Alumni News
Bickerts, Briere MFA '11, and Mayhew Bergman MFA '10 Included in Best American 2015 Collections"Strange Days” by MFA in Writing Director Sven Birkerts and "Vision" by Tiffany Briere MFA '11 were included in The Best American Essays 2015. “The Siege at Whale Cay,” by Assistant Director Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA ’10, was included in The Best American Short Stories 2015.
Rugnetta ’06 Talks Idea Channel in the LA TimesThe Los Angeles Times recently spoke with Mike Rugnetta ’06 about the Idea Channel, his eclectic YouTube channel that operates under the aegis of PBS Digital, and how his current work is an extension of what he did at Bennington.
Literary Bennington Launches in OctoberOn October 2015, students in a course taught by faculty member Benjamin Anastas launched a blog tracing Bennington’s outsized impact on the world of literature and asking what accounts for it. Literary Bennington features author interviews, short pieces of journalism and reviews, and coverage of literary events on campus.
Theroux '93 on NPR's Fresh AirJustin Theroux '93 recently spoke with Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air about his role on the HBO series, The Leftovers: a police chief trying to hold his small town together after the sudden disappearance of 2 percent of the people on Earth.
Özel '02 Wins NASA Prize for Mars Housing SolutionWhat do you do with a degree in architecture, philosophy and sculpture? For one, you win a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat to be used in Mars exploration.
That’s what a team led by Bennington alum Guvenc Özel ‘02 did recently.