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

Stellar Performances

More thPalillo SGA president Graduation 2010an 500 seniors, their parents, friends, and family—plus paparazzi and an indeterminate number of cameras—converged on Columbia’s Ancel Plaza for the College’s 2010 Commencement ceremony. Barnard President Debora Spar led the ceremony, which awarded Barnard’s highest honor, the Medal of Distinction, to keynote speaker and world-renowned actress Meryl Streep, studio Museum of Harlem Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden, Princeton university President Shirley Tilghman, and united states senator from Maine Olympia Snow (unable to attend due to a senate vote). More photos at alum.barnard.edu/magazine

   -photographs by Asiya Khaki '09 and David Wentworth