Barnard President Sian Beilock shared her priorities for the year and answered questions from members of Barnard’s student government at its Monday meeting.

Barnard students applying for fellowships with October deadlines, some as early as next week, have faced an unexpected challenge: navigating through a competitive application process without a designated fellowships dean on campus.

Candidates for Barnard Student Government Association’s first-year class council shared platforms that addressed recurring student concerns, such as Barnard’s dining hall swipe-in and dorm guest policies, but also paid more attention to the experiences of low-income, undocumented, and international students on campus at the candidates’ forum on Sunday.

Barnard will replace its investment manager, Investure, LLC, with another firm, Strategic Investment Group, by the end of this month, the college announced on Wednesday.

Faculty and students at Barnard have expressed enthusiasm for President Sian Beilock as she begins her tenure at Barnard, despite some lingering concerns about the search process.

Barnard President Sian Leah Beilock addressed students, faculty, and alumnae publicly for the first time, discussing the importance of a liberal arts education in today’s political climate at the college’s Convocation on Tuesday.

Barnard alumnae, including current and former members of the board of trustees, returned to campus to discuss their experiences as members of student government and to offer their opinions on current campus issues at the first Student Government Association meeting of the year on Monday.

After initial dining plan agreements prevented Barnard students from accessing JJ’s Place after 11 p.m., they will again have access to JJ’s Place until 1 a.m. according to an email announcement from Vice President for Campus Services Gail A. Beltrone on Friday.

Former colleagues of new Barnard President Sian Beilock cited her experience as an academic and administrator at the University of Chicago as an indication that she’ll have a successful future at Barnard.

More than three weeks after the deadly weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Sian Leah Beilock addressed the attacks for a second time in an email sent to the Barnard community on Tuesday.