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Bard Physics Professor Clara Sousa-Silva Coauthors New Research on How the James Webb Space Telescope Impacts Our Understanding of Planetary Atmospheres

Assistant Professor of Physics Clara Sousa-Silva has published a new study, “The impending opacity challenge in exoplanet atmospheric characterization,” in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Astronomy. “We find ourselves in the extraordinary situation where the incredible engineering of James Webb Space Telescope has resulted in the data collected from distant planets outcompeting our ability to interpret what we are seeing,” says Sousa-Silva.  Read More >>

Incarcerated Youth “Talk Back” with Catskill Art Exhibition, Curated by Sofia Thieu D’Amico CCS ’22 and Organized by Bard Faculty Maggie Hazen with Alumna Anna Schupack ’22

An exhibition in Catskill features work by the Columbia Collective, a multimedia arts group of female and trans incarcerated artists that was founded by Maggie Hazen, visiting artist in residence at Bard College. Anna Schupack ’22 helped Hazen organize the exhibition to promote the artists in the collective while bringing attention to problems in the juvenile justice system. Sofia Thieu D’Amico CCS ’22 curated the show. The exhibition was funded by Bard’s Margarita Kuchma Project Award, which Schupack and Sarah Soucek ’22 won in July. Talking Back: Artists of the Columbia Collective, runs through September 25 at Foreland Contemporary Arts Campus in Catskill, with an artist talk and panel discussion for the exhibition on September 14 at 6:30 pm, in person and on Zoom. Read More >>