Weather Update
Due to the storm, Barnard College closed at 4pm Friday, for non-essential personnel. “Essential personnel" include staff in Facilities, Public Safety and Residence Halls.
Friday evening and weekend classes are cancelled but events are going forward as planned unless otherwise noted. The Athena Film Festival programs are also scheduled to go forward as planned but please check http://athenafilmfestival.com/ for the latest information.
The Barnard Library and Archives closed at 4pm Friday and will remain closed on Saturday, Feb. 9. The Library will resume regular hours on Sunday opening at 10am.
Please be advised that due to the conditions, certain entrances to campus may be closed. The main gate at 117th Street & Broadway will remain open. For further updates on college operations, please check this website, call the College Emergency Information Line 212-854-1002 or check AM radio station 1010WINS.
3:12 PM 02/08/2013
Using Ellis Island documents and other institutional archival records, Ramona Hernández, director of the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York, paints a compelling portrait of Dominicans who wanted to make New York their permanent home.
An opening panel to launch the 13-day exhibition of new art by the Dominican York Proyecto Gráfica: a printmaking collective of artists of Dominican descent that provide rare and critical insight into the Dominican experience in New York and around the world.
Professor Edward Telles discusses the pitfalls of using census data to define ethnicity, race and socioeconomic status in countries throughout Latin America.
Cristina Beltrán analyzes the rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric and explains how xenophobic speech and policies obscure political diversity among Latinos.
This presentation discussed how immigration made Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines conspicuously different societies.
Jennifer Hirsch explores changes in the ideals and practices of love, sexuality, and marriage in rural Mexico.
