College News

Willa Donovan ’26 and Proteety Amiron ’29, House Chairs of Leigh, welcome new students. Bennington College Welcomes the New Students for the Fall Term

Bennington College welcomed a robust and diverse group of students starting with new international students on Monday, August 24. New domestic students arrived on campus for Orientation on Friday, August 28.

Four students smiling and sitting with notebooks on the porch of Cricket Hill in autumn. 9th–12th Grade Students Invited to Submit to Bennington College Young Writers Awards

Bennington College is now accepting submissions from high school students around the world for its 2026-2027 Young Writers Awards. 

Bennington College professors and students collect soil and water samples in neighborhoods around Norlite hazardous waste incinerator in Cohoes, NY (photo by David Bond) $7.9 Million NSF Investment Brings Vermont Researchers Together to Address ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination

The four-year NSF EPSCoR Research Incubators for STEM Excellence (E-RISE) award will establish collaboration across Bennington College, Middlebury College, the University of Vermont (UVM), and Landmark College to develop actionable understanding of how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) move through water systems and into the food web.

student wearing a black hooded sweatshirt sitting cross-legged on the floor and painting a figure on a large horizontal canvas Bennington College Now Accepting Submissions from High School Students for the Young Creators Awards

Bennington College is now accepting submissions from 9th–12th grade students around the world for its 2026-2027 Young Creators Awards.

Woman roasting marshmallows Celebrating Bennington's Adult Summer Programs

This August, adult students joined Bennington College faculty members to further their studies in AI, painting, and writing.