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Economist Pavlina Tcherneva Speaks About Labor Market for Marketplace 

L-R: Daniel Wortel-London and the cover of his book The Menace of Prosperity.

Professor Daniel Wortel-London Interviewed in Phenomenal World

Wortel-London also discussed his book The Menace of Prosperity, about economic history in nineteenth century New York.
Nicole Meselsohn ’26 Named 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow

Nicole Meselsohn ’26 Named 2025–26 Newman Civic Fellow

Meselsohn, a psychology major, leads Young Leaders: Women in Fire, a series of hands-on and presentation based workshops and training to show young girls in middle and high school that there is a place for them in the fire service.

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February 2017

02-25-2017
Omar Encarnación, director of Bard's Political Studies Program, discusses Donald Trump through the lens of the Latin American phenomenon of the caudillo, or populist strongman.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-19-2017
"[I]t is ...the demand that people be treated as rights-bearers rather than remaining invisible or as victims or recipients of charity, that makes all the difference."
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Literature Program | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-16-2017
Professor of Political Studies Omar Encarnación examines the future of Obama's gay rights legacy under the Trump administration.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Politics and International Affairs | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-09-2017
Historian and Rachel Carson biographer Mark Lytle is a significant voice in a new documentary on the famous conservationist and author of the highly influential book Silent Spring.
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Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Division of Social Studies,Environmental/Sustainability | Institutes(s): Bard Undergraduate Programs |
02-05-2017
Professor Armstead talks about the significant African American presence in the Hudson Valley, beginning with the colonial period, through the Civil War, and to the post–World War II era.
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