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Use Your Wintertime Wisely

Winter session is 100% online and registration opens October 19. Stay on track or even get ahead.

(Andy Goldsworthy, Three Cairns, 2003)

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Feedback is Powerful

If you’re planning to apply to our visual arts programs, get valuable feedback from our faculty. Apply by November 15 to attend Virtual Express Portfolio Decision Day.

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Top Ten

Purchase just named a Top Ten Public School among National Liberal Arts Colleges, says U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges for 2021. (More about photo by Sebastian Bass ’21.)

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Behind the Scene: Theatre Design/Technology

Learn the magic behind every amazing production, in theatres or on screens…and join the 86% of graduates working in their fields.

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Get hands-on experience with electron microscopy and more with a biotechnology concentration.

Think Wide Open

Creative Writing Alumni Trio Launch a Literary Venture
The inaugural issue of Brown Sugar will release on November 27.
Mariales Diaz ’19 Named a Sundance Ignite Fellow
Congratulations to the emerging filmmaker, one of ten named a Sundance Ignite x Adobe Fellow.
Anita Yavich Earns Henry Hewes Design Award for 2020
The costume designer and associate professor of theatre design/technology was honored for her work on Soft Power.
Christoper Robbins’ American Riad Project Receives Big Grant
The Kresge Foundation Innovative Projects program awards $150,000.
Students Immersed in the Ever Expanding World of Beyond-Live Theatre
“The Live Performance and Interactive Media” summer workshop is organized by Professor of Acting David Bassuk.
Professor David Grill Wins Fifth Emmy Award
The Television Academy announced the winners of the 2020 Primetime Emmy® Awards.
Stephen Cooke Receives National Science Foundation Grant and Publishes His 100th Article
The associate professor of chemistry is part of a research team that received a $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation.
Purchase Among the Top 386 Colleges in the U.S.
This according to the 2021 edition of The Princeton Review.
Welcome to Virtual Purchase
Until we can be together again...
Sidra Bell MFA ’05 Premieres New Work for NYCB
View Pixelation in a wave (Within Wires), part of New York City Ballet’s 2020 Digital Fall Season, for free.

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Oct 31

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November 4th, 5:00pm
Lecture by Jean Shin
November 11th, 10:00am
Lecture by Genevieve Gaignard
November 18th, 12:00pm - 3:00pm
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Alumni Outcomes:

<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1562-purchase-dubbed-a-music-scene"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/480,0,1379,900/5191_Cende_DaveMedina.rev.1499439730.jpg" alt="The band Cende" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/480,0,1379,900/5191_Cende_DaveMedina.rev.1499439730.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/480,0,1379,900/5191_Cende_DaveMedina.rev.1499439730.jpg 3x" data-max-w="899" data-max-h="900"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1562-purchase-dubbed-a-music-scene">Purchase Dubbed a Music Scene</a></h4><div>Cende is the latest band formed at Purchase to garner acclaim.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1751-ultimate-frisbee-documentary-with-purchase-roots"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/43,0,370,328/5585_DennisWarsen_Purchase.rev.1505756983.jpg" alt="Dennis Warsen '90 stretches to catch frisbee on the Great Lawn" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/43,0,370,328/5585_DennisWarsen_Purchase.rev.1505756983.jpg 2x" data-max-w="327" data-max-h="328"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1751-ultimate-frisbee-documentary-with-purchase-roots">Ultimate Frisbee Documentary with Purchase Roots</a></h4><div>Now available on Netflix, <em>Flatball: A History of Ultimate</em> began as a senior project.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2731-acclaimed-singer-song-writer-regina-spektor-01"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,3070/4838_Regina_Spektor_credit_Shervin_Lainez_2.rev.1494337464.jpg" alt="Regina Spektor ’01" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,3070/4838_Regina_Spektor_credit_Shervin_Lainez_2.rev.1494337464.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,3070/4838_Regina_Spektor_credit_Shervin_Lainez_2.rev.1494337464.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="3070"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/2731-acclaimed-singer-song-writer-regina-spektor-01">Acclaimed Singer-Song Writer Regina Spektor ’01</a></h4><div>Spektor Published her first album senior year at Purchase.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3578-dancer-jojo-boykins-18-featured-on-allarts"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/111,0,467,355/10306_2019_JojoBoykins_Screenshot_2.rev.1553095156.png" alt="Dancer Jojo Boykins '18 featured on PBS' new ALLARTS channel (dancing in the Dance Bui..." class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/111,0,467,355/10306_2019_JojoBoykins_Screenshot_2.rev.1553095156.png 2x" data-max-w="356" data-max-h="355"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/3578-dancer-jojo-boykins-18-featured-on-allarts">Dancer Jojo Boykins ’18 Featured on ALLARTS</a></h4><div>The recent graduate talks about her art, career, and plans for the future.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1808-fourth-emmy-award-for-david-grill-86"><img src="/live/image/gid/38/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1019,712/926_davegrill.rev.1478550431.jpg" alt="Dave Grill '86" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/38/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1019,712/926_davegrill.rev.1478550431.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/38/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1019,712/926_davegrill.rev.1478550431.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1019" data-max-h="712"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1808-fourth-emmy-award-for-david-grill-86">Fourth Emmy Award for David Grill ’86</a></h4><div>For outstanding lighting direction on the Super Bowl halftime show.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1716-photographer-tapped-for-brooklyn-museum-exhibition"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,857,2129,2988/5471_Graves_photograph_by_jan_dams.rev.1505756990.jpg" alt="Kris Graves' 04" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,857,2129,2988/5471_Graves_photograph_by_jan_dams.rev.1505756990.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,857,2129,2988/5471_Graves_photograph_by_jan_dams.rev.1505756990.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2129" data-max-h="2131"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1716-photographer-tapped-for-brooklyn-museum-exhibition">Photographer Tapped for Brooklyn Museum Exhibition</a></h4><div>Kris Graves ’04 commissioned by EJI to create work for <em>The Legacy of Lynching</em> currently on view.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2719-jason-hanasik-03"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,500,625/7134_JasonHanasik.rev.1519229976.jpg" alt="Jason Hanasik ’03" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,500,625/7134_JasonHanasik.rev.1519229976.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,500,625/7134_JasonHanasik.rev.1519229976.jpg 3x" data-max-w="500" data-max-h="625"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/2719-jason-hanasik-03">Jason Hanasik ’03</a></h4><div>An Artist Approaches Dark Content</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1415-luis-a-croquer-ma-03"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/75,0,488,413/4881_LuisCroquer.rev.1494946845.jpg" alt="Luis A. Croquer '03" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/75,0,488,413/4881_LuisCroquer.rev.1494946845.jpg 2x" data-max-w="413" data-max-h="413"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1415-luis-a-croquer-ma-03">Luis A. Croquer MA ’03</a></h4><div>Named Director of Brandeis University’s Rose Art Museum</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/533-wham-city-comedy"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/199,122,1062,985/608_tumblr_nuis6skh4u1r3skiao1_1280.rev.1476822621.jpg" alt="Wham City Comedy is Alan Resnick '08, Ben O'Brien '06, and Robby Rackleff" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/199,122,1062,985/608_tumblr_nuis6skh4u1r3skiao1_1280.rev.1476822621.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/199,122,1062,985/608_tumblr_nuis6skh4u1r3skiao1_1280.rev.1476822621.jpg 3x" data-max-w="863" data-max-h="863"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/533-wham-city-comedy">Wham City Comedy</a></h4><div>Bringing weird and irreverent humor to a new level.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/958-peter-powchik-79"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/19,33,399,412/3619_PeterPowchik.rev.1486589849.jpg" alt="Peter Powchik ’79" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/19,33,399,412/3619_PeterPowchik.rev.1486589849.jpg 2x" data-max-w="380" data-max-h="379"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/958-peter-powchik-79">Peter Powchik ’79</a></h4><div>On the leadership team at United Neuroscience of Dublin, Ireland.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1543-julia-dixon-05-creative-economy-specialist"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,19,2354,2374/5156_JDixon_2017.rev.1498668235.jpg" alt="Julia Dixon '05" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,19,2354,2374/5156_JDixon_2017.rev.1498668235.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,19,2354,2374/5156_JDixon_2017.rev.1498668235.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2354" data-max-h="2355"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1543-julia-dixon-05-creative-economy-specialist">Julia Dixon ’05: Creative Economy Specialist</a></h4><div>The artist and entrepreneur shapes her career in North Adams, MA.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/884-second-oscar-nomination-for-tom-cross-93"><img src="/live/image/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,564,353/3462_TomCross_Oscar_web.rev.1485543840.jpg" alt="Visual Arts Alum Tom Cross '93" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/22/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,0,564,353/3462_TomCross_Oscar_web.rev.1485543840.jpg 2x" data-max-w="564" data-max-h="353"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/884-second-oscar-nomination-for-tom-cross-93">Second Oscar Nomination for Tom Cross ’93</a></h4><div>The film editor has just been nominated for an Oscar for editing the critically acclaimed film <em>La La Land</em>.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/788-camille-seaman-92"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/295,38,1793,1536/2580_CamilleSeaman_G0F7616-1.rev.1482871875.jpg" alt="Highway 1806: Dan Nanamkin of the Yakima Nation of Washington state stands on Highway 1806, part ..." class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/295,38,1793,1536/2580_CamilleSeaman_G0F7616-1.rev.1482871875.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/295,38,1793,1536/2580_CamilleSeaman_G0F7616-1.rev.1482871875.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1498" data-max-h="1498"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/788-camille-seaman-92">Camille Seaman ’92</a></h4><div>Whether making portraits of Native Americans or breaching icebergs, her images have become historical records.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1491-film-by-andrea-torrice-77-to-be-developed-for-pbs"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/55,0,446,391/5084_AndreaTorrice_Children-March-for-Equal-Education-CSU.rev.1497454716.jpg" alt="Archival image from documentary short by Andrea Torrice '77 "The Lincoln School Story" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/55,0,446,391/5084_AndreaTorrice_Children-March-for-Equal-Education-CSU.rev.1497454716.jpg 2x" data-max-w="391" data-max-h="391"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/1491-film-by-andrea-torrice-77-to-be-developed-for-pbs">Film by Andrea Torrice ’77 to be Developed for PBS</a></h4><div>Documentary film short focuses on school desegregation in 1950s Ohio.</div>
<span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/985-elizabeth-tichenor-94"><img src="/live/image/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,94,600,694/3644_ElizabethTichenor.rev.1486750073.jpg" alt="Elizabeth Tichenor ’94" class="lw_image" width="160" height="160" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,94,600,694/3644_ElizabethTichenor.rev.1486750073.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/18/width/160/height/160/crop/1/src_region/0,94,600,694/3644_ElizabethTichenor.rev.1486750073.jpg 3x" data-max-w="600" data-max-h="600"/></a></span><h4 class="title"><a href="/live/news/985-elizabeth-tichenor-94">Elizabeth Tichenor ’94</a></h4><div>Works to educate healthcare and law enforcement professionals about prescription drug-diversion.</div>

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Artist Talk: Hank Willis Thomas

March 11, 2021
The Neuberger Museum of Art proudly welcomes conceptual artist Hank Willis Thomas for the next Artist Talk in the Yaseen Lectures on the Fine Arts.

Through photographs, sculpture, video, audience-activated and collaborative public art projects, Thomas addresses the role of popular visual culture in perpetuating discrimination and sociocultural ramifications, including gun violence, the relationship between the American sports industry and black men, the perpetuation of stereotypes through contemporary advertising, and the reframing of history and context.

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