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NEWS ARCHIVE -- FALL 2007

December 2007

Liz Abzug, visiting faculty in Barnard's Leadership Initiative, one of "21 Leaders for the 21st Century" | More...

Belly-dance instructor Lara Triback '91 featured in The Oregonian | More...

Nice: Barnard's Financial Aid office on Higheredwatch.org "Naughty and Nice" list | More...

Testing the Nexus: Glass samples come to campus | More...

Pennsylvania State Senator Constance Hess Williams '66 to end legislative career | More...

Attorney Ellen M. Kozak '65 explains publishing scams | More...

Now available: Episode 2 of Sound Architecture podcast, featuring chef Alexandra Guarnaschelli '91 and Maria Hinojosa '84 | Read, listen or subscribe...

Alumna Nyssa Aragon '07 discusses her work on the Obama campaign in Iowa | More...

Alumna Joan Rivers lunches for Barnard financial aid | More...

French professor Caroline Weber discusses Marie Antoinette in Denver Post | More...

Singer Kala Maxym '01 featured in Honolulu Weekly | More...

Elspeth Davies Rostow '38, leading expert on politics and foreign policy, dies | More...

Basya Schecter '92 and band Pharaoh's Daughter featured in Queens Tribune | More...

Work by Nexus architects Weiss/Manfredi rated among "10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels" by Time | More...

Barnard librarian Jenna Freedman and zine collection highlighted in Christian Science Monitor | More...

Photographer Sarah Charlesworth '69 featured on Daily Serving | More...

Preparedness of Barnard Health Services in response to increasing cost of birth control highlighted on NY1 | Read... or watch...

Emma Desjardins '03 reviewed with Merce Cunningham Dance Company in NY Times | More...

Olympic fencing hopeful Erinn Smart '01 profiled in Richmond Times-Dispatch | More...

Student Speak December 2007—Policy Wonk: Brenda Galván '08

Alumna in Action December 2007—The Teacher: Myrna Simmons '74

Novelist Elizabeth Benedict '76 remembers Elizabeth Hardwick | More...

Nexus architects Weiss/Manfredi win Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design | More...

Designer Angel Chang '00 discusses high-tech spy clothing in Fashion Wire Daily | More...

Maria Hinojosa '84 and Ann Brashares '89 launch Sound Architecture, a Barnard podcast series | Read, listen or subscribe...

Elizabeth Hardwick, legendary writer and beloved creative writing instructor at Barnard, dies | More...

Sophomore Vanessa Gonzalez quoted in New York Post on walking and NYC | More...

Barnard voted one of top three colleges for work-family balance by junior faculty | More...

NY Daily News profiles Pan Asian Repertory Theatre founder Tisa Chang '63 | More...

Margaret Mead '23 profiled in Investor's Business Daily "Leaders & Success" series | More...

Books by four Barnard alumnae listed in New York Times 2007 "100 Notable Books" | More...

Barnard librarian Jenna Freedman and zine collection praised in Philadelphia Inquirer | More...

November 2007

Alyssa Mt. Pleasant '97 discusses American Indian history in Diverse Issues in Higher Education | More...

Lala Wu '07 reports on "Freedom on Our Terms" conference | More...

Musician Suzanne Vega '81 featured on cover of Atlantic City Weekly | More...

Writer Sarah Walker Caron '01 serves as judge for Food Blog Awards 2007 | More...

Alumna Fatima Bhutto '04, political writer and niece of Pakistani leader Benazir Bhutto, profiled in Columbia Spectator | More...

Leslie Lipton '09 to receive Young Advocate Award from the National Eating Disorders Association | More...

Focus on The Wall: images of everyday from around the world | More...

Financial Times publishes letter on poverty by Sanjay Reddy, economics professor | More...

Musician, educator, and entrepreneur Gloria Richman Rinderman '56 profiled in Newsday | More...

Prof. Stephanie Pfirman discusses the lure of interdisciplinary research for women and minorities in Diverse Issues in Higher Education | More...

Vocalist Sara Holtzschue '93 featured on AllAboutJazz.com | More...

Religion professor Jack Hawley discusses Hindu holy city of Varanasi in US News & World Reports | More...

English professor Mary Gordon '71 featured in the Dallas Morning News | More...

An evening of conversation with author Erica Jong '63 | More...

Tama Janowitz '77 discusses adoption in NY Times blog, "Relative Choices" | More...

NY Times opinion piece on NYC public schools by Toddler Center Director Tovah Klein and alumna Marcia Sells '81 | More...

Alberta Wright '10 discusses her internship at Teen Vogue | More...

Best-selling women's health writer Sarah Wernick '63, dies | More...

New York Times "Public Lives" column features Elaine Charnov '85, director of the Margaret Mead Film Festival | More...

Rita Gabler Rover '62, botanist and nutritionist, featured in Times of Northport | More...

November 2007 Alumna in Action: Junko Kim '01, The Volunteer | More...

Author Adrienne Wolfert '45 profiled in Rossmoor News | More...

Judith Weisenfeld '86 joins Princeton University religion and African American studies faculty | More...

Education expert Lynn Jones Huntley '67 discusses economic segregation in public schools on NPR's News & Notes | Read or listen...

French professor Caroline Weber in NY Times Sunday Book Review | Read or listen...

She, starring Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas '24, posthumously released on DVD | More...

Suzanne Lovett '86 discusses resuming legal work after taking time for her children | More...

October 2007

National Voter cites political science professor Lorraine Minnite on voter fraud | More...

Barnard financial aid program highlighted in American Prospect | More...

French professor Kaiama Glover in NY Times Sunday Book Review | More...

Religion professor Randall Balmer quoted in Time article on Oral Roberts | More...

Ellen Futter '71 and AMNH scientists join Barnard faculty to discuss "Hot Topics in Science" | More...

Randall Watson Forsberg '65, nuclear freeze advocate, dies | More...

Alumnae Jo Morris '07 and Johanna Kirk '07 in feedforward at Dance Theater Workshop | NY Times review...

Retiring political science professor Dennis Dalton featured in the Spectator | More...

Step aside, Dancing with the Stars, tango's elite gather at Barnard and Columbia for four-day festival celebrating Latino/a Heritage Month | More...

Ellen Futter '71 discusses leadership in Newsweek | Read or watch...

Chef Alex Guarnaschelli '91 featured in New York Magazine | More...

Clothing designer Angel Chang '00 named Cartier Women's Initiative Awards Laureate for North America | More...

Environmental science professor Stephanie Pfirman discusses women and science in Inside Higher Ed | More...

New York Sun features "The Wall" around Nexus construction site as innovative focal point for political discussion | More...

Judge Nancy Gertner '67 advises Liberian judicial system on handling sexual assault | More...

Barnard sophomore Ariel Leon wins CU Lions field hockey game against Penn | More...

Poet Alice Notley '67 featured in NY Times Sunday Book Review to read at Barnard Nov. 1

Book on terrorism by Jessica Stern '85 focus of Deans Book Course at UMass | More...

Religion professor Randall Balmer quoted in ABC News 20/20 feature on child preachers | More...

Amy Sananman '92 leads community mural project in Brooklyn | More...

October 2007 Student Speak: Cathaleen Kaiyoorawongs '08 | More...

October 2007 Alumna in Action: Pia DeGirolamo '81, The Expressionist | More...

Guobin Yang, Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures professor, discusses verbal abuse in cyberspace on CCTV (China Central TV) | Video...

Alumnae Edwidge Danticat '90 and Lydia Davis '70 are National Book Awards finalists | More...

Author Joyce Glassman Johnson '55 profiled in The Guardian | More...

Recent bias incidents | More...

View Barnard fire safety video on YouTube, win iPod Nano | More...

Barnard Welcomes Balletomanes: Dance, music, literature, and art scholars to participate in International Symposium of Russian Ballet | More...

Ellen V. Futter '71 and Liz Beth Neumark '77 in Crain's New York Business "100 Most Influential Women in NYC Business," Futter in "Power 25"

NY Daily News profiles Dr. Donna Futterman '74, adolescent AIDS specialist | More...

Barnard's award-winning Brownfield Action environmental simulation expands its reach | More...

Racial Incident at Teachers College | More...

Alice Hom '82 wins Principal of Excellence Award, celebrating exemplary leadership in NYC public schools | More...

Lauren Salz '11 inspires her family to treat blind people in Ghana | More...

Phoebe Damrosch '00, author of Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter, interviewed in Sacramento Bee | More...

Through The Gates: Art at Barnard — Sculpture by Brooklyn-based sculptor Boaz Vaadia | More...

Lifetime promotes Linda Rein '66 to Senior VP and General Counsel | More...

Barnard Financial Aid program highlighted in Columbia Spectator | More...

Rev. Emily Sieracki '03 profiled in Rockland Journal News

September 2007

NEA's Big Read focuses on classic novel by Zora Neale Hurston '28 | More...

Alison Rabil '86, Director of Financial Aid, appears on CBS Evening News | More...

Writer Edwidge Danticat '90 interviewed on NPR's Fresh Air | Read or listen...

Laurie Anderson '69 named winner of prestigious Gish Prize | More...

NY Times reviews choral ensemble led by Kristina Boerger, lecturer in music at Barnard | More...

Barnard junior Leslie Lipton discusses "shy eating" on ABC's Good Morning America | Read or watch...

Laurie Rubiner '84, legislative director for Hillary Rodham Clinton, profiled in the NY Times "Public Lives" column | More...

Detroit's "Big Read": Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston '28 | More...

The Australian profiles performance artist Laurie Anderson '69 | More...

Hon. Judith S. Kaye '58 launches US postage stamp honoring jury duty | More...

NY Times: "At Barnard, One Generation of Writers Nurtures the Next" | More..

Dance professor Mary Cochran appears in Village Voice | More...

Barnard Toddler Center gets its '15 Minutes' | More...

9/11 Memorial Tree on Lehman Lawn | More...

Performance by dance professor Donlin Foreman called a "revelation" in New York Times review | More...

NY Times Sunday Book Review and Poets & Writers Magazine feature Edwidge Danticat '90 on front page

Tenure bid of Barnard anthropologist Nadia Abu El-Haj explored in New York Times article | More...

September 2007 Alumna in Action: Sarabeth Berman '06, An Impresario is Born | More...

September 2007 Student Speak: Sonya Shadravan '10 Describes Her Summer Intership in Uganda | More...

Financial Aid Director Alison Rabil '86 cited in US News & World Reports article on paying for college | More...

Rabbi Jacqueline Tattenbaum Satlow '87 appointed director of the Center for Jewish Culture at UMass Dartmouth | More...

Hispanic Business profiles journalist Maria Hinojosa '84 | More...

Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega '81 highlighted in Canada's National Post | More...

Summer 2007

First-year Eve Rae Rotman '11 publishes essay in Podium literary journal | More...

New faculty member Russell Romeo highlighted in The Scientist | More...

Robbery alert—please be aware of your surroundings at all times | More...

NY Times Book Review praises new memoir by Edwidge Danticat '90 | More...

Posthumous book by former UN Ambassador Jeane Jordan Kirkpatrick '48 reviewed in the NY Times Sunday Book Review | More...

Senior Kate Linthicum '08 publishes article and video essay on Bhutan in The Oregonian | Read article... Watch video...

Director of College Activities Jessica Nunez offers advice to students coming to New York City on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show | Listen...

Katrina survivor and incoming first-year Haley Moon '11 featured in The New York Sun and on ABC's Good Morning America

New memoir by English professor Mary Gordon '71 receiving widespread coverage and praise | More...

Designer Elissa Forman Cullman '68 included in prestigious Architectural Digest "AD 100" | More...

Alumna Dana Greenfield '06 writes about her Fulbright year in New Zealand | More...

New memoir by English professor Mary Gordon '71 reviewed on front page of New York Times Sunday Book Review | Read... Listen to podcast...

Dean of Admissions Jennifer Gill Fondiller '88 discusses Barnard's orientation program in The New York Sun | More...

Madeleine B. Stern '32, prominent rare-book dealer, biographer and literary sleuth, dies | More...

French professor Caroline Weber reviews book about fashion in NY Times Sunday Book Review | Read... Listen to podcast...

June Rossbach Bingham Birge '40, writer and congressional spouse, dies | More...

Book on sign language by Margalit Fox '83 highlighted in New York Times Sunday Book Review | Read the review... Listen to the podcast...

Memoir of English professor Mary Gordon '71 reviewed on NPR's Fresh Air | Read or listen...

Profile of incoming first-year Haley Moon '11 featured in the Mississippi SunHerald | More...

Financial Aid director Alison Rabil '86 cited in article on student loans | More...

Barnard students to dance with Fist & Heel Performance Group, Aug. 22 - 25 | More...

Workshop presentation of The Joan Rivers Theatre Project running in San Francisco | More...

Actor and screenwriter Greta Gerwig '06 profiled in The New York Post | More...

Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald '81 answers business questions on MSNBC | More...

Alumna and english professor Mary Gordon '71 launches book tour in Rhode Island | More...

Tovah Klein, director of the Barnard Center for Toddler Development quoted in Parenting Magazine | More...

Barnard junior Monique Kim profiled in The Record of New Jersey | More...

Dean of Career Development Jane Celwyn discusses current trends in women's wages on WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show | More...

Columbia University network downtime scheduled for Tuesday, August 14 | More...

M. Alexis Scott '70 celebrates 10 years as editor of Atlanta Daily World | More...

Incoming first-year student Jorie Dugan writes about international conference | More...

Poet Ariana Reines '03 receives attention for award-winning book | More...

August 2007 Alumna in Action: Louise Bernikow '61, Dog Person for Life | More...

Musician Elana James '92 profiled in Michigan's Lansing State Journal | More...

Dancer/choreographer Sara Rudner '64 profiled in Dublin's Sunday Tribune | More...

Q & A with Mary Gordon '71, English Professor, in the New York Times Magazine | More...

S&F Online: Women, Prisons & Change, a journal published by the Barnard Center for Research on Women | More...

Producer Susie Banikarim '97 is Emmy nominee | More...

Barnard Professor of Economics David Weiman on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show | | More, including audio...

Comedian Chelsea Peretti '00 profiled in The New York Observer | More...

Labor lawyer Marjorie Friedman Leonard '36, dies | More...

Margot Botsford '69 nominated to highest court in Massachusetts | More...

Washington Post reporter Megan Greenwell '06 profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle | More...

Judge Nancy Gertner '67 orders federal government to pay damages for role in false conviction; praised as "thoughtful and meticulous" | More...

Alumna Margot Botsford '69 to be appointed to highest court in Massachusetts | More...

Barnard campus network downtime scheduled for Saturday, July 28 | More...

Wall Street Journal quotes Urban Studies and Architectureprofessor David Smiley on parking in cities | More...

Religion professor Alan Segal discusses American beliefs about life after death | More...

Lynn Jones Huntley '67 on giving back: Reunion 2007 | More...

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