Events

A variety of online programming from the Office of Admission.

Because students often express the concern that overemphasizing plot will rob their work of literary merit and focusing too much on character will make their story boring, in this talk we'll explore a few approaches to balancing plot and characterization.

Featuring Dr. Gabriella Contardo, Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Astrophysics of the Flatiron Institute, NYC.

Join President Cristle Collins Judd for a conversation with Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, author, sociology professor, a New York Times contributing opinion writer, and a contributing editor of The New Republic and of ESPN's The Undefeated website.

Writer Nelly Reifler has been a mamber of the Sarah Lawrence faculty since 2002.

Sarah Lawrence's MFA Dance online information sessions provide prospective students with the opportunity to connect directly with the Program Director, John Jasperse, to learn more about the program and the Sarah Lawrence community. We will introduce you to the program's multidisciplinary curriculum and show how our individualized approach to education can support your artistic development. There will also be an opportunity to discuss admissions requirements and ask any questions you may have.​

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As poets we think a great deal about the creative process, but we often overlook the strange relationship between poem-making and time. This talk will consider temporal context to reexamine how a poem exists in time and how a reader can exist inside a poem.

Learn more about Sarah Lawrence's Dance/Movement Therapy master's program.

Please join The Writing Institute for a celebration of The Kathryn Gurfein Writing Fellowship. We will announce the 2020 Gurfein Writing Fellows and honor last year's recipients and their mentors:

Tiffany Dugan and mentor Marian Thurm

Lea Geller and mentor Mary LaChapelle

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Join us for an evening with writers Carolyn Ferrell, Lise Funderburg, and Clifford Thompson.

Please join us for a webinar where we will discuss our genetic counseling graduate program. You will be able to talk with and hear from genetic counselors in the field as well as our current students. There will also be an opportunity to participate in Q&A about the graduate application process for our program.

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President Judd leads a conversation with Douglas Brinkley for a historian's perspective on this year's election.

Join us for a dynamic discussion of the disruptive effects of COVID-19 on every aspect of our lives.

Sarah Lawrence's MFA Dance online information sessions provide prospective students with the opportunity to connect directly with the Program Director, John Jasperse, to learn more about the program and the Sarah Lawrence community. We will introduce you to the program's multidisciplinary curriculum and show how our individualized approach to education can support your artistic development. There will also be an opportunity to discuss admissions requirements and ask any questions you may have.​

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The Sarah Lawrence Art of Teaching program is offering a virtual "Lunch and Learn" session for prospective students to learn more about our integrated Master of Science in Education (MS Ed) program of study that leads to dual New York State certification in Early Childhood and Childhood Education (birth to 6th grade). Denisha Jones, the Program Director, will tell you more about our child-centered, progressive approach to education and how it will prepare you to take the next step in your career. 

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Join us for an evening with essayist Rachel Cohen and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshadri.

Please join us for a webinar where we will discuss our genetic counseling graduate program. You will be able to talk with and hear from genetic counselors in the field as well as our current students. There will also be an opportunity to participate in Q&A about the graduate application process for our program.

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Join us for the first event in our Justice and Education Speaker Series, which seeks to highlight a mixture of local and national experts addressing the topics of race, equity, and access in our K-12 public schools.

Join Tara James, Associate Director of the MA Women's History program, and Ady Gupta, Associate Director of Admission, to learn more about our this pioneering Sarah Lawrence graduate program and its intersectional approach to studies of women, race, class, sexual orientation, religion, disability and gender​. We will talk about career outcomes, the admissions process, and there will be an opportunity for you to speak with a current second year student in the program.

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Kate Bernheimer has been called “one of the living masters of the fairy tale” (Tin House).

Sarah Lawrence's Dance/Movement Therapy online information sessions provide prospective students with the opportunity to connect directly with the Program Director, Elise Risher, to learn more about our program and the Sarah Lawrence community. We will discuss internship opportunities, career pathways, application requirements, and you will have the opportunity to ask questions.

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Tommy "Teebs" Pico '06 is the author of the books IRL, Nature Poem, Junk, and Feed.

Tommy "Teebs" Pico '06 is the author of the books IRL, Nature Poem, Junk, and Feed.

David Ryan has been a member of the Sarah Lawrence faculty since 2013.

In 2014, Time announced that the United States had reached a “Transgender Tipping Point” whereby a newfound media visibility of trans women of color such as Laverne Cox and Janet Mock would pave the way for an unceasingly bright future for trans and gender diverse people. In the five years since that article was released, however, the Trump Administration and several conservative state governments have rolled back legislative protections for trans people in schools, the military, housing, public accommodations, prisons, bureaucratic identification, and employment. How can history help to contextualize and explain this turn of events? What lessons can we learn about women’s activism by looking to historical struggles? 

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