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NEWS
ARCHIVE -- FALL 2003
December
2003
Barnard
College Study Abroad Program Experiences Record Growth |
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Barnard’s
Four Historic Buildings Gain Listing on National Register
for Historic Places
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Barnard
Dance Professor Mary Cochran Performs New Works to Rave
Reviews
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The
Barnard-Columbia Chorus Performs at the Annual Columbia
Candlelight Concerts, December 5 and 6 |
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Fine
Artist and Illustrator Synthia Saint James Lectures at Barnard
College
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November
2003
Barnard's
Early Applications Are Up 20 Percent |
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Barnard/Columbia
Student Team Wins College Fed Challenge |
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Barnard
Students Advance German Language Skills
Through Filmmaking | More...
Anna
Quindlen, chair of the Barnard Board of Trustees, talks
about the "Golden Age" of Barnard and the new
Nexus building in a v-mail (video-mail) | More...
Students-led
Diversity Conference Brings 300 to Campus |
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For
Novelist Ursula Hegi, Creating Characters Is A Bit Like
Method Acting
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Click here to view a video
of the reading. (Real Player 57:52)
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Interaction Between Students and Faculty at Women's Colleges,
National Survey Finds | More...
Washington
Post Article on the Value of Study Abroad Features Barnard
Senior Who Studied in West Africa | More...
Barnard
Security Chief William Plackenmeyer is Featured in New Book
about Undercover NYC Police Case
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Minority
Achievement on President Shapiro's Agenda | More...
Judith
Shapiro Featured in Documentary Choices Over a Lifetime
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Anna
Quindlen Offers Thoughts on Writing, Feminism and Praise
for Barnard College at Books Etc. Event |
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To watch video of the event, click
here. (Real Player 47:16)
Cross
Country Team Takes First Place Finish at Ivy Championship
Meet | More...
Barnard
French Professor Renée G. Geen Dies at 69 | More...
Barnard
Dances at Miller Theatre Presents Three Modern Classics
and One Premiere November 13 - 15 | More...
Barnard's
Minor Latham Playhouse Presents The
Wheel, A play from Bangladesh by Salim al-Deen, November
13 - 15 |
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Diversity
Conference at Barnard Nov 14-16 | More...
October
2003
Dalit
Women of India Explored in New Book by Barnard Professor
Anupama Rao | More...
New
Book by Historian Robert McCaughey Interprets 250-Year History
of Columbia University | More...
Barnard
Is Location For Filming of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
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Gretchen
Holbrook Gerzina Joins Barnard as Director of Pan-African
Studies Program and Professor of English |
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Jhumpa
Lahiri '89 Returns to Campus to Read From Her Bestselling
Novel The Namesake | More...
Conference
Celebrates Legacy of Zora Neale Hurston,
"All of Us Emerged When We Got a Glimpse of Who Zora
Was" -- Alice Walker
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Barnard
College Hosts Multi-Media Lecture on Jimi Hendrix October
28 | More...
Professor
of Sociology Robert C. Smith Quoted in Los Angeles Times
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Barnard's
Writing Center Remains Progressive Model for Inter-Collegiate
Discussion |
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Women
in Sports Journalism is Theme of English Department Conference
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Law
& Order to Film at Barnard, Wednesday, October 29 |
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Barnard's
Honeylocust Dies and Is Removed October 31 |
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Atoosa
Rubinstein got her start in fashion journalism while a Barnard
student. Read
about her rise to the editorship of Seventeen
magazine.
Short
Story Writer and Translator Lydia Davis, a Barnard Alumna,
Wins MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant
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Leading
Architectural Historian To Give NYC Lecture on Barnard Campus
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Family
Weekend, October 24 - 25 |
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A Famous
Alumna Gets a Tribute from a Famous Writer: Alice Walker
to Speak on Zora Neale Hurston, October 4, 2003 | More...
Arthur
Ross Greenhouse To Be Featured in Major Celebration of New
York Architecture and Design
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What's
Old May be New Again: Barnard to Develop a New Restoration
Plan for its Historic Campus More...
September
2003
Novelists
Jhumpa Lahiri, Anna Quindlen and Alice Walker are among
the major writers as Barnard launches the new Books Etc.
series this fall. Click here to read the
press release or visit the Books
Etc. Web site for more information.
Barnard
Welcomes over Two Dozen New Faculty Members to Campus. Click
here to read their biographies.
Jewish
Studies Prof. Alan Segal Serves as Religion Expert for Film
The Gospel of John, Opening Sept. 25|
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•
Community Observance in Memory of 9/11 on Lehman Lawn |
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• Panel Discussion: Why Are We Not Talking About September
11th ? |
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• Barnard’s Online Journal Examines Public Reactions
to Trauma in Tribute to September 11th |
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Barnard
Delegation heads to South Africa on research, humanitarian
mission | More...
For
new students at Barnard, fall orientation means a seminar
on their summer reading — with the author, novelist
and alumna Galaxy Craze.
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Getting
Ready to Go Away: Deans Alperstein (pictured) and Link Talk
About Studying Abroad in Abroad View Magazine. More...
Reading
by writer Lynne Tillman kicks off the Books Etc. series,
September 30 | More...
August
2003
Barnard
students were featured in a New York Times article
on combating the high cost of textbooks. | More...
The
New York Times features Barnard in a page one article
and picture on roommate selection on college campuses. |
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Barnard
Professors Caryl Phillips and Serge Gavronsky Organize Conference
on the Caribbean, Aug. 27- Sept. 1, in Bellagio, Italy |
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Barnard
launches a new Web site for The Office of the President.
Click here to see the new site.
Barnard
College Enrolls the Most Selective Class Ever with 561 New
Students | More...
Barnard
Alumnae’s Theater Company Polybe + Seats Performs at
Beckman Theatre | More...
Henry
A. Boorse, part of the original group of scientists for
the Manhattan Project, and a faculty member at Barnard College
for over 30 years, died at the age of 98. | More...
July
2003
Alumna
Atoosa Rubenstein '93 Named Editor-in-Chief of Seventeen
Magazine. Click here to read the
full article in the New York Times. Click here
to read the "Public
Lives" Profile of Rubenstein in the New York
Times.
Updated
Information on SARS for Returning Faculty and Students|
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Barnard
Professor Robert C. Smith Comments on Mexican Elections
on Los Angeles Radio |
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A video
report of The 2003 Barnard Summit: Women and Health
is now available online. The report includes clips of leading
experts discussing worldwide trends in gender-specific medicine
during the day-long forum held on Barnard campus on April
5, 2003.
Barnard
Weighs Three Architectural Firms as Finalists to Design
New Multi-Purpose Campus Building |
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