Alumni News
Discovering the Unknown in Cancer and GeneticsAt Bennington, scientific education includes hands-on research, faculty mentorship, and ample opportunity to explore questions both within a chosen discipline and beyond.
Film Rights Acquired for Lethem's The Feral DetectiveKroll & Co. Entertainment has acquired the film rights to The Feral Detective, the upcoming novel from Jonathan Lethem '86.
Umbarger Publishes Award-Winning Historical FictionThe Passion of Marta, the second novel from Caren Umbarger '76, was named a 2017 Silver Winner for the Nautilus Book Awards for Fiction: Self-Published & Small Press.
Susan Scarf Merrell's Shirley Gets All-Star CastElisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale) and Michael Stuhlbarg (Call Me By Your Name) have been cast in the feature film Shirley, adapted from the novel by Susan Scarf Merrell MFA '09.
Houghton Talks Women in Theater, Grief, and CatsMany playwrights consider the theater and its network of artists as a home and family. For Lily Houghton ’17, however, this notion is particularly literal.