College News
Silver Speaks at BPC: "What Kind of America Do We Want to Build?"Mariko Silver was one of four guests invited to speak at the Bipartisan Policy Center on rising costs and the higher education system.
Village School Comes to Campus Fourth grade students from the Village School of North Bennington visited campus during the Spring 2017 term. The group toured Crossett Library and explored a Usdan Gallery show. The visit was organized in conjunction with Eileen Scully's Explorations in Public History SCT/APA class.
Breaking New Ground (Summer 2017)We’re breaking new ground—literally and figuratively—at Bennington, with a raft of new partnerships, new teaching initiatives, new faces, and new spaces. This embrace of change is part of our history and our DNA at Bennington—but no matter how constant the pace, with each step into the new comes a renewed energy and excitement.
"Vital Curiosity" at Usdan Gallery Highlights Work of AlumniA new show at Usdan Gallery opens June 28. Vital Curiosity draws connections with other exhibitions in the region this summer, and marks the arrival of a new director and curator for the gallery.
9th Incarceration in America Conference Focuses on Outcomes and New DirectionsBennington College’s Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) hosted a conference on The Future of Higher Education in Prison on April 28-29, the ninth convening that forms part of the College’s Incarceration in America initiative, a project established formally in 2014 to address the fact that the U.S. prison population has increased 400% in the past forty years.