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Maryam Saeedi '28, president of the Student Educational Policies Committee, was the student speaker at Convocation 2026. She shared how Bennington students integrate their coursework, experiences with friends, and personal driving questions to create their academic path and build a community for one another.
Every student. Every year.
Bennington is the only college that has, since its founding, required students complete an internship or work experience every year. Forbes covered the impact of Field Work Term internships on students' education at Bennington.
Playwright Catherine Weingarten ’13 writes high-energy female-forward comedies full of heightened, playful language. Bennington College’s Ashley Brenon Jowett caught up with her in August about what she is doing now, how Bennington has impacted her career so far, and what she’s looking forward to.
Natalie Redmond, associate writer in Communications, was the staff speaker at Convocation 2026. She shared how students may build, rebuild, and discover their sense of home at Bennington and beyond.
Levi Gonzales, faculty member in Dance, was the faculty speaker at Convocation 2026. She shared how students may build, rebuild, and discover their sense of home at Bennington and beyond.
OBIE Award winner Elizabeth Williamson '99 has been appointed the new Artistic Director of American Conservatory Theater (A.C.T.) in San Francisco, CA. She will assume the role on January 4, 2027.
Writes The Hollywood Reporter:
Bennington College has long been known for graduating literary talent, with notable alumni like Brett Easton Ellis, Donna Tartt and Kiran Desai. Now, the Vermont school is looking to break new screenwriting stars.
Bennington College alumni and faculty members are publishing novels, memoirs, essay collections, and poetry books. Check out the round up below to learn who was published this fall.
Daria MonDesire '72 delivers a spirited song about Boston's quirks, character, and its knack for making the letter 'R' disappear.
Judith Enck, CAPA senior fellow and president of Beyond Plastics, spoke with The Columbia Paper reporter Deborah Lans about her co-authored book, The Problem with Plastic.
Judith Belzer: Walking Project: Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, on view at the Robert Frost Stone House Museum through October 31, was highlighted in Brooklyn Rail.
FilmInk saluted the work of director Paul Aaron '66, who helmed A Different Story, A Force Of One, Deadly Force, and more.
Exhibition considers the history and future of Bennington College’s iconic Visual and Performing Arts Center.
Carol Greenhouse '84 met H.A. Rey, who created the Curious George books along with his wife, Margret, while on vacation with her family in Florida when she was 6 years old. She and her family remained pen pals with their fellow beachcomber for eight years.
MFA in Screenwriting faculty member Malia Scotch Marmo co-wrote the screenplay for Hook, the beloved reimagining of Peter Pan.
MFA in Screenwriting faculty member and Academy Award nominee David Hemingson will adapt the novel Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone for Amazon MGM Studios.
Laura Spector '76, an artist who coaxed bittersweet vines into alluring and whimsical furniture, lighting and objects, including crowns fit for a druid, before Lyme disease curtailed her practice, died on July 25 at her home in Fairfield, Conn. She was 71.
Zoli, the latest restaurant venture from chef Ned Baldwin '94, was reviewed in The New York Times.
Grace Yaconelli '26 interviews Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author of Somehow: Thoughts on Love.
Pril Smiley ’65 reflects upon her experience at Bennington College, career as a composer, and her multi-faceted life.
An interview with composer and writer Sarah Gancher ’01 conducted and transcribed by Erin Mann ’28 and Lara Pascoe.
Free virtual writing series offers prompts and prizes ahead of Young Writers Awards
Reshavan Naicker '22 is an emerging visual artist based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Brad Jacobs '77 Is Betting $900 Million on an $800 Billion Industry Tech Left Behind
How students and faculty brought art to the U.S. Consulate in Chiang Mai.
A new study by physicist and visiting faculty member Dor Ben-Amotz '76, accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), sheds new light on what dark matter is made of—and suggests that some of the universe's smallest galaxies may be hiding massive black holes at their centers.
When Rafe Churchill ’91 starts talking about Bennington, people unfamiliar with the College’s all-consuming nature sometimes ask, “what is it with you and that place?”
Juhee Kim '29 studies Politics, Political Economics, and Conflict Studies at Bennington College. For her summer 2026 Field Work Term, Kim is an intern for Bush Radio 89.5 FM, Africa's oldest community radio station, as part of the Tilting Futures Program.
