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- Faculty Member Mac Maharaj Featured on NPR’s Fresh Air (May 13, 2008)
Faculty member and South African anti-apartheid hero Mac Maharaj and his biographer Padraig O’Malley appeared on the nationally syndicated public radio program Fresh Air with Terry Gross on Monday, May 12, to discuss their recent reconciliation work with 36 Iraqi leaders. [Read more.]
- The Bennington Community Mourns the Death of Bennington College Trustee Lord Holme of Cheltenham (May 9, 2008)
On May 4, 2008, Bennington trustee and chairman of the College’s International Advisory Council, Richard Holme died at his home in West Sussex, England. [Read more.]
- Experimental Rock-Duo The Fiery Furnaces Headline This Year’s Sunfest (May 8, 2008)
The College’s annual music festival, Sunfest, will begin at 12:00 pm on Saturday, May 17, 2008. This year’s highly-anticipated bill features nine bands and is headlined by the experimental rock-duo, The Fiery Furnaces. [Read more.]
- Designer Comes to Bennington College and Shares Strategies to Bridge Cultures through Design (May 5, 2008)
International artist Mimi Robinson designs commercially celebrated products, and four months out of the year, she designs solutions. Robinson visits campus on May 6, 2008. [Read more.]
- “The Bennington Revolution,” President Coleman’s Leadership Spotlighted on Front Page of Rutland Herald (April 22, 2008)
The Sunday, April 6, 2008, edition of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rutland Herald features a front-page article titled “The Bennington Revolution,” which traces President Coleman’s 20 years of exceptional leadership at Bennington College. [Read more.]
- The Art of Going Green: Earth Day at Bennington College (April 21, 2008)
There is a science and an art to going green, just ask a Bennington College student. This year, the College’s student-run Environmental Initiatives Committee will access both with workshops and activities that emphasize sustainable practices with custom creativity. [Read more.]
- Environmental Visionary Amory Lovins, Inaugural Speaker at First Annual Four College Issues Forum (April 16, 2008)
Amory Lovins, author of Winning the Oil Endgame and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, will speak at the first annual Four College Issues Forum—a forum founded by Bennington College, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Southern Vermont College, and Williams College "to bring significant discussion of national and global issues to the region and to their campuses." [Read more.]
- Bennington Faculty and Alumni Score Big with Guggenheim Fellowships (April 11, 2008)
The Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that five members of Bennington's community have been honored with this year's 2008 Guggenheim Fellowships for their "distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment." [Read more.]
- Museum of Modern Art Features Work of Faculty Member Liz Deschenes in Major Exhibition (April 3, 2008)
Photography faculty member Liz Deschenes is one of only eight photographers chosen by the Museum of Modern Art to participate in their latest exhibition, “Color Chart: Reinventing Color 1950 to Today.” [Read more.]
- Bennington Rocks through Spring with Headlining Music Masters (March 27, 2008)
“Stars-in-waiting” “all you could want in a band,” and “gloriously shape-shifting” are how some of the 18 bands making their way to Bennington College this spring have been described by outlets like Rolling Stone, National Public Radio, and New York Magazine. [Read more.]
- Bill Clinton Singles Out Bennington at Kick-Off Event of Clinton Global Initiative University (March 14, 2008)
Former President William J. Clinton invited Bennington’s President Elizabeth Coleman to join him at a press conference on Saturday, March 15, 2008, to inaugurate the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U)—a new venture of the Clinton Global Initiative. [Read more.]
- Leading Ecology Scholar Visits Bennington College as the 2008 Woodworth Lecturer in the Sciences (March 7, 2008)
President of the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, William H. Schlesinger visits Bennington College to speak as the College’s 2008 Woodworth Lecturer in the Sciences on Monday, March 17, 2008. [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Ron Cohen Named as Fellow of the American Psychological Association (February 29, 2008)
This fall, the American Psychological Association recognized psychology faculty member Ron Cohen for his “outstanding and unusual contributions to the science and profession of psychology.” [Read more.]
- Faculty Member Daniel Michaelson Navigates International Tensions with Play, "Benedictus" (February 22, 2008)
Bennington College faculty member Daniel Michaelson is a scholar of two very dissimilar fields—mediation and design. In 2005, his dual expertise perfectly complemented a momentous yet sensitive project that took two years to complete, Benedictus. [Read more.]
- Charles Bock MFA ’97 Receives National Critical Acclaim with His Debut Novel Beautiful Children (February 8, 2008)
The New York Times Sunday, February 4, 2008 Book Review cover went to Charles Bock MFA ’97 for his debut novel, Beautiful Children. [Read more.]
- Renowned Author, Sven Birkerts to Lead Bennington's Graduate Writing Seminars (February 5, 2008)
Bennington College has announced that renowned author and critic Sven Birkerts will serve as the next Director of Bennington College’s low-residency graduate writing program. [Read more.]
- Joan Tower '61 Wins Three Grammy Awards (February 4, 2008)
Joan Tower '61, one of America’s preeminent composers, won three Grammy Awards for her orchestral composition "Made in America." [Read more.]
- The New York Times Features Bennington's Field Work Term (January 8, 2008)
Bennington’s seven-week, off-campus winter term called Field Work Term, was highlighted this week in the Sunday, January 6, 2008 New York Times Education Life article “Five Colleges Where Work Counts.” [Read more.]
- Acclaimed Writers Robin Hemley and Major Jackson Read (January 7, 2007)
Robin Hemley and MFA faculty member Major Jackson read as part of the Writing Seminars Writers Reading series. [Read more.]
- The Village Voice Lauds the Work of Five Bennington Artists (January 4, 2008)
In a review in the December 18, 2007 issue of The Village Voice, dance critic Deborah Jowitt opens with a description of former Bennington guest artist Jennifer Nugent and recent alumnus Paul Matteson MFA’07. [Read more.]
- The New York Times Examines Pakistan Crisis Speaking with Karachi-Based Munizeh Sanai '03 (January 2, 2008)
In The New York Times’ reportage on the assassination of Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, they follow recent Bennington College graduate and Karachi disc jockey Munizeh Sanai ’03 as she navigates her country’s new tumultuous terrain via radio. [Read more.]
- The Washington Post Reviews Faculty Member David Anderegg's New Book, "Nerds" (January 2, 2008)
Psychology faculty member David Anderegg’s new book Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them takes a closer look at the nerd stereotype and gets a nod from The Washington Post. [Read more.]
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2008 News Releases
