College News

Bennington Scores High Bennington Scores High

Bennington scored high in this year's Princeton Review rankings. 

Southern Vermont “A Sophisticated Destination”

A writer in The Wall Street Journal details a few of the recreational, dining, and cultural attractions that make southern Vermont an increasingly popular year-round destination and appealing place to live.

Best Vermont Colleges Top Five Colleges in Vermont

Bennington was named one of the top five colleges in Vermont in College Choice’s 2017 rankings.

Mark Wunderlich is named the new director of the Bennington Writing Seminars Wunderlich Named Director of the Writing Seminars

Bennington College announced today that poet Mark Wunderlich has been named the next director of the Bennington Writing Seminars, the College’s MFA program in writing.

'Bennington Review' Releases Third Issue 'Bennington Review' Releases Third Issue

Bennington Review has released its third issue, titled Threat. 

Village School Comes to Campus Village School Comes to Campus

Fourth grade students from the Village School of North Bennington visited campus during the Spring 2017 term. The group toured Crossett Library and explored a Usdan Gallery show. The visit was organized in conjunction with Eileen Scully's Explorations in Public History SCT/APA class. 

Silver Speaks at BPC Silver Speaks at BPC: "What Kind of America Do We Want to Build?"

Mariko Silver was one of four guests invited to speak at the Bipartisan Policy Center on rising costs and the higher education system.

Drawing of Commons South Aerial Breaking New Ground (Summer 2017)

We’re breaking new ground—literally and figuratively—at Bennington, with a raft of new partnerships, new teaching initiatives, new faces, and new spaces. This embrace of change is part of our history and our DNA at Bennington—but no matter how constant the pace, with each step into the new comes a renewed energy and excitement.

CAPA Lens 9th Incarceration in America Conference Focuses on Outcomes and New Directions

Bennington College’s Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) hosted a conference on The Future of Higher Education in Prison on April 28-29, the ninth convening that forms part of the College’s  Incarceration in America initiative, a project established formally in 2014 to address the fact that the U.S. prison population has increased 400% in the past forty years.

Helen Frankenthaler's Red Square "Vital Curiosity" at Usdan Gallery Highlights Work of Alumni

A new show at Usdan Gallery opens June 28. Vital Curiosity draws connections with other exhibitions in the region this summer, and marks the arrival of a new director and curator for the gallery.