* Living with dogs on our terms X and theirs Nov 14, 2009
Recent research by Alexandra Horowitz at Barnard College in New York accentuates the talking past each other that sometimes goes on between humans and dogs. Horowitz asked owners to forbid their dogs to take a biscuit and then briefly leave the room. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Pulitzer Prize Winner Anna Quindlen Nov 11, 2009
She graduated from New Brunswick High School in 1970 and Barnard College in 1974. Today she serves on its Board of Trustees. (Suite101.com)
Ideal role close to home Nov 8, 2009
Fitch got used to being among the first, and the few: One of a handful of black students at Boston Girls Latin School; One of just three black freshmen at Barnard College, where she was assigned to a rare single room. It got around the issue of who would be my roommate, she recalls, matter-of-factly. (Boston Globe)
Blowing jobs to China Nov 4, 2009
by Yang Guobin, an associate professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, is the most interesting investigation of Chinese Internet use -- as play and as protest -- that I have yet read. Judging by the quality of this essay alone, published at Yang's new book, "The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online," should go straight to the top of the reading list for anyone who cares about what the future of the Chinese Internet means for the evolution of Chinese... (Salon)
Americans embrace alternatives to 'pagan' Halloween Oct 31, 2009
Randall Balmer, a professor of American religious history at Columbia University's Barnard College, said moves to tone down or even do away with public Halloween celebrations may be "the price of living in a pluralistic society.". "It's a gesture in the direction of inclusion, if people have a belief that makes them uncomfortable with traditional Halloween. Those who are in responsbility have to be sensitive to those concerns," Balmer told AFP.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Call for overhaul at teacher colleges Oct 23, 2009
Oct. 22: Barnard College President Debora Spar discusses why more women are looking to further their education. Breaking news alerts (about 1 per day) to sign up or text NEWS to MSNBC (67622). (MSNBC -- Politics)
• Viola Butzner Oct 20, 2009
Pete, as she was known to all, was born in Staten Island, N.Y., and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1940. She entered graduate studies in fine arts at Yale University, where she received a fellowship to paint on location in Yucatan, Mexico. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
Georgetown student achievements Oct 10, 2009
Charlotte Garcia, a senior this year at Brooks, and Olivia Hull, a current freshman at Barnard College, were both named AP Scholars with Honor by earning an average grade of at least 3. 5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Red watch programaims to keep students fromdrinking,dying Oct 10, 2009
A 20-year-old student at Barnard College in New York, for instance, died with a blood alcohol level of. 34 percent after ingesting six beers and 12 shots in two hours, the school reported. (MSNBC -- Health)
Beth Israel Deaconess names Brookline residents to its boards Oct 5, 2009
Hackel holds a bachelor s degree from Barnard College of Columbia University, and a master of business administration degree from Columbia s Business School. Loading commenting interface. (Brookline TAB, MA)
Sunday Morning Preview: Americans Polled on Faith Oct 4, 2009
(CBS)"I think religion for many Americans . . . is very eclectic," said Randall Balmer, a professor of American Religious Studies at Barnard College in New York. "I think it really began in the 1960s with the counterculture, [from] a deep, and for many people, abiding suspicion of institutions - from the government to religions.". (CBS News)
Admins: Princeton Review rank accurate Sep 23, 2009
Other schools featured in the category include Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Middlebury College, Smith College, Barnard College, St. Michaels College and Clemson University. Justin Carroll, associate vice chancellor for students and dean of students, also noted the role of students feedback in the Universitys high quality of life ranking. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Author Hopes 'genius Grant' Will Shine On Haiti Sep 23, 2009
She attended Barnard College in New York and then earned a master's degree at Brown University. "I'm thinking about the journey that brought us here. There are so many people who are probably more talented and more gifted than me but have not had the opportunities," she said. (CBS News -- World)
Monitoring Illegal Wildlife Trade: DNA 'Barcodes' For 25 Hunted Wildlife Species Sequenced Sep 17, 2009
The team of scientists from CU-Boulder, Barnard College and the American Museum of Natural History used a region of a mitochondrial gene known as COX1 to generate DNA barcodes of 25 commonly traded mammal and reptile species in Africa, Central and South America. The study included Old World monkeys, alligators, crocodiles, antelope and wild pigs. (Science Daily)
Syracuse Symposium to shed 'light' on human rights issues Sep 17, 2009
Featured speakers will include Janna Levin, a professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College, photographer and video artist Barry Anderson, award-winning author Edwige Danticat, along with many more. There will also be performances by award-winning po 00001119 et Lynn Manning, the Society for New Music and The Shen Wei Dance Group, the same group responsible for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. (Daily Orange, NY)
Victoria Ann Boothby Ross Sep 15, 2009
She received a B.A. in philosophy from Barnard College and was an early recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. Following her graduation from Barnard, Victoria studied at the Old Vic School in London. (St. Joseph Herald-Pallidium, MI)
The Secrets Inside Your Dog's Mind Sep 11, 2009
"Everyone feels like an expert on their dog," says Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist at Barnard College and author of the new book Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know. But scientists had carried out few studies to test those beliefs--until now. (Time.com)
Tattooed girl stepped into Yuma history Sep 10, 2009
Mifflin has appeared as a lecturer and keynote speaker at dozens of colleges, universities and museums, including Barnard College, Parsons School of Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Los Angeles MOCA and New York University. She appeared in MSNBC s documentary, Women and Tattoo, which first aired in 2001, and CNN s Women of the Ink, which first aired in 1998. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
The first DNA barcodes of commonly traded bushmeat are published Sep 6, 2009
In addition to Eaton and Amato, authors include Greta Meyers of Barnard College; Andrew Martin of the University of Colorado; and Sergios-Orestis Kolokotronis and Matthew Leslie of the Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics at AMNH. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Richard Lounsbery Foundation supported this research. Additional support for field work in Central Africa came from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Congo and Gabon programs, the National Geographic Society, the Rufford... (EurekAlert!)
Scientists Identify Stomach’s Timekeepers Of Hunger Sep 1, 2009
Rae Silver, head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology and Behavior at Columbia University and Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor at Barnard College, Joseph LeSauter, senior research scientist at Barnard, and their colleague Donald W. Pfaff, at Rockefeller University, are the first to show that these cells, which release a hormone called ghrelin, are controlled by a circadian clock that is set by mealtime patterns. They also show that the hormone s release whets the appetite of mice, spurring... (Science Daily)
Academia's Red Light District Aug 28, 2009
Barnard College, N.Y., N.Y. (#30): Barnards radicalism is so pervasive that most students have, according to one professor, no awareness that what theyre being taught is varieties of leftism. Its just different aspects of the truth, since there is no alternative ever contemplated. (Townhall.com)
The video store’s last stand Aug 16, 2009
She graduated from Barnard College in 1995 with no intention of going into the video business. She worked in case management at a homeless shelter in Waltham, then learned graphic design at a small firm in the Fort Port Channel area. (Boston Globe)
Financial help may be on the way for jobless college grads Aug 14, 2009
The then-approximate cost of a four-year education in is taped onto the mortar board of one of the graduates of the Barnard College class of 2007, during commencement ceremonies in New York City in May of that year. College graduates with student debt in 2008. (USA Today -- Money)
Arctic Sea Ice Images Derived From Classified Data Should Be Made Public, According To A New Report Jul 17, 2009
"To prepare for a possibly ice-free Arctic and its subsequent effects on the environment, economy, and national security, it is critical to have accurate projections of changes over the next several decades," said committee chair Stephanie Pfirman, professor and chair of the department of environmental science at Barnard College, New York City. "Forecasts of regional sea-ice conditions can help officials plan for and adapt to the impact of climate change and minimize environmental risks.". (Science Daily)
Government releases spy satellite images of Arctic ice Jul 16, 2009
"To prepare for a possibly ice-free Arctic and its subsequent effects on the environment, economy, and national security, it is critical to have accurate projections of changes over the next several decades," said committee chair Stephanie Pfirman of Barnard College in New York, N.Y., in a statement. For the last decade, scientists have worked through the MEDEA program with spy satellite agencies to send archival high-resolution images of environmental hotspots to scientists. (USA Today -- Tech)
Pet Owners Guilty Of Misreading Pet's Emotions Jul 4, 2009
The study on pet emotion was conducted by researchers at Barnard College in New York. The results are detailed in a special July issue of the journal Behavioral Processes. (W-USA News, DC)
Coping With Digital Revolution: China Offers Green Dam, Iran Faces Neda Jul 3, 2009
Guobin Yang is an associate professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. He is the author of The Power of the Internet in China: Citizen Activism Online. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
More women in finance, a more sustainable economy Jun 26, 2009
Barnard College president Deborah Spar dubbed our predicament a "one gender crash," and The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof wonders if we might all have been better off had it been "Lehman Brothers and Sisters.". Studies indicate that women are more comprehensive thinkers and less attracted to excessive risk than are their male peers. (Yahoo News)
'Language of Things' explores our relationship with designed objects Jun 21, 2009
It is 1979, Joyce and Bobbie are roommates at Barnard College. They re tough, savvy, smart-talking, beautiful, ambitious young women. (Boston Globe)
What Really Prompts The Dog's 'Guilty Look' Jun 16, 2009
By ingeniously setting up conditions where the owner was misinformed as to whether their dog had really committed an offense, Alexandra Horowitz, Assistant Professor from Barnard College in New York, uncovered the origins of the guilty look in dogs in the recently published Canine Behaviour and Cognition Special Issue of Elsevier s Behavioural Processes. See also. (Science Daily)
Voices of the high shools' Class of 2009 Jun 16, 2009
"For me, the election of President Obama re-established a personal sense of pride in our nation," said Tali Azenkot, a graduate of Kehillah who is going on to Barnard College in New York. "I don't want to seem too idealistic, but I do think America will be a better place for my generation right now than at least a couple of generations before us," Gunn's Tenny Zhang said. (Palo Alto Online, CA)
Owners imagine dogs 'guilty looks' Jun 16, 2009
"The results indicate that the so-called guilty look is a response to owner scolding; it is not expressed more often when actually guilty," 'The Daily Telegraph' quoted lead researcher Alexandra Horowitz of Barnard College as saying. The researchers came to the conclusion after analysing a series of experiments. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
US journalists’ trial begins in NKorea this week Jun 1, 2009
Daily American Online - US journalists trial begins in NKorea this week. North Korean guards detained Laura Ling and Euna Lee, reporters for former Vice President Al Gore s Current TV media venture, at the northeastern border with China on March 17. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
7 line ‘nature tour’ reveals city wildlife May 29, 2009
7 line nature tour reveals city wildlife by Willow Belden, Assistant Editor05/28/2009 (Queens Chronicle, NY)
With Jobs Scarce, Grads Turn To Uncle Sam May 19, 2009
Elyse Ross, a senior at Barnard College, will teach in New York City this fall. "I think people, especially with the recession and everything collapsing, they're re-thinking what they want after college," she said. (CBS News)
Internet can help free US reporters in NKorea: Clinton May 19, 2009
Clinton urged graduates of Barnard College, a women's university in New York City, to show their opposition to Pyongyang's detention of the two journalists who are due to go on trial on June 4. "We have two young women journalists right now imprisoned in North Korea and you can get busy on the Internet and let the North Koreans know that we find that absolutely unacceptable," Clinton told the graduation ceremony. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Obama seeks 'common ground' at ND May 18, 2009
Monday at Barnard College in New York City. May 23 at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y.; May 27 at Wichita High School East; June 13 at the University of Washington in Seattle. (USA Today)
Raymond Saulnier, top adviser to Eisenhower on economics May 11, 2009
Four decades of teaching at Columbia University and Barnard College bracketed his Washington career. As the recession worsened in 2009, Dr. Saulnier complained in an interview with The New York Times about the government's contribution to the burst credit boom through its encouragement of greatly expanded lending, particularly through Fannie Mae. (Boston Globe)
77 Rue D'Orange - an erotogenic thriller by Jane Rubin(C) 2009 May 1, 2009
Jane received her B.A. from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1984, her M.F.A. from California Institute of the Arts in 1988, and was selected as an artist to participate in The Whitney Museum of American Art Independent Study Program, which she completed during 1989-90. Throughout her development as an Artist, Jane's work has flowed multi-dimensionally from Painting to Drawing to Writing. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tom Jones and 'Fantasticks' Continue Their Long Runs Apr 28, 2009
Word Baker, who had directed their first college revue, had been offered a job directing plays at a summer theater at Barnard College. Baker wanted one to be a musical and told his friends that if they could give him a version of their musical in three weeks, he would give them a production of it. (Litchfield County Times, CT)
For hints on humans, scientists study how dogs' think Apr 14, 2009
Alexandra Horowitz, who teaches psychology and animal behavior at Barnard College in New York, has probed the guilty look that dogs give, flattening their ears back and ducking their heads. In work recently accepted for publication in the journal Behavioural Processes, Horowitz had owners show their dog a desirable treat and then tell the dog not to eat it. (Boston Globe)
State Regents pick Tisch as new schools chancellor Mar 17, 2009
She holds a bachelor's degree from Barnard College and a master's degree in education from New York University, as well as another advanced degree from Columbia University's Teachers College. She is married to James Tisch, son of the late Laurence Tisch, one of the heads of the family that built Loews Corp. into a multibillion dollar conglomerate and co-owns the New York Giants football team. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
• Church news Mar 7, 2009
Her undergraduate degree was taken at Barnard College of Columbia University. She was ordained by the UU Fellowship of Central Oregon in Bend and continues to serve as its parish minister. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Tropical Lizards Can't Take The Heat Mar 5, 2009
His co-authors are Curtis Deutsch of the University of California, Los Angeles; Joshua Tewksbury of the UW; Laurie Vitt of the University of Oklahoma; Paul Hertz of Barnard College; H;ctor ;lvarez P;rez of the University of Puerto Rico; and Theodore Garland Jr. of the University of California, Riverside. The work was funded by the National Science Foundation and the UW Program on Climate Change. (Science Daily)
Picoult's life is far from wrenching novels Mar 3, 2009
Reading Change of Heart and other Picoult novels drove Barnard College student Jill Janofsky, 20, to found a Facebook group called "Jodi Picoult is the Most Overrated Author of All-Time." The English major says Picoult "writes about these extremely complex issues that some families really face in a way that takes away the severity.". But there is no question that Picoult is immensely popular with Janofsky's peers, including her own sister. (USA Today -- Life)
Zoe Scofield choreographs a multimedia 'devil' Feb 20, 2009
"I hope to convey the emotional pressure, both internal and external," she says, "that occasionally comes to bear on all human beings to act irrationally and badly." Adding 10 students to her troupe for this work, she decided, would more powerfully transmit the feeling of oppression, of "outside forces bearing down." In the recent New York performances, Barnard College students took part. This kind of provocative choreography is a far cry from Scofield's early years in dance. (Boston Globe)
Voice of Hope: Woman honored for work promoting Holocaust awareness Feb 17, 2009
Zerner attended Barnard College in New York, married, raised two sons and tried to think only of the future. Many decades later, she realized some memories are too painful to forget. (Newton Tab, MA)
Kristin Kelly Feb 8, 2009
Kristin received her BA degree from Barnard College and a MA in Journalism from New York University. E-mail Kristin at. (WCAX.com, VT)
Putting a woman's crime of ambition on stage Feb 8, 2009
By the time she went to Barnard College in New York, she had settled on acting as a career. 1. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Newborns Feel the Rhythm Feb 7, 2009
"There are studies that show infants can distinguish between their language and a foreign language in utero, and they are probably using rhythm to do that," said Ann Senghas, an assistant professor of psychology at Barnard College of Columbia University. "The downbeat is like an edge finder, or the boundary of rhythm.". (MEDLINEplus)
Writer Hortense Calisher dies at 97 Feb 7, 2009
Prize-winning authors author was known for dense, unskimmable prose. Wyatt Counts / APIn this Nov. 26, 1997 file photo, author Hortense Calisher poses for a portrait at her apartment in New York. (MSNBC -- Lifestyle)
