Department News
Learn how the beloved writer, anthropologist, and folklorist has influenced many across campus — and around the world — for the 100 years following her graduation.
December 13 & 14, 2024
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
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Take a look at how the College covered, discussed, and taught an historic election.
Take a look at the many ways the College has grown its commitment to championing positive change as it celebrates Climate Week NYC 2024.
The Nairobi-based, women-led organization works to empower leaders to champion the green transition.
From musical linguists to computational biologists, talented educators and researchers join the College community.
Members of the College community will conduct research as recipients of grants from organizations including the U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program and the National Science Foundation.
In the lead-up to Barnard’s graduation at Radio City Music Hall, soon-to-be-alumnae contemplate how they’ve grown and what they have gained in the past four years.
With the backing of the Athena Center for Leadership and the Columbia Startup Lab — and some family teamwork — Samantha Greenspan ’21 brought the vision for her new media company to life.
Learn about alumnae and students — from the Class of 2014 to the Class of 2024 — who are working across disciplines to improve society with creativity and innovation.
Richard Mermejo, former Governor of Picuris Pueblo, passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Richard was a beloved member of the extended Barnard community, having served as the tribal liaison for the college’s archaeological field program in New Mexico, which since 2017 has focused on the cultural history of his ancestors. In that context, Richard mentored dozens of Barnard students, working with them daily in the field and continuing to consult with them on their senior theses during the academic year. In 2022, he led a delegation to visit Barnard, meeting with students and performing a traditional Basket Dance alongside other Picuris tribal members on Low Plaza as part of the college’s first formal celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In recognition of the generous mentorship he has offered our students, Richard was invited to march in Barnard’s 2023 commencement ceremony an honorary professor. He is greatly missed.
This project spurred my interest in how people (in this paper, morgue workers) balance caring for themselves and others in times of crisis or endless need (as they did when faced with mass death at the onset of COVID). I currently work at the COVID-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative where I research the pandemic’s effects on mother-infant relational health and infant development. I aspire to be a clinical psychologist who focuses on primary relationships, including those parental or romantic in nature or any others involving caregiving central to survival.
The award was given to me by the Dying and Bereavement special interest group of the Society for Medical Anthropology, a section within the AAA.
