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56-518: The Athena Film Festival is an annual film festival held at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York City . The festival takes place in February and focuses on films celebrating women and leadership. In addition to showing films, the festival hosts filmmaker workshops, master classes and panels on a variety of topics relevant to women in the film industry. The Athena Film Festival

112-554: A computer science department. Most Columbia classes are open to Barnard students and vice versa. Barnard students and faculty are represented in the University Senate, and student organizations such as the Columbia Daily Spectator are open to all students. Barnard students play on Columbia athletics teams, and Barnard uses Columbia email, telephone and network services. Barnard athletes compete in

168-1042: A compromise and the student was allowed to remain in school, but was denied use of the college cafeteria and barred from all social activities. The student briefly became a focus of intense national attention. She eventually dropped out of Barnard. Barnard College has graduated many prominent leaders in science, religion, politics, the Peace Corps , medicine, law, education, communications, theater, and business as well as acclaimed actors, architects, artists, astronauts, engineers, human rights activists, inventors, musicians, philanthropists, and writers. Graduates include academic Louise Holland (1914), author Zora Neale Hurston (1928), Grace Lee Boggs , author and political activist (1935), television host Ronnie Eldridge (1952), Phyllis E. Grann , CEO of Penguin Putnam , U.S. Representative Helen Gahagan (1924), Helene D. Gayle , Spelman College 's 11th President and former chair of

224-533: A design by Arnold Brunner . Hewitt Hall was the last structure to be erected, in 1926–1927. All three buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. By the mid-20th century, Barnard had succeeded in its original goal of providing a top-tier education to women. Between 1920 and 1974, only the much larger Hunter College and University of California, Berkeley produced more women graduates who later received doctorates. In

280-460: A few years, however, selectivity rose at both schools as they received more women applicants than expected. The Columbia-Barnard affiliation continued. As of 2012 , Barnard pays Columbia about $ 5 million a year under the terms of the "interoperate relationship", which the two schools renegotiate every 15 years. Despite the affiliation Barnard is legally and financially separate from Columbia, with an independent faculty and board of trustees. It

336-507: A gender-conscious angle. Barnard College Barnard College , officially titled as Barnard College, Columbia University , is a private women's liberal arts college in the borough of Manhattan in New York City . It was founded in 1889 by a group of women led by young student activist Annie Nathan Meyer , who petitioned Columbia University 's trustees to create an affiliated college named after Columbia's then-recently deceased 10th president, Frederick A. P. Barnard . The college

392-525: A new campus nearby with gifts from Mary E. Brinckerhoff, Elizabeth Milbank Anderson and Martha Fiske. Two of these gifts were made with several stipulations attached. Brinckerhoff insisted that Barnard acquire land within 1,000 feet of the Columbia campus within the next four years. The Barnard trustees purchased land between 119th–120th Streets after receiving funds for that purpose in 1895. Anderson requested that Charles A. Rich be hired. Rich designed

448-416: A one-year extension to the 1973 agreement expired, in 1977, the two schools began discussing their future relationship. By 1979, the relationship had so deteriorated that Barnard officials stopped attending meetings. Because of an expected decline in enrollment, in 1980 a Columbia committee recommended that Columbia College begin admitting women without Barnard's cooperation. A 1981 committee found that Columbia

504-490: A syllabus that would allow the college's students to receive degrees. The first such graduate received her bachelor's degree in 1887. A former student of the program, Annie Meyer , and other prominent New York women persuaded the board in 1889 to create a women's college connected to Columbia. Men and women were evenly represented among the founding trustees of Barnard College. When Columbia University announced in 1892 its impending move to Morningside Heights, Barnard built

560-543: A torch race. Take Back the Night : Each April, Barnard and Columbia students participate in the Take Back the Night march and speak-out. This annual event grew out of a 1988 Seven Sisters conference. The march grew from less than 200 participants in 1988 to more than 2,500 in 2007. Midnight Breakfast marks the beginning of finals week. As a highly popular event and long-standing college tradition, Midnight Breakfast

616-550: Is "one of the University's four colleges, but we're largely autonomous, with our own leadership and purse strings", and advises students to state "Barnard College, Columbia University" or "Barnard College of Columbia University" on résumés. Columbia refers to Barnard as one of its schools and an affiliated institution that is a faculty of the university. Both the college and Columbia evaluate Barnard faculty for tenure, and Barnard graduates receive Columbia diplomas signed by

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672-419: Is credited with coining the phrase current events while teaching at Barnard College in the 1890s. The college received the three blocks south of 119th Street from Anderson in 1903. Rich provided a master plan for the campus, but only Brooks Hall was built, being constructed between 1906 and 1908. None of Rich's other plans was carried out. Students' Hall , now known as Barnard Hall, was built in 1916 to

728-473: Is hosted by the student-run activities council, McAC (McIntosh Activities Council). In addition to providing standard breakfast foods, each year's theme is also incorporated into the menu. Past themes have included "I YUMM the 90s," " Grease ," and " Take Me Out to the Ballgame ." The event is a school-wide affair as college deans, trustees and the president serve food to about a thousand students. It takes place

784-485: Is one of the original Seven Sisters —seven liberal arts colleges in the Northeastern United States that were historically women's colleges . Barnard is currently one of four Columbia undergraduate colleges with independent admission, curricula, and financials. Students share classes, libraries, clubs, sororities , athletic fields, and dining halls with Columbia as well as sports teams. This

840-723: Is organized by the Office of Science and Technology Policy. It takes place at the White House and is presided by the sitting United States president . Although Public Law 86-209 provides for 20 recipients of the medal per year, it is typical for approximately 8–15 accomplished scientists and engineers to receive this distinction each year. There have been a number of years where no National Medals of Science were awarded. Those years include: 1985, 1984, 1980, 1978, 1977, 1972 and 1971. President Donald J. Trump did not confer any National Medals of Science during his presidency. The last time

896-452: Is responsible for its own separate admissions, health, security, guidance and placement services, and has its own alumnae association. Nonetheless, Barnard students participate in the academic, social, athletic and extracurricular life of the broader University community on a reciprocal basis. The affiliation permits the two schools to share some academic resources; for example, only Barnard has an urban studies department, and only Columbia has

952-556: Is through the Columbia-Barnard Athletic Consortium, an agreement that makes Barnard the only women's college to offer its students the ability to compete in NCAA Division I athletics. Students receive a diploma from Columbia University. Barnard offers bachelor of arts degree programs in about 50 areas of study. In addition to Columbia, students may also pursue elements of their education at

1008-589: The Ivy League ( NCAA Division I ) through the Columbia/Barnard Athletic Consortium, which was established in 1983. Through the arrangement, Barnard is the only women's college offering Division   I athletics. There are 15 intercollegiate teams , and students also compete at the intramural and club levels. From 1975 to 1983, before the establishment of the Columbia/Barnard Athletic Consortium, Barnard students competed as

1064-484: The Jewish Theological Seminary . The most popular majors at the college by 2021 graduates were: The liberal arts general education requirements are collectively called Foundations. Students must take two courses in the sciences (one of which must be accompanied by a laboratory course), study a single foreign language for two semesters, and take two courses in the arts/humanities as well as two in

1120-689: The Juilliard School , the Manhattan School of Music , and the Jewish Theological Seminary which are also based in New York City. Its 4-acre (1.6 ha) campus is located in the Upper Manhattan neighborhood of Morningside Heights , stretching along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets. It is directly across from Columbia's main campus. Barnard College alumnae include leaders in science, religion, politics,

1176-535: The Milbank, Brinckerhoff, and Fiske Halls , built in 1897–1898; these were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. The first classes at the new campus were held in 1897. Despite Brinckerhoff's, Anderson's, and Fiske's gifts, Barnard remained in debt. Ella Weed supervised the college in its first four years; Emily James Smith succeeded her as Barnard's first dean. Jessica Finch

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1232-599: The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) and the president of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). According to the Committee, successful candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are applying for U.S. citizenship and who have done work of significantly outstanding merit or that has had a major impact on scientific thought in their field. The Committee also values those who promote

1288-678: The Peace Corps , medicine, law, education, communications, theater, and business. Barnard graduates have been recipients of Emmy , Tony , Grammy , Academy , and Peabody awards, Guggenheim Fellowships , MacArthur Fellowships , the Presidential Medal of Freedom , the National Medal of Science , and the Pulitzer Prize . From its founding in 1754 until the mid-1980s, Columbia College of Columbia University admitted only men for undergraduate study. Barnard College

1344-777: The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (1970), Susan N. Herman , president of the American Civil Liberties Union (1968), Judith Kaye , Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (1958), Wilma B. Liebman , chair of the National Labor Relations Board (1971), Laurie Anderson , musician and performance artist (1969), Cynthia Nixon , actress, activist, and gubernatorial candidate (1988), Ann Brashares , author of The Sisterhood of

1400-488: The science and engineering basic to aeronautics; for his effective teaching and related contributions in many fields of mechanics, for his distinguished counsel to the Armed Services, and for his promoting international cooperation in science and engineering. The first woman to receive a National Medal of Science was Barbara McClintock , who was awarded for her work on plant genetics in 1970. The awards ceremony

1456-476: The "Barnard Bears". Prior to 1975, students referred to themselves as the "Barnard honeybears". In the spring of 1960, Columbia University president Grayson Kirk complained to the president of Barnard that Barnard students were wearing inappropriate clothing. The garments in question were pants and Bermuda shorts . The administration forced the student council to institute a dress code. Students would be allowed to wear shorts and pants only at Barnard and only if

1512-445: The 1970s, Barnard faced considerable pressure to merge with male only Columbia College, which was fiercely resisted by its president, Jacquelyn Mattfeld . Presidents and deans of Barnard College from 1889 to present include: Barnard students are able to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in about 50 areas of study. Joint programs for the bachelor of science and other degrees exist with Columbia University, Juilliard School , and

1568-457: The Barnard and the Columbia presidents. According to the university, a Barnard College degree holds the same value as a Columbia College degree. Smith and Columbia president Seth Low worked to open Columbia classes to Barnard students. By 1900 they could attend Columbia classes in philosophy, political science, and several scientific fields. That year Barnard formalized an affiliation with

1624-906: The Barnard community. Student groups include theater and vocal music groups, language clubs, literary magazines, a freeform radio station called WBAR , a biweekly magazine called the Barnard Bulletin , Club Q, community service groups, and others. Barnard students can join extracurricular activities or organizations at Columbia University, while Columbia University students are allowed in most, but not all, Barnard organizations. Barnard's McIntosh Activities Council organizes various community focused events on campus, such as Big Sub and Midnight Breakfast. There are sub-committees focussed on cultural events (Mosaic), health and wellness (Wellness), networking (Network), event-planning (Community), and service (Action). Barnard students participate in various sororities. As of 2010 , Barnard does not fully recognize

1680-808: The National Panhellenic Conference sororities at Columbia, but it does provide some funding to account for Barnard students living in Columbia housing through these organizations. Barnard Greek Games : One of Barnard's oldest traditions, the Barnard Greek Games were first held in 1903, and occurred annually until the Columbia University protests in 1968 . Since then they have been sporadically revived. The games consist of competitions between each graduating class at Barnard, and events have traditionally included Greek poetry recitation, dance, chariot racing, and

1736-729: The National Science and Technology Medals Foundation that made the National Science and Technology Medals Foundation the metaorganization over both the National Medal of Science and the very similar National Medal of Technology . The first National Medal of Science was awarded on February 18, 1963, for the year 1962 by President John F. Kennedy to Theodore von Kármán for his work at the Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory . The citation accompanying von Kármán's award reads: For his leadership in

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1792-631: The Traveling Pants (1989), Amy Hwang , The New Yorker cartoonist (2000), Kelly McCreary , actress from Grey's Anatomy (2003), Greta Gerwig , writer and director (2004), and Christy Carlson Romano , Disney Channel actress (2015). National Medal of Science The National Medal of Science was established on August 25, 1959, by an act of the Congress of the United States under Pub. L.   86–209 . The medal

1848-472: The board at Barnard, Eleanor Thomas Elliott, led the resistance to the takeover. The college's marketing emphasized the Columbia relationship, however; the Bulletin in 1976 said that Barnard described it as identical to the one between Harvard College and Radcliffe College ("who are merged in practically everything but name at this point"). After Barnard rejected later merger proposals from Columbia and

1904-552: The course of their career. In 2012, The Laura Ziskin Lifetime Achievement Award was created in honor of the late Laura Ziskin , a noted producer and breast cancer advocate. In 2014, the festival announced the first edition of the Athena List, created to highlight finished, unproduced screenplays featuring roles with female leaders. The list is based on the concept of the popular Hollywood Black List, with

1960-488: The final awarding decision. Since Caltech professor Theodore von Kármán received the first medal in 1962, a total of 506 medals have been awarded, with just five universities accounting for over 31% of the total. By institutional affiliation at the time of the award, Stanford University counts the most medals at 40, with Harvard University close behind at 35, followed by the University of California, Berkeley , at 30,

2016-572: The first zine library in the United States to be fully cataloged in the OCLC . It opened for circulation in 2008, and holds roughly 5,000 processed zines as of 2018. The library supports the student-run Barnard Zine Club. Every Barnard student is part of the Student Government Association (SGA), which elects a representative student government . SGA aims to facilitate the expression of opinions on matters that directly affect

2072-613: The gender assigned to them at birth" and would continue to support and enroll those students who transitioned to male after they had already been admitted. The college practices need-blind admission for domestic first-year applicants. In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Barnard as tied at 14th of 211 U.S. liberal arts colleges overall. The previous year, Barnard was tied for 25th of 36 for "Best Undergraduate Teaching," among U.S. liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report . Forbes ranked Barnard 73rd of 500 colleges in 2023. While Barnard students have access to

2128-457: The general advancement of science and individuals who have influenced science education, although these traits are less important than groundbreaking or thought-provoking research. The nomination of a candidate is effective for three years; at the end of those three years, the candidate's peers are allowed to renominate the candidate. The Committee makes their recommendations to the President for

2184-725: The libraries at Columbia University, the college has always maintained a library of its own. The Barnard Library also encompasses the Archives and Special Collections, with material that documents Barnard's history from its founding to the present day. Among the collections are the Ntozake Shange papers. The Barnard Zine Library is a unit of the Barnard Library and Academic Information Systems (BLAIS). Zine collections target primarily female, default queer, intentionally of color, and gender expansive topics. In 2004, it became

2240-601: The medal was awarded before his presidency was on May 19, 2016, when President Barack Obama conferred the 2013 and 2014 medals. On October 23, 2023, President Joe Biden presented nine Medals of Science and 12 National Medals of Technology and Innovation in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House . Each year the National Science Foundation sends out a call to the scientific community for

2296-435: The mid-1970s, most Columbia dormitories were coed. The university's financial difficulties during the decade increased its desire to merge to end what Columbia described as the "anachronism" of single-sex education, but Barnard resisted doing so because of Columbia's large debt, rejecting in 1975 Columbia dean Peter Pouncey 's proposal to merge Barnard and the three Columbia undergraduate schools. The 1973–1976 chairwoman of

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2352-415: The night before finals begin every semester. Big Sub : Towards the beginning of each fall semester, Barnard College supplies a 700+ feet long subway sandwich. Students from the college can take as much of the sub as they can carry. The sub has kosher, dairy free, vegetarian, and vegan sections. This event is organized by the student-run activities council, McAC. The Barnard Bulletin in 1976 described

2408-421: The nomination of new candidates for the National Medal of Science. Individuals are nominated by their peers with each nomination requiring three letters of support from individuals in science and technology. Nominations are then sent to the Committee of the National Medal of Science which is a board composed of fourteen presidential appointees comprising twelve scientists, and two ex officio members—the director of

2464-669: The relationship between the college and Columbia University as "intricate and ambiguous". Barnard president Debora Spar said in 2012 that "the relationship is admittedly a complicated one, a unique one and one that may take a few sentences to explain to the outside community". Outside sources often describe Barnard as part of Columbia; The New York Times in 2013, for example, called Barnard "an undergraduate women's college of Columbia University". Its front gates read "Barnard College of Columbia University." Barnard describes itself as "both an independently incorporated educational institution and an official college of Columbia University" that

2520-534: The shorts were no more than two inches above the knee and the pants were not tight. Barnard women crossing the street to enter the Columbia campus wearing shorts or pants were required to cover themselves with a long coat. In March 1968, The New York Times ran an article on students who cohabited, identifying one of the persons they interviewed as a student at Barnard College from New Hampshire named "Susan". Barnard officials searched their records for women from New Hampshire and were able to determine that "Susan"

2576-523: The social and behavioral sciences. In response, Senator Ted Kennedy introduced the Science and Technology Equal Opportunities Act into the Senate on March 7, 1979, expanding the medal to include these scientific disciplines as well. President Jimmy Carter 's signature enacted this change as Public Law 96-516 on December 12, 1980. In 1992, the National Science Foundation signed a letter of agreement with

2632-470: The social sciences. In addition, students must complete at least one three-credit course in the so-called "Modes of Thinking" series, and fulfill other requirements. Admissions to Barnard are considered "most selective" by U.S. News & World Report . It is the most selective women's college in the nation; in 2017, Barnard had the lowest acceptance rate of the five Seven Sisters that remain single-sex in admissions. The class of 2026's admission rate

2688-508: The two schools instead announced that Columbia College would begin admitting women in 1983, and Barnard's control over tenure for its faculty would increase; previously, a committee on which Columbia faculty outnumbered Barnard's three to two controlled the latter's tenure. Applications to Columbia rose 56% that year, making admission more selective, and nine Barnard students transferred to Columbia. Eight students admitted to both Columbia and Barnard chose Barnard, while 78 chose Columbia. Within

2744-437: The university which made available to its students the instruction and facilities of Columbia. Franz Boas , who taught at both Columbia and Barnard in the early 1900s, was among those faculty members who reportedly found Barnard students superior to their male Columbia counterparts. From 1955, Columbia and Barnard students could register for the other school's classes with the permission of the instructor; from 1973 no permission

2800-530: Was 8% of the 12,009 applicants, the lowest acceptance rate in the institution's history. The median SAT composite score of enrolled students was 1440, with median subscores of 720 in Math and 715 in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing. The median ACT Composite score was 33. In 2015, Barnard announced that it would admit transgender women who "consistently live and identify as women, regardless of

2856-527: Was co-founded by Kathryn Kolbert , Founding Director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College and Melissa Silverstein, founder of the Women and Hollywood initiative and the festival's Artistic Director. The tenth annual Athena Film Festival was held from February 27-March 1, 2020. Each year, awards are granted to individuals who have made a significant impact in their industry over

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2912-562: Was founded in 1889 as a response to Columbia's refusal to admit women. Classes took place in a rented brownstone at 343 Madison Avenue, where a faculty of six offered instruction to 36 students. The college was named after Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard , a deaf American educator and mathematician who later served as Columbia's president for over twenty years. He advocated for coeducational settings and proposed in 1879 that Columbia admit women. Columbia's Board of Trustees repeatedly rejected Barnard's suggestion, but in 1883 agreed to create

2968-494: Was needed. Except for Columbia College, by the 1940s, other undergraduate and graduate divisions of Columbia University admitted women. Columbia president William J. McGill predicted in 1970, that Barnard College and Columbia College would merge within five years. In 1973, Columbia and Barnard signed a three-year agreement to increase sharing classrooms, facilities, and housing, and cooperation in faculty appointments, which they described as "integration without assimilation"; by

3024-469: Was no longer competitive with other Ivy League universities without women, and that admitting women would not affect Barnard's applicant pool. That year Columbia president Michael Sovern agreed for the two schools to cooperate in admitting women to Columbia, but Barnard faculty's opposition caused president Ellen Futter to reject the agreement. A decade of negotiations for a Columbia-Barnard merger akin to Harvard and Radcliffe had failed. In January 1982,

3080-547: Was originally to honor scientists in the fields of the "physical, biological, mathematical, or engineering sciences". The Committee on the National Medal of Science was established on August 23, 1961, by executive order 10961 of President John F. Kennedy . On January 7, 1979, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) passed a resolution proposing that the medal be expanded to include

3136-421: Was the pseudonym of a student (Linda LeClair) who was living with her boyfriend, a student at Columbia University. She was called before Barnard's student-faculty administration judicial committee, where she faced the possibility of expulsion. A student protest included a petition signed by 300 other Barnard women, admitting that they too had broken the regulations against cohabitating. The judicial committee reached

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