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Image of Academy of American Poets logo Mehari Wins 2025 Green Prize for Poetry

"Catastrophe Theory," a poem by Blu Mehari '26, was selected by poet Matthew Shenoda for the 2025 Green Prize for Poetry by the Academy of American Poets and is featured on their website.

Read more at Poets.org
Image of Sofia Mirenda building snowman with student Exploring the Intersection of Art and Education

Sofia Mirenda '28 spent her six-week winter Field Work Term working at Red Fox Community School, an experiential K-5 school in Manchester, VT.

Read more at the Bennington Banner
Fig. 1. Drosophila species with expanded F elements. a) Karyotypes of the four expanded F element species. Muller elements A to F correspond to D. melanogaster chromosomes X, 2L, 2R, 3L, 3R, and 4, respectively. The X chromosomes (Muller A) and F elements of D. ananassae and D. bipectinata are both metacentric. Both telocentric (dark red arm only) and metacentric (both dark and light red arms) F elements have been reported in D. kikkawai (Baimai and Chumchong 1980). Students Earn Coauthorship on Published Genomics Research

Work propels students toward promising careers in bioinformatics and genetics.

Image of Helen Simpson, center, with Jacqueline Tyrrell, the D’Amico Institute’s technical curator, and Christopher Kohan, its director. Exploring a Treasure Trove

For her first Field Work Term, Helen Simpson '29 is cataloging and archiving materials at the D’Amico House at Lazy Point, NY.

Read more at East Hampton Star
Nate Tantral-Johnson ’26 Capital D Dancing: Transfer Student Nate Tantral-Johnson ’26
Nate Tantral-Johnson ’26
Photo credit: Shoshana Isaacs from a piece called “five episodes of flourishing dreams” by Paula Martinez Rodriguez

 

Nate Tantral-Johnson ’26 transferred from The University of the Arts to Bennington College in 2024. They study dance along with writing and film.