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Bard seeks to inspire curiosity, a love of learning, idealism, and a commitment civic participation.

Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard’s campus consists of nearly 1,000 parklike acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 11 programs; eight early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 160-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal arts education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.

10/07/2026

Professor Joan Tower, who has been a member of Bard’s faculty for 54 years, was profiled in the Daily Catch and featured on Classical music station WHMT. A concert celebrating Tower’s work will be held on October 3, featuring her music performed by Bard faculty, students, the Cassatt Quartet, and The Orchestra Now. The concert is free and open to the public.

https://www.bard.edu/news/professor-joan-tower-profiled-in-whmt-and-the-daily-catch-2026-09-2

Professor Joan Tower, who has been a member of Bard’s faculty for 54 years, was profiled in the Daily Catch and featured on Classical music station WHMT. A free concert celebrating Tower’s work will be held on October 3, featuring her music performed by Bard faculty, students, the Cassatt Quarte...

10/06/2026

Last week Bard hosted a ribbon cutting for a new 750 kW solar array installed in Bartlett Field on the Annandale campus, which will generate 7% of campus electricity. This event celebrated Bard’s progress toward clean energy and carbon neutrality, a key part of Bard's Climate Action Plan.

Bard College hosted a ribbon cutting for a new solar array installed in Bartlett Field on the Annandale campus. The newest 750kW array enables Bard to achieve over a megawatt of solar photovoltaic capacity, which generates over 1,300,000 kilowatt-hours of renewable energy. This event celebrated Bard...

10/05/2026

Congratulations to Bard alumni/ae Christine Sun Kim MFA '13, Cecilia Alemani MA-CCS '05, director and chief curator of New York City's High Line, Diya Vij '08, and Artist in Residence Jeffrey Gibson, who have all been included in Time Magazine’s Time100 Art List for 2026. The list identifies the 100 most influential curators and artists working today.

The 100 people shaping the future of art—and our world

09/30/2026

This week, Bard College announced a partnership with Hudson River Housing, Inc. (HRH) to affiliate in the administration of the work done by the Rural Preservation Company (RPC) formerly performed under Galvan Housing Resources. This partnership gives HRH the opportunity to extend their longstanding, impactful work in housing protection to Columbia County.

Bard College announced today a partnership with Hudson River Housing, Inc. (HRH) to affiliate in the administration of the work done by the Rural Preservation Company (RPC) formerly performed under Galvan Housing Resources. This partnership gives HRH, with its stellar reputation in community develop...

09/29/2026

Congratulations to Christine Sun Kim MFA ’13 and Layli Long Soldier MFA ’14, who have been named 2026 MacArthur Fellows. MacArthur Fellowships are awarded to talented individuals in a variety of fields who have shown exceptional originality in and dedication to their creative pursuits.

Bard alumnae Christine Sun Kim MFA ’13 and Layli Long Soldier MFA ’14 have been named 2026 MacArthur Fellows. Kim, an artist exploring the political, cultural, and multisensory dimensions of sound, spoken language, and communication, and Long Solider, a poet illustrating how language can be a to...

09/28/2026

Bard College announced the opening of the new Ralph Ellison Center on its Annandale-on-Hudson campus, where Ellison taught from 1958 to 1961. Key initiatives of the Center include biannual flagship lectureships and the digitization of the Ellison archive to secure his legacy in the modern age. "The life’s work of the famed writer Ralph Ellison has a new owner charged with stewarding his legacy," reported the New York Times.

The liberal arts college announced a center dedicated to the “Invisible Man” author, who taught classes there.

09/24/2026

Fisher Center Artist and Honorary Doctor of the Arts Justin Vivian Bond was profiled in the New York Times on the occasion of her monthlong residency at Joe’s Pub in New York’s East Village, where Bond will premiere her new show, “Madame Stanley, or How I Was Dead-Named at the Clap Clinic.”

Justin Vivian Bond, a cabaret performer and MacArthur “genius,” left New York to move to Paris. Now she’s back at Joe’s Pub to tell us all about it.

09/22/2026

Dutchess Magazine’s “On Our Radar” series featured Bard’s Montgomery Place Estate, a 380-acre historic site acquired by the college in 2016. “The college’s undergraduates and faculty are a constant presence, from photography students documenting the archives to professors using the grounds as a living classroom,” Dutchess Magazine writes.

Montgomery Place near Red Hook offers historic gardens, river views, working orchards, and Bard College's ongoing preservation project.

09/21/2026

Congratulations to Jamal Armstead ’26, who received this year’s Beth Rickey Award, presented annually to a member of Bard College’s international network of schools who has taken sustained and effective action against hate. Armstead is pursuing a Bard MBA in Sustainability with the goal of creating an organization that provides a safe haven for LGBTQ+ youth impacted by the legal system.

Jamal Armstead ’26 is the recipient of this year’s Beth Rickey Award, presented annually to a member of Bard College’s international network of schools who has taken sustained and effective action against hate. Armstead is pursuing a Bard MBA in Sustainability, working toward his goal of creat...

09/14/2026

The Human Rights Project at Bard College has awarded Anthony Lester Fellowships, which support legal and human rights work, to Charlotte Manson and Darlington Marange. The awards of $25,000 each will support Manson’s legal advocacy for Syrian women’s rights organizations, and Marange’sfieldwork focused on communities adversely impacted by mining in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province.

The Human Rights Project at Bard College has awarded Anthony Lester Fellowships, which support practical work in human rights and the rule of law, to Charlotte Manson and Darlington Marange. Manson will use the fellowship to provide coordination and legal advocacy support to Syrian women’s rights ...

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