The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College Welcomes Pavlina R. Tcherneva as New President
The Levy Economics Institute of Bard College has appointed Pavlina R. Tcherneva as its next president, succeeding Dimitri B. Papadimitriou, who has held the role since its founding in 1986. “After 38 years as president of the Levy Institute, the time has come to pass the baton to the new generation,” Papadimitriou announced. “I can think of no one better than Pavlina to lead the Levy Institute into its next phase of development in exploring solutions to the economic challenges that lie ahead.”
Bard College Announces Two Recipients of Inaugural Anthony Lester Fellowships to Support Practical Work in the Field of Human Rights and the Rule of Law
Hilina Berhanu Degefa (an expert on women’s rights, public policy, and advocacy from Ethiopia) and Marian Alejandra Da Silva Parra (a human rights lawyer from Venezuela) are the first recipients of the inaugural Anthony Lester Fellowships, administered by the Human Rights Project at Bard College. Degefa will use the fellowship to work to combat proposals to legalize female genital mutilation in The Gambia. Marian Da Silva Parra will develop a project to train and support local human rights defenders in Cuba, Nicaragua, Bolivia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Each fellow will receive a stipend of $25,000. Read More >>Bard College Receives $1 Million Grant from Burpee Foundation to Support the Creation of the Burpee Trial Garden at Montgomery Place Campus
Bard College has been awarded a $1 million grant to be paid over four years toward supporting the Burpee Trial Garden, which will be located at the Montgomery Place Campus. The trial garden will revitalize the fallow lawn beds at Montgomery Place that historically grew vegetables and flowers and will engage Bard students in horticultural research and hands-on scientific investigation with real-world applications. Read More >>More Bard News
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- Peter Filkins’s Translation of Elias Canetti’s The Book Against Death Reviewed in the Wall Street Journal
- Bard Architecture Announces Farah Alkhoury as Recipient of Its 2024–2026 Fellowship