Faculty News
President Coleman's Update on Bennington and the EconomyIn early March, I wrote a letter expressing our confidence in Bennington's capacity to come through the current economic crisis and that the national environment was likely to get worse before it gets better.
Williamson Performs on 'Public Enemies' SoundtrackMusic faculty member Bruce Williamson can be heard performing the jazz classic "Bye Bye Blackbird" with Diana Krall on the soundtrack for Public Enemies, a new movie starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion Cotillard. He also played on the soundtrack for the recent PBS documentary, Antonia Pantoja ¡Presente!
Media Turns to Farhang as Iranian Crisis Intensifies
Faculty member Mansour Farhang appeared on Aljazeera.net this week to discuss fallout from the disputed presidential election in Iran.
President Coleman Featured on TED.comPresident Coleman delivered the closing speech at the 25th annual TED Conference in February, anchoring a lineup that included Al Gore, Bill Gates, Oliver Sacks, and Herbie Hancock.
Hempel Earns 2009 PEN/Malamud AwardMFA faculty member Amy Hempel has been selected to receive the 22nd annual PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the art of short fiction. Given in honor of the late Bernard Malamud, who himself taught at Bennington from 1961 to 1984, the award includes participation in the 2009-10 PEN/Faulkner reading series at the Folger Shakespeare Library and a prize of $2,500.