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Souleymane Badolo Dance as a Bridge

Souleymane Badolo’s people gave him dance, and dance gave him opportunities to learn, choreograph, and teach around the world. Now, he is using his influence to provide greater access to a crucial resource: water.

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Souleymane Badolo during a talk given as a part of the 2023 Visionary Leadership Award presentation.
Jeva Lange Urgent and Creative: Reimagining Climate Journalism

From narrative nonfiction at Bennington to a founding staff writer at Heatmap, Jeva Lange ’15 is telling the stories of our climate change-rattled world in ways that finally grab readers’ attention.

Bruna Dantas Lobato ’15 Bennington College Alum and Visiting Faculty Member Bruna Dantas Lobato ’15 Wins 2023 National Book Award for Translation

Bennington College congratulates Bruna Dantas Lobato ’15 who won the National Book Award for her translation of Stênio Gardel’s The Words That Remain in a ceremony on the evening of Wednesday, November 15.

Swagatta Datta ’23 The Shape of the Universe: Swagatta Datta ’23

Eratosthenes of Cyrene was the first person to prove that the earth was a sphere and to calculate its circumference. Swagatta Datta ’23, who studied theoretical mathematical physics at Bennington, is following in ​​his footsteps. Only Datta is interested in the universe.