Faculty News
Cohen Brings Global Perspective to Local High School Rabbi Michael Cohen has brought his Bennington course on Conflict Resolution to Burr & Burton Academy, a private high school in nearby Manchester, Vermont.
Anselmo Bringing Health Services to Rural SchoolsWAMC radio interviewed Bennington’s director of Health Services, Dr. Randy Anselmo, about his recently launched telemedicine startup, which aims to provide quality, reliable healthcare services to small, rural private colleges, camps, and boarding schools.
The I-70 Sign ShowAnne Thompson, director of Bennington’s Usdan Gallery, was interviewed on KCRW Radio about her public art exhibition, the I-70 Sign Show, which displays works of contemporary art on surplus interstate billboards along 250 miles between St. Louis and Kansas City.
"In the Line of Fire"An op-ed by anthropology faculty member Noah Coburn in the Kathmandu Post warns of the growing risks for international security contractors—particularly those from Nepal—being hired by private companies to assist the Afghan military in an increasingly unstable region.
Bennington College Helps Launch New Health Questionnaire on PFOA In a project led in part by faculty member David Bond and Dean of Research, Planning, and Assessment Zeke Bernstein, residents of Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh, NY and North Bennington, VT impacted by PFOA contamination are being urged to fill out a new community health questionnaire.