Barnard Magazine

We reflect on the protests that changed the College and transformed Barnard women’s lives


Shirley Adelson Siegel's ’37 pioneering legal work laid the foundations for some of the country’s most basic civil rights protections

Barnard’s March performance of the new play "Jeune Terre" takes on the issue of climate change

We reflect on the protests that changed the College and transformed Barnard women’s lives
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AABC President Jyoti Menon talks with the College’s new Executive Director of Alumnae Relations Karen Sendler about women’s education, expanding Barnard’s global base of support, and one of her favorite pastimes: knitting on the #1 train

Barnard is one of only a handful of colleges with a program dedicated to public speaking


The February 9th ceremony marked the installation of Sian Leah Beilock as Barnard’s eighth president

Endowed by Tom and Lisa Blumenthal P ’19, the Fund for Innovation in Teaching supports new approaches to learning, inside the classroom and out


Rejuvenate this season with books that blossom with history, poetry, and insights into business and medicine


Now in its eighth year, the Athena Film Festival continues to embrace and uphold the power of women

After losing her husband and daughter in quick succession, Lynn Rosenthal Minton had an epiphany that led her back to life


In a new opera, the mezzo-soprano brings the story of an Olympic figure-skating rivalry to the ice