Welcome to Yauch House

Brooke Jude is associate professor of biology.
Brooke Jude teaches courses on microbiology, genetics, beneficial microbes, and infectious diseases. “My research is focused on beautiful bacteria in the Hudson Valley watershed that exhibit all sorts of biotherapeutic properties and have a bright purple pigment,” she says. She lives in Walters Cottage (behind the Reem-Kayden Center) with her husband, Craig; daughter, Catherine; and one sweet Labrador retriever. Her husband, a PhD scientist who is an assistant registrar at Bard, teaches science courses to nonmajors and is an assistant coach of the Bard men’s and women’s track and field teams. “Students can expect fun and food-filled craft nights, as well as time watching TV, movies, and sports (we are a Yankees/Giants-loving family!) Yauch House made my own home a more open and friendly place.”

As part of Yauch House, Jude and her family host evenings that often include baking cookies, toasting s’mores on the fire pit, BBQ-ing, and playing with the dogs. Future plans include a painting night, bringing alpacas and llamas to campus, scavenger hunts, sewing workshops, and more competitions between the houses. “The idea of having student houses stems from a desire to support first-year students in their transition to college, and give them more of a sense of community,” she says.
More About Brooke

Adam Yauch (1964–2012) was a member of the Beastie Boys, a pioneering hip-hop group he founded with two friends while in high school in Brooklyn. At Bard, Yauch studied electronic music and credited Professor Emeritus Elie Yarden with expanding his concept of music and sound. Later in Yauch’s career he was a filmmaker and producer, and became deeply involved with the Free Tibet movement. In 2011, Yauch received the Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters, Bard’s highest award in the arts, from the Bard College Alumni/ae Association.