Professor Marina van Zuylen Named Clemente Chair in the Humanities at Bard College
Bard College is pleased to announce that Marina van Zuylen, professor of French and comparative literature at Bard, has been named the first Clemente Chair in the Humanities. This new chair is funded by a generous gift from two of Clemente’s longtime supporters, John and Marlene Childs.
Manuel Borja-Villel to Receive Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence. CCS Bard Alum Carla Acevedo-Yates ’14 Is Recipient of Inaugural Scott Lorinsky Alumni Award
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) announces internationally renowned art historian and curator Manuel Borja-Villel as the 2024 recipient of the Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence. In addition, CCS Bard announces the inaugural Scott Lorinsky Alumni Award recognizing an outstanding graduate for sustained innovation and engagement in exhibition making, public education, research, and a commitment to the field. CCS Bard Alum Carla Acevedo-Yates (2014) will be the first recipient to receive the newly created award. Read More >>New York Times Opinion: “Early College Is the Equalizer We Need,” Writes John McWhorter SR ’83
Renowned linguist and Bard College at Simon’s Rock alumnus John McWhorter SR ’83 calls the Bard High School Early Colleges in Manhattan and Queens “sterling examples” of a tuition-free early college model that, given the high college graduation rates of Bard Early College students, is “an equalizing tool for teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds.” Read More >>More Bard News
- Pearllan Cipriano, Bard College Sports Information Director, Included on College Sports Communicators List of 30 Under 30
- Bard’s Henri VIII Among New York Times Best Classical Performances of 2023
- Bard College Professor Dina Ramadan Receives 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
- “The Beauty Is a Strategy:” W Magazine Interviews Bard Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson
- “You Deserve a Great Nap:” Sara Mednick ’95 Talks to the New York Times about Maximizing the Health Benefits of a Midday Rest
- Professor Larry Fink, Whose Photographs Were “Political, Not Polemical,” Dies at 82
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