Spring 2020 Wanderlust

Barnard Magazine

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Call of the Wild

Aliza Goldberg ’14 turned her wanderlust into social activism on a 159-day journey across the grueling terrain of the Pacific Crest Trail as she raised money for the International Rescue Committee

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Alumnae Stories

The Bermuda Shorts Affair

A proposed dress code for students ignited protest — and the activist spirit — on the Barnard campus in 1960

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First Person

Symposium

Impressions and digressions from your point of view

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STEM

The Science of Teamwork

President Beilock discusses how cognitive diversity will help solve today’s toughest challenges

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Alumnae Adventures: Travels With Fran

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Fran Abramowitz ’48 in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, in 2009

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Fran stands at the entrance to Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in 2007.

Posing with a tortoise in Isla Santa Cruz in the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) in 2004

Saying hello to a sea lion on the beach at Gardner Bay, Isla Española, in the Galápagos Islands in 2004

A giraffe spotted at Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, in 2007

Fran enjoys an evening out in Tanzania.

A snapshot of a street scene in Tanzania

On a safari to Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania, Frances watches zebras and wildebeests roam the grassland.

A lion surveys the grassland at Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania.

Fran makes her way through the busy streets of India.

Fran browses a shop on her trip to India in 2009.

Resting on a bench at the Red Fort in Agra, India in 2009

A sunset captured on Fran’s trip to India in 2007

Swimming at the Singinawa Jungle Lodge near Kanha National Park, India, in 2009

A tiger guarding its kill at Kanha National Park, India

Fran (far left) is shown on a safari in Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India, April 2009.

In a safari vehicle in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania