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Upcoming Events

2/23

Sunday

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5
Campus Center, Red Room 203

Crochet Microbe Workshop

Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EST/GMT-5 | Campus Center, Red Room 203

Learn about the important role of microbes in composting and crochet your own microbe!
Learn about Artie the arthrobaxter microbe as you learn to crochet and make your own microbe. Special guest Theo Cohen will share about their senior project.
Contact: Laurie B Husted
Phone: 845-464-8025
E-mail: [email protected]
3/11

Tuesday

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Online Event
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Online Event

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.

Join us on Tuesday, March 11, 2024 at 7:00pm ET to learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Register here!

WHAT WE COVER:
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Alumni success and career outcomes
- Admissions information
- Financial aid and scholarships
- Prerequisite course information
- Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.

REGISTER HERE
Contact: Margo Bogossian
Phone: 845-663-4197
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://gpsresources.bard.edu/online-info-session-march-11-2025
3/26

Wednesday

7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Online Event
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Virtual Open House

Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Online Event

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.

During these open houses, prospective students have the opportunity to meet with alumni and faculty from their program of interest. It's the perfect way to connect with the Bard GPS community, and get any questions answered about the student experience directly from those who know it best - the faculty and alumni of the programs.

WHAT WE COVER:
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Student experience
- Alumni career outcomes
- General admissions and financial aid information
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.

REGISTER HERE
Contact: Margo Bogossian
Phone: 845-663-4197
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://gpsresources.bard.edu/virtual-open-house-march-26-2025
4/08

Tuesday

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Online Event
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session (copy)

Tuesday, April 8, 2025 | 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT/GMT-4 | Online Event

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.
Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.

Join us on Tuesday, April 8, 2024 at 7:00pm ET to learn about our programs directly from Director Eban Goodstein and the admissions team. There will be a time for questions at the end of the session. Register here!

WHAT WE COVER:
- Overview of graduate program offerings
- Alumni success and career outcomes
- Admissions information
- Financial aid and scholarships
- Prerequisite course information
- Tips for a standout application
A $65 application fee waiver is available to those who participate in the webinar.

REGISTER HERE
Contact: Margo Bogossian
Phone: 845-663-4197
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: https://gpsresources.bard.edu/online-info-session-april-8-2025

Sustainability News

Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians

Find Purple, Frog-Saving Microbes, is a participatory science (citizen science) and community bioart project to conserve amphibians.

Stevenson Library Converts to Geothermal Heating and Cooling

The library’s geothermal conversion will eliminate burning approximately 14,000 gallons of fuel oil and reduce 127 tons of carbon emissions per year.

Film by Steve Bonds-Liptay MS ’10 Valve Turners Wins Climate Action Award

The film asks: “As the climate emergency escalates, at what point should citizens take action into their own hands to protect their families and communities?”

Sustainability News by Date

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January 2023

01-24-2023

OSUN Students Developing Online Game to Make Sex Education Accessible to Teens around the World

Alua Samat ’25, a Bard College student and activist for sex education, partnered with four other students from Bard and the American University of Central Asia (AUCA) to create Not a Shame, an online game which is being designed to be a resource for teenagers across the globe. In development as part of the online OSUN Network Collaborative Course Social Entrepreneurship, the game will differ from other existing sex education games in that it seeks to be more accessible to communities with specific cultural sensitivities and needs, and where global languages such as English or Russian are not widely spoken. Samat has collaborated with others for years to combat the stigmas that surround sexual education for teenagers. Reliable information on sex and family planning are sparse in Kazakhstan, where she is from, and young people can be left with no options but to learn from dubious online sources presenting inaccurate or harmful material, a contributing factor to the rate of teen pregnancy in Central Asia, which is over six times higher than in developed countries. Not a Shame intends to serve as an approachable and trustworthy information source which can be adapted to help teenagers in their local languages and with accompanying narratives that are relevant to their lives and cultures.

In December 2022, it was announced that Samat’s team would be awarded a prize of $1,500 in the annual pitch competition sponsored by Bard’s MBA in Sustainability. Bermet Suiutbekova, the group’s instructor at AUCA, said that the game “will bring a positive change to Central Asian countries. With the help of $1,500 in prize money from the competition, the team is planning to release the beta version of the product in June of 2023 and go to market in July of 2024.”

Photo: Alua Samat ’25 and other students at AUCA and Bard College developed the online game Not A Shame as part of the OSUN course Social Entrepreneurship.
Meta: Type(s): Student | Subject(s): Academics,Bard Network,Business/Entrepreneurship,Environmental/Sustainability,Open Society University Network,OSUN Online Courses | Institutes(s): Bard MBA in Sustainability,OSUN |

01-08-2023

Associate Professor of Biology Brooke Jude to Lead Regenerative Dye Research as Part of Daughters for Earth Grant

As part of one of 26 women-led projects in 17 countries, Associate Professor of Biology Brooke Jude will participate in a project to regenerate natural fabric dyeing processes with traditional Moroccan weavers as part of a Daughters for Earth grant awarded to Around the World in 80 Fabrics. “These grants, totaling over $600,000, are a part of our mission to deliver critical resources into the hands of the women on the frontlines of climate action,” says Daughters for Earth of this year’s grant winners. Professor Jude will lead microbial dye foraging alongside our natural plant dye research as part of a team that “will bring together traditional weavers, researchers, designers, textile experts, scientists, anthropologists, and businesswomen to create sustainable dyeing processes that Ain Leuh Women's Cooperative can use.” The cooperative, which was founded by local women in the Atlas Mountain region of Morocco, has used traditional weaving techniques to support their families for decades. Today, because of the pressures of demand from global trade, synthetic dyes are used more frequently, produced with chemicals that impact weaver health and the environment. The collaboration between the Ain Leuh Cooperative, Artisan Project, Around the World in 80 Fabrics, the Microbe Institute, and Bard College will help to create “an open-source natural dye, plant, and microbial resource book with a map and dye recipes,” with the goal of improving the health of Ain Leuh weavers and the health of the local ecosystem.

Learn More about Daughters for Earth

Learn More about Professor Jude’s Project

Photo: Brooke Jude.
Meta: Type(s): Faculty | Subject(s): Biology Program,Division of Science, Math, and Computing,Environmental and Urban Studies Program,Environmental/Sustainability,Faculty,Global Public Health Concentration |

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News and Events

Upcoming Events

Crochet Microbe Workshop

Learn about the important role of microbes in composting and crochet your own microbe!

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Virtual Open House

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds virtual open houses for prospective students to learn more about graduate school options in our MBA in Sustainability and Center for Environmental Policy programs.

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability -- Online Info Session (copy)

Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability holds online informational sessions for prospective students to learn more about graduate school.

Sustainability News

Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians

Brooke Jude Discusses Her Collaboration with Microbiologist Anne Madden to Save Amphibians

Stevenson Library Converts to Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Stevenson Library Converts to Geothermal Heating and Cooling

Film by Steve Bonds-Liptay MS ’10 Valve Turners Wins Climate Action Award

Film by Steve Bonds-Liptay MS ’10 Valve Turners Wins Climate Action Award

Sustainability News by Date

January 2023