Op-Ed: In tumultuous times, women are leading the way
President Hutson shares why now is great time to be a college president.
President Hutson shares why now is great time to be a college president.
Through UVAccelerate, Sweet Briar engineering students can get a jump start on a graduate degree.
Instrumentalist trio from Roanoke performs Mahler, Tailleferre, and Coleman.
Sweet Briar College met all fundraising goals for March Days of Giving in 2024.
Sweet Briar students faced off against international competition in their quest to craft a handmade sword.
Tori Murden McClure will address the Sweet Briar College Class of 2024 at the College’s 115th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18.
Katherine Williams, CEO of Framatome, will provide the keynote address at the annual banquet co-sponsored by the Lynchburg Regional Business Alliance and Sweet Briar College.
How an internship in the Sweet Briar galleries inspired further research.
Students prepare to compete in the annual VFIC Ethics Bowl.
Leadership Core class invites author and activist to campus
Using storytelling and sound art to create meaning for audiences.
Researching and mapping medieval women artists and patrons.
Two Sweet Briar alumnae were elected during the October meeting.
Recent training session leaves a lasting impact on Sweet Briar student Bivushi Timilsina ’27.
Latest Writers Series event provides an in-depth look at narrative nonfiction.
Over 50 students are adding their creativity, joy and talent to the production.
“The Evolution of Women’s Rights Under the U.S. Constitution”
The Impact of Microtubule Actin Crosslinking Factor 1
Sweet Briar student Bivushi Timilsina shares her perspective on the Women Impact Virginia Summit 2023 recently held in Roanoke.
Sweet Briar event provides them with their first reading together.
First year student, Bivushi Timilsina, shares her reflections of her first Founders’ Day weekend.
Artists in residence share work steeped in rich personal and cultural history.
Award recognizes her outstanding accomplishments and promising future.
Sharing more about oneself can bring out a wide range of emotions and feelings.
Quad Rocks is a great way for students to explore ways they can become involved on campus.
Novelists, poets, and memoirists will share their work during the academic year.
The Sweet Briar community gathered on Monday, August 21, to celebrate the 118th academic session.
Professor Linda Fink is honored by the College community after 33 years of service.
Elizabeth Aycock ’96 and Peter Bryan have joined the Sweet Briar College Board of Directors
Olivia Heffernan’s summer research project investigated the influence of the mystery cults of Aphrodite, Isis, and Hecate.
Two Sweet Briar students have been conducting summer honors research on how suppressing a certain protein may affect cancer cells.
International student Ana Patino is analyzing the insulating properties of various 3D printing materials under different environmental conditions.
An immersive experience was how one participant described the inaugural Sweet Briar Summer: Arts and Writing Retreat, which took place on campus from June 22–25.
Audrey Flattich, a rising sophomore from Statesboro, Georgia, is spending the summer at Sweet Briar College studying the Virginia wine industry.
Sweet Briar College’s 2023-24 Common Read is Easy Beautyby Chloé Cooper Jones. This powerful memoir is a moving account of the author’s journey through life in a body that is different.
Hundreds gathered on campus during Reunion Weekend to celebrate Sweet Briar College and two particularly amazing alumnae.
Fortunately for those in attendance, the rain never fell as Sweet Briar College held its 114th Commencement on May 13, 2023.
Sweet Briar College is pleased to announce that award-winning novelist and memoirist Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint will give the keynote speech at the 2023 Sweet Briar Summer: Arts and Writing Retreat being held on campus, June 22-25, 2023.
On March 22, 2023, Sweet Briar College held its annual Academic Recognition Dinner to celebrate students named to the Dean’s List and the First Year Honors List. We also recognized one member of the senior class as the 2023 Presidential Medalist.
During this podcast, President Woo shares her insights about finding opportunities for growth and innovation, what works, and why change always takes longer than you think it will.
The Honorable Verda M. Colvin ’87, Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, will address the Class of 2023 at the College’s 114th Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 13, 2023.
This year, alumnae and friends stepped up to March Days of Giving with 1,452 gifts from around the world.
Author Elizabeth Rush will speak to the Sweet Briar College community on March 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Mills Chapel as part of the college’s annual Julia B. Waxter Environmental Forum. The event is free and open to the public.
This gift will help to modernize the building, which is home to Sweet Briar’s engineering and other science disciplines.
To complement the Sweet Briar Multicultural Center’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we are highlighting Elena Quevedo, ’83.
It’s not every day that a composer’s style combines Philip Glass and Beck and yet, that’s exactly what music professor Joshua Harris does.
For the third time since 2019, Sweet Briar has been ranked as one of their most innovative liberal arts colleges in the nation —this time at #29.
Summer is the perfect time for new jobs, internships and new adventures. The Sweet Briar College Outdoor Program recently took advantage of exactly that.
At its summer meeting in July 2022, the Sweet Briar Board of Directors voted to add Verda Colvin ’87 to its membership.
Fiscal year 2022 was another record fundraising year for Sweet Briar College, with gifts totaling $25.6 million.
You might think that the generosity and dedication of Sweet Briar alumnae would wane as time has passed, but that hasn’t been the case at all.
Thanks to a partnership with the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation (SMSC), Sweet Briar College students will be able to spend a semester away living, learning and gaining hands-on experience at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) in Front Royal, Va.
There’s only one way to gain experience in something, and that’s to actually, physically do it. Yes, we’re talking about internships. At Sweet Briar, 80 percent of students intern at least once during their time here. (If you’re an engineering student, make that 100 percent.)
If there’s a trail to blaze, Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp will find it. In 1966, the 17-year-old from South Carolina was the first African-American student to enroll at Sweet Briar College.