Orientation, which began on August 21, introduced new PhD and MA students to research and academic life, offered intensive language classes, and included a field trip up to Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate in Sleepy Hollow, New York. Fall classes start September 5.

Entering PhD Students
Michael Assis, BA, Tel Aviv University; MA, Tel Aviv University
Colin Fanning, BFA, Syracuse University; MA, Bard Graduate Center
Rebecca Matheson, BA, Rice University; JD, University of Texas School of Law; MA, Fashion Institute of Technology
Courtney Stewart, BA, Western University; MA, University of Toronto; MA, Bard Graduate Center

Entering MA Students
Laura Allen, BS, Bates College
Jessica Boven, BA, Boston University
Dylan Brekka, BA, McGill University
Taryn Clary, BA, Amherst College
Tessa Goldsher, BA, Smith College
Lauren Bates Jaffe, BA, New York University
Drew Jepson, BA, Denison University
Sybil Johnson, BA, Vassar College; MA, Sotheby’s Institute of Art
Laura Mogulescu, BA, Brown University; MSW, Hunter College
Clara Puton, BA, McGill University
Alexandra Rodriguez, BA, Swarthmore College
Skylar Smith, BA, Oklahoma State University; MA, Dartmouth College
Sophie Swanson, BA, Yale University
Christianne Teague, BA, Southern Methodist University
Colleen Terrell, BA, Stanford University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Bailey Tichenor, BA, Belmont University
Patricia Urban, BS, University of South Florida
Yusi Zhou, BA, Washington University