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NextGen Leadership Institute
STEMinist Track
Turn New York City into your STEM playground. In this track, you will investigate real questions in biology, chemistry, physics, and data science with Barnard faculty and instructors as your guides. Design and run experiments, build and test models, analyze data, and learn to communicate results with clarity. Your coursework is paired with curated NYC learning experiences that show science at work in research labs, world-class museums and more. Leave with sharper quantitative skills, confidence with the scientific method, and a clear sense of how STEM connects to the world around you.
Writing and Literature Track
Find your voice in a city of storytellers. In the Writing and Literature track, you will read closely, think critically, and write across genres on the same campus where writers like Greta Gerwig, Zora Neale Hurson, Jhumpa Lahiri got their start. Build craft in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism while studying authors and writers who have shaped New York and the wider world.
Global Humanities Track
Read the world as closely as a text. In the Global Humanities track, you will explore ideas, cultures, and systems that shape life across regions and time. Work with instructors and faculty to study primary sources and contemporary media, connect philosophy to politics, trace histories through art and archives, and ask how identities, beliefs, and power travel and transform.
Leadership in Action Series
Leadership in Action, hosted by Barnard’s Athena Center for Leadership, brings all NextGen students together each week to connect learning with impact. Hear from changemakers across sectors, try out practical tools, and map concepts onto real challenges. Through these workshops you will build confidence, practice inclusive habits, and identify actions you can take now in your school or community.
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