On this Day
(May 16th)
(May 16th)
This actress & model who starred in the 2016 film Jennifer's Body was born on this day in 1986.
Who is Megan Fox?
These famous twin sisters starred in Full House as toddlers as well as own their own fashion brand and famously eschew social media.
Who are Mary Kate & Ashley Olsen?
Barnard's furry mascot, inspired by Frederick AP Barnard's family coat of arms that incorporated a bear, is named this.
Who is Millie?
What is Low Library?
This person is the worst U.S. President in history and arguably spends his free time amongst company like Hitler, Jeff Bezos, and the Devil himself.
Who is Don*ld Tr*mp?
On this day in 1929, the first awards show for artistic and technical merit in the film industry premiered.
What are the Academy Awards (or Oscars)?
While one sister has a head to head lead of 13-10 in victories against the other, there's no doubt both are amazing athletes and even have 21 doubles titles amongst the two of them.
Who are Venus and Serena Williams?
This is the amount, in millions as of 2012, that Barnard pays Columbia annually under the terms of the "interoperate relationship", which the two schools renegotiate every 15 years.
What is $5 million?
Designed by Bernard Tschumi, this famously hated Columbia hall was created with the intention to "facilitate informal interactions".
What is Lerner Hall?
It's a synonym for a lie as well as this type of tale told by Aesop.
What is fable?
On this day in 2010, the world went "nuts and bolts" when two Japanese engineers officiated their wedding in this unusual way.
A 90s show about twins separated at birth starred these two famous sisters.
Who are Tia and Tamera Mowry?
Coined in 2005, this author announced at commencement that she "majored in unafraid" in her time at Barnard.
Who is Anna Quindelen?
This church on campus served as the original location for King's College.
What is Trinity Church?
Persil is the french word for this ever-popular type of garnish.
What is parsley?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Britney Spear's younger sister, Jamie Lynn, shocked the world and paused production of Zoey 101 when she gave birth at this age.
What is 16 years old?
In the spirit of Barnard's motto "following the way of reason" (hepomene toi logismoi)...the cirriculum's structure of "9 Ways of Knowing" has been rebranded as this for students who applied after Fall of 2016.
What are "Foundations"?
What is Noco (Northwest Corner Building)?
This letter inside a circle denotes that food is kosher.
What is "U"?
On this day in 2013, this type of cell is successfully cloned.
What are human stem cells?
Who are Aly & AJ?
Barnard College was founded in 1889 in response to Columbia's refusal to admit women. It's historical, and current, full name is titled in honor of the full name of this man, a deaf American educator and mathematician who served as the tenth president of Columbia from 1864 to 1889.
What is Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard?
This animal nearly served as Columbia's mascot.
What is a goat? (Matilda the Harlem goat)
This is the fourth state of matter after gas, liquid, and solid.
What is plasma?