Press Releases by Date
December 2020
12-17-2020
Award-Winning Writer Dinaw Mengestu Named John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor in the Humanities at Bard College Full Story
12-08-2020
Uyghur Scholar Rahile Dawut Named Honorary Professor in the Humanities by the Open Society University Network Full Story
12-08-2020
Bard College Receives $5 Million Endowment Gift from Alumnus Mostafiz ShahMohammed ’97 Full Story
12-01-2020
Annual Bard Fiction Prize Is Awarded to Akil Kumarasamy Full Story
12-01-2020
Latest Issue of Bard College’s Celebrated Literary Magazine Conjunctions Gathers Leading Writers to Explore What it Means to Be Alive at a Time of Full-On Global Affliction Full Story
November 2020
11-19-2020
Bard College Names Miriam Felton-Dansky Director of Undergraduate Theater and Performance Program Full Story
11-18-2020
Award-Winning Author Suzy Hansen Joins Bard Globalization and International Affairs Program Faculty Full Story
11-17-2020
Ama Josephine B. Johnstone Named as 2020–21 Keith Haring Fellow in Art and Activism at Bard College Full Story
11-16-2020
Bard College Is Inaugural Member of Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance Full Story
October 2020
10-29-2020
Bard College Voting Site Set for November 3 Election Day Full Story
10-24-2020
Court Orders District 5 Voting Site Moved to Bard College Campus Full Story
10-23-2020
The Orchestra Now Announces Two Additional Symphonic Concerts to Be Livestreamed as Part of Its Fall Season on November 1 and 14, 2020 Full Story
10-19-2020
Fisher Center at Bard Celebrates World Opera Day October 25 with Maestro Leon Botstein and Mezzo-Soprano Stephanie Blythe in Conversation Full Story
10-13-2020
Bard College Appoints Renowned Pianist and Composer Marcus Roberts as Distinguished Visiting Professor of Music Full Story
10-13-2020
Bard Anthropology Professor Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins Wins Prestigious Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association Full Story
10-08-2020
Bard Conservatory of Music Presents Student and Faculty Showcase Weekend, Two Free, Live-Streamed Concerts October 24-25, including Performances by Celebrated Violinists and New Faculty Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony Full Story
September 2020
09-30-2020
The Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College (CCS Bard) Presents: Sky Hopinka: Centers of Somewhere Full Story
09-16-2020
Bard College’s Literary Magazine Conjunctions Wins Prestigious Whiting Literary Prize Full Story
09-10-2020
Christian Crouch Named Dean of Graduate Studies at Bard College Full Story
09-04-2020
Election@Bard, Andrew Goodman Foundation, and Bard College President File Voter Suppression Lawsuit Against the Dutchess County Board of Elections Full Story
August 2020
08-29-2020
The Orchestra Now Releases Buried Alive, a New Recording on Bridge Records Full Story
08-24-2020
Bard Music Festival Presents “Out of the Silence: A Celebration of Music”: Four Free Livestreamed Concerts Showcasing Black Composers and Subjects of Past Festivals, with The Orchestra Now & Bard College Conservatory Faculty, Sept. 5-26 Full Story
08-22-2020
Bard College Holds One Hundred Sixtieth Commencement, in a Virtual Ceremony, on Saturday, August 22, 2020 Full Story
08-18-2020
Bard College Conservatory of Music to Offer New Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance Beginning Fall 2021 Full Story
08-12-2020
Bard College Conservatory of Music Appoints Highly Acclaimed Violinists Gil Shaham and Adele Anthony to Faculty Full Story