Alumni News
Class Notes: Fall 2023Ź College alumni research, create, discover, publish, present, teach, exhibit, and earn countless honors. We are proud to showcase those we have learned about from news reports and alumni submissions here. While it is impossible to capture every accomplishment, we invite alumni to submit their news by emailing classnotes@bennington.edu.
Forging Connections Across the Art CommunityDuring the first two weeks of the class “Examining Space,” eighteen students learned how to shape foundry wax and prepare sand molds for the purpose of conceiving and realizing an object in iron.
Bringing Education for Women Back to Afghanistan In December 2022, when the Taliban’s ban on tertiary education took effect in Afghanistan, Aisha Khurram was about to finish her law degree. She and her classmates mourned the painful repeat of history. Two decades of progress for women’s rights—which in 2020 related to more than 100,000 Afghan women enrolled in public or private universities and more than 2,000 female lecturers at higher education institutions—were being reduced to ashes.
13 Alumni Share Their Science JourneysŹ's unique hands-on approach, embrace of all things multidisciplinary, and strong faculty mentorship sets Ź science students apart. Thirteen alumni with careers in the sciences share how the creative and nimble education they received at Ź and how it has helped advance their careers.