Barnard College News

In 2004 Mary Cochran, the chairwoman of the Barnard College dance department, initiated a performance series with Dance Theater Workshop that would afford her students the chance to work with contemporary choreographers.

Margaret Canby graduated from Barnard College in 1984 and New York University School of Law in 1990.

We are coming to NYC December 29th and 30th with three teens; one is our Chilean exchange student.

Where a typical dog lover sees puppies at play, cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz sees a complex dance between canines.

IMAGES Elsie Clews Parsons.[Credits : UPI/Bettmann/Corbis] Main American anthropologist ne Elsie Worthington Clews born Nov.

Sure they're called "man's best friend," but how much do we really know about dogs?A For instance, what does Fido think about all day?A Why does he insist on rolling around in heaven knows what when you take him out for a walk, and what does he really think about that new raincoat you bought him? Inside of a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz.

Every art history major dreams of standing beneath Michelangelo's "David" or pushing through crowds of tourists to catch a glimpse of the "Mona Lisa." Going abroad has become a rite of passage for art students - and though the current financial climate poses many obstacles to travel, plenty of students are still packing their bags and saying ...

Last night at 6.30 pm, Cypriot poet Kyriakos Charalambides had a bilingual poetry reading at Barnard in the Ella Weed Room.

The award-winning dramatist looks to the Texas roots of novelist Patricia Highsmith to explain the traits and compulsions that informed her life.

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Ever since she was a student at Barnard College in New York City, Rebecca Martin has been intrigued by the work of Antoni Gaudi, the 19th century Catalan architect praised for his irregular and fantastically ornate designs.

GREAT NECK, NY, November 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Melissa G. Iteld-Jurin, Writer, Teacher and Dancer, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in education and writing.

Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism to open up the campus to its Morningside Heights community, uniting architecture and landscape, interior and exterior, into a spectacular glass-clad building.

For two decades, Jeannette Walls hid her roots. When Walls was young, her restless family had lived like nomads, moving from one Southwestern desert town to another and sometimes living in primitive mountain camps.

Ruth Ellen Fitch has traveled worlds beyond the Harrishof Street house in Roxbury where she grew up during the fifties and sixties.

The recent elections in Iran, and subsequent challenges to their legitimacy, have been a matter of enormous internal conflict in Iran, and of seemingly endless debate in the rest of the world.

Published Thursday 5 November 2009 05:45pm EST. Reading books, solving problem sets, and taking exams are part of life for college students.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln hosted its Robert E. Knoll lecture Thursday, hosting speaker Achsah Guibbory, who is an Ann Whitney Olin professor of English at Barnard College, Columbia University.

Fashion is indulging a rock 'n' roll fantasy. Hot designers Alexander Wang and Balmain are two of the look's leading proponents, tempting the most affluent fashionistas to flirt with insolvency: Wang's black leggings run $425, and Balmain's jeans go for more than $2,000. But at those prices, stocking up on the fall merchandise becomes highly ...

With rigorous academic schedules, Boston University students and their peers at other schools are no strangers to stress.