Renowned for her discoveries about DNA, the award-winning scientist and professor discovered her love for chemistry in Barnard’s labs.
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The collection contains 25 oral histories from first-generation and/or low-income students and alums of Barnard College and Columbia University.
The esteemed physician and scientist’s contributions to medicine set the foundation for the fields of hematology and clinician care. #BarnardYearOfScience
The distinguished alumna’s work in science and wellness continues to inspire practitioners across the country and around the world.
We're excited to announce that Obden Mondésir is the new Associate Director of the Barnard Archives and Special Collections!
With the support of a President’s Research Award, the staff of the Barnard Archives, Africana Studies, English, and Barnard Library and Information Sciences (BLAIS) engaged in a two-year celebration of Ntozake Shange's life and legacy.
At the recent hack/doc, 40 participants worked on developing tools for Islandora, the system that powers our Digital Archive
For our first-ever summer camp, join us at daily workshops around the theme of racial justice!
Barnard Archives student workers are shining a spotlight on some our awesome alums! Learn more about Maria Hinojosa ’84 - and keep a lookout for buttons of her when we return to campus."
Edwidge Danticat ’90 is a celebrated and internationally renowned author known for her fearlessness and innovation in writing. A jack of all trades, Danticat’s career spans success in criticism, translation, literature, and film.
Barnard Archives student workers are shining a spotlight on some our awesome alums! Learn more about Alyssa Mt. Pleasant - and keep a lookout for buttons of her when we return to campus
Share your voice with the Archives, add a Zine to our collection, or collaborate on documentation with the Media Center.
Members of the Shange Magic Project received $5,000 for their idea The Love Space Demands: Sharing the Words of Ntozake Shange in the Barnard Library, which will support the installation of excerpts from the work of Ntozake Shange ’70 on walls around the Milstein Center.
Denise Mantey ‘21 and Martha Tenney will be speaking at the. Project STAND Symposium at ASU on February 28. They’re going to talk about the experience of creating an exhibit (together with Maat Bates ‘21) celebrating and reflecting on 50 years of BOSS.
The Barnard Library will award $2,500 to two researchers to support their use of its Archives, Media Center, Zine Library, and other collections/resources.
Martha has seven years of experience working in the Barnard Archives and Special Collections