Student News

Image of students making soups Soup's On!

Students in Yoko Inoue's Make Kitchen Communal Practicum weekly served delicious, nutritious soups made from local ingredients to essential staff on campus.

President House of Pakistan Muhammad Ammar '24 Honored by President on Pakistan Day

Muhammad Ammar ‘24, has been recognized by the president of Pakistan for achieving the highest position in Pakistan in his International Baccalaureate Examinations.

Slow Cooked Movement logo by Jackie and Akanchya Slow-Cooked Community

The Bennington student founders of the Slow Cooked Movement discuss how they brought community, nutrition, and local farms together during this Field Work Term. 

sunlight on a colonial house, bennington college Shared Governance Task Force—March 4, 2021

The following message was sent to Students on March 4, 2021. 

Photo of Crossett Library We Read A Lot: 2020

Want to read like a Bennington student? Kick off your winter break reading with the most checked out books from Crossett Library during 2020.

Image of Andreea Coscai Her Time: Empowering Romanian Girls to Lead

From her high school experience at United World College Changshu China to her current studies at Bennington College, a global academic perspective has informed the way Andreea Coscai ’22 now reflects on growing up in Bucharest, Romania.

image of stamp envelope Connecting Through Mail Art

Since the start of social distancing, students working with Anne Thompson, Visual Arts faculty member and Usdan Gallery Director and Curator, have been making mail art, a time-honored practice in which artists use the postal service to subvert institutional structures and restrictive conditions.

Image of zoom presentation Torikashvili Organizes for Peace

Lika Torikashvili '22, Georgia's Youth Representative to the United Nations, co-organized a webinar on Localizing Youth Peace and Security through her project iPEACE.

Image of students discussing Students Develop Art Commission for U.S. Consulate in Thailand

The Center for Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) at Bennington College has received its second commission from the U.S. State Department's Office of Art in Embassies for the art collection at the new U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Image of covid virus Studying the Era of COVID-19

Over the summer, the pop-up course Understanding and Responding to COVID-19, Crisis and Quarantine gave Bennington students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members a chance to connect with one another while examining the unfolding COVID-19 crisis across disciplines, from anthropology to mathematical modeling to poetry to film.