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Jada Sacco-Hunter ’16 was shopping for some things to bring with her to Vassar when she noticed the tissue aisle needed a little reorganizing. Freshmen arrive Aug. 28. Check the schedule.
Sunset Lake on a summer afternoon. Read more about the history of this favorite lake on campus. Photo: Tamar Thibodeau
Maria “Alex” Soto ’16 works with biology professor Mark Schlessman in Vassar’s Diving Into Research program. Read more. Photo: Madeline Zappala ’12
Anne Buckingham Young ’69, Chief of Neurology Service at Mass General, believes answers are on the horizon for Alzheimer’s and other diseases. She talks about it in a video.
Detail of Gloucester Dawn, ca. 1921, Milton Avery; part of Nature in America: Taming the Landscape at the Art Center through Aug 26.
Will Wheeler ’14, center, surrounded by children in a Poughkeepsie day camp where he spent the summer making a difference. Learn more about the Community Fellows program. Photo: Buck Lewis
Edna St. Vincent Millay, class of 1917, first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry, was as talented as she was eccentric. Learn more.
Noyes Residential Hall at night. In 2008, this Eero Saarinen building celebrated its 50th anniversary. Read about this and other res halls on campus. Photo: Tamar Thibodeau
Olivia Westbrook-Gold ’13, left, John Acosta ’15, and Kyndra Adams ’14, working on their Undergraduate Research Summer Institute project on the teen brain with psychology professor Abigail Baird. Read about the project. Photo: Buck Lewis
Art professor Harry Roseman and Juliana Halpert ’12 work on a new art installation in the north entrance of the Library. Read more about this project.Photo: Madeline Zappala ’12
Detail of Woods at Dusk, 1887, by Henry Farrer; part of Nature in America: Taming the Landscape at the Art Centerthrough Aug 26. Last chance this week!
Get your typewriters ready; it’s about to begin again. Classes start Sept. 4. See the Academic Calendar.
Welcome, Class of 2016! We’re glad you’re here. See a video of how move-in day works at Vassar. Photo: Buck Lewis
New students are settling in. See the Freshmen Orientation Schedule for this week’s activities. Photo: Buck Lewis
Food prep time at Ferry House, the campus cooperative residence. Read more about the history of co-op living at Vassar. Photo: Francis Smith ’87