American Book Award–Winning Author Valeria Luiselli to Read at Bard College, Tuesday, April 23
Valeria Luiselli's new book Lost Children Archive confronts the impact of the border crisis on kids and families. She begins a two-year residency at Bard in the fall. “The novel truly becomes novel again in Luiselli’s hands—electric, elastic, alluring, new,” writes the New York Times. More >
Bard College Biology Professor Felicia Keesing Named Ecological Society of America Fellow
The Ecological Society of America has named Felicia Keesing, Bard College’s David and Rosalie Rose Distinguished Professor of Science, Mathematics, and Computing, as one of its 2019 Fellows. More >
New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell to Deliver Address at Bard's 159th Commencement
Bard College will hold its 159th Commencement on Saturday, May 25. At the commencement ceremony, Bard President Leon Botstein will confer 391 undergraduate degrees on the Class of 2019 and 187 graduate degrees. More >
Student Leaders in Bard Network Meet for Two Conferences in Budapest
This month Bard College hosted two conferences on the campus of Bard Network partner Central European University in Budapest, Hungary: the Third Annual Bard Network Debate Conference and the Sixth Annual Get Engaged: Student Action and Youth Leadership Conference. More >
Bard First-Year Students Collect and Map Water Samples Across Region and Around Globe as Part of 2019 Citizen Science Program
The students’ water samples—collected from nearly 400 sites across the globe—were a main component of this year’s Citizen Science curriculum, which tackled urgent, present-day questions related to water. More >
STEAM Explorers: Changing How Kids Think About Science and Math
Bard student leaders, faculty, and volunteers with STEAM Explorers work with more than 4,000 children and teens throughout the Hudson Valley each year. Together, they create experiences and design experiments that inspire wonder, spark curiosity, and challenge old ideas. More >
Bard MBA Alumna Chelsea Mozen '15 Rewires E-Commerce Industry with Carbon-Neutral Delivery at Etsy
Chelsea Mozen MBA ’15 joined the inaugural class of Bard’s MBA in Sustainability program in the fall of 2012 because she wanted to make clean energy a priority in the business world. Now she's heading up a first-of-its kind carbon offset program at Etsy, which she originally conceptualized for her Capstone Project at Bard. More >
Bard College Hosts Eighth Annual Middle and High School Debate Tournament
The Bard Debate Union and the Center for Civic Engagement hosted the Eighth Annual Middle and High School Debate Tournament at Bard College on Friday, March 1. More than 80 students representing eight schools throughout the Hudson Valley attended the competition. More >
Contributors to Bard Literary Journal Conjunctions Win PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers
Erin Singer and Kelsey Peterson, two contributors to Conjunctions, Bard College’s groundbreaking literary journal, have won the 2019 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for their work in Conjunctions. More >
Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus Announces Three Spring Series Highlighting the History and Art of the Historic Hudson Valley Estate
Bard College: The Montgomery Place Campus announces three spring series of events celebrating the history and arts of one of the Hudson Valley’s esteemed historic estates: Toward an Ethical Imagination: Gilsonfest, Spring Salon Series on Music of the Gilded Age, and The Gilded Garden: Historic Ornament in the Landscape at Montgomery Place. More >
American University of Central Asia and Bard College Launch Building Renovation for New Technical School of Innovation
The American University of Central Asia (AUCA) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in cooperation with Bard College and with the financial support of the American people provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has launched building renovations for the new AUCA Technical School of Innovation More >
Baltimore Early College Students Experience Homer’s Odyssey
Students at Bard High School Early College in Baltimore share their insights reading the new translation of Homer’s Odyssey by Emily Wilson. More >
Bard College Is a Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Students
Bard College is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2018–2019 Fulbright U.S. students. Six students from Bard received Fulbright awards for academic year 2018–2019; they are studying chemistry in Ireland and Islamic radicalization in Kosovo, and teaching English in Argentina, Malaysia, Georgia, and Germany. More >
Assistant Dean for Civic Engagement Brian Mateo Among the Speakers at UNA-USA’s 2019 Global Engagement Summit at UN Headquarters
Brian Mateo will moderate a human rights panel at the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA) 2019 Global Engagement Summit on February 22. More >
Spotlight on Bard Graduate Center’s Lab for Teen Thinkers
Bard Graduate Center’s Lab for Teen Thinkers is a public humanities program that prepares rising juniors and seniors for future academic and professional success through civic development, mentoring, and internship opportunities. BGC talked with two of last summer's participants, Alex Szyperek, a junior at Bard High School Early College Queens, and Sergio Maldonado, a senior at DreamYard Preparatory High School, who offered their thoughts on the program. More >
American Dance Festival and Bard College Combine Educational Missions to Launch New Partnership
The Bard College Dance Program and the American Dance Festival have begun a new partnership that seeks to challenge the way dance is taught in higher education. Teaching artists Quilan “Cue” Arnold, Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie, Beth Gill, and Nia Love will be working with Bard students. More >
Bard Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water Tackles Regional Environmental Problems
The new Bard Center for the Study of Land, Air, and Water is an interdisciplinary program that connects Bard faculty, staff, and students with grassroots efforts to protect the environment. More >
Harry Johnson ’17 Honored for Unwavering Focus on Community
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Bard College Celebrates MLK Day with Volunteer Projects, Civic Engagement Conference
As part of the College’s Ninth Annual MLK Day of Engagement, Bard students volunteered at more than two dozen sites across the Hudson Valley, ranging from Tomorrow, Tomorrow Animal Rescue to the United Methodist Food Pantry. More >