Barnard College
Private women's college in New York City
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| 2025 | U.S. News & World Report ranked Barnard tied at 14th among 211 U.S. liberal arts colleges and tied for 30th in 'Best Undergraduate Teaching'. |
| February 26 2025 | Several dozen pro-Palestinian student protesters staged a six-hour sit-in at Barnard's Milbank Hall, demanding reversal of student expulsions. During the protest, a Barnard employee was physically assaulted and hospitalized. Professors Nara Milanich and Severin Fowles represented the students in negotiations. |
| January 21 2025 | Two Barnard students disrupted a 'History of Modern Israel' class at Columbia University, distributing materials condemning the course as 'Zionist propaganda' and featuring an antisemitic image. |
| 2024 | Washington Monthly ranked Barnard 63rd among 194 liberal arts colleges in the U.S., based on its contributions to public good, social mobility, research, and public service. |
| 2023 | Forbes ranked Barnard 73rd out of 500 colleges in their annual rankings. |
| 2023 | Laura Rosenbury becomes the thirteenth president of Barnard College, taking over from Sian Beilock. |
| 2022 | Barnard received 12,009 applicants, marking a significant increase from previous years. |
| 2021 | Top graduating majors were identified, with Econometrics and Quantitative Economics leading at 62 graduates, followed by Research and Experimental Psychology with 56 graduates. |
| 2020 | Avni Doshi was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for her writing |
| 2020 | Stephanie Gillis wins a Peabody Award for her contributions to The Simpsons. |
| 2019 | Julia Phillips was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction for her book Disappearing Earth |
| 2019 | Stephanie Gillis wins a WGA Award for her writing on The Simpsons. |
| 2019 | Michelle Lopez received the Guggenheim Fellowship, recognizing her significant achievements as an American sculptor and installation artist. |
| 2018 | Paul Feig film A Simple Favor features a character who was an English major at Barnard College, having completed a thesis on The Canterbury Tales. |
| 2018 | Mira T. Lee novel Everything Here is Beautiful includes a narrative about Barnard College and a character's connection to the institution. |
| 2018 | Sigrid Nunez won the National Book Award for Fiction |
| 2018 | Greta Gerwig wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy |
| 2017 | Barnard was identified as the most selective women's college in the nation, having the lowest acceptance rate among the five remaining Seven Sisters colleges that maintain single-sex admissions. |
| 2017 | Sian Beilock is appointed as the twelfth president of Barnard College. |
| 2016 | Ottessa Moshfegh won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for her novel Eileen |
| 2015 | Film Mistress America portrays a Barnard College freshman as the lead character. |
| 2015 | Mary Beth Keane was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 2015 | Stephanie Gillis receives another Emmy Award nomination for her work on The Simpsons. |
| 2015 | Barnard College announced a progressive policy to admit transgender women who 'consistently live and identify as women, regardless of the gender assigned to them at birth', and committed to supporting students who might transition to male after admission. |
| 2013 | Leymah Gbowee, recipient of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered the Barnard College Commencement address. |
| 2012 | Barack Obama, President of the United States, delivered the Barnard College Commencement address. |
| 2011 | Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, delivered the Barnard College Commencement address. |
| 2010 | Meryl Streep delivered the Barnard College Commencement address. |
| 2010 | Stephanie Gillis is Emmy Award-nominated for her writing on The Simpsons. |
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