Alumni News
Four Students Awarded Top Writing FellowshipsTwo Bennington students have been invited to Bucknell University this summer, and two others to Skidmore College, for highly selective, nationally sought-after creative writing fellowships.
The New Yorker Lauds New Spinto Band AlbumThe New Yorker's Ben Greenman showed love for the latest Spinto Band album (featuring Thomas Hughes ‘06 and Sam Hughes ’08), saying: “Some songs are melancholy, some ebullient, some stately, some hyperactive, and others are all at once, like 'What I Love.'"
Video Portrait by Schatz '86 at SmithsonianThe Network, a compelling new video portrait by artist Lincoln Schatz ’86, is a single-screen video that constantly recombines 89 interviews with politicians, scientists, innovators, and scholars. It is currently on view at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
80+ Students, Staff Volunteer LocallyMore than 80 Bennington students and staff members spent a recent Saturday pitching in around town and continuing the College's Hurricane Sandy relief efforts as part of the Bennington ACTS annual day of service.
Faculty, Alumna Newt Research Garners AttentionIn the current issue of Northern Woodlands, biology faculty member Betsy Sherman discusses a recent study she conducted with alumna Katie Van Munster ’08 on red-spotted newts in Vermont.