Our Stories
Read about our extraordinary students, faculty, and alumni.
From the Ground Up
Dr. Bernice Rosenzweig's students connect geology, earth science, environmental justice, physics, math, and more, to arrive at an understanding of climate change’s impact on where we live—and what we can do to protect our future.
Inquiries: Philip Ording, Professor of Mathematics
“Teaching and learning math has to be a shared act of imagination.”
Narratives: Bele Edeoga
“I was basically doing a five-year projected plan for the company. It was really interesting, because I was able to research the various regulations and laws for the makeup industry.”
Narratives: Tinder Kiely
Uninterested in conventional journalistic starting blocks, Tinder Kiely began building his investigative reporting portfolio at Sarah Lawrence right away.
News
- Writing Faculty Member Marie Howe Wins Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
- The New York Times Hails “Tides” by Choreographer John Jasperse ’85 as “Thrilling”
- Economics Faculty Member Jamee Moudud Publishes New Book: Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism The End of Laissez Faire?
- Feature Film Lilly by Rachel Feldman ’76 Opens May 9th
Justice: 2020–21 Event Series
Created by President Cristle Collins Judd, this annual series explores timely topics in great depth and through varied perspectives. Learn more about the 2020-21 Justice series and previous years’ themes.
Events
Recent Gallery Exhibits
While the Barbara Walters Gallery and the Heimbold Visual Arts Center Gallery are both currently closed to the public due to the pandemic, we're pleased to share select exhibits virtually with our off-campus visitors.
FYS Visual & Studio Arts: What We Have Thought About and What We are Thinking
November 24, 2020–March 14, 2021
A group exhibition by the students of Angela Ferraiolo's and John O'Connor's First Year Studies Project course.
Pictured: Growing Circles, 2020, Sydney Peritz, digital rendering
Andrew Ross: Buildings on a Mushroom-Shaped Island
November 12, 2020–February 14, 2021
Andrew Ross is a visual artist who centers his work around failing signifiers and decontextualized images. His practice questions the steadfastness of caricatures, symbols, and products of mass distribution on a runaway timescale of plastic and other non-biodegradable substrates.
Gary Burnley: Facing History
September 14 – October 18, 2020
Gary Burnley’s work in Facing History explores dialogues between standard, but often opposing, representations of beauty, desire, influence and identity.
J. L. Abraham: Working Paper
J.L. Abraham works by hand (printing and painting), works on paper (French sheets, Japanese rolls, machine made in America), and works through aggregation (of blocks, colors, methods, sheets). Though she often multiplies, she rarely duplicates.