Press Releases by Date
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
September 2020
09-30-2020
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) Presents: Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere Full Story
09-16-2020
Bard College’s Literary Magazine Conjunctions Wins Prestigious Whiting Literary Prize Full Story
09-10-2020
Christian Crouch Named Dean of Graduate Studies at Bard College Full Story
09-04-2020
Election@Bard, Andrew Goodman Foundation, and Bard College President File Voter Suppression Lawsuit Against the Dutchess County Board of Elections Full Story
August 2020
08-29-2020
The Orchestra Now Releases Buried Alive, a New Recording on Bridge Records Full Story
08-24-2020
Bard Music Festival Presents “Out of the Silence: A Celebration of Music”: Four Free Livestreamed Concerts Showcasing Black Composers and Subjects of Past Festivals, with The Orchestra Now & Bard College Conservatory Faculty, Sept. 5-26 Full Story
08-22-2020
Bard College Holds One Hundred Sixtieth Commencement, in a Virtual Ceremony, on Saturday, August 22, 2020 Full Story
08-18-2020
Bard College Conservatory of Music to Offer New Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance Beginning Fall 2021 Full Story
08-12-2020
Bard College Conservatory of Music Appoints Highly Acclaimed Violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony to Faculty Full Story
08-05-2020
Bard College Biology Professor Felicia Keesing Coauthors Overview of New Global Study Showing that Human-Caused Changes to Ecosystems Favor Species Most Likely to Cause Human Illness Full Story
July 2020
07-20-2020
Fisher Center’s Digital Platform UPSTREAMING Presents New and Encore Releases of SummerScape Opera, Including Le Roi Malgré Lui, Dimitrij, and Die Liebe Der Danae Full Story
07-08-2020
Bard College Announces the Appointment of Tania El Khoury and Ziad Abu-Rish to Lead New M.A. Program in Human Rights and the Arts Full Story
07-01-2020
Open Society Foundations Invest $100 Million in Bard College: Strengthening the Global Network Full Story
June 2020
06-02-2020
Bard Physics Professor Shuo Zhang Discusses Her Research on Galactic Center Filaments at American Astronomical Society Press Conference Full Story
May 2020
05-29-2020
Bard College Names Hannah Barrett Director of the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts Full Story
05-07-2020
Bard College Professors Win National Science Foundation Rapid Grant to Develop Forecasting Models that Better Capture the Geographic and Social Complexity of the COVID-19 Pandemic Full Story
05-06-2020
Bard College Faculty Member Nuruddin Farah Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences Full Story
05-05-2020
Bard College Offers Unique Admission Program for High School Juniors Full Story