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Recent News and Notes

• Bard College Dedicates New Solar Installation
  
  

  06-27-2014: Bard College “flipped the switch” on a new solar installation donated by the Green Mountain Energy™ Sun Club™ in a special dedication ceremony on Tuesday, June 24. The 9kW solar installation was funded by a $35,000 donation from the Sun Club. The Sun Club is a unique program enabling Green Mountain Energy Company’s residential customers and employees, including many in the Dutchess County area, to donate solar technology to nonprofits like Bard.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2585
  
• Notable South African MP Wilmot James to Join Bard College as Senior Visiting Fellow
  
  

  06-18-2014: Bard College announces the appointment of Wilmot James, notable South African Member of Parliament and academic, as Senior Visiting Fellow at the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College. James will be in residence at the College from April 2 to 12, 2015, and will offer a series of lectures on topics ranging from evolution, ethical considerations in the use of genetic information, and South African politics and history. He will also work with the Hannah Arendt Center to host a dynamic weeklong working group on current politics in South Africa.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2583
  
• Ticks More Likely to Be Infected with Several Pathogens, Says New Study
  
  

  06-18-2014: People who get bitten by a blacklegged tick have a higher-than-expected chance of being exposed to more than one pathogen at the same time, according to research by Bard biologist Felicia Keesing and colleagues. The new study, published online today in the journal PLOS ONE, was conducted by scientists at Bard College, Sarah Lawrence College, and the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2584
  
• Two Rivers: An Evening with Filmmaker Peter Hutton at the Bard Graduate Center
  

  05-29-2014: The Bard Graduate Center in New York City will host a screening of Two Rivers by avant-garde filmmaker and Bard faculty member Peter Hutton on Thursday, June 5, at 6:30 p.m. The screening will be followed by a conversation between Professor Hutton and film curator Joshua Siegel, of the Museum of Modern Art.
  https://www.bgc.bard.edu/gallery/gallery-programs-list/two-rivers-an/register.html
  
• Loss of African Wildlife Spurs Cascade of Consequences in Savannas, Says New Study Led by Bard Biology Professor Felicia Keesing
  

  05-07-2014: The loss of large mammals from African savannas can have unexpected and often undesirable consequences for the people and livestock that depend on them, according to a new study published in the journal BioScience. Scientists from Bard College and the University of California, Davis, experimentally removed large grazing mammals from plots of savanna land in Kenya where both livestock and wildlife are abundant. That removal set in motion a cascade of consequences. “The results of this long-term study show that preserving large mammals in African savannas can be a win-win for conservation and for human welfare,” says lead author Felicia Keesing, a biology professor at Bard.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2570
  
• Bard Professor Judy Pfaff Wins 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Sculpture Center
  

  05-07-2014: Judy Pfaff, acclaimed artist, Richard B. Fisher Professor in the Arts, and codirector of the Studio Arts Program at Bard College, has won the International Sculpture Center (ISC) 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award. ISC awarded two world-renowned sculptors, Judy Pfaff and Ursula von Rydingsvard, with the award. Pfaff will be presented with the award at the 23rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award Celebration later this spring in New York City.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2571
  

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• Bard Professor Ellen Driscoll Wins 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
  
  

  05-02-2014: Ellen Driscoll, distinguished artist and professor of studio arts at Bard College, is the winner of a 2014 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Art. Driscoll is one of five artists to win this year’s award. The prize of $7,500 is given to artists to honor exceptional accomplishment and to encourage creative work.
  http://www.bard.edu/news/releases/pr/fstory.php?id=2566
  

  Photo by Steven Manning