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In celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth, biology faculty member Elizabeth Sherman will lecture on Why Darwin Matters at the Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, Vermont on Friday, March 27, at 7 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
The entire Bennington community mourns the death of alumna, long-time administrator, and Trustee Rebecca B. Stickney, who died on August 21, 2008, after a brief illness.
Bennington Bookmarks, a new collaborative art installation, will be unveiled at an opening reception at Bennington College’s Crossett Library on Tuesday, May 20, at 5:00pm.
Field Work Term is Bennington College's annual work-learning term during which students gain hands-on experience and test their classroom ideas in the world of work.
This photo contest brings those experiences to life. Students use #FieldWorkTerm to share photos of themselves making, working, and learning to tell the story of their unique work exploration over Field Work Term.
Dor Ben-Amotz '76 obtained a PhD in Physical Chemistry from U.C. Berkeley and was a professor at Purdue University for over 30 years. In addition to his scientific interests, he is a musician and student of the human predicament.
Seattle-based interior architecture business owner focused on designing spaces that embody properties of healing, healthfulness, and wellbeing.
Lieutenant Junior Grade in the U.S. Coast Guard. Six years of active duty service highlights include serving as a Japanese interpreter on-board the CGC MELLON and CGC OLIVER HENRY to counter Illegal, Unreported, Unregulated (IUU) fishing on the high seas and partner nation Exclusive Economic Zones. Previous employment includes Goldman Sachs Singapore and opening Singapore's only American dive-bar-meets-karaoke joint.
Currently stationed in Philadelphia and pursuing a masters in Joint Professional Military Education through the Naval War College while serving as an associate board member on the William Penn Foundation.
Samuel Griffis works closely with the faculty, staff and students in the Dickinson science building. He assists in the design and fabrication of laboratory experiments and student projects as well as many other tasks including equipment maintenance, animal care and supplies.
Cardiologist and advocate for women’s health, heart disease prevention, and diversity in healthcare.
As an atmospheric scientist, Chelsea Corr studies atmospheric particles, ranging from very small pollution aerosols to cloud droplets, and the role these particles play in air quality and climate.
Former president of the New England Pediatric Society, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and winner of the 2001 Franklin Rogers Award for her contributions to pediatric causes by the New Hampshire Pediatric Society
Computational biologist, artist, and programmer dubbed a “digital rock star” by The New Yorker. CEO and Founder of General Health Inc.
Principal design director for Xbox who is implementing a radical vision for Microsoft
Photograph © Chloe Aftel
Harlan Fichtenholtz is a cognitive neuroscientist who investigates how people understand and interpret the vast array of social and emotional signals that they encounter every day.
Composer, programmer, and host of the PBS web series Idea Channel
Photograph © Carolyn Cole
Carlos Mendez-Dorantes, PhD is a Jane Coffin Childs Fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on addressing the contribution of repetitive DNA elements—the genomic dark matter—to cancer biology and therapeutic responses. He obtained his PhD from City of Hope.
Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus and former chair of the department of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State University and past president of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology and the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Director of the IDEAS Lab at UCLA and winner of a NASA competition to design habitation on Mars
AI Now Institute Art Fellow whose biotechnology art project, Lovesick, envisions love spread like a virus.
Part V of Making space—for home, for preservation, for performance, for community.
Anselm Bradford is passionate about open source software projects for government, non-profits, and higher education. He works on a team developing regulatory tools for the financial industry and in the past has worked with Code for America, Imgur, and taught at AUT University. He's also worked in authorship and editing in the technical publishing industry.
Sara Bebus is a conservation and animal behavioral biologist with broad interest in both basic research and applied conservation and animal welfare.
Named an “exceptional young scientist” for his work on the effect of climate change on invasive plant species
Staff software engineer at Raptive, where he is utilizing AI to build tools to help online creators grow their businesses to the next level. While a student at Bennington College, he won two Vermont Hackathons, developing apps to take on issues of student engagement and food access.
Neurobiologist named one of America’s “Innovative New Scientists” by the National Institute of Mental Health
Physicist on the Manhattan Project, which developed the atom bomb, and later a committed Maoist
Assistant Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Washington, where she cares for patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital and Harborview Medical Center.
Associate vice chancellor for technology management and corporate relations at UC Davis, with a background in Fortune-500, publicly traded, entrepreneurial, and startup companies
With a coach’s approach to science teaching, Abbey Killam works closely with students in chemistry, cell biology, and other scientific fields in the lab and in their independent work.