Bard Scholar Julianne Swartz Awarded Grant from Bobby Anspach Foundation
Julianne Swartz, associate professor and codirector of the studio arts program at Bard College, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Bobby Anspach Foundation. The grant will support Swartz’s project, Heart Flow Instrument, a large-scale contemplative environment in the form of a deconstructed fountain that functions as a body in itself, where water, sound, light, and human presence circulate through interconnected vessels.
Bard Acting President Jonathan Becker Publishes Opinion Article in Times Higher Education
Jonathan Becker, acting president of Bard College, published an opinion piece in Times Higher Education about how institutions of higher learning should remain focused on civic missions. As he assumes the position of acting president, Bard's commitment to a civic mission of expanding access to liberal arts educational opportunities, community engagement, remains paramount. Read More >>Chris Gibson Joins Bard College as Hannah Arendt Center Senior Fellow and Professor of Political Practice
Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Chris Gibson as a senior fellow and a professor of political practice. His residency will begin in the spring 2027 academic semester during the pilot program of the Center’s new initiative, “A Republic, If You Can Keep It.” Gibson, together with Malia Du Mont ’95, vice president for strategy and policy at Bard, will lead the new initiative that focuses on the weakening of the American social contract and explores different paths to possible renewal. Read More >>More Bard News
- Bard Alumna Jacinta Creel Vallejo ’24 to Receive Higgs Scholarship and Attend University of Edinburgh for MSc
- Bard College Artist in Residence Julia Weist Featured in the Los Angeles Times and the New York Times
- Roosevelt Montás Discusses the Future of College with the Chronicle of Higher Education
- Will Heinrich MFA ’13 Writes About Bard Exhibits for the New York Times
- Bard Prison Initiative Graduate Allen Porter ’26 Sits Down with Spectrum’s Errol Louis
- Bard Alumnus George Ball ’73 Featured in Forbes