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TOP NEWS & EVENTS

HEALTH ALERT: Important Information Regarding the Swine Flu

Randall Balmer, religion, discusses the perils of the pulpit

Incoming first-year Leah Rothstein feels "magic" during gap year in Israel

Alexandra Horowitz, psychology, gets to the bottom of guilty-looking dogs

Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum ‘81 and Urban Studies professor Liz Abzug join effort to expand 1964 Civil Rights Act

President Obama nominates Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones ‘75 for Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

President Spar and other leaders call for more women on Wall Street as the National Council for Research on Women releases new report

Diaghilev exhibition by dance professor Lynn Garafola opens at New York Public Library

Exhibition by Visual Arts director Joan Snitzer opens at A.I.R. Gallery

Toddler Center's associate director Patricia Shimm offers parents tips for saying goodbye

The New York Times reviews Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Anne Aghion '82's new documentary on Rwandan genocide.

President Obama appoints alumna Maya Soetoro-Ng to the President's Commission on White House Fellowships

Work of artist Louise McCagg '59 to be exhibited at 53rd Venice Biennale

Taline Nicole Aynilian '03 named Orientalist Paintings Specialist by Bonhams New York

Classics professor Kristina Milnor weighs in on debate about censorship and scholarship

Religion professor Randall Balmer discusses separation of church and state for marriage

Stephanie Pfirman, environmental science, weighs in on creating gender equity in the sciences

Incoming first year Rebecca Baehr looking forward to combining music and academics at Barnard

Shelby Layne '13 named a "Renaissance Teen" for human rights activism

President Spar weighs in on how enrollment at Barnard and other top schools remains strong despite recession

May 2009

Essay by Maya-Catherine Popa ‘11 in The Huffington Post

Secretary of State Clinton’s remarks to Barnard's graduates noted in The New York Times

Essay by Maya-Catherine Popa ‘11 in The Huffington Post

In The New York Times, French professor Caroline Weber reviews new book by Jill Jonnes '74

2009 Kleban Award-winner Kait Kerrigan '03 talks about career and creative influences

New work by choreographer Sasha Soreff '94 to premier at Ailey Citigroup Theater

President Obama nominates Polly Trottenberg '86 for Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy

Architecture students develop nature tour of subway line with "Safari 7" podcast series

Among Barnard’s Class of 2009 graduates, Teach for America is number one employer

Sommelier Christina Turley ‘06 profiled by The New York Times’ T Magazine

Recent graduate Madeline Martinez '09 named among 2009 Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars

Interview with Ana Joanes '96, director of new food documentary FRESH, in The Huffington Post

In Memory of Fanny Brett de Bary ’43

The New York Times looks at Tasha Blaine's '96 new book on nannies

Erin Axelrod '09 noted in The New York Times article on recent graduates interning on farms

Jazz vocalist Sarah DeLeo '92 discusses her career and new album

In The New York Times, Suki Kim ‘92 pens Op-Ed on South Korea’s credit card crisis

Maria Baibakova ‘07, director of Baibakov Art Projects, works to bring Russia to forefront of contemporary art

Helene Gayle ’76 to receive honorary Doctor of Law degree at Columbia’s university-wide commencement; Lois A. Jackson ’73 and Ari Brose ’84 to receive Alumni Medal for volunteer service

Songwriter Amy Correia ‘90 reflects on her career path and forthcoming album

Environmental science presentations by Barnard seniors Alison Powell '09, Robin Broder '09 and others demonstrate sustainability’s bright future

Annie Leonard’s ‘86 video on human consumption, "The Story of Stuff", captivates U.S. classrooms

New book on wage theft by Kim Bobo ‘78, founder and executive director of Interfaith Worker Justice

Religion professor Randall Balmer reflects on a childhood memory

On CBS Evening News, senior Elyse Ross '09 talks about post-graduation plans with Teach for America | Watch the CBS video

Alumna Joan Rivers wins 'Celebrity Apprentice' Watch the finale on NBC.com

Economic adviser to Eisenhower and longtime Barnard professor Raymond J. Saulnier dies at 100

American Museum of Natural History President and former Barnard President Ellen Futter ‘71 and Etruscan language expert Larissa Bonfante ‘54 elected members of the American Philosophical Society

Xiao Yu Mo ’09 and Kiley White ’04 among winners of the Women Chemists Committee/Eli Lilly Travel Awards

Fashion designer Angel Chang ‘00 competes on Bravo's The Fashion Show

Filmmaker Anne Aghion's '82 new documentary "Ice People" reviewed by The New York Times

Miriam Miller ’10 named among 2009 Gilder Lehrman History Scholars

The importance of women’s leadership evident at Barnard’s Scholarship Dinner & Auction

First year student and cabaret singer Judy Butterfield ‘12 to perform at Bay Area Cabaret

April 2009

Liz Neumark ‘77, founder and chief executive of Great Performances catering company, profiled by Forbes

Junior Kate O'Gorman '10 featured among 'Future Women in History' by the Eleanor Roosevelt Legacy Committee

Barnard students coach high school students for SATs and college applications with Let’s Get Ready program

Rabbi Amy Wallk Katz ‘83 leads synagogue in Springfield, Massachusetts

The New York Times lists The Barnard Project among upcoming dance performances

Kait Kerrigan '03 on her new developmental musical production, "The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown"

At Barnard’s Women Changing China symposium in Beijing, Chinese writer Yan Geling reflects on her bilingual career

Upcoming event "Celebrating Diaghilev in Music and Dance" featured in Time Out New York

English professor William Sharpe blogs about dimming city lights for “Earth Hour” and the history of lighting New York City

Research led by scientist Jean Greenberg ‘83 discovers acid useful for plant protection

Economics professor Alan Dye discusses impact of lifting Cuban travel restrictions

English professor Ross Hamilton awarded the 2009 Harry Levin Prize by the American Comparative Literature Association

Incoming first year student Renée Slajda reflects on gap year with “Thinking Beyond Borders”

Barnard’s pre-professional advising and social opportunities noted in The New York Times’ guidance to an admitted student

Dance professor Katie Glasner discusses choreographer Twyla Tharp’s ‘63 Eight Jelly Rolls

In The Wall Street Journal, attorney Angela Winfield ‘05 discusses her career path and challenges of her disability

Writer Stacey Marie D'Erasmo ‘83 awarded 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship

Junior Gretchen Van Dyck ‘10 discusses protesting with NYC’s Socialists

Political science professor Mona El-Ghobashy named 2009 Carnegie Scholar

Severine Autesserre, political science discusses the complex politics surrounding the Democratic Republic of Congo

City census coordinator Stacey Cumberbatch ‘83 joins Mayor Bloomberg in announcing NYC 2010 Census Office

Former Barnard President Judith Shapiro to receive Teachers College's Medal for Distinguished Service

NY1’s "One On 1" with Budd Mishkin features Chief Judge Judith Kaye ‘58 on the cusp of a new beginning

A rabbi by another name: Sara Hurwitz ‘99 assumes newly-minted role of “Maharat”

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s upcoming Commencement address at Barnard noted by The Washington Examiner

Economics professor Sanjay Reddy contributes to United Nations dialogue on the global food crisis

In The New York Times, Jacquie Berger ‘98, executive director of Just Food, fields questions about community gardens

Newly elected chancellor of the New York State Board of Regents Merryl Tisch ‘77 profiled by The New York Times

Short film by Junior Lan Li nominated for Audience Award in National Geographic's Preserve Our Planet Film Contest | Help Lan Li '10 win by voting online

In Time magazine, President Spar calls for regulation of the fertility industry

Judge Rosalyn Richter '76 one of first two openly lesbian justices appointed to NYS Appellate Division

March 2009

Director of Career Development Robert Earl chooses environmental science as "hot" major even in poor economy

New Yorker China dispatch recounts anecdote from Barnard's Kang Tongbi symposium

New York Magazine's commencement speaker-roundup includes Hillary Clinton at Barnard

Susan Scrimshaw '67 named president of the Sage Colleges in upstate New York

Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam '74 appointed to the Appellate Division of the First Judicial Department by Governor Paterson

Janet Jakobsen, director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, discusses secularism, religion and U.S. politics

In The New York Times, Rita McGrath ’81 offers insight on how tough economic times can lead to entrepreneurial success

Psychology professor Alexandra Horowitz comments on how dogs interpret human communication

Soil scientist Leslie Cooperband ‘82 produces Illinois’ first farmstead goat cheese

ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts will be Mistress of Ceremonies at Barnard’s 2009 Scholarship Dinner and Auction

On Good Morning America, author Courtney Martin ‘02 joins conversation about weight criticism of women

Jane Weissman ‘68 co-authors book on history of New York City’s wall murals

In The New York Times, classics professor Kristina Milnor reminisces about cuisine at the American Academy in Rome

Religion professor Randall Balmer discusses the decline of religious affiliation among New Englanders

In The New York Times, former Barnard President Judith Shapiro commends straightforward leadership

Randall Balmer, religion, comments on a new approach to religion in the White House

For The Hindu, Barnard Student Health Services’ Shobha Krishnan, MD, pens article on cervical cancer prevention

Music department director and renowned organist Gail Archer begins Mendelssohn bicentennial tour

Maria Baibakova ‘07 brings contemporary art from London to Moscow

“Distracted” opens in New York starring Cynthia Nixon ‘88

Paul Hertz, biology, co-authors paper outlining threat of climate warming for lizards

South Asian Women’s Creative Collective hosts Sixth Annual Literary Festival on March 6-7; Jhumpa Lahiri ‘89 among featured speakers

Lawyer and musician Marlene Markard named executive director of the Choral Society of the Hamptons

President Spar weighs in on myths surrounding fertility treatments; Scholar & Feminist Conference keynote speaker Sarah Franklin also quoted

Janet Jakobsen, director of the Barnard Center for Research on Women, on women’s studies programs

Barnard Trustee Patricia Nadosy ’68 profiled as trailblazer, entrepreneur, and Renaissance Woman

Katrina Brody’s ‘12 commute on cross-country skis noted in The New York Times

French professor Kaiama Glover reviews new book by Marlon James in The New York Times

In The New York Times, Barnard noted among Morningside Heights’ historic institutions

On WBAI radio program Cosmik Debris, English professor William Sharpe discusses his book New York Nocturne

Physics and astronomy professor Janna Levin discusses life and work of logician Kurt Gödel

Randall Balmer, Religion, comments on charismatic leadership in religious organizations

Exhibit by award-winning photographer Stacy Bass '88 open through March 28 at Amy Simon Fine Art

February 2009

New York State Author and Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of Writing Mary Gordon ‘71 profiled by the Jerusalem Post

Political science professor Alexander Cooley discusses Kyrgyz regime’s alignment with Russia

Fashion critic Cathy Horyn '78 fields questions from readers of The New York Times

Author and midwifery student Ilana Stanger-Ross ‘98 profiled

Legendary fashion editor Nonnie Moore ‘43 dies at 87

Sheila Weinstein ’58 discusses her book Moving to the Center of the Bed: The Artful Creation of a Life Alone on NBC

Upcoming performances by Barnard’s music director and renowned concert organist Gail Archer will celebrate Mendelssohn bicentennial

Janet E. Hall ’64, former Counselor to the US Trade Representative, career Foreign Service Officer and Senior Policy Advisor at the United Nations Foundation, dies at 66

In Letter to the Editor, psychology professor and Toddler Center director Tovah Klein weighs in on evaluating Head Start programs

In The New York Times, French professor Caroline Weber reviews Report on Myself by Grégoire Bouillier

Review of Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey’s performance featuring Barnard dancers in The New York Times

Rosian Zerner ‘58 honored for Holocaust awareness advocacy work

President Spar’s call for more women on Wall Street echoed in The New York Times

For Reuters, English professor James Basker compares oratory skills of President Obama and Lincoln

Judge Abby Cynamon ‘81 profiled by the Miami Herald

Barnard dancers perform Zoe Scofield and Juniper Shuey’s production at Dance Theatre Workshop

Meena Alexander, Mary Jo Bang, and Monica de la Torre read their poems for Women Poets and Writers at Barnard

A look at Third Annual Sugar Salon Series

“Sex and the City” set decorator and Bravo “Top Design” contestant Ondine Karady ‘91 featured in The Washington Post

Vocalist Sarah DeLeo’s ‘92 new CD reviewed in the Hartford Courant

Author Ilana Stanger-Ross ‘98 shares excerpt from new book

Sanjay Reddy, economics, weighs in on the gap between rich and poor in the current economic climate

Psychology professor Ann Senghas comments on new study showing ability of newborns to detect beat in rock music, notes connection between babies’ sense of rhythm and natural wiring for language

January 2009

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Passes! Barnard Does its Part

Teen Vogue intern Lisa Lewis ’10 profiled

Trustee Rosa Alonso ‘82 discusses her website “MiApogeo” on Telemundo

On NPR, English professor Mary Cregan weighs in on Virginia Woolf’s only play, ‘Freshwater’

Actress Lauren Graham ‘88 debuts on Broadway in Guys & Dolls

Soprano Alicia Hall Moran ‘95 performs at Stamford’s First at First at Four Concert Series

Economics professor Perry Mehrling's alternative bailout proposal noted in The New York Review of Books

Alumnae and students celebrate inauguration; Jennifer Christman ’84 and Elisa de Souza ’12 quoted in The Wall Street Journal

World’s longest running musical “The Fantasticks” originally written for Barnard production

Abi Wright ‘89, new director of Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, comments on electronic journalism

Randall Balmer, religion, comments on spiritual aspects of inauguration in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post and NPR

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Barnard students join fellow New Yorkers in day of volunteerism

During difficult financial times, generosity of Barnard alumnae noted by President Spar

Barnard’s music director and renowned concert organist Gail Archer profiled

Helen Cespedes ‘09 awarded 2008 Norton Scholar’s Prize

92YTribeca hosts talk featuring writers Courtney Martin ‘02 and Kate Torgovnick ‘02 on January 21; book party for Lily Koppel ‘03

PJ Sands-Johnson ‘98 joins inauguration festivities with volunteer group Bahama for Obama

For older news stories, see the Fall 2008 News Archive

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

LaGuardia Community College students become Barnard students for the summer

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Trustee Emerita Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum '50 a confidant and mentor to Supreme Court nominee

ALUMNA IN ACTION

June 2009
Marketing Maven
Donna Tuths '81

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

In The New York Times, psychology professor Alexandra Horowitz discusses her 'guilty' dog research

STUDENT SPEAK

June 2009 Student Speak
Katharine O'Gorman '10
Activist From the Start

Alumna in Action

May 2009
"Let it RIP!":
Evelyn Rodríguez ’89

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

2009 Barnard Fulbright Recipients Announced

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Daily Beast books editor Alexis Gelber '74 asks Board of Trustees Chair Anna Quindlen '74 for her "must read" list; French professor Caroline Weber's Queen of Fashion makes the cut

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Give and Go Green 2009 - Barnard Eco-Reps and the Office of Residential Life and Housing make Barnard more Sustainable

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The Barnard Magazine interviews five members of the class of 2009 about their student internships; find out more about Barnard's internship program through the Office of Career Development

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The formal portrait of Judith R. Shapiro, Barnard President and Professor of Anthropology Emerita, was unveiled

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Barnard's Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures Hosts Symposium Linking International Scholars: "Commonality and Regionality in the Cultural Heritage of East Asia"
東アジアの文化遺産—
その普遍性と独自性

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

Graduating seniors took a moment to share thoughts and reflections as they prepared to receive their diplomas; watch all videos and speakers from the Barnard Commencement Exercises

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The New York Times looks at Tasha Blaine's '96 new book on nannies

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

Barnard Medal of Distinction awarded to Secretary of State, PepsiCo CEO and others; Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers inspiring Commencement address. Read and watch her remarks

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Congratulations, Class of 2009! Take a look at a year in the lives of Barnard's newest graduates.

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Barnard Hosts International Conference on Paper Money in Theory and Practice in History

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Barnard College's Annual Benefit Raises Over $1.7 Million for Scholarship Aid Event Honors Gandhi Scholar and Retired Professor Dennis Dalton and Trustees Helene L. Kaplan '53 and Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald '81

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President Spar gets a taste of the admissions process for The Wall Street Journal; Read President Spar’s admissions essay; President Spar discusses her essay on NPR’s All Things Considered

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Chair of the Board of Trustees Anna Quindlen '74 Signs Off From Newsweek
Read her final column

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A Place for Student Artists: Melanie Kress’s '09 "Potluck"

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Playwright Samantha Carlin '09 welcomes Girls Write Now mentees to recent production

MSNBC features Girls Write Now; Carlin reflects on her experience as an alumna

The Nexus Is Named!

President Spar and Chair of the Board of Trustees Anna Quindlen revealed the official name of the Nexus at Spirit Day’s Celebrity Scoops Event on Lehman Lawn. (See photos of Spirit Day on Facebook

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Review of The Barnard Project in The New York Times

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"People Unite, Take Back the Night!" Allegra Panetto '09 reflects on Barnard's Take Back the Night March and Speak-out

Barnard Celebrates Earth Day!


New Sustainability Website Launched
| Alison Powell '09 expands Community Sustainable Agriculture at Barnard and Columbia

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Joining Mayor Bloomberg’s new NYC Service initiative, senior Amreen Vora ’09 pledges to continue volunteer tutoring

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General Counsel Michael Feierman joins neighborhood's cyclists for "Blessing of the Bikes" at St. John the Divine

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Benefits of Barnard highlighted in The New York Times' "Guidance Office"

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2009 Barnard Women Poets Prize awarded to
Sandra Beasley

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Junior Lan Li announced winner of the Audience Award in National Geographic's Preserve Our Planet Film Contest

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

Two Barnard professors awarded 2009 Guggenheim Fellowships

Saskia Hamilton, English and
Wadda C. Ríos-Font, Spanish and Latin American Cultures

Alumna in Action

April 2009
"The Dish's Dish":
Jill Donenfeld '06

NEWS HIGHLIGHT


Well Woman and Barnard Dining Services team up for the Eat Well Be Well Dinner

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Kimberly Marten, political science, discusses NATO’s 60th anniversary and the war in Afghanistan

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Historian Linda Kerber ‘60 comments on Iowa same-sex marriage decision and her part in crafting one of the amicus briefs

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CCTV in China highlights Barnard's Women Changing China symposium

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New York Times blog obsessed with sophomore Sarah Dooley's '11 YouTube comedy films

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Chicago English teacher Caitlin Bevvino-Ring '08 faces dilemma of grading low-performance students

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President Spar on women changing China and the world in The Huffington Post

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Anthropology major Iris Fernandez's '10 semester abroad profiled in hometown paper

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Over spring break a group of Barnard and Columbia Scientists traveled to Bangladesh to collect water samples to study pathogens in drinking water

On Campus

The curtain wall is going up! Visit Under Construction on the Nexus site to see more

NEWS HIGHLIGHT

Liz Neumark ‘77 revisits her childhood homes and reflects on women’s education and leadership on Huffington Post

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Merryl Tisch ‘77 named first woman chancellor of New York schools by Board of Regents

Alumna in Action

March 2009
From Boutiques to
Business Districts
Annie Washburn ’98

Student Speak

March 2009
Citizen of the World:
Francesca Overwater '10

News Highlight

Barnard College featured in BET public service announcement celebrating Black History Month.

News Highlight

The New York Times reviews performances by dancers Rebecca Warner CC'05 and Emma Desjardins ‘03 with choreography by Anne Zuerner ‘02

News Highlight

In an op-ed and in American Medical News, President Spar voices need for regulation in the fertility industry as dialogue surrounding octuplet birth continued on the eve of Barnard’s 2009 Scholar and Feminist Conference

On Campus

Seventeen intern Rachel Peck ‘12 blogs about Facebook bringing together Barnard’s Class of 2013

News Highlight

Physics professor Janna Levin ‘88 featured on American Public Media’s “Speaking of Faith”

News Highlight

Environmental science professor Stephanie Pfirman proposes an international “ice park” as a way to protect the melting Arctic,

Pfirman spoke at Polar Weekend at the American Museum of Natural History; Artist and sculptor Cornelia Kavanagh '62 also participated

News Highlight

For NPR's All Things Considered, and Foreign Policy, Alexander Cooley weighs in on the politics of U.S. Military base in Kyrgyzstan, pens op-ed for the International Herald Tribune

News Highlight



Religion professor Randall Balmer talks about “God in the White House” on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Balmer pens CNN opinion piece on President Obama's outreach to non-believers

News Highlight


From Barnard Student Government to the West Wing! Two Barnard SGAers reunite in the White House

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In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Barnard students join fellow New Yorkers in day of volunteerism

News Highlight


Sociology professor Jonathan Rieder discusses race, rhetoric, Martin Luther King Jr., and President Obama.

Watch Rieder compare the oratory of Obama and MLK, Jr. on Brian Lehrer Live

Listen to Rieder on WNYC's MLK Day Special: A Journey of Hope: From Protest to Presidency.

News Highlight


President Spar discusses gender differences and risk on Fox Business

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