Faculty News

ENACT logo Scully Named ENACT Fellow

Faculty member Eileen Scully was recently named a faculty fellow in ENACT, a new national program at Brandeis University designed to engage young people in state-level legislative change.

Image from Demyanenko's Blue Room. Demyanenko Performs in Digital Dance Festival

Dance faculty member Elena Demyanenko performed her latest work, "Blue Room," as a part of the ‪#‎DigitalDanceFestival‬ at New York Live Arts on February 25 and 28. Music faculty member Nick Brooke is the composer, and MFA fellow Dai Jian also collaborated on the piece. 

Alexander Chee's 'Queen of the Night' Alexander Chee's New Novel Triumphs

Alexander Chee's latest novel, The Queen of the Night, is being greeted with enthusiastic praise on the heels of its February 2 release. Chee is a faculty member in the MFA in Writing program at Bennington College.

Noah Coburn's New Book Losing Afghanistan. Image courtesy of Gregory Thielker. Coburn's New Book on Losing Afghanistan

Noah Coburn spoke to BTWBerkshires about his new book, Losing Afghanistan: An Obituary for the Intervention, recently published by Stanford University Press, and his longtime work in that country studying the effects and conditions of war.

The Millions's list of Most Anticipated Books of 2016 Bennington Alumni Feature on Top Critics Picks Lists

Bennington alumni play a starring role in The Millions’ list of Most Anticipated Books of 2016, which includes works by Hannah Tennant-Moore MFA ’10, Sara Majka MFA ’09, Cynthia Sweeney MFA ’13, and Charles Bock MFA ’97, as well as faculty member Alexander Chee.