Bard College Faculty Member Valerie Barr Elected as 2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
Valerie Barr, Bard College’s Margaret Hamilton Distinguished Professor of Computer Science, has been elected as a 2022 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Barr, who teaches in the Computer Science Program, is “being honored for distinguished contributions to computer science education, and to increasing the diversity in the computing fields,” writes the AAAS.
Bard College among Those “Reviving the College Dreams of Afghan Women,” Writes Inside Higher Ed
Last month, the Taliban banned all women in Afghanistan from attending universities, effectively cutting off hope for girls and women to pursue higher education in their country. Institutions like Bard College are fighting not only to offer educational resources to Afghan women, but to ask other colleges and universities to do the same. “We also know with the emergence of Ukraine, Afghanistan was already becoming old news soon after it began,” Jonathan Becker, vice president for academic affairs, said to Inside Higher Ed. “We’re trying to fight to keep its importance alive.” Read More >>Bard College Astronomer Shuo Zhang and Undergraduate Student Rose Xu Discover New X-ray Flares from the Galactic Center Supermassive Black Hole Sgr A*
Bard College Assistant Professor of Physics Shuo Zhang and Bard mathematics and dance major Rose Xu ’23 were invited by the American Astronomical Society (AAS) to present their most recent findings on new x-ray flares from the now inactive supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Their talk, “Detection of Seven High-Energy X-ray Flares from the Milky Way’s Supermassive Black Hole,” was presented at the 241st AAS press conference on January 12 in person in Seattle and virtually. Read More >>More Bard News
- Bard Alumna Lisa Kereszi ’95 Wins Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Competition Award
- For Artforum, Miriam Felton-Dansky Explores Algorithmic Spontaneity in Annie Dorsen’s Work
- Bard’s MBA in Sustainability Ranked No. 1 Green MBA for Third Straight Year, Climbs to No. 2 for Nonprofit Management
- Raptors Break Four School Records at Utica Invitational
- Professor Richard Aldous Explores Parallels between a Cold War Spy Plane Crisis and China’s Balloon Incident for the Washington Post
- “The Chinese balloon is hardly alone in watching America from the sky:” Bard Alumnus Arthur Holland Michel ’13 for the Washington Post
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