This month marks the five year anniversary of the BPI Debate Union's win against Harvard in September 2015. While the team had been racking up wins since well before the Harvard match, the meet up with Harvard brought international attention to their efforts and… Read More
BPI Blog
Archive: September 2020
BPI Gardens in September
Since the spring when faculty first stopped going into the prisons in person, BPI students have received a weekly newsletter from the college informing them of important news, academic updates, writing prompts and math problems, messages from the community, and instructions on how to… Read More
BPI’s Work Continues Despite COVID-19
In March, BPI shifted our in-person work in the prisons to a distance model and in June students successfully completed the spring semester of more than 85 courses across six prisons. Although we were unable to hold commencement ceremonies in June, every student who… Read More
Introducing the Bard Baccalaureate
BPI is beginning the new academic year and working to meet this challenging moment as America contends with an unrelenting pandemic that has hit prisons and college campuses particularly hard. While there is every reason to be frightened for the future of our educational institutions,… Read More
Microcollege Student News: Black Lives Matter mural now greets visitors at Philly’s Municipal Services Building
Bard at Brooklyn Public Library microcollege student and artist Russell Craig '22 has recently painted a mural on the entrance of the Philadelphia’s Municipal Services building honoring the Black Lives Matter Movement. This article reproduced below first appeared on WHYY PBS. The front windows of… Read More