Stories

Nov. 7, 2018

The field hockey, women’s soccer and women’s rugby teams launch post-season play on Saturday.

Nov. 7, 2018

The rugby team (11-0) advances to Round of 16 of the USA Rugby Fall Nationals.

Nov. 1, 2018

Vassar’s 18^th annual Community Works campaign kicks off today with a goal of $75,000 for 10 local agencies that serve families throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Oct. 31, 2018

Teams from local colleges and nearby high schools competed in the 25^th Annual Chemistry Bowl, a not-so-serious event organized by Professor of Chemistry Christopher Smart.

Oct. 25, 2018

Thanks to the generosity of Ellen Rubin Gordon ’52, her family, and the Cele H. and William B. Rubin Family Fund, Vassar’s All Campus Dining Center has a new name. In a ceremony Oct. 25 in the foyer of the Students’ Building, the dining center was officially designated Gordon Commons.

Oct. 18, 2018

More than 450 visitors spent a day on the Vassar campus, attending classes, taking tours and enjoying a concert by members of the Music Department. “A Day at Vassar” was a huge success.

Oct. 18, 2018

Two members of the science faculty and 11 science majors joined hundreds of others in the field to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Vassar’s first astronomy professor at the Maria Mitchell Association’s 2018 Women in Science Symposium Oct. 5 and 6 in Wellesley MA.

Oct. 18, 2018

During the second half of October, Vassar athletes and athletic venues will be awash in pink in observance of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Oct. 9, 2018

Prof. of Psychological Science Abigail Baird, Assistant Prof. of Political Science Taneisha Means, Prof. of Art Molly Nesbitt, Prof. of Philosophy Bryan Van Norden and Associate Director of the Vassar Library for Special Collections Ronald Patkus were named recipients of endowed chairs this fall.

Oct. 3, 2018

Families Weekend festivities included a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Farm and Ecological Preserve to celebrate the installation of 120 solar panels on the roof of The Barn. The solar array provides power for the offices of the Vassar College Environmental Engagement Cooperative.

Oct. 3, 2018

A paper by Assistant Prof. of Philosophy Christopher Raymond that analyzed Aristotle’s views on shame has been named by Philosopher’s Annual as one of the 10 best articles on philosophy published ion 2017.

Sep. 24, 2018

Debra M. Elmegreen Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been elected by her peers to lead the largest international organization of astronomers in the world.

Sep. 18, 2018

Xiaoyuan “Charlene” Ren ’13 is proving that Vassar alumnae/i can make a major impact in their field just a few years after they graduate. Ren is founder and director of MyH2O, an organization that monitors water quality throughout China. At Fall Convocation, the AAVC (Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College) recognized Ren’s remarkable accomplishments by presenting her with the Young Alumnae/i Achievement Award.

Sep. 14, 2018

Members of the Student Conservation Association had a surprise for Liz Putnam ’55, during Vassar’s annual Day or Service at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. They planted a tree in her honor, and the revered conservation pioneer “got a little leaky.”

Sep. 14, 2018

Lynn Povich ’65 has been covering major news events for more than five decades. But less than five years into her career, she filed a sex discrimination suit that changed the face of American journalism forever.

Sep. 13, 2018

Stress is part of everyone’s life, but there are ways to bounce back from adversity. Prof. of Psychological Science Michele Tugade ’95 has devoted her research to helping students—and even some astronauts—learn how to be resilient.

Sep. 7, 2018

Members of the congregation of Vassar Temple of Poughkeepsie joined with members of the college’s Jewish community on Monday to cast bread crumbs on the waters of Sunset Lake. A component of Rosh Hashanah dating back to the Middle Ages, the service symbolized the release of mistakes and shortcomings from the past year.

Sep. 6, 2018

More than a dozen Vassar students, all humanities and sciences majors, took part in an intensive six-week introduction to coding class over the summer. They’re now using the new knowledge to enhance their research capabilities.

Sep. 6, 2018

Last year, Vassar launched its Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI). A founder of the project, Associate Prof. of Anthropology Candice Lowe Swift, provides an update on what’s been accomplished so far and what’s ahead for EPI in the coming year.

Aug. 31, 2018

Thirty-five years after graduating from Vassar, film producer Jeffrey Soros returns to campus to shoot some scenes for his new movies.