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel A.A. '79, and adapted it for the stage.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature,Division of the Arts,Early Colleges,Music,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Center for Civic Engagement |
10-15-2013
City Year volunteers work as tutors, classroom assistants, and after-school program leaders to give struggling students a boost in U.S. cities. Jennifer Spadaccia '13 is among the 42 young adults providing academic support in New Orleans schools with City Year.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Career Development | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
10-15-2013
Alumni/ae Day and Family Weekend<br />
Alumni/ae Day and Family Weekend will take place on campus October 25–27. Join us for a variety of events, including What's New at Bard, the Ask the President forum, sample classes, performances by the American Symphony Orchestra, campus tours, and panel discussions. Click below to view the full program.
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-14-2013
Bard alumnus, actor, and filmmaker Andrew Gilchrist '05 discusses his new film, Sea Pig, which recently won Best Short Film at both the Kansas City Film Festival and the Coney Island Film Festival.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-10-2013
Canadian and Omaskêko Cree artist and Bard alumnus Duane Linklater MFA '13 has won the nation's Sobey Art Award for contemporary artists under the age of 40.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): MFA |
10-10-2013
Gabriel Blau '02 founded the God and Sexuality National Academic Conference at Bard in 1998. These days, he's advocating for LGBT families as the new executive director of the Family Equality Council.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs,Religion and Theology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
10-08-2013
Meher Varma '07 encourages international students to consider studying in the United States by relating some of the best things about being at Bard.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Admission,Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-04-2013
Bard Prison Initiative Expands with New Sites, Consortium Conference, and New Faculty<br />
The Bard Prison Initiative is expanding. This summer the program opened two new campuses in New York State, one of which restored BPI's program for women after Bayview Correctional Facility in Manhattan was closed after Hurricane Sandy. BPI has more students enrolled in its programs and a more diverse array of classes than ever before. In June, the program hosted a conference on the liberal arts in prison with its growing consortium of national partner organizations. BPI has also hired three new site directors, all of whom are Bard alumni/ae: classicist Rana Al-Saadi Liebert '01, writer Joe Vallese '06, and sculptor Pamela J. Wallace '87.
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Inclusive Excellence | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Center for Civic Engagement |
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