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. 

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Prof. James Basker accepts award from White House on behalf of The Gilder Lehrman Institute

November 04, 2011
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James G. Basker

This week James Basker, Barnard's Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History, accepted the 2011 National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from First Lady Michelle Obama on behalf of the The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  Prof. Basker is president of the Gilder Lehrman Institute, which received the award in recognition of its Saturday Academies program.

The Gilder Lehrman Saturday Academies provides free elective courses for high school and middle school students on Saturday mornings. The program has helped more than ten thousand students gain a deeper knowledge of the humanities through American history, literature and arts classes. GLSA was among 12 after-school and out-of-school programs across the country to receive the award, which recognizes community based arts and humanities programs and is the highest honor such programs can receive in the United States.

History professor James Basker with GLSA student representative Robert Sandoval and First Lady Michelle Obama.