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cover of threat bennington review issue three Praise for "Threat"

NewPages.com glowingly reviewed issue three of Bennington Review, calling it "an incredibly strong issue put forth by an excellent journal."

The Bennington Sprays The Nourishing Relationship of Olitski and Caro

A recent exhibition of works by two former faculty members and iconic figures in contemporary art鈥攕culptor Sir Anthony Caro and painter Jules Olitski鈥"offers a capsule vision of the relationship of the two artists" during their formative years together at Bennington, one critic writes.

Crossett Library 鈥淭he Best Undergraduate Library of Its Size In The Country鈥

The National Trust of Historic Preservation included Bennington鈥檚 Crossett Library on its list of Six Midcentury Modern Campus Buildings You Need to Visit.鈥

Wall Street Journal What Wasn鈥檛 Considered in the College Survey

President Silver was among several college presidents who signed a letter published in the Wall Street Journal which pointed out how ranking rules exclude 鈥渟ome of the most outstanding small colleges in the country.鈥

Campus in Winter "A Sense of Beauty"

Bennington ranks among the 15 most beautiful college campuses, according to Expedia. The travel site based its rankings on "five categories that add a sense of beauty to the college experience, some of which includes those eye-pleasing elements, but also abstract factors that are more about feeling than seeing the beauty."