fireside chat

For President Lee Bollinger, a lifelong academic, Monday’s fireside chat was a change of pace. He colored his explanations of University policy with stories from his past in a strikingly personal discussion with 50 students and administrators at his home at 116th Street and Morningside Drive.

While knitting a brown scarf with long-time friend and Barnard College Dean Dorothy Denburg, President Judith Shapiro reminisced about her time at Barnard, revealed her future plans, and talked about the college’s new leader at the final fireside chat of her 14-year tenure Thursday evening.