“It's rare to find music that focuses on the delicate arrangements of voice alone anymore, but the trio from Bennington has made a cappella cool again.”

— NPR host David Dye on Mountain Man

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News: Student (column 1)

  • Maliha Ali ’15 Wins $10,000 Projects for Peace Grant

    Maliha Ali ’15 has earned a $10,000 grant from the Davis United World Scholars Projects for Peace program to design and implement a public action project in her native Pakistan. More.

  • 2012 FWT Scrapbook

    A collection of moments captured, lessons learned, and work created by Bennington students over Field Work Term. Check it out.

  • SIXTH-ANNUAL BENNINGTON PRINTMAKERS’ SHOW  OPENS AT VT ARTS EXCHANGE

    An exhibition by seven advanced printmaking students from Bennington College will be on display in the Vermont Arts Exchange’s Mill Gallery at the Sage Street Mill in Bennington. The show, titled “I Will Try to Put Down on Paper,” opens with a reception on Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 7:00-8:30 p.m., and will be on view through Saturday, Feb. 25. Read more.

  • Photo by Thomas Bruno ’14 Chosen for Greenpeace Exhibition in Turkey

    Thomas Bruno ’14 was one of 19 amateur photographers and the only American to have his work selected for an upcoming Greenpeace exhibition for pollution awareness. Read more.

  • Brian Morrice

    Brian Morrice '11 lands white house internship

    Brian Morrice '11 was one of 140 young leaders selected nationwide to serve as a White House intern this spring. Read more.

  • Filmmaker Mitchell Lichtenstein ’78 Offers Advice to current Students

    "Be enthusiastic about your work, but always stay humble," alumnus Mitchell Lichtenstein '78 told a room full of Bennington students as part of the "Beyond Bennington" speaker series, which invites alumni to campus to discuss their careers with current students. Read more.

  • Bennington Launches first National Anthology of Undergraduate Work

    Bennington College has launched a first-of-its-kind anthology of premier fiction, poetry, and nonfiction selected from more than 40 American undergraduate literary journals. plain china: Best Undergraduate Writing 2009 is the only national online compilation of undergraduate writing today. Read more.

  • Noryang Yeshi '11 opens Exhibition of Photos by Leprosy Patients

    The Anandwan exhibition includes 30 photographs taken by Yeshi and two young leprosy patients from the Anandwan Rehabilitation Center, a leprosy clinic in Central India. Noryang traveled to Anandwan during over Field Work Term, bringing with her five digital cameras to distribute among patients. Read more.

News: Student (column 2)

  • Student, Alum Publish Web Research on 'Socialbots'

    Max Nanis ’12 and Ian Pearce ’11 are two of the authors behind the current cover story of Interactions magazine. The article, "Socialbots: Voices from the Fronts," is based on a study they conducted with web researcher Tim Hwang on fake online identities (“bots”) that can interact with humans and even boost human-to-human interaction on social networks such as Twitter. The results of their study were first published in the MIT Technology Review.

  • A Conversation with Actor Alan Arkin '55

    Actor Alan Arkin ’55, best known for his Academy Award–winning performance as the grandfather in Little Miss Sunshine, returned to campus for a Q&A with current students. As student blogger India Kieser ’12 writes, it was an inspiring conversation for all. Photos here.

  • Bennington Band BOBBY’s Debut Album Previewed on NPR’s First Listen

    A year after forming as Tom Greenberg ‘10's senior project in music, BOBBY, a band made up of current Bennington students and recent grads, has been signed by Partisan Records and will be releasing their self-titled debut album on June 21. The album was featured this week on NPR's First Listen series, which previews select, upcoming albums in their entirety. Listen here.

  • 60+ Students, Staff Volunteer Locally for Bennington ACTS Day

    More than 60 Bennington students and staff members painted, gardened, cleaned, and beautified several sites in the local community last Saturday for the first annual Bennington ACTS Day. Read more.

  • Architecture Project by Evie Garf '11 Featured on NewYorker.com

    A photo of Evie Garf 11's "Book-Dependent Shelf," an inverted bookshelf she made for an architecture course two years ago, was featured last week on "The Book Bench," a New Yorker blog that frequently publishes great images of books from around the world. Check it out here.

  • Bennington Students, Recent Alums Garner Musical Acclaim

    Late Show with David Letterman, Rolling Stone magazine, NPR, and Spinner.com are just a few of the news and entertainment outlets that have featured music by Bennington students or alumni in the past month. Read more.

  • Students pilot local field work term program

    Participating in Bennington's new Local Field Experience program, 16 students spent Field Work Term volunteering at 11 organizations in Bennington and North Bennington, including schools, counseling services, family support centers, and other community-based agencies. Read more.

News: Student (column 3)

  • Plain China, Vol. 3

    Bennington student editors have released the third volume of plain china, the first and only literary anthology showcasing the best undergraduate writing from across the country. The current issue features work selected from more than 50 undergraduate literary journals, and includes writers from Princeton, Louisiana State University, University of Georgia, Bard College, Harvard University, UC-Berkeley, Northwestern, and Stanford, among others. Read it here.

  • Early in the Year, a Familiar Trend: Students Serving the Community

    When Hurricane Irene struck just three days before the start of fall classes, returning students barely had time to move into their houses before they were out in the community helping flood victims salvage theirs. Read more.

  • Mountain Man scores rave review in new york times

    Mountain Man, the up-and-coming folk trio of Amelia Meath '10, Molly Sarle '12, and Alex Sauser-Monnig '09, continued to impress on their recent summer tour, which included a stop at the 2011 Newport Folk Festival (listen on NPR), and an "engrossing performance," according to The New York Times, at the famed Mercury Lounge. To read the entire Times review, click here.  

  • Bennington Becomes First U.S. School to Participate in European Dance Festival

    Bennington College this summer became the first American school to participate in the European Schools Festival at the National Center of Contemporary Dance in France. Read more.

  • Tanya Schmid's Photo Exhibition is More Than a Senior Project

    Through photographs and testimonies, Tanya Schmid '11 tells the story of a low-income neighborhood in Arica, Chile—a city she visited while studying abroad last year—where, more than 20 years ago, the dumping of arsenic, lead, and 14 other toxic minerals has had devastating health effects on its residents. Read more.

  • Bennington RELEASES Second Edition of National ONLINE Literary Anthology

    Bennington has released the second annual edition of plain china, the only national online compilation of undergraduate writing today. Read more.

  • Mountain Man

    Mountain Man performs on NPR’s World Cafe

    A live performance by Mountain Man, the singing folk trio of Amelia Meath '10, Molly Sarle '12, and Alex Sauser-Monnig '09, was aired this month on NPR's World Cafe, a nationally broadcast program that showcases indie rock, singer-songwriters, folk, alternative country, blues, and world music. Listen here.

  • Tyler Gaviria, MATSL ’11, Named N.C. Foreign Language Teacher of the Year

    Master of Arts in Teaching a Second Language (MATSL) candidate Tyler Gaviria '11 has been named 2010 Teacher of the Year by the Foreign Language Association of North Carolina. Read more.