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 >
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 >
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Bard Prison Initiative Holds Commencement Ceremony at Eastern Correctional Facility
The Bard Prison Initiative (BPI) celebrated its 18th commencement Saturday, January 19, at Eastern New York Correctional Facility. Bard College awarded associate in arts and bachelor of arts degrees to 59 students, bringing the total number of Bard degrees awarded to BPI students to 544. More >
Two Bard College Students Win Prestigious Study Abroad Scholarships for 2019
Two Bard College students were awarded highly competitive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships by the U.S. Department of State. Getzamany Correa, a Global and International Studies major, will be studying at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary. Biology major Elizabeth Thomas will be studying at the University College Roosevelt in Middelburg, Netherlands.More >
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Bard College Receives Regional Economic Development Grant for Montgomery Place Mansion Restoration
Bard College has been awarded $300,000 in New York State grant funding to restore the Montgomery Place Mansion, a National Historic Landmark. Part of the state’s 2018 Regional Economic Development funding and the Environmental Protection Fund Grant Program, the funds will be used to restore the resiliency and integrity of the mansion’s exterior. More >
Bard Appoints World-Renowned Composer and Conductor Tan Dun as Dean of the Conservatory of Music
As dean, Tan Dun will guide the Conservatory in fulfilling its mission of teaching young musicians both new music and music history, while deepening an understanding of its connection to history, art and culture, and society. More >
Bard College Appoints Award-Winning Author Valeria Luiselli as Writer in Residence
Bard College announces the appointment of award-winning Mexican author Valeria Luiselli as writer in residence in the Division of Languages and Literature. Luiselli, who joins the faculty this spring as a research associate, will begin teaching courses at Bard in the fall 2019 semester. More >
Annual Canned Food Drive Nets Over 1,000 Items for Local Charities
Bard College has contributed well over 1,000 donations to the Nourish Your Neighbor Food Drive, eclipsing last year’s campus total. A joint effort of Bard organizers and community partners, the local food drive has collected about 7,000 nonperishable items for families in need. More >
Rebecca Naomi Jones as Laurey and Damon Daunno as Curly in
Oklahoma! at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Photo: Sara Krulwich/New York Times
Oklahoma! at St. Ann’s Warehouse. Photo: Sara Krulwich/New York Times
Bard's Acclaimed Oklahoma! Revival Is Coming to Broadway
Bard SummerScape's production of Oklahoma!, widely acclaimed as one of the year's best, heads to the Circle in the Square Theatre following a highly touted run at St. Ann’s Warehouse. More >
The Conditions of Being Art at Bard’s Hessel Museum among the Best Exhibitions of 2018
Artforum’s Year in Review highlights The Conditions of Being Art: Pat Hearn Gallery and American Fine Arts, Co. (1983–2004) at the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard College. Art in America publishes a review and an editor’s letter lauding the exhibition. Bookforum lists the exhibition catalogue among the best art books of the season. More >
Bard Early College Hudson Gives Area Students a Jump-Start on College
Alicia Salvatore, now a first-year student at Marist College, is one of more than 50 area students who have attended Bard Early College Hudson since its inception in 2016. All of Salvatore’s classmates from the 2017–18 senior class at Bard Early College Hudson are now attending college full time at such institutions as Pace University, SUNY New Paltz, and Tufts University. More >
Bard Debate Union Hosts Online Debate Between Schools in Hudson Valley and West Bank
On Saturday, December 8, the Bard Debate Union hosted an online debate between Red Hook High School (in New York's Hudson Valley) and the Good Shepherd's Swedish School (in the West Bank) in the Barringer House Global Classroom at Bard College. More >
New Historical Markers on Bard Campus Encourage Critical Reflection on the Past
Bard students, staff, and faculty gathered for a Commemoration Walk on Monday, December 3, visiting new signage around campus designed to encourage critical reflection on Bard's history. More >
New Annandale House Wins 2018 New York Design Gold Award
New Annandale House, the two-story multipurpose media studio that houses the Center for Experimental Humanities at Bard College, has won a 2018 New York Design Gold Award from DRIVENxDESIGN, which and celebrates the role of design in enriching the human experience. More >