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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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August 2012

08-20-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

July 2012

07-30-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
07-28-2012
An Alum Working for Peace in South Sudan
Bard alumnus Vincent Valdmanis '03 works for the United Nations in the newly independent nation of South Sudan, helping the country achieve stability. Vincent strives to "ensure that UN agencies provide shelter, food, and water," while addressing poverty through better access to health care and education. In the Bardian:
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Photo: Vincent meets with security officials during elections for South Sudan independence.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
07-19-2012
<em>Hasta Nunca</em>, a Film by Bard Alumnus Mark Street '86, to Screen at National Gallery
Check out the trailer for the new feature film Hasta Nunca by Bard alum Mark Street '86. This film and some of his other work will be screened at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. on Saturday.
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Photo: A still from Hasta Nunca, by Mark Street
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-16-2012
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Photo: A still from Hasta Nunca, by Mark Street
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
07-02-2012
The Bard Prison Initiative Celebrates 10th Anniversary
The Bard Prison Initiative has been educating New York State inmates for 10 years, transforming lives and creating a model for similar programs around the country. In this video, alums and current students share their inspiring BPI stories.
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |

June 2012

06-20-2012
Simon's Rock student Bethany Geiger attends her college's reunion and finds that, "When you're in, you're in for good."
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Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement,Simon's Rock at Bard College |
06-08-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Center for Environmental Policy,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
06-01-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
06-01-2012
What if filmmakers all over the planet documented the same day? Follow the link below to view a trailer for the film One Day on Earth, coproduced by Daniel Lichtblau '03, opening today in New York City.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

May 2012

05-30-2012
Bardian filmmakers are turning heads with a new Web series called The Outs, about gay life in New York City. Bard alums involved include Adam Goldman '08 (writer-director), Jay Gillespie '08 (director of photography), Ted King '08 and Andrew Theiss '09 (sound), Sasha Winters '08 (acting), Amanda Warman '09 (producer) and Jake Teresi '10 (key grip). Read more about The Outs in the Huffington Post.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-30-2012
These Bard alumni created a film that "stands on its own as a meditation on the uncomfortable truths, and unexpected joys, of creative collaboration." The comedy troupe Olde English—comprised of Caleb Bark '12, Raphael Bob-Waksburg '06, Joel Clark '05, Adam Conover '04, Ben Popik '05, and Dave Segal '05—premiered their collaborative film The Exquisite Corpse at the Dances With Films Festival in Hollywood.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-30-2012
What would it take to make faster computers and more efficient solar panels? Jesse Kohl '07 is looking for answers at the crossroads of nanotechnology and clean energy.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
05-27-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-21-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
05-12-2012
Farrow's advice to Dominican graduates: "Shake things up."
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Simon's Rock at Bard College |
05-12-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-08-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
05-04-2012
Bard alumnus Adam Yauch '86 has passed away at the age of 47 after a battle with cancer. The Bard community mourns this loss. We are proud to have honored Adam last year at Commencement with the Kellogg Award in the arts.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

April 2012

04-26-2012
Evan Spigelman '09 took home the Big Easy Award for Best Actor in a Musical for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Anna Henschel '09 was nominated for Best Director for the production at the Bard Alumni/ae-run Skin Horse Theater.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
04-25-2012
Miss Lovely, a film by Bard alum Ashim Ahluwalia '95, heads to the Cannes Film Festival this year as India's only entry.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Film | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
04-22-2012
What do Bard alums do in their spare time? Alumnae Lilly Bechtel ’09 and Maida Ives ’08 started a women's arm wrestling league in New York City.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
04-14-2012
We have more exciting postgraduate fellowship news: Seniors Sadaf Hasan and Rachel Van Horn, and alums Duron Jackson MFA '11 and Maya Perlmann '11 have all been awarded Fulbright Fellowships. Congratulations!

Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,MFA |
04-07-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

March 2012

03-21-2012
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-20-2012
The new Bard Alumni/ae Center is coming together fast. The building is under construction on 9G across from the main entrance to the College. The center will be open during commencement and reunion this year, complete with Two Boots Pizza!
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-07-2012
Acclaimed Disney Composer and Bard Alumnus Robert Sherman '49 Dies
The Bard community is deeply saddened to learn of the death of alum Robert Sherman '49. Robert and his brother Richard (also class of '49) composed the soundtracks to many childhoods in their years at Disney.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts,Film,Music | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
03-06-2012
Mariel Fiori ’05, founding editor and managing director of La Voz, has been named one of the Hispanic Coalition NY, Inc.’s 2012 40 Under 40 Rising Stars. La Voz is an independent monthly Spanish-language magazine aimed at bridging the Anglo and Hispanic cultures in the Hudson Valley region. The 40 Under 40 Rising Stars program recognizes members of the Hispanic/Latino community under the age of 40 who have demonstrated outstanding accomplishments and achievements in the areas of business, educations, politics, nonprofit sector, community service, and more.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
03-03-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

February 2012

02-27-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-24-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-21-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of Science, Math, and Computing | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-19-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-08-2012
On any given evening, the dinner guests of Ali Wentworth '88 may be family members, girlfriends, or dignitaries with Secret Service agents. What are her tips and tricks for entertaining? Ali shares her stories in Food and Wine magazine and in her new book, Ali in Wonderland.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-06-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts | Institutes(s): Center for Curatorial Studies |
02-01-2012
What do Bard alumni/ae do after graduation? Some of them create cutting-edge theater that uses "linguistic fireworks" to make "new art for a new generation." Check out Steven Sapp '89, Mildred Ruiz-Sapp '92, and William Ruiz '03 in the new Universes production of Ameriville.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Theater | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

January 2012

01-25-2012
With Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona resigning, a special election is starting to take shape for the Tucson seat. Among the possible contenders? Giffords's chief of staff, Bard alumna Pia Carusone '03.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-19-2012
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
01-17-2012
The "demented brilliance" of Bard alumnus Nick Jones '01 has been noted by the New York Times, and his work has appeared at New York's Lincoln Center. His next project? A musical about Grizzly Adams performed by bears.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

December 2011

12-22-2011
Farrow has been a driven international human rights activist since graduating from Bard College at 15. He is currently Hillary Clinton's special advisor on global youth after stops at Yale Law, House Foreign Affairs Committee and UNICEF. He will start a Rhodes fellowship this fall.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
12-19-2011
Kyle Allison '01, Ronan Farrow '99, Jessica Mah '06, and Claire Rosen '01 of Bard College at Simon's Rock in Great Barrington, Mass. are making headlines.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Center for Civic Engagement,Simon's Rock at Bard College |
12-04-2011
When Rep. Gabrielle Giffords made a surprise Aug. 1 return to Capitol Hill to vote on debt legislation, her chief of staff, Pia Carusone, was at her side, at the center of the action but on the periphery of the spotlight.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

November 2011

11-20-2011
Ronan Farrow '04, a philosophy major and Bard's youngest graduate, serves as special adviser to the secretary of state for global youth issues.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-07-2011
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-06-2011
Ever wondered what it's like working in subzero temperatures to repair a radio telescope that weighs half a million pounds? Chris Kendall '82 has done just that, and will share his experience working at the Amunsen Scott Station in Antarctica on Nov. 10, 7–9 pm, in Olin 102.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
11-03-2011
Wearable communication? Kate Hartman '03 gives a TED talk on fashion that exposes and enables communication with self, others, and the environment.
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Photo: Richard M. Sherman '49 (L) Robert B. Sherman '49 (R) receive honorary Doctor of Arts degrees at Bard's 151st commencement.
Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

September 2011

09-01-2011
A Bard Perspective on Military Life: Three Alums Tell Their Stories (in the <em>Bardian</em>)
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

August 2011

08-16-2011
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Alumni/ae | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
08-04-2011
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Meta: Type(s): Event | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Division of the Arts,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |

July 2011

07-27-2011
Do former New York State prison inmates work harder than the average college student in post-graduation jobs? PBS NewsHour investigates Bard Prison Initiative graduates.
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Meta: Type(s): Alumni | Subject(s): Alumni/ae,Student | Institutes(s): Bard Prison Initiative,Bard Undergraduate Programs,Center for Civic Engagement |
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