Students getting a say in speakers May 15, 2008
Students are getting a say in commencement speakers - USATODAY.com. Get information on education programs that could help you increase your earning power. (USA Today)
Meet Kelly Buechel May 13, 2008
College plans: "I will be attending Barnard College of Columbia University. I will continue to play lacrosse as a walk-on at Columbia.". More News. (NJ.com)
'Sex: The revolution': Birds do it, bees do it... May 13, 2008
There was also Linda LeClair, who became a feminist icon in 1968 when she defied Barnard College rules by living in an off-campus apartment with her boyfriend. She was expelled, but the resulting furor and student protests eventually lead Barnard and other universities to reconsider their restrictive housing policies. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
My Part Of The World: Reflections Of A Race Woman May 9, 2008
All of the members who returned received a certificate, Mine read "Service as a true Race Woman" At the time, I was in my second year at Barnard College, the women's undergraduate school at Columbia in New York City. Issues of race and war are the primary reasons that led to the takeover of five buildings on campus by students in 1968. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Hawaiian Performer Nona Beamer Dies Apr 14, 2008
Beamer attended Colorado Women's College, Barnard College and Columbia University. In New York, Beamer met Eleanor Roosevelt when she was first lady, and upon returning to Hawaii, took charge of Roosevelt's program to provide emergency food in all school cafeterias. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
The lady vanishes Apr 12, 2008
And she has taken very seriously her recent job teaching students at prestigious Barnard College in New York, a task she will resume this year. Disquiet looks set to receive a mixed response. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Nona Beamer, 84, expert on Hawaiian culture Apr 12, 2008
Ms. Beamer attended Colorado Women's College, Barnard College, and Columbia University. In New York, Ms. Beamer met Eleanor Roosevelt when her husband was in the White House, and upon returning to Hawaii, took charge of Roosevelt's program to provide emergency food in all school cafeterias. (Boston Globe)
Winona Beamer dies at 84 on Maui Apr 11, 2008
After graduating from Kamehameha School, Beamer studied at Colorado Women's College, Barnard College, Columbia University, the University of Hawaii and Sacramento State University. After seeing a poor demonstration of hula in Colorado, she formed a dance troupe with her brother Keola and cousin Mahi and they toured North America sharing authentic Hawaiian stories and dance. (Pacific Business News, HI)
Greenspan critics: One voice stands out Apr 11, 2008
She graduated from Barnard College in New York in 1933, in the midst of the Great Depression, at age 18. She got a master's degree in economics from Columbia University at age 19. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
YOU ASKED, WE ANSWERED: How to Avoid Being Misled by Mortgage Lenders Apr 8, 2008
Attie received her bachelor of arts from Barnard College in 1997 and her J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, where she was a Public Interest Law Scholar, in 2000. She is fluent in Spanish. (ABC News -- Business)
Out of place Apr 6, 2008
Born in London to Indian parents, Lahiri grew up in Rhode Island and was educated at Barnard College and Boston University. This thumbnail biography, as reductive as it may be, nevertheless serves to map out the geographical and psychological terrain of her work. (Boston Globe)
Got a case of nerves about college? Mar 31, 2008
8 weighted average has been accepted to Cornell, the State University at Binghamton, Barnard College and Syracuse University. She's still waiting to hear from Princeton and Tufts University. (Syracuse.com)
Faith and Justice Series Spiritual Healing Lecture Series Topic Mar 26, 2008
In addition to this Sunday's lecture on spiritual healing, upcoming events include an April 13 lecture by prize-winning historian and Emmy nominee Randall Balmer, a professor of religious history at Barnard College, who will speak about how religion informs politics and discuss his latest book, "God in the White House: A History: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush.". In the fall, the group has invited a U.S. Navy chaplain to speak on the topic of how to be a... (Voices, CT)
No. 15 Cal Travels to Duck Invitational Mar 25, 2008
Cal recently added to its schedule the Peg Barnard College April 11-12 at Stanford Golf Course to its schedule. (Calbears.com)
An angry black preacher Mar 25, 2008
An important book on King s rhetoric by Barnard College professor Jonathan Rieder, due out next month, offers a more complex view of King than the sanitized version that is so popular, especially among conservative commentators. In The Word of the Lord Is Upon Me, Rieder an admirer of King notes that the civil rights icon was not just a crossover artist but a code switcher who switched in and out of idioms as he moved between black and white audiences. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
VH1 and Sundance Channel to Air Original Four-Part Documentary Series From Perry Films, 'Sex: The Revolution' Premiering on VH1, Monday, May 12 - Thursday, May 15 at 10pm* Each Night Mar 25, 2008
The nation's final remaining law against miscegenation is overturned, and a student at all-female Barnard College challenges the double standard in university housing rules. The women's movement takes root, and takes aim at one of America's bastions of female objectification. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
'HE IS RISEN' Mar 21, 2008
Alan F. Segal, a Barnard College professor and author of "Life After Death: A History of the Afterlife in Western Religion," notes that most Americans expect the afterlife will be a continuation of life on earth -- "like a really good assisted-living facility.". He also said that belief in an existence beyond death persists among Americans no matter how little they observe their religion. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Spotlight on...Yina Ng '09 and Simon Thomas-Train '09 Feb 22, 2008
A petite girl from Hong Kong and a tall boy raised just across the lake in Keene Valley, N.Y., Yina Ng '09 and Simon Thomas-Train '09 sit comfortably side-by-side, their physical differences only hinting at the powerful dynamics manifested in their duet "It Needs What You Don't Want." Both dance majors, their piece has been chosen to represent the New England Region at the National Gala of the American College Dance Festival in New York City at the Miller Theatre of Barnard College, June 4-6.... (Middlebury College -- The Campus, VT)
From niggunim to Led Zeppelin Feb 15, 2008
After graduating from Barnard College, Schechter wanted to record a demo but had no cash. I worked a million different jobs, she recalls. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Duke prosecutor removed from suit Jan 30, 2008
New York Harvard professor to lead Barnard NEW YORK - Barnard College said yesterday that it has chosen Debora L. Spar, 44, a Harvard Business School professor, to be the next president of the women-only college. She has been senior associate dean for faculty research and development at the business school. (Boston Globe)
CHURCH & STATECRAFT Jan 27, 2008
That's the view of Barnard College Religious Studies Professor Randall Balmer in his new book, "God In The White House," a look at the public presentation of faith by recent presidents. For Balmer, himself a religious man, increased public religiosity is an unwelcome development in American life, one brought on by "the morally bankrupt presidency [of Richard Nixon] . . . that set the stage for a reinsertion of faith and religious sentiment into presidential politics." Soon afterward, Americans... (New York Post -- Opinions)
From a dark past, light ahead Jan 22, 2008
The seven-day seminar teaches participants about strong women in history, assesses their leadership skills, leads them on visits to Ellis Island, the United Nations and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and gives them information on college from Columbia University and Barnard College. "It would teach me the skills to speak," Mackey said. (Albany Times Union)
A young ballerina learns to use her height to artistic advantage Jan 3, 2008
At Barnard College, where, she estimates, she has almost finished her sophomore year as a part-time student, her probable major is biology. "If I can ever fit those courses into my schedule," she noted with a sigh. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Dean of LBJ School advised two presidents Dec 17, 2007
Born Elspeth Davies in 1917 in New York City, she graduated from Barnard College in 1938. She received a master's degree in history from Radcliffe College in 1939 and another master's from Cambridge University in 1949. (Los Angeles Times)
'Girly' Gripe Dec 10, 2007
Monday, December 10, 2007 Last Update: 06:25 AM EST. CHER HAS A TROUBLED TUMMY. (New York Post -- Gossip)
JFK's words were a turning point Dec 4, 2007
"Kennedy neutralized the so-called religion issue just enough to squeak into the White House, and the argument that voters should disregard a candidate's faith prevailed in 1960, '64, '68 and '72," said Randall Balmer, a professor of American religious history at Barnard College. He said that remained the case until a born-again Christian, Jimmy Carter, sought the office successfully in 1976. (Boston Globe)
Columbia's Latest Embarrassment Nov 27, 2007
This comes on the heels of Columbias Barnard College earlier this month offering tenure to Nadia Abu el-Haj, an anthropologist who wrote an archeology book in which she largely denied the Jewish historical connection to Israel, and in key parts leveled shocking allegations based on anonymous, uncorroborated sources ... This comes on the heels of Columbias Barnard College earlier this month offering tenure to Nadia Abu el-Haj, an anthropologist who wrote an archeology book in which she... (Townhall.com)
Profs petition for greater academic freedom Nov 13, 2007
Meanwhile, after a year of controversy over her work on Israel, Barnard College anthropologist Nadia Abu El-Haj was granted tenure earlier this month. Her work had been criticized as "faulty, misleading and dangerous," one scholar told the New York Sun last year. (The Daily Princetonian, NJ)
Sarah Wernick; wrote women's health bestsellers Nov 12, 2007
She earned her undergraduate degree from Barnard College and her doctorate in 1973 from Columbia University. She taught at Northeastern University, Regis College, and Washington University in St. Louis but grew disenchanted with academia and began writing for newspapers and magazines, said her husband, William Lockeretz. (Boston Globe)
Why Teens Are Such Impulsive Risk-takers Nov 9, 2007
In new research, animals exposed to either restraint stress or social isolation during puberty did not grow as fast as their unstressed counterparts and gained the least weight during adolescence, suggesting that these two kinds of stressors add up to worsen the overall effects of stress, says Russell Romeo, PhD, of Rockefeller University in New York, now at Barnard College, also in New York. Using a behavioral test that measures how long it takes animals to give up in an aversive situation,... (Science Daily)
Randall Forsberg, founder of the nuclear freeze movement, dies Nov 1, 2007
In 1967, two years after graduating from Barnard College, she married a Swedish social worker and moved to Stockholm, where she found work as a typist for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. The government-funded agency monitored the arms race, a subject that Forsberg knew little about until she began to read what she was typing. (Los Angeles Times)
Peace lecturer recalls a lifetime of activism Oct 31, 2007
Despite the challenges of growing up as an Asian American woman in the early 20th century, Lee Boggs went on to earn a bachelor of arts from Barnard College and a doctorate of philosophy from Bryn Mawr in 1940. In her 20s, Lee Boggs began to actively participate in radical politics, focusing on the treatment of African Americans. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Oral Roberts to the Rescue? Oct 28, 2007
Says Randall Balmer, chair of the religion department at Barnard College, who has written about Roberts, "I feel badly for him. This must be a blow.". What happened. (Time.com)
Pushing the envelope Oct 26, 2007
While Nancy Rothschild, assistant dean of admissions at SU, said gifts "are really not necessary and sometimes inappropriate," she and other admissions officials from Barnard College, Fordham University and Tulane University said thank you notes seem genuine and are appreciated. The notes are generally sent in response to a campus visit, thanking officials for answering questions or for giving interviews, tours or information sessions. (Daily Orange, NY)
Castle: Overcoming Zionism & Free Speech Oct 13, 2007
There is currently a similar dispute over tenure for Nadia Abu El-Haj, an anthropologist at Barnard College, Columbia University, who has written a book about how archaeology is deployed to support political ends specifically, to demonstrate the veracity of Israels supposed origins in a Biblical past, a claim at the heart of Zionism. . (Zmag.org)
Abu-Manneh: Israel's Colonial Siege Oct 8, 2007
12 Lecture at Barnard College, New York, 11 April 2005 ... Bashir Abu-Manneh teaches English at Barnard College, New York, and is spending a sabbatical year in London. (Zmag.org)
Iraq Telco Services Markets Anticipated to Reach $1.5 Billion for Cellular Systems and $2.26 Billion for Wireless Local Loop Systems Oct 5, 2007
Ms. Eustis is a graduate of Barnard College. Companies Mentioned. (BusinessWire)
Graduating Into Debt Sep 27, 2007
To help inform students, last year, financial aid administrators at Barnard College started calling every private loan applicant, making sure they had exhausted their less expensive options first ... they did not know, and that really bothers me, says Alison Rabil of Barnard College. (CBS News)
* University head rebukes Ahmadinejad Sep 26, 2007
An English student from nearby Barnard College, Andrea Bachenofen, said that Ahmadinejad "was set up to come across defensively.". "Bollinger's introduction was an attack and one-sided, and it biased students' views before he [Ahmadinejad] could respond," Bachenofen said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Tips for young Yanks in London Sep 25, 2007
Two young Americans Ariel Schwartz, a senior at Barnard College, and Micah Twaddle, a recent college graduate lend advice to their compatriots who may be considering a stint in the British capital upon finishing school. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
$20 billion aid bill adds new math to college cost formula Sep 19, 2007
The approximate cost of a four-year education is taped onto the mortar board of a graduate of Barnard College during May 15 commencement ceremonies in New York. Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. (USA Today -- Money)
Pre-anorexia? Sep 19, 2007
"I'd sit there, and I'd wait, and I'd see what everyone else was ordering before I ordered," says Lipton, now 21 and a student at Barnard College in New York City. Lunch in the high school cafeteria felt like a competition. (USA Today)
Stifling scholarly freedom? Sep 15, 2007
Nadia Abu El-Haj, has been teaching at Columbia University's Barnard College since 2002. Her book, Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society, looks at the importance of archaeology in forming Israel's national identity. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Weird College Rankings Sep 12, 2007
Food, Parking, Hot Girls and Guys, & Other Unusual College Ratings. Looking for the perfect school. (Suite101.com)
Madeleine Stern, 95; rare-book dealer, writer and Louisa May Alcott scholar Sep 9, 2007
She graduated from Barnard College in 1932 and earned a master's degree in English literature from Columbia University two years later. She met Rostenberg when she was a freshman and Rostenberg was a senior in college. (Los Angeles Times)
SAT Scores Down Again, Wealth Up Again Aug 29, 2007
Department: Admissions Employment Group: Administration Date: 08/21/07 Barnard College seeks an Associate Director of. Corinthian Colleges. (Inside Higher Ed)
Madeleine Stern, 95; revealed Alcott's steamy murder novels Aug 27, 2007
A native of Manhattan and graduate of Barnard College and Columbia University, Miss Stern was also a founder of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair, held annually since 1960. In 1942, Rostenberg, following clues sprinkled in Alcott's correspondence and other writings, found evidence that Alcott (1832-88), best known for such novels as "Little Women," had also written racy potboilers. (Boston Globe)
GRETA TAKES A SHOWER Aug 19, 2007
" One, "LOL," also features Gerwig. Acting isn't her only gig. She's also a screenwriter (she co-wrote "Hannah" with Swanberg) and a stage writer and actress. And she has a magna-cum-laude degree in English and philosophy from Barnard College. Any similarities between Hannah and Greta? "Yea, I think so," she admits after a pause. "There's like parts of me that are like that. I would say less so now, but definitely at the time it matched up perfectly with what I was experiencing in my life. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Bid to deny tenure to Barnard prof Aug 17, 2007
(JTA) - More than 800 people have signed a petition seeking to deny tenure to a Barnard College professor accused of shoddy scholarship and of a pro-Palestinian agenda. Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, an assistant professor of anthropology, is under fire over her book Facts on the Ground. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Hitting The Bull’s-Eye Wins Over Flushing Teens Aug 17, 2007
Friday August 17, 2007. Hitting The Bull s-Eye Wins Over Flushing Teens by Lisa Cupido, Chronicle Contributor08/16/2007. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
M. Alexis Scott Marks 10 Years At ADW Aug 11, 2007
An Atlanta native, Scott is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School, and attended Barnard College in New York City and Spelman College in Atlanta. She also attended the Columbia University School of Journalism as a summer participant in the 1974 Michelle Clark Fellowship Program. (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
Shooting death shatters a rare bond Aug 10, 2007
Gertner is white, graduated from Barnard College, and received her law degree from Yale Law School. Like many judges, she has heard the defiance of defendants too tough to apologize and the tearful laments of the falsely contrite. (Boston Globe)
Son of Sam caught 30 yrs. ago Aug 10, 2007
On March 8, 1977, the killer struck again, taking the life of Barnard College student Virginia Voskerichian, a 19-year-old Bulgarian immigrant, as she walked down a Forest Hills street. On April 17, a 20-year-old man and 18-year-old woman were fatally shot in the Bronx. (Bayside Times, NY)
Major writer marks book release in Westerly Aug 8, 2007
In addition to writing novels, short stories and memoirs, Gordon has been a professor of English at Barnard College, her alma mater, since 1989. She is married to author Arthur Cash, who recently completed an a biography of the 18th century English radical John Wilkes. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Legal scholars say Gertner is known as meticulous jurist Jul 27, 2007
After graduating from Barnard College, she earned a law degree in 1971 from Yale Law School. "We were a small firm, and she could have gotten any job she wanted, but she came to work for our brand-new start-up," Silverglate said. (Boston Globe)
There's a bright side to your kid's bad behavior Jul 27, 2007
D., the director of the Center for Toddler Development at Barnard College in New York City. "You want your child to be able to go after what he wants and stick up for himself," she says, "and this is where it starts.". (CNN -- Health)
Margot G. Botsford Jul 26, 2007
Education: Bachelor's degree, Barnard College, 1969; law degree, Northeastern University, 1973. Experience: Assistant attorney general, 1975-79; assistant district attorney, Middlesex, 1983-89; Suffolk Superior Court judge, 1989 to present. (Boston Globe)
The Potterverse lives on in the world of fan fiction Jul 24, 2007
Jones, 20, a student at Barnard College, has created a richer romantic history for the two men than Rowling ever could have using books alone. Her multimedia site features original artwork and handwritten letters. (Providence Journal (subscription))
Williams, Amherst, Rated Tops by U.S. News, Won't Join Rankings Protest Jul 24, 2007
Fourth-rated Wellesley College has already sat out the peer review for more than a decade, and last month Barnard College opted out. The campaign won't derail the rankings, U.S. News editor Brian Kelly says. (Bloomberg)
'Gong Show' Host in Bizarre Legal Battle With Co-op Neighbor Jul 19, 2007
Weitzner -- a 1943 Barnard College graduate and Columbia Law School dropout with 25 patents and a number of self-run businesses to her name -- also allegedly banged on their shared wall so loudly that it awakened, and even frightened, the couple. Weitzner frequently accused the Barrises of spying on her apartment, as evidenced -- according to Weitzner herself -- by their shared use of the same venereal-disease specialist. (Law.com)
Abu-Manneh: Occupied Palestine Jul 18, 2007
Bashir Abu-Manneh teaches English at Barnard College, New York, and is spending a sabbatical year in London. His 'Israel's Colonial Siege and the Palestinians' will appear in the upcoming issue of Socialist Register (2008). (Zmag.org)
Endowed Chair Established for UCSB Director of California NanoSystems Institute UCSB, Jun. 26 Jun 27, 2007
Hu received her B.A. in physics from Barnard College and her M.A. and Ph. D. in physics from Columbia University. (University of California Newswire, CA)
Chaotic ceremony soothed by downpour Jun 23, 2007
"You have to have faith in yourself and know that what matters is how you react to situations." The most notable quote for Wieche, who will attend Barnard College in the fall, was provided by her friend, Halle Blejewski. "Eagles may soar but weasels never get sucked into jet engines," Wieche recalled. (New Britain Herald, CT)
Colleges to shun magazine's annual survey Jun 21, 2007
"Why should we do this work for them?" said Judith Shapiro, president of Barnard College. "It is a way of saying, 'This is not our project.' ". (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Eckerd College Stops Participating In College Rankings Jun 21, 2007
" More and more liberal arts college leaders are expressing the same argument. Joining the rebellion are Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, N.Y., Barnard College in New York City and Kenyon College in Ohio. "We really want to reclaim the high ground on this discussion," said Katherine Will, the president of Gettysburg College and the incoming president of the Annapolis Group. "We should be defining the conversation, not a magazine that uses us for its business plan. " Several of the group's... (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
