Wihanble S’a Center at Bard College Receives $500,000 Grant and Named NEH Humanities Research Center on Artificial Intelligence
Bard College is pleased to announce the Wihanble S’a Center for Indigenous AI, directed by Dr. Suzanne Kite MFA ’18, distinguished artist in residence and assistant professor of American and Indigenous Studies, has been designated as a Humanities Research Center on AI by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This prestigious recognition will confer a $500,000 grant in support of the Center. Beginning Fall 2024, the Wihanble S’a Center will embark on groundbreaking research aimed at developing ethical AI frameworks deeply rooted in Indigenous methodologies.
Bard College Celebrates Arrival of Inaugural Cohort of Sponsored Refugee Students Through US Department of State’s Welcome Corps on Campus Program
Bard College welcomes two first-year students to its Annandale-on-Hudson campus as part of the inaugural cohort of sponsored refugee students in the US Department of State’s Welcome Corps on Campus program. The Welcome Corps announced the arrival of more than 30 refugee students enrolled at 17 colleges and universities across the United States representing the inaugural “class” of Welcome Corps on Campus, the first-of-its-kind program empowering US higher education institutions to welcome refugee students through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Read More >>Bard College Announces the Creation of The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography
Bard College announces the creation of The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography. This fund is made possible through a generous endowment from the Schwartz Family to honor their sister, Barbara Ess, a beloved teacher, colleague, mentor, artist, friend, and much-loved family member. The Barbara Ess Fund for Artistic Expression in Photography is an annual award that will cover the cost of course-related materials for a limited number of Bard College photography students on financial aid. Read More >>More Bard News
- Bard College Awarded $74,445 NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grant for the Center for Experimental Humanities
- Bard Conservatory Appoints Double Bassist Satoshi Okamoto to Faculty
- Rikki Ducornet ’64 Reviewed in the New York Review of Books
- Bard College President Leon Botstein Participates as Presidential Speaker in Virtual Conversation on Welcome Corps on Campus Hosted by White House Executive Office of the President
- Bard Fiction Prize Winner Zain Khalid to Give Reading on September 23
- Bard Professor Heeryoon Shin Awarded $5,500 Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council
