Alumni News

Amelia Earhart photograph Searching for Amelia Earhart

In a column in The New York Times, Amelia Earhart biographer Susan Butler ’53 weighed in on a recently discovered photograph that some say shows Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, alive in the Marshall Islands.

Melissa Ross Play by Ross '94 Included in Summer Shorts Festival

A one-act play written by Melissa Ross '94 will be performed at the 2017 Summer Shorts Festival at 59E59 Theaters in Manhattan.

Downstairs starring Tim Daly Theatre Talk with Levit ’18 and Kirby ’17

Sam Levit ’18 and Matt Kirby ’17, artistic associate apprentices at the Dorset Theater Festival, spoke with More Theater Talk about their experiences working on Theresa Rebeck’s new play, Downstairs, starring alumnus Tim Daly ’79 and his sister, Tyne.

The Rumpus Thoughts on Global Warming from the Man Who Coined the Term

Rumpus contributor Suzanne Koven MFA ’12 interviewed Bill McKibben, the journalist and environmental activist who first coined the term “global warming” in the late 1980’s, on the potential impact of the Trump administration’s environmental policy.

American Academy of Arts and Letters Pousette-Dart '68 Wins 2017 Arts & Letters Award

Joanna Pousette-Dart ’68, another of Bennington’s celebrated abstract painters, is one of nine artists to receive a 2017 Art Award from the American Academy of Arts & Letters.