Student News
Japanese Language Students and Local Japanese Community Come Together for International Food DayThe scent of simmering curry and cooking rice filled the Student Center Kitchen at Bennington College on Saturday afternoon, May 3, as Bennington College students and members of the local Japanese community gathered to cook, connect, and celebrate International Food Day.
Animation at Bennington: Imagination and Experimentation The juniors and seniors in Sue Rees’s Animations Projects class have walked away with several valuable lessons this term. Stills from their projects are up in an exhibition in the Barn Annex through May 16.
First Year Reflections: Matilda Lee '28Matilda Lee '28 studies prop construction and design at Bennington. She shared why she decided to attend Bennington and reflected on her favorite classes and memories from her first year.
Shashvat Shah ’26 Applied Data Science to Drive Healthcare Decisions at Southwestern Vermont Medical CenterEach winter, Bennington College students step outside the classroom to take part in Field Work Term—a six-week immersion in the professional world designed to help them deepen their studies, gain real-world experience, and explore potential career paths and contribute valuable skills to companies and nonprofits.
Bennington Student Tusti ’25 Presents Research at Brown University’s National Undergraduate ConferenceOn Saturday, April 12, 2025, Tusti ’25, who is focusing on biology and film at Bennington College, stood among a sea of scientific posters and passionate young researchers at Brown University’s Engineering Research Center. She was there as one of approximately 200 undergraduates selected from across the country to present at Brown’s inaugural National Undergraduate Research Conference, a first-of-its-kind student-run event designed to spotlight undergraduate work in medicine, biomedical research, and public health. It was organized by the Ivy League+ Pre Health Society.