Simon's Rock News

A series of curated events affirms Rockers’ commitment to sustainable environmental practice.

Berkshire Business and Professional Women is honoring the founding director of Multicultural BRIDGE.

A groundbreaking exhibition reveals German painter Emil Nolde as an enthusiastic supporter of Hitler's regime rather than its victim.

Opening in fall 2019, the tuition-free, four-year, early college high school will be operated jointly by Bard College and DC Public Schools. Students earn college credit and an associate degree from Bard College while earning their high school diploma.

In The Atlantic, John McWhorter ’81 argues that critics are misreading the linguistic reality of America’s big cities.

The 78th Peabody Awards honors 60 nominees that represent the most compelling and empowering stories released in broadcasting and digital media during 2018.

Part of the inaugural class of Bard Academy, Gigi Janko ’16 is writing her thesis. Combining her passions for dance, ceramics, and tennis, she is examining the perfection of gesture and the construction of meaning.

Simon's Rock students will present their research at the Berkshire Earth Expo, a local event focused on energy efficiency, climate resilience, and the protection of nature and health.

Professor Wesley Brown speaks with Jim Frangione from The Berkshire Edge.

We spoke with Simon’s Rock alumna Joelle Chevrier ’08 who lives in Taiwan and works as a translator and farmer. She and her wife help give voice to members of the farming community.

Professor Peter Filkins joins Francesca Rheannon for The Writer’s Voice, which is broadcast on the Progressive Radio Network.

In “Get to Know Your Trans Co-Workers,” Ashley shares her experience in the financial services industry.

Eric Yi '16 and Samantha Statter '16 joined professors Eric Kramer and Donald McClelland, and Joseph Carlson of the Joint Genome Institute, as co-authors of an academic research paper that provides new insights into one of the big mysteries in forest ecology.

She argues that refusing to provide children with medically accurate sex education isn't ideological—it’s negligent.

Rubik's-Cube-with-feet world record holder Daniel Rose-Levine will share the mathematical secrets behind solving the Rubik's Cube at a March 12 event.

Jamaica Kincaid, author of a dozen seminal works of fiction and nonfiction, will address graduates of Bard College at Simon's Rock: The Early College on Saturday, May 18 at 11:00 a.m.

The Austin Chronicle names the O.school founder in it’s “Women Empowered: Five SXSW Panel Picks.”

The Film Forum has championed independent and alternative cinema since 1970. When the space underwent extensive renovations last year, noted NYC photographer Jan Staller ’71 was there to capture and transform the experience with his unique vision.

The Berkshire Eagle reports on Simon’s Rock students visiting the area school as part of Read Across America Day.

The Simon’s Rock professor’s short story collection, This Is Not A Love Song, is praised as “lovely, quietly ambitious… vibrant, risk-taking realism.”