Alumni News

Devin Gaffney's article in The Atlantic Gaffney ’10 Analyzes Romney, Obama Twitter Activity

When Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney gained more than 100,000 Twitter followers over a single weekend, many in the social media world did a double take. Devin Gaffney ’10, a master's candidate at the Oxford Internet Institute and founder of 140kit.com, did a full-blown statistical analysis. The surprising results of his study can be found in a recent article he co-authored in The Atlantic.

Image of Jason Fridley Fridley ’97 Receives Young Scientists Award

The New York Academy of Sciences has awarded Dr. Jason Fridley ’97 a 2012 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists in support of his research on the impact of climate change and invasive species on terrestrial ecological communities.

Peter Dinklage in Game of Thrones Dinklage ’91, Tucker ’89 Earn Back-to-Back Emmy Nominations

Actor Peter Dinklage ’91 and casting director Julie Tucker ’89 have been nominated for Emmy Awards for outstanding work in primetime television for the second straight year.

Will Stratton's 'Post Empire' Stratton's Album ‘One of Year’s Best’

PopMatters magazine wasn’t short on accolades in a recent profile of singer/songwriter Will Stratton ’09, proclaiming: “this Bennington graduate’s fourth full-length [album], Post-Empire, just so happens to be one of the best albums released so far this year."

Peter Dinklage '91 Addresses Bennington College's Class of 2012 Peter Dinklage '91

"These are the shiny, more important people." -Peter Dinklage '91

Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Peter Dinklage '91 returned to campus on June 1, 2012 to deliver the year's Commencement address.

Image of Carolyn (Crossett) Rowland Remembering Carolyn (Crossett) Rowland ’37

A life trustee of the College, Carolyn (Crossett) Rowland—Crossie to her Bennington friends—died this week at the age of 96. She was a trusted advisor, dedicated philanthropist, and most extraordinary woman.

Image of Scott Lehrer Lehrer Earns Fourth Tony Nomination

For his sound design of the Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, Death of a Salesman, faculty member Scott Lehrer has earned his fourth Tony Award nomination in five years.

Projects for Peace logo Ali ’15 Wins 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.

Peter Dinklage at the Emmys Dinklage ‘91 to Deliver Commencement Address

Bennington is pleased to announce that recent Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner Peter Dinklage ’91 will address this year’s graduating class at the College’s 77th Commencement Dinner on Friday, June 1.

Image of Ellen McCulloch-Lovell McCulloch-Lovell ’69 on 'Nontraditional' College Presidents

Marlboro College President Ellen McCulloch-Lovell ’69 addressed the growing trend of "nontraditional" college presidents—those who came from outside of the academic community, as she did—in a recent op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education. "We bring with us a healthy impatience," she wrote. "The reply to 'We don't do it this way' is 'Why not?'"