Press Releases by Date
February 2021
02-08-2021
US-China Music Institute Presents The Sound of Spring, a Chinese New Year Concert with The Orchestra Now and Guests Full Story
02-05-2021
Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program and Foreign Policy Interrupted Accepting Applications for the 2021 FPI-Bard Fellowship Program Full Story
02-03-2021
Renowned Interdisciplinary Artist Nayland Blake Named Chair of Bard Studio Arts Program Full Story
02-01-2021
Fisher Center at Bard’s Spring 2021 Season Presents New Music and Performance Programs Through Its Virtual Stage, UPSTREAMING Full Story
January 2021
01-28-2021
Yebel Gallegos Joins Bard College Dance Faculty, Cameron McKinney and Alanna Morris-Van Tassel Named Gibney/Bard Teaching Artists for Spring 2021 Full Story
01-26-2021
Jomaira Salas Pujols Joins Bard College Sociology Program Faculty Full Story
01-12-2021
Bard Early College Issues White Paper Outlining Policies Needed to Strengthen and Expand College in High School Programs in New York State Full Story
01-11-2021
The Orchestra Now Starts Its 2021 Season with Two Livestreamed Concerts on February 7 and 21 Full Story
December 2020
12-24-2020
Successful Bond Issue Highlights College’s Strengths Full Story
12-17-2020
Award-Winning Writer Dinaw Mengestu Named John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor in the Humanities at Bard College Full Story
12-08-2020
Bard College Receives $5 Million Endowment Gift from Alumnus Mostafiz ShahMohammed ’97 Full Story
12-08-2020
Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut Named Honorary Professor in the Humanities by the Open Society University Network Full Story
12-01-2020
Latest Issue of Bard College’s Celebrated Literary Magazine Conjunctions Gathers Leading Writers to Explore What it Means to Be Alive at a Time of Full-On Global Affliction Full Story
12-01-2020
Annual Bard Fiction Prize Is Awarded to Akil Kumarasamy Full Story
November 2020
11-19-2020
Bard College Names Miriam Felton-Dansky Director of Undergraduate Theater and Performance Program Full Story
11-18-2020
Award-Winning Author Suzy Hansen Joins Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program Faculty Full Story
11-17-2020
Ama Josephine B. Johnstone Named as 2020–21 Keith Haring Fellow in Art and Activism at Bard College Full Story
11-16-2020
Bard College Is Inaugural Member of Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance Full Story
October 2020
10-29-2020
Bard College Voting Site Set for November 3 Election Day Full Story
10-24-2020
Court Orders District 5 Voting Site Moved to Bard College Campus Full Story
10-23-2020
The Orchestra Now Announces Two Additional Symphonic Concerts to Be Livestreamed as Part of Its Fall Season on November 1 and 14, 2020 Full Story
10-19-2020
Fisher Center at Bard Celebrates World Opera Day October 25 with Maestro Leon Botstein and Mezzo-Soprano Stephanie Blythe in Conversation Full Story
10-13-2020
Bard College Appoints Renowned Pianist and Composer Marcus Roberts as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music Full Story
10-13-2020
Bard Anthropology Professor Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins Wins Prestigious Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association Full Story
10-08-2020
Bard Conservatory of Music Presents Student and Faculty Showcase Weekend, Two Free, Live-Streamed Concerts October 24-25, including Performances by Celebrated Violinists and New Faculty Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony Full Story