All Bard News by Date
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October 2018
10-23-2018
Art icon and powerhouse DJ Huxtable talks about process, representation, internet culture, and the future of nightlife in New York City.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-09-2018
BPI alumnus Jule Hall spoke powerfully about college behind bars during the Race and Justice Summit at the Atlantic Festival in Washington, D.C.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative |
10-09-2018
Poet Layli Long Soldier reflects on the relatively unknown official apology issued to indigenous people on behalf of the U.S. government in 2009.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-02-2018
Exhibitions of Sacabo’s Tagged series of photogravure prints open in Atlanta and New Orleans later this month.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
10-02-2018
As an English-language tutor in Beijing, Elia uses articles and images in the Times to deepen conversation skills, improve listening, and develop vocabulary and grammar.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
September 2018
09-20-2018
Cashel, who was diagnosed with Lyme disease at age 7, is founder of Suffering the Silence, a nonprofit dedicated to overcoming the stigma of chronic illness.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-19-2018
When trans people transition, their voices often don't. Kawitzky and other NYU researchers are looking into how to change that.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-18-2018
Susso, a West African émigré, teaches at the International Community High School in the Bronx. He is the first NYC teacher to receive the award in 23 years.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Education | Institutes(s): Master of Arts in Teaching |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Education | Institutes(s): Master of Arts in Teaching |
09-18-2018
Raphael Bob-Waksberg ’06 and cocreator Lisa Hanawalt talk about the origin story of their “depressingly good” animated series.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
09-18-2018
Moscoso, currently senior curator at the Museo Tamayo in Mexico City, will head the curatorial team for the UK’s largest contemporary arts festival.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Graduate Programs,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Graduate Programs,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
09-01-2018
Morley, whose “Brent, Bandit King” is narrated by a computer program known as the Facilitator, talks about AI, the gaming world, and his story’s path to publication.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of Languages and Literature | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
August 2018
08-14-2018
Dalia Najjar ’14, general manager of Palestine-based Farouk Systems, has secured a $1 million agricultural grant for local producers/farmers to expand regional sourcing.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Graduate Programs,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bard Graduate Programs,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-14-2018
The Bard alum shares photographs from her summer on the road, taken in between shoots for two new movies and shows with her band.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-14-2018
As a Bard student, Letz traveled to five countries to study the effects of globalization on small farmers. Now she’s turned her passion for growing local and organic into the thriving Bluma Farm.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability,Politics and International Affairs |
08-07-2018
We don’t accept all-male panels on women’s issues, says Mustafa. So why do we still discuss refugee policy without refugees?
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Politics and International Affairs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Politics and International Affairs |
July 2018
07-30-2018
Wolff, who joined the recovery effort in New Orleans during her first year at Bard, returns to the city to lead its first family-focused agency.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
07-25-2018
The Block Museum of Art is devoting its first-floor gallery to Chan’s media work Happiness (finally) after 35,000 years of civilization.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): MFA |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts,Film | Institutes(s): MFA |
07-25-2018
McLean and Strack, who met at Bard and later married, have turned a shared love of literature into a successful singing and songwriting career.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Master of Arts in Teaching |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Master of Arts in Teaching |
07-23-2018
“Trump implies that if Montenegro were not in NATO, then the United States could stay uninvolved in a war between Montenegro and Russia. This ignores both geography and history.”
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement |
07-23-2018
First, writes Fiori, we have to recognize the latent marginalization of minority populations in the mainstream media.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Languages and Literature |
07-14-2018
Rozsa wrote his Senior Project on Carter’s famous Crisis of Confidence speech. Here, he interviews Carter about the prescience of that speech in the era of President Trump.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-09-2018
The Brownsville Community Culinary Center, cofounded by Bard alum Lucas Denton, helps young people create career opportunities for themselves while serving their community.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Wellness | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-03-2018
Bard alumnus John Yau talks to Martha Wilson, founder of Franklin Furnace, and artist William Villalongo about Johns’s life and work.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-02-2018
Susan Mernit ’74, CEO of Hack the Hood, introduces low-income students of color to careers in tech by hiring and training them to build websites for local businesses in their communities.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Information Technology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Information Technology | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
June 2018
06-21-2018
Bard alumna Lola Kirke talks with Nylon’s Sandra Song ahead of the release of her debut album in August.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Film,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Film,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
06-12-2018
“If we want to hold the powerful accountable,” says Farrow, “one of the best tools to do that is through reporting.”
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
May 2018
05-29-2018
Union organizer David Rolf ’92 is at the forefront of the shift in the labor movement, from a focus on organizing workers in manufacturing to those in the service sector.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Social Studies | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-26-2018
Bard College held its one hundred fifty-eighth commencement on Saturday, May 26, 2018. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein conferred 469 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2018 and 164 graduate degrees.
Photo: Megan J. Smith Credit: Karl Rabe
Meta: Subject(s): Academics,Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative |
Meta: Subject(s): Academics,Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative |
05-22-2018
Bard alumna Noor Gharzeddine’s Are You Glad I’m Here will be shown at the Brooklyn Film Festival on June 9–10.
Photo: Megan J. Smith Credit: Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-15-2018
“Farrow draws on both government experience and fresh reporting to offer a lament for the plight of America’s diplomats—and an argument for why it matters.”
Photo: Megan J. Smith Credit: Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-15-2018
Bard alumna Odetta Hartman continues to explore and reinvent American folk expression in her second album, Old Rockhounds Never Die.
Photo: Megan J. Smith Credit: Karl Rabe
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Music |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Music |
05-10-2018
Smith, an award-winning entrepreneur and tech evangelist, will deliver the address at the College’s 158th commencement on Saturday, May 26.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Academics,Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Leon Botstein,Student |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Academics,Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Leon Botstein,Student |
05-01-2018
Conover, a Bard alum and creator of the TV comedy Adam Ruins Everything, says Wolf did what comedians are supposed to do: she told the truth, and no one should be apologizing.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
March 2018
03-13-2018
Bard College and Simon’s Rock alumnus Ronan Farrow ’04 will receive the Point Courage Award, recognizing his advocacy for the future of the LGBTQ community in his work as a journalist.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Early Colleges | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Early Colleges | Institutes(s): Bard College at Simon's Rock,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
February 2018
02-27-2018
Arthur Holland Michel '13 is a finalist for the Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award, given to support the completion of significant works of nonfiction on topics of political and social concern.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of Science, Math, and Computing | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-27-2018
Award-winning choreographer Arthur Aviles fell in love with dance as an undergraduate at Bard College, where he studied with Jean Churchill, Lenore Latimer, and Aileen Passloff.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Dance | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Dance | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-20-2018
Sohrab Mohebbi, a graduate of the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, will join SculptureCenter as head curator in April.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
02-13-2018
"Formed amid the fruitful live-music scene at Bard College," this Hudson Valley band "is slicing and dicing indie rock in its own image."
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-13-2018
Inés Katzenstein will head MoMA’s Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Research institute for the Study of Art from Latin America.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
02-13-2018
Kayla Gerdes is drawing on her troubled past to advocate for criminal justice reform and more support for prisoners after their release.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Center for Civic Engagement |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Center for Civic Engagement |
02-11-2018
The artist Celeste Dupuy-Spencer interprets what’s happening on Page 76 of newly published or upcoming titles.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-02-2018
Designer Paris Starn’s debut collection draws inspiration from her great-grandmother’s aprons.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
January 2018
01-19-2018
Journalist and Bard alumna Moira Donegan ’12 on why she started the online list of men in the media industry accused of sexual harassment, and what her life has been like since.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-16-2018
Spahr and Young, both of whom teach at Mills College, argue that in shielding students from sexual harassers, professors support a broken system.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
Meta: Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
01-16-2018
Ronan Farrow ’04 talks about Hollywood, journalism, and the Weinstein exposé that launched a movement in this wide-ranging interview.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
Meta: Subject(s): Alumni/ae |
01-05-2018
Houthi forces have captured a U.S. Navy unmanned underwater research vehicle off the coast of Yemen. Gettinger, codirector of Bard's Drone Center, weighs in.
Credit: Photo: Joi Ito
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Bardians at Work | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
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