Barnard Center for Research on Women

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Barnard needs to find a distinct identity to justify its existence.

By Hannah Goldstein | Apr 17 05:19 pm ET

The death of Women's History Month

Thinking back to those U.S. history textbooks we all had in the seventh grade, it’s hard to remember more than a chapter devoted to the lives of women. Judging only from those textbooks, it would appear that, every hundred years or so, a brilliant woman came around and revolutionized medicine, technology, or politics.

By Vaidehi Joshi | Feb 28 08:09 pm ET

More to hair than meets the eye, panelists say

“Carrying a social statement on top of one’s head is a big burden,” Janet Jakobsen said while moderating a panel on hair. “It says whether one wants to fit in or not to fit in.”

By Sarah Darville | Oct 16 12:47 am ET

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