Newsmakers

Roberta Smith for the New York Times calls the paintings of recent Bard graduate Lucy Dodd MFA '12 "as wry as they are beautiful."

Alexis Gambis '03 has crafted a career at the intersection of science and film, launching a film festival, pursuing advanced degrees in molecular biology and film, and making movies that tell a different story about scientists.

The Da Capo Chamber Players present a program of chamber works in their annual “Celebrate Bard!” concert, on Monday, March 11, at 8 p.m. at the new László Z. Bitó '60 Conservatory Building. “Da Capo’s annual ‘Celebrate Bard’ concert features faculty composers, other composers from the area, Bard alumni, and current students. It is thus a celebration of the creativity, imagination, continuing influence and vitality of the Bard Music Program,” says flutist and Da Capo member Patricia Spencer.

John Kisch '76 has been collecting visual artifacts of African American cinema for decades. Now his collection is available to museums, as a coffee table book, and as an iPad app.

Bard Prison Initiative graduate José Pérez received his associate's degree from Bard in January, and got married on Valentine's Day, but he's still behind bars. He doesn't come up for parole for seven years, but he and his wife are planning for the future.

On Tuesday, February 19, Bard College will host a talk and discussion with Salim B. “Sandy” Lewis, a Wall Street leader, founder of his firm, who now, with his wife, is the owner and operator of Lewis Family Farm in Essex, New York, a beef farm with a unique USDA certificate in grass. Lewis will explore “Why Fixing Wall Street and the Economy is Critical to the World” in a discussion with Matt Taibbi ’92, the renowned political and financial columnist for Rolling Stone.

Bard alumna Susan Lowenstein Kitchell '48 will receive a "Standing on Her Shoulders Award" from the Women's Fund of Western Massachusetts for her work in reproductive rights.

Sung Jin Hong '03 creates and directs One World Symphony's Baroque[n] Hearts, which also features Bard alumna Eva Sun '09.

BuzzFeed offers "23 Reasons Why Ronan Farrow Is Cooler Than You."

A new partnership between Bard's Center for Civic Engagement and regional schools has Bard students offering homework help and mentoring to local students.