Alumni News

Image of Tata’ Xuan, shaman with the sacred Maya calendar of fiestas and rituals used in Maya ceremonies Exploring Lives and Cultures with Fran Antmann '69

Fran Antmann '69 is a documentary photographer, writer, and professor. Her photographic work has focused on the lives and culture of the indigenous people of Guatemala, Peru, Mexico, the Dene First Nation people of the Western Canadian Arctic and the Inuit of Baffin Island, Canada.

Image of Stephen Michael Smith and Brian Stone Bennington Alumni Take Home Two of Three American Prizes

The winners of the 2025 American Prizes in Orchestral Programming have been announced, with Bennington alumni Stephen Michael Smith '72 and Brian Stone '92 claiming two of the three awards.

Image of Kiran Desai Kiran Desai's Latest Novel Shortlisted for the Booker Prize

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, the latest novel by Kiran Desai '93, is on the shortlist for the 2025 Booker Prize.

Image of Katie Yee Katie Yee '17 Selected as Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Prize Winner

Katie Yee '17 was selected as the winner of the Barnes & Noble 2025 Discover Debut Author Prize for her novel Maggie; or, a Man and Woman Walk into a Bar.

Image of Rivera Sun Rivera Sun '04 honored in Americans Who Tell The Truth Portrait Series

Rivera Sun '04 has been honored with a portrait included in artist Robert Shetterly's Americans Who Tell The Truth portrait series, which includes notable figures such as Daniel Ellsberg, Edward Snowden, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ella Baker, Chris Hedges, and many others.