College News
Bennington Librarian Oceana Wilson Receives National AwardBennington College is proud to announce that Oceana Wilson, Director of Library and Information Services, has been named winner of the American Library Association's I Love My Librarian Award, an annual prize sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and The New York Times.
Bennington's Quantum Leap Program HonoredThe New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has honored Bennington's Quantum Leap program with the Vermont State Merit Award—one of six state merit awards given annually as part of the New England Higher Education Excellence Awards.
Bennington Remembers Merce Cunningham (1919-2009)The Bennington College community mourns the loss of friend and pioneering dance choreographer Merce Cunningham, who died on Sunday, July 26, at the age of 90 years old.
Senior Art on View in Usdan GalleryBennington's 2009 Senior Art Show opened on Wednesday, May 13, in the College's Usdan Gallery.
Bennington to Expand Environmental StudiesWith a substantial, multi-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Bennington will establish a new interdisciplinary environmental studies program. Beginning this September, the program will unfold in the context of the College's major new curricular initiative, which aims to address public needs of urgency, complexity, and importance.