A commitment to collaboration and the willingness of leaders to cede some of their power are the keys to fostering racial justice and equitable economic progress. That was the message from academicians, philanthropists, and community activists at a two-day conference hosted by the Vassar Summer Institute for the Liberal Arts. 

Vassar’s oldest student residence has 10 totally refurbished rooms. Just before the Fall Semester began, contractors finished work on rooms on the fifth floor of Main that had been out of service for the past five years.

Vassar Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair Debra Elmegreen was part of a team of scientists who have found sources of energy that help explain the workings of the early universe.