Bringing Norway to New York City, the Barnard theater department kicked off the semester with Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s play “An Enemy of the People.” Adapted by Arthur Miller and directed by Shannon Sindelar, the play opened Thursday at Barnard’s Minor Latham Playhouse and closed Saturday.

After serving in the Office of Management and Budget for seven years under the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama, CC ’83, on Feb. 24, Angela Simms, assistant professor of sociology and urban studies at Barnard, published her debut book, “Fighting for a Foothold: How Government and Markets Undermine Black Middle-Class Suburbia.”