As the 2018 William A. Starr Distinguished Lecturer, renowned essayist and cultural critic Roxane Gay recently discussed her New York Times best-selling book Bad Feminist—chosen as the common reading for Vassar’s incoming class of 2022.

Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Bernstein P’00, CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid ’77, Atlantic magazine writer Natasha Bertrand ’14, and former Washington Post editor Peter Osnos discussed the future of democracy and the Fourth Estate at an event in New York City Monday night, Nov. 26, honoring some of Vassar’s most faithful and generous donors.

Six young alums were named to Forbes’s 30 Under 30 lists for 2019. Harrison Remler ’14 was selected in the Music category; Xiaoyuan “Charlene” Ren ’13 was chosen in the Social Entrepreneurs category, and Alejandro Dinsmore ’15, Matthew Griffiths ’16, Casey Hancock ’16 and Harris Gordon ’15 were recognized in the Media category.