Bard Physics Professor Shuo Zhang Receives NASA Grant for Research on Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*
Bard College Assistant Professor of Physics Shuo Zhang has received a $91,933 grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in support of her investigation, “Joint NuSTAR and EHT Probe of SgrA*: Flares, Black Hole Shadows, a New Hard X-Ray Source.” “Among all the fascinating science one can pursue via a joint X-ray and EHT observations of our own supermassive black hole, the physics behind mysterious daily Sgr A* flares is the jewel in the crown that astronomers have been pursuing. I am proud of our own students, physics major Nathalie Jones ’21, dance and mathematics major Rose Xu ’23, and physics major Grace Sanger-Johnson ’23, who have contributed to this exciting project.” says Zhang.
Bard Music Festival Explores Life and Times of One of Last Great Romantics in “Rachmaninoff and His World”
On Friday August 5, the Bard Music Festival returns with an intensive two-week exploration of “Rachmaninoff and His World.” In twelve themed concert programs, the festival’s 32nd season examines Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), perhaps the last great exponent of Russian Romanticism, tracing the complex course he navigated between Russia and Modernity (Weekend One: Aug 5–7), and investigating his relationship with the New Worlds he went on to conquer (Weekend Two: Aug 12–14). Read More >>Bard College Faculty Member Felicia Keesing Wins the 2022 International Cosmos Prize
Dr. Felicia Keesing, Bard College’s David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing, has been selected as the winner of the 2022 International Cosmos Prize by the Expo ’90 Foundation. Dr. Keesing will receive a certificate of merit, a medallion, and a monetary prize of 40 million yen (approximately $290,000 USD) at the award ceremony, which will be held in Osaka, Japan, on November 9. Dr. Keesing will also give a commemorative lecture, participate in a symposium held in her honor, and have an audience with the Emperor and Empress of Japan. Read More >>More Bard News
- Acclaimed Composers Jessie Montgomery and Missy Mazzoli Join Faculty of Bard College Conservatory of Music as Composers in Residence
- The Fisher Center’s “An Evening with Sandra Cisneros,” Part of the Big Read 2022, Recounted on Lion’s Roar
- Bard College Hosts Environmental Summer Camp in China
- Conservatory Faculty Member Melissa Reardon Joins the Borromeo String Quartet
- Aarsha Joshi, Current BHSEC Queens Student, Says Early College Model Makes College “An Expectation Rather than an Option for All Students” in the Gotham Gazette
- Venezuelan-American Photographer Lexi Parra ’18 Named Recipient of a 2022 Getty Images Annual Inclusion Grant