Faculty News

Klat magazine, a contemporary art, design, and architecture publication, spoke with graphic designer and CAPA fellow Gong Szeto about his ongoing work in collecting and visualizing geopolitical data to enhance the risk assessment capabilities of U.S. federal agencies.

Three large-scale sculptures by visual arts faculty member Jon Isherwood were unveiled last month at the Songzhuang Art Museum in Beijing, China. The pieces are sculpted from Indian red granite ("Prophecy"), China black granite ("The Move's On"), and white marble ("Swan Song"), and will be on view through the end of the year.

Undergraduate and MFA faculty member Benjamin Anastas' new memoir, Too Good to Be True鈥攁bout having and losing it all, both in literature and life鈥 鈥渋s smart and honest and searching,鈥 raved one , 鈥溾o plaintive and raw that most writers (and many readers) will finish it with heart palpitations.鈥

In the current issue of Northern Woodlands, biology faculty member Betsy Sherman discusses a recent study she conducted with alumna Katie Van Munster 鈥08 on red-spotted newts in Vermont.

The National Science Foundation has awarded Bennington a $200,000 grant in support of a three-year curricular project aimed at exploring sustainable futures for former mill towns in New England.