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- Bennington Remembers Pioneering Educator, Sally L. Smith '50 (December 7, 2007)
Sally L. Smith '50, founder of The Lab School--a school known for its innovative curriculum and its inordinate success in teaching children with learning disabilities, died on Saturday, December 1, 2007. [Read more.]
- New York Times 100 Most Notable Books List Includes Two Bennington Faculty Members (November 28, 2007)
The New York Times Book Review, in its just released 100 Most Notable Books of the Year, features two Bennington College faculty members—literature faculty member Steven Bach’s biography Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl and MFA faculty member, Tom Bissell’s memoir, The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Vietnam. [Read more.]
- Dido and Æneas Presented at Bennington College (November 27, 2007)
Bennington College faculty members Tom Bogdan, Terry Creach, and Sue Rees will stage Dido and Æneas, an opera considered one of the greatest of its time. [Read more.]
- Judith Jones ’45 New Memoir Featured in New York Times, Boston Globe, and National Public Radio (November 26. 2007)
Long-time Knopf senior editor, Judith Jones ’45 is making publishing news once again with her newly released memoir The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food. [Read more.]
- Bennington's Usdan Gallery Hosts Large-Scale Printmaking Exhibition (November 12, 2007)
Ordinarily printmaking is measured in inches, but at Bennington College’s latest exhibition—“Wildwood Press/Ten Years,” on display through November 20, 2007, in the College’s Usdan Gallery, VAPA—prints command several feet and blast viewers with grand and exceptionally brave work, rarely encountered in this process-driven form of art-making. [Read more.]
- Bennington Appoints Top Nigerian Democracy Expert (November 12, 2007)
Considered by some to be Nigeria’s top political scientist, federalism expert Rotimi Suberu will join Bennington College’s growing and distinguished international relations faculty this fall. [Read more.]
- Notable Scientists to Participate in Bennington College’s 75th Anniversary Alumni Science Lecture Series(October 30, 2007)
As part of Bennington College’s year long celebration of its 75th anniversary, the College will welcome back nationally renowned scientists from the College’s alumni community. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Robert Ransick's Casa Segura Project Aims to Relieve Border Tensions (October 18, 2007)
Digital Arts faculty member Robert Ransick’s Casa Segura Project will be exhibited from September 27 through November 10, 2007 at New York City’s Eyebeam, an art and technology center. [Read more.]
- President Coleman Announces the Bennington Curriculum: A New Liberal Arts (October 18, 2007)
President Elizabeth Coleman delivered a speech over reunion weekend announcing Bennington's new curriculum. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Jonathan Kline Gives a Talk at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (October 12, 2007)
Photography faculty member Jonathan Kline was recently invited to share his portfolio of photographs at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art on Thursday, October 11, 2007. [Read more.]
- LAByrinth Theater Company Honors Bennington with the Dave Hoghe Award (October 11, 2007)
LAByrinth Theater Company will honor Bennington College with its Dave Hoghe Award on October 29, 2007 in New York City. The award recognizes people or organizations demonstrating “artistic courage” and dedication to the LAByrinth Theater Company. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Receives $20 Million Gift from Robert and Susan Paris Borden '69: Single Largest Gift in the College's History (October 5, 2007)
Robert and Susan Paris Borden ’69 have made an historic $20 million gift to Bennington College. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Mansour Farhang Speaks with Vermont Public Radio: Analysis of Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s Visit (September 27, 2007)
Former United Nations ambassador to revolutionary Iran and international relations faculty member, Mansour Farhang, weighed in on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent visit to the United States. [Read more.]
- The New York Times: Kathy Halbreich '71 Appointed to Help Lead the Museum of Modern Art (September 27, 2007)
Shortly after announcing her retirement from the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, alumna Kathy Halbreich ’71 was tapped by New York’s renowned Museum of Modern Art to help lead the 78-year old institution in a new direction. [Read more.]
- In Memoriam: Frederick H. Burkhardt (1912-2007) (September 23, 2007)
In Memoriam: Frederick H. Burkhardt (1912-2007) [Read more.]
- Bennington College's Usdan Gallery Hosts "Frankenthaler: Sculpture"(September 12, 2007)
The rarely seen sculpture of American iconic artist Helen Frankenthaler ’49 will be on display at Bennington College’s Usdan Gallery from September 12, 2007 through October 19, 2007. [Read more.]
- The Princeton Review: Bennington Score Among the "Best 366 Colleges" (September 11, 2007)
Bennington College offers students an outstanding undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review’s 2008 edition of its annual The Best 366 Colleges, in bookstores now. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Mac Maharaj Guides Iraqi Peace Negotiations (September 11, 2007)
The BBC, CNN International, The Guardian UK, Al Jazeera, The Independent Online, and The South African Star, among scores of other international news organizations are reporting that Bennington College faculty member Mac Maharaj and former visiting lecturer Roelf Meyer have helped guide recent Iraq peace talks. [Read more.]
- Two of Twelve Finalists for Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship, Bennington's Own (September 9, 2007)
Bennington alumna Valerie Wetlaufer ’05 and current student Amanda Auchter MFA ’08 are two of just twelve finalists left in the running for the prestigious Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellowship. [Read more.]
- Bennington Appoints Bennington Faculty Member Sven Birkerts as Acting Director of the Graduate Writing Seminars (September 9, 2007)
Following last month’s tragic death of Liam Rector, founder and former director of Bennington’s graduate Writing Seminars—Bennington College has appointed longtime writing seminars faculty member Sven Birkerts to serve as Acting Director, while it begins a national search for a director. [Read more.]
- Justin Theroux '93 Makes Directorial Debut with Dedication, in Theaters Now (September 6, 2007)
Alumnus and well-known actor, Justin Theroux ’93 turned his talent towards filmmaking after directing Dedication, staring Billy Crudup and Mandy Moore. [Read more.]
- Business Day Raves About Recent Biography on Faculty Member Mac Maharaj (August 21, 2007)
Columnist Peter Bruce of Business Day—a South African daily newspaper covering economics, commerce and industry—wrote “If you do nothing else between now and Christmas, read the Mac Maharaj biography, Shades Of Difference—Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa, by Padraig O’Malley." [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Mirka Prazak Continues Rare Field Research in Kenya with Grant from Wenner-Gren Foundation (August 20, 2007)
In 1984, while working towards her doctorate degree in anthropology at Yale University, Bennington faculty member Miroslava Prazak went into the field to study the effects of economic development on Kuria society in rural Kenya. [Read more.]
- In Memoriam: Liam Rector (1949-2007) (August 15, 2007)
Poet and educator, Liam Rector was the founder and director of the Writing Seminars. He died on August 15, 2007. [Read more.]
- Sharon Swanson MFA ’07 on Becoming a Writer (August 6, 2007)
Recent MFA in Writing and Literature graduate reflects on her experience at Bennington in News & Observer column. [Read more.]
- The Atlantic Declares Bennington’s MFA in Writing and Literature One of Nation's Best (July 23, 2007)
In The Atlantic’s special 2007 fiction issue, Bennington’s low residency MFA in Writing and Literature was distinguished as one of five top low-residency MFA programs in the country. [Read more.]
- President Coleman’s Recent Op-Ed on College Rankings (July 23, 2007)
The Rutland Herald Sunday, July 22, editorial pages featured an Op-Ed by President Coleman, which outlines her position on the upcoming U.S. News & World Report college rankings, and the rationale of many leading liberal arts colleges decision to collectively refuse participation in next year’s survey. [Read more.]
- Sculpture Faculty Member Jon Isherwood Appears on Northeast Public Radio (July 13, 2007)
Sculpture faculty member Jon Isherwood appeared on Northeast Public Radio on Friday, July 13, 2007, to promote his upcoming show at the John Davis Gallery in Hudson, NY. [Read more.]
- Bennington College's Early Childhood Center Doubles Scholarship Funds with Grant (July 5, 2007)
Bennington College’s Early Childhood Center (ECC) recently received a $7,000 Turrell Fund Grant, which will aid in providing scholarships to local children, ages two through five, to attend toddler, preschool, and pre-kindergarten/kindergarten programs at the ECC. [Read more.]
- President Coleman Discusses U.S. News and World Report Rankings with Vermont Public Radio (June 26, 2007)
Mitch Wertlieb, host of Vermont Public Radio’s Morning Edition, spoke with President Elizabeth Coleman today, Tuesday, June 26, 2007, about the popular U.S. News and World Report issue that ranks colleges and universities, due out this summer. [Read more.]
- Sunday NYT Book Review: Mac Maharaj Biography "A Striking Success" (June 10, 2007)
Faculty member and South African anti-apartheid hero Mac Maharaj’s recently released biography Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa by Padraig O’Malley has garnered considerable praise and national coverage. The Sunday, June 10, issue of The New York Times Book Review declared the biography "a striking success." [Read more.]
- The Wall Street Journal Proclaims Faculty Member Kirk Jackson's Production "'Wholly Admirable'" (June 8, 2007)
“It’s the best ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’ I’ve ever seen on stage.” So said The Wall Street Journal’s Friday, June 8, 2007, review of drama faculty member Kirk Jackson’s latest production. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Steven Bach Appears on National Public Radio's Fresh Air (June 4, 2007)
Appearing on the nationally syndicated, public radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross, literature and film faculty member Steven Bach discussed his recently released, critically acclaimed New York Times best-selling biography, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl, on Monday, June 04, 2007. [Read more.]
- Writers Reading Series Continues at Bennington College (June 19, 2007)
Faculty and associates of Bennington’s MFA Writing Seminars continue series of evening readings, free and open to the public. All readings are at 7:00 pm and take place in the Student Center. [Read more.]
- Bestselling Author Dinah Lenney and Award-Winning Author Phillip Lopate Read (June 15, 2007)
Continuing the series on Friday, June 15, 2007, at 7:00 pm in the Student Center, associate faculty member Dinah Lenney and faculty member Phillip Lopate read from their latest work. [Read more.]
- Acclaimed Authors and Faculty Members Amy Hempel and Sven Birkerts Read at Bennington College (June 11, 2007)
While many colleges experience a “summer lull,” Bennington College’s campus swells with America’s most acclaimed and celebrated writers during its 10-day, June low-residency MFA writing seminar. Opening its doors in the evening, faculty and associates offer a series of readings. Beginning Thursday, June 14, 2007, at 7:00 pm in the Student Center, core faculty members Amy Hempel and Sven Birkerts commence the series, reading from their latest work. [Read more.]
- Bennington College’s Early Childhood Center Proves Children Dig Fruits and Vegetables Grown in a Garden (May 18, 2007)
Dr. Seuss and parents everywhere will tell you that kids do not like their vegetables—not in a house, not near a mouse, not in a tree, not with tea! But Bennington College’s Early Childhood Center proves kids will eat vegetables they grow in a garden. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Presents A Spring Music Festival (May 1, 2007)
The Bennington College music department presents its annual music showcase, “A Spring Music Festival,” May 8 and 9, 2007, at 8 pm in the Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA. [Read more.]
- South African Anti-Apartheid Hero, Mac Maharaj to Address Bennington College’s Class of 2007 (April 27, 2007)
The legendary figure who smuggled Nelson Mandela’s biography out of prison, a central hero in the fight to end apartheid, democratic South Africa’s first cabinet minister of transport, and the subject of the newly released, internationally acclaimed biography Shades of Difference: Mac Maharaj and the Struggle for South Africa—Bennington College faculty member, Mac Maharaj will address Bennington’s graduating class of 2007, on Friday, June 1, 2007. [Read more.]
- Pioneering Architect Lebbeus Woods to Lecture at Bennington College (April 18, 2007)
Internationally acclaimed experimental architect Lebbeus Woods has been named Bennington College’s 2007 Adams–Tillim lecturer. Woods will visit the campus and deliver a lecture on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, at 7:30 pm in Tishman Lecture Hall. [Read more.]
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with Style: Earth Day at Bennington College (April 17, 2007)
From natural cleaning product recipes, to creative ways to make new clothes from free clothes, to purchase strategies that help the environment—Bennington College celebrates Earth Day on Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22, 2007, with lectures, workshops, and creative programs highlighting innovative strategies that will offset our environmental impact. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Presents the Wind Quintet, Curiously Strong Winds (March 19, 2007)
Bennington College invites the public to enjoy the performance of The Curiously Strong Winds, a cutting-edge, new music wind quintet, on Friday, March 23, 2007, at 8:00 pm in the College’s Greenwall Auditorium, VAPA. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Alumna Kiran Desai ’93 Wins National Book Critics Circle Award (March 12, 2007)
Bennington College alumna Kiran Desai ’93 received her second major literary honor on Thursday, March 8—the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) fiction award recognizing her novel The Inheritance of Loss, published by Hamish Hamilton. The NBCC award comes at the heels of the distinguished Man Booker Prize for Fiction, Desai won this past fall—the youngest woman to claim such an honor. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Presents the Spring Social Science Colloquium (March 7, 2007)
Bennington College presents its spring 2007 Social Science Colloquium. With emphasis on Vermont’s role in national, local, and global politics, the schedule includes presentations from relevant and influential speakers in the historical and socio-political arena with discussions ranging from the anthropological to the political history of Vermont and its role in the future of the nation. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Presents Dual Photographic Exhibition Documenting the War in Iraq (February 28, 2007)
Major Benjamin Busch isn’t your typical Iraq War veteran. An actor appearing on HBO’s hit series “The Wire,” Busch volunteered for a second tour of duty and eloquently documents the experience, drawing from his training as a studio artist, in photographs. Attentively capturing his tours, this dual exhibition includes “The Art in War,” which reveals images from his first tour in 2003 and “Occupation,” which documents his second tour in 2005. Bennington College will host an opening reception on Tuesday, March 7, 2007, at 6:00 pm, in the Usdan Gallery, VAPA, with a lecture by the artist delivered in the College’s Tishman Lecture Hall at 7:00 pm. [Read more.]
- Reporting from the Frontlines of the Human Rights Struggle: Bennington College Hosts Renowned British Journalist and Activist (February 27, 2007)
“By the close of each day 333 people are among the 50,000 lives claimed in what the UN has rightly described as the world’s most humanitarian crisis” writes Rebecca Tinsley in a report to the British Parliament, prepared with Lord Alton of Liverpool, concerning the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Alumni Score Big at Academy Awards, Winning Two Oscars (January 26, 2007)
The Academy Awards celebrated not one but two Bennington College alumni with Oscar awards last night, Alan Arkin ’55 and Alethea Root ’02 [Read more.]
- Alan Arkin '55 Nominated for an Academy Award (January 25, 2007)
Annual Academy Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday, bringing news that Bennington alumnus and former faculty member Alan Arkin ’55 has, for the third time in his career, been nominated for an Oscar. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Susan Sgorbati’s Emergent Improvisation Project (January 22, 2007)
The San Diego Tribune recently included dance faculty member Susan Sgorbati’s Emergent Improvisation Project on its list of the top 10 performances of 2006. [Read more.]
- Bennington College Greens-Up with New Biomass Initiative (January 9, 2007)
Bennington College announced plans to convert its primary heating source from a fossil fuel system to a biomass heating system, which will supply the campus with heat sourced from wood chips. [Read more.]
- Award-Winning Poet to Address Bennington College’s MFA in Writing Program's January Class of 2007 (January 4, 2007)
Poet Vijay Seshadri will address graduates on Saturday, January 13, 2007, during their winter commencement ceremony. Seshadri’s two collections of poems include the James Laughlin Award winner, The Long Meadow (Graywolf Press, 2004), as well as Wild Kingdom (1996), celebrated as one of the most exciting debuts in years. [Read more.]
- Acclaimed Writers Offer Reading Series at Bennington College (January 4, 2007)
Critically acclaimed, award-winning authors and faculty of the Bennington College’s Writing Seminars (the College’s low-residency Writing program) offer a week-long reading series, which is free and open to the public. [Read more.]
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2007 News Releases
