The New York Times Reviews Literature Faculty Member Dan Hofstadter’s Novel Falling Palace: A Romance of Naples by Shirley Hazard
In the Shadow of Vesuvius. December 11, 2005
The late, and greatly missed, John D'Arms, historian of the ancient world, once remarked that those of us long intimate with Naples give close scrutiny to the writings of our fellow Parthenophiles. This is not, I think, from a proprietary impulse (for who can be possessive toward a city that takes irresistible possession?), but from our seeking, in other votaries, an affinity for that incomparable and indefensible metropolis—the last fragment, as one Italian writer has defined it, "of the ancient world still afloat on the surface of modern times." [Read more.]

The New York Times Features Dean of Academic Affairs and Dance Faculty Member Terry Creach’s All-Male Troupe
All-Male, All-Human Troupe Explores Physical Universe. November 19, 2005
Men in the dance world enjoy princely status. Good male dancers can pretty much choose whom they want to dance for, and Terry Creach's continuing ability to attract such talent to his all-male company is testament either to the satisfactions of his choreographic process, which is collaborative, or the quality of his work, or both. [Read more.]

Bennington College’s Democracy Project Draws International Leaders, a Report by Vermont Public Radio
Democracy Project draws scholars and government activists to Bennington College. October 22, 2005
This week, scholars and government activists from several young democracies gathered at Bennington College. With students in the College's "Democracy Project," they discussed the many threats to their fragile political systems. [Read more.]

English Lord Named as the Chairman of Bennington College's Democracy Project, CollegeNews.org
English Lord becomes chairman of College's Democracy Project.   October 11, 2005
A prominent British politician and businessman arrived at Bennington College last week to become the chairman for the advisory committee for the Democracy Project. Richard Holme, the Lord of Cheltenham and a leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of the United Kingdom, also visited several classrooms and spoke on Thursday at a discussion in the Usdan Gallery with College President Elizabeth Coleman and nearly 200 students. [Read more.]

National Public Radio’s Morning Edition features music faculty member, Milford Graves’ groundbreaking cardiovascular discoveries
Music of the Human Heart May Hold Clues to Healing.
February 28, 2005
In the 1960s and '70s, jazz drummer Milford Graves played with Albert Ayler, Paul Bley, and others in the New York avant-garde. These days he's still a musician, but he also spends a great deal of time exploring how music can help heal the human heart. [Read more.]

The Boston Globe Magazine examines the advantages of private education with Lucas Westcott ’00
Two Voices: Educated Decisions.   January 1, 2005
Private colleges and university can confer prestige, but are the eye-popping costs worth it when you can have a public education at half the price? Is a private education worth more than a public one? [Read more.]

Voice of America Features Sultana Noon, a Pakistani Student Studying Capital Punishment at Bennington College
Pakistani Student at Vermont College Studies Capital Punishment.   November 11, 2005
Going to a college where students can design their own education is what attracted Pakistani native Sultana Noon to Bennington College in Vermont. [Read more.]

The New York Times Education Life Highlights Bennington College Students for Savvy Winter Fashion
The Chill Effect.   January 16, 2005
Even while swaddled against the cold, college students express stand-out personal style—as photographed here by fellow students. [Read more.]

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