From the President's Desk
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Showing 270 news items from June, 2020 to date.
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Sarah Lawrence president Cristle Collins Judd today announced the hiring of Dr. David Stanfield as the College’s Vice President and Dean of Students. Stanfield will begin at the College in July 2023.
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Sarah Lawrence College President Cristle Collins Judd today announced that television producer, director, writer, and creator Bill Lawrence will deliver the keynote address at the College’s 95th Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 12.
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On Wednesday, March 1 – Sarah Lawrence’s annual Giving Day—generations of alumni, parents, friends, students, staff, and faculty showed their belief in the power of a Sarah Lawrence education and that their love for the College runs deep.
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Every spring, the American eel begins its long (and mysterious!) journey from the Sargasso Sea to the Hudson River. And for the last 10 years, Sarah Lawrence's Center for the Urban River at Beczak team of scientists, students, and community members have come together to count thousands of migrating glass eels traveling up the Hudson River.
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Cynthia Cruz, the author of seven collections of poems and a faculty member in the MFA Writing Program at Sarah Lawrence College, has been selected as one of five finalists for the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award for her latest work, Hotel Oblivion.
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As the U.S. healthcare system grows increasingly complex and the need for advocacy is more important than ever, Sarah Lawrence College is proud to launch its first completely online health advocacy master’s and professional development certificate program.
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The President of the United States visited Sarah Lawrence on Sunday, November 6, marking the first time that a U.S. president has visited the College.
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The Board also conferred tenure on Physics faculty member Meredith Frey.
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More than 700 alumni returned to campus to reconnect with each other and with the College.
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Casey and a team from The Washington Post received the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for their "compellingly told and vividly presented account of the assault on Washington on January 6, 2021, providing the public with a thorough and unflinching understanding of one of the nation's darkest days.”
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Degrees were conferred upon more than 320 undergraduates and more than 100 graduate students under a tent on Westlands Lawn. Alumni from the classes of 2021 and 2020 were invited to return to campus to finally take that meaningful walk across Westlands Terrace—a high point of every graduation.
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Barbara Schecter ’74 joined the faculty of Sarah Lawrence’s Psychology program in 1985, embarking on a career at an institution she already held dear.
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After 44 years as a member of the Art History faculty at Sarah Lawrence, the dominant emotion Joe Forte feels is gratitude. He reflects, “Sarah Lawrence made me. I’ve evolved over my time here, and it has made me a better person. Sarah Lawrence made me aware of how I could make a difference in the world, and I’m grateful for the opportunity to have done that.”
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Priscilla Murolo ’80 has had a kaleidoscopic understanding of what it is to be a member of the Sarah Lawrence College community. She is a 1980 graduate of the College; she has been a member of the history faculty since 1988, specializing in labor history; she helmed the Graduate Program in Women’s History for nearly two decades; and she is the proud parent of two Sarah Lawrence College graduates.
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Sarah Lawrence College's Office of Career Services will be honored with an Alva C. Cooper Award from the Metropolitan New York College Career Planning Officers Association.
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Television showrunner and novelist Noah Hawley '89 delivered the keynote address at the latest event in this ongoing series.
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Kathy Yeu P’15, a professional coach and personal branding expert, typically works with top executives and creatives to help them define themselves and their products. Recently she also has been helping her daughter, Michelle Nigro ’15, and her friends navigate the tricky straits of their nascent careers, and as a Sarah Lawrence College parent and donor, it occurred to her that there likely were SLC students who could also benefit from her skills.
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Academic excellence, concern for the community, and the expansion of educational opportunity are all part and parcel of the mission of Sarah Lawrence College, and growing sustainably is integral to advancing those values and aspirations. To do this, the College is expanding its offerings by capitalizing on existing strengths and forging collaborations between graduate and undergraduate programs. These collaborations are poised to open up new vistas for current students and to provide attractive options for new applicants considering the College.
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A librarian, educator, and artist with more than two decades of experience, Sakarya starts at Sarah Lawrence on December 6, 2021.
Rooted: A Community Archive Project, is on display at the College’s Esther Raushenbush Library through December 17
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You can call the lyre goby (Evorthodus lyricus) a fish out of water… at least the waters of New York State.
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The Esther Raushenbush Library has long been known as a building filled with invaluable resources. Now, the library is home to a brand new resource designed to support students throughout their time at Sarah Lawrence: The Learning Commons.
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As Sarah Lawrence's inaugural First Year Dean, Kaivan will work to ease first year student transitions and to set new students up for success throughout their college careers.
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On Saturday, October 9, community members from Yonkers and beyond visited Habirshaw Park on the banks of the Hudson River to participate in Stewards for Yonkers–Environmental Day of Action, hosted by Sarah Lawrence's Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB).
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Nwankwo will begin at the College on August 30, 2021.
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Kate Zambreno, a member of the Sarah Lawrence faculty since 2013 and holder of the College’s Strachan Donnelley Chair in Environmental Writing, has received the distinguished Guggenheim Fellowship for 2021.
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Life on the Sarah Lawrence campus in fall 2020 was unlike anything in the College’s history: nearly all classes convened online, students were asked to socialize in pods, on-campus events required capacity limitations, and face masks provided a new way to make a fashion statement. And of course, regular nasal swabs to test for COVID-19 are hard-to-forget hallmarks of the semester.
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Sarah Lawrence College mourns the loss of longtime faculty member, former New York State Poet, and National Book Award winner Jean Valentine, who passed away on December 29, 2020.
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Alumni and students come together in a new series of events focused on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace.
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In a job market rocked by COVID-19, Sarah Lawrence alumni answer the call to support the College's newest graduates and fellow alums.
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This fall, students of color at Sarah Lawrence will have a unique opportunity to develop important skills for success on campus and beyond, thanks to the College’s Thrive Mentorship Program for Students of Color.
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