Jul. 2, 2020
Adam Murphy ’10 says his Vassar education helped shape his career as a lawyer for legal icon Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative.
Jul. 1, 2020
Vassar has developed a plan that will enable students to return to the campus for the fall semester, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.
Jun. 25, 2020
Thanks to a donation from Vassar Trustee Debra Fagel Treyz ’74 and her husband, Jim, scholars from all over the world can now easily gain access to information about Vassar’s Archives and Special Collections.
Vassar College Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk recently joined a team of scientists at the Space Telescope Science Institute to analyze a flapping, “bat-like shadow” of a fledgling star’s planet-forming disk that had been captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
When the COVID-19 crisis shut down most activities on campus, many in the Vassar community mobilized to help others cope with the impact of the pandemic.
Jun. 16, 2020
Kaia Stern ’94, Fritzi Horstman ’84, and Ted Kamp ’85 want to improve the lives of people in prisons.
Jun. 8, 2020
In Long Time No See, an exhibition in Hanoi, Vietnam, video artist Andrea Orejarena ’17 and photographer Caleb Stein ’17 offered visitors a new way to reflect on the legacy of the conflict, known in Vietnam as the American War.
Jun. 2, 2020
Math students unveil some highly inventive independent research projects over Zoom.
Jun. 1, 2020
Mrinalini Somani ’23 has been organizing concerts to benefit impoverished children in Mumbai since she was 12 years old, and she’s not letting the COVID-19 pandemic stop her from continuing to do so. On June 13, she will present her eighth annual WE concert with help from members of a Vassar choir.
May. 27, 2020
During the second half of the spring semester, Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI) launched three projects that are making life a little brighter for students and staff on campus.
Seventeen Vassar students have received awards for their extraordinary contributions to life on campus and in the greater community.
May. 24, 2020
Vassar alumnus and trustee Jason Blum ’91 has become one of the most successful moviemakers in the world by scaring his audiences. His message to Vassar’s Class of 2020: Don’t be scared.
May. 20, 2020
President Elizabeth Bradley has announced the formation of a committee that will develop protocols and procedures for the campus when classes resume in the fall.
May. 18, 2020
A photography project launched by Miscellany News photo editor Yvette Hu ’22 well before the COVID-19 outbreak reached the campus has proven to be an especially welcome addition to the Vassar community in the wake of the changes the pandemic has brought.
May. 15, 2020
Vassar students and faculty overcame numerous challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the college to transition to distance learning.
May. 7, 2020
May. 4, 2020
Mendel Jimenez ’20, Sarah Rivers ’20, and Samuel O’Keefe ’20 have been awarded Fulbright Fellowships for the coming academic year.
The Night Owls, an all-female jazz a cappella group, serenaded those still on campus with a rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice” in four-part harmony.
Thanks to a Vassar Time Out Grant, Pablo Elliott ’00 will spend a year forging connections among farmers and food systems around the world along the same latitude line.
May. 1, 2020
As we wait out COVID-19, there are plenty of opportunities to explore the creative work of our very talented students, faculty, and alumnae/i.
