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Coralie Kraft ’13 Interviewed by PBS News About Doomsday Preppers

Kraft discussed her thoughts on why more people are preparing for disasters, the companies that build the structures meant to safeguard their clients, and the mindsets behind those who are preparing for such scenarios.
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Henry Mielarczyk ’25 Joins Stennis Program for Congressional Interns

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Michael Martell Included in United Nations #NoToHate Campaign

“If you think about the cost of hate, it’s like hate crimes are kind of a recession every single year,” said Martell.

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January 2016

01-29-2016
Thatcher historian Richard Aldous explores the newest volume in Moore's biography of the prime minister, Margaret Thatcher: At Her Zenith: In London, Washington and Moscow.
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01-27-2016
Arthur Holland Michel investigated how a small team of engineers built the first lethal Predator drone and created the basis for modern drone warfare leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks.
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01-26-2016
Americans are angrier than ever, writes Steven Mazie, and this survey reveals the most heated demographics.
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01-26-2016
Helen Epstein, Visiting Professor of Human Rights and Global Public Health, examines Uganda's troubled history, its relationship with the United States government, and the upcoming election.
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01-25-2016
In his book Their Promised Land: My Grandparents in Love and War, Bard professor Ian Buruma discusses his Jewish grandparents’ experience in Britain during World War II.
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01-11-2016
Bard professor Walter Russell Mead, David Rothkopf, Kori Schake, and Lara Jakes debate which country had the best (and worst) 2015, reviewing the year’s big headlines.
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01-07-2016
Hannah Arendt Center Announces Winners of Student Opinion Contest
Mia Lotan '18, Ava Lindenmaier '16, and Zelda May Bas '16 have been named the winners of the 2015 Student Opinion Contest from the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities at Bard College. Last fall, as part of its eighth annual fall conference, "Why Privacy Matters: What Do We Lose When We Lose Our Privacy?," the Arendt Center challenged undergraduates to answer the following question: "Does Privacy Matter in the 21st century?" After reviewing close to 50 submissions, the Arendt Center staff is pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 contest. The winning entries are: an essay entitled "Community and the Self at the 2015 Hannah Arendt Center Conference," by Mia Lotan '18, and a short film entitled What Does Privacy Feel Like?, by Ava Lindenmaier '16 and Zelda May Bas '16. Matthew Balik '17 and Dina Toubasi '18 earned honorable mention for their essays.
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01-04-2016
"In Beginning Greek, too, one settles for small victories and accepts huge shortfalls. But giving up is not an option," writes Professor Romm on teaching this difficult course.
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