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Break This Down: The Science Behind Predicting the 2024 Election

On August 6, 2024, Patricia Spears Jones, adjunct associate professor of English, was awarded a $50,000 fellowship by the Academy of American Poets, in conjunction with her award as a 2024 Poet Laureate Fellow for New York. The Academy, supported by the Mellon Foundation, granted $1.1 million to its twenty-two Poet Laureate Fellows who will lead public poetry programs in their respective communities. 

On August 13, 2024, Michael G. Miller, associate professor of political science, published new research in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, titled “Illiberal attitudes among US state legislative candidates.” Several Barnard alumnae, Riley Callahan ’24, Nicki Camberg ’23, Madeline Breeden ’24, and Emma Sherman-Hawver ’23, collaborated on the paper as research assistants. 

In June 2024, Gergely Baics, associate professor of history and urban studies, alongside co-creators Meredith Linn, Leah Meisterlin, and Myles Zhang, and in collaboration with The Institute for the Exploration of Seneca Village History and the Central Park Conservancy, launched the Envisioning Seneca Village 3D model. 

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Fall 2024 cover features abstract pixilated image of woman holding an "I Voted" button