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Metropolitan Museum of Art loans eight major Hudson River School paintings to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center

Thanks to a generous loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is now exhibiting through February 2009 eight key paintings of the Hudson River School, featuring some of the greatest paintings of Frederic Church, Winslow Homer, Sanford Gifford, and Asher Durand.   Click for full story
Posted May 2, 2008

Jewish Federation and Vassar College to commemorate the Holocaust. Sunday, May 4, 2008

On Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 1:00pm, the Jewish Federation of Dutchess County and Vassar College will co-sponsor the federation's annual Holocaust Commemoration. The event will be held at the Aula in Ely Hall at Vassar College, 124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie. It is free and open to the public.   Click for full story
Posted May 1, 2008

We did it ... and then some!

After setting a goal of $90,000 at the start of the Community Works campaign in November, the final total is in. The Vassar community not only reached its goal, but surpassed it by raising over $102,577! This year marked a record number of donations, all of which went directly to 10 local not-for-profit organizations.   Click for full story
Posted April 30, 2008

Emma Hartman Noyes House

This year, Noyes House, the last residential hall to be built on Vassar campus, will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Completed in 1958, Noyes House not only gave vertical dimension to Noyes Circle (dating back to the founding of the college - see more on the Circle below), but also added to the development of contemporary architecture at the college.   Click for full story
Posted April 17, 2008

Free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered on April 26 and May 10, 2008

Free 90-minute walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be led by Colton Johnson, Dean Emeritus of the College, on Saturday, April 26, at 10:00am and 1:00pm., and again on Saturday, May 10, at 10:00am and 1:00pm.   Click for full story
Posted April 18, 2008

Jeffrey Sachs, leading international economist, New York Times best selling author, and United Nations advisor, will discuss the implications of rising global poverty. Thursday, April 24, 2008

Sachs, who has spent his career trying to refocus our nation’s attention, will discuss the issues and implications of rising global poverty on Thursday, April 24, at 6:00 p.m. in the Vassar Chapel.   Click for full story
Posted April 17, 2008

Dancer, choreographer, and "genius grant" winner Bill T. Jones to discuss his creative process, give master class for Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre. Monday, April 21, 2008

Internationally renowned dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones will discuss the creative process behind A Good Man, his forthcoming full-length dance piece inspired by the life of Abraham Lincoln, on Monday, April 21, at 6:00pm, in the Frances Daly Fergusson Dance Theater of Kenyon Hall.   Click for full story
Posted April 16, 2008

Headline Archive

• 4/16/2008 - Earth Week's, "Green for All: Race, Class, and Environmentalism," Sat, 4/19
• 4/11/2008 - Vassar College launches enhanced YouTube channel
• 4/11/2008 - Dorm Energy Challenge, April 2008
• 4/10/2008 - Daniel Mendelsohn to discuss "The Lost," Tue., 4/15
• 4/4/2008 - Princeton religion and black studies scholar Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Wed, 4/9
• 4/4/2008 - Author Mohsin Hamid to read from his best-selling novel, Wed., 4/9
• 4/4/2008 - Seventh annual Vassar Haiti Project art auction and sale, 4/7-4/13
• 4/3/2008 - Prison Focus Week to culminate in Vassar-Green Haven Reunion, Sat., 4/5
• 4/2/2008 - The Aftermath: Living with Memories of the Holocaust, Tue., 4/8
• 4/2/2008 - Discussion on how the press covers environmental health risks, Tue., 4/8
• 4/2/2008 - Powerhouse Theater announces preview of 24th season
• 3/27/2008 - Robert Brooks to discuss child resiliency and learning disabilities, 4/3
• 3/20/2008 - Free outdoor film series at the FLLAC, 3/27 - 6/5
• 3/20/2008 - Exhibit to celebrate local children's art, 3/30 - 4/5
• 3/25/2008 - Renee Gladman '93 to discuss urban fiction, Thu., 3/27
• 3/14/2008 - World Trade Center redevelopment events, 3/27 & 4/3
• 3/14/2008 - John and Abigail Adams correspondence to be exhibited, 4/7-4/30
• 3/11/2008 - Kiplinger's names Vassar No. 18 among best private college values
• 3/10/2008 - Vassar College further strengthens commitment to access and affordability
• 3/10/2008 - Vassar Haiti Project excursion will help impoverished village
• 3/7/2008 - Elizabeth Samet on teaching literature to future soldiers, Wed., 3/26
• 3/6/2008 - Randy Cohen will give the 2008 commencement address at Vassar College
• 3/5/2008 - Lecture to explore friendship between Burroughs and Whitman, Thu., 3/6
• 2/29/2008 - Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center go on tour in Japan
• 2/25/2008 - Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Training Program now accepting applications
• 2/20/2008 - Anthropology professor Tom Porcello featured on NPR program Only A Game
• 2/27/2008 - One-woman show will celebrate Zora Neale Hurston, Sat., 3/1
• 2/26/2008 - Panel on diversity in education to feature Troy Duster, Tue., 3/4
• 2/25/2008 - Architect Paul Byard to discuss "Vassar's Modernism", Tue., 2/26
• 2/20/2008 - 26th annual VRDT gala concerts, Sat., 3/1 and Sun., 3/2
• 2/20/2008 - Joseph Berger will speak about his new book, Mon., 2/25
• 2/20/2008 - Michael Dirda will discuss his work and life, Thu., 2/28
• 2/19/2008 - Jamshed Bharucha on relationships between the arts and sciences, 2/21
• 2/15/2008 - All College Day encourages Vassar community to "Be the Change" in 2008
• 2/7/2008 - The Vassar Community Shuttle
• 2/7/2008 - President Hill announces "no loan" initiative for Poughkeepsie High grads
• 2/13/2008 - "Valentine's Konzert" to celebrate German love songs, 2/14
• 2/11/2008 - Historian Barbara Weinstein to speak on modern Brazilian history, 2/13
• 2/4/2008 - Students and alumnae/i work to Mind the Gap
• 2/1/2008 - All Together Now
• Created on: January, 30.36069398147973/-29/2008 - Local book-signing events for the FLLAC's new Prestel Museum Guide, Spring 2008
• Created on: January, 28.492024999999333/-31/2008 - Come celebrate "Late Night at the Lehman Loeb's" one-year anniversary!
• Created on: January, 27.4735759259253883/-32/2008 - Dean Judy "J.J." Jackson selected for University of Kentucky diversity post
• Created on: January, 27.4865504629631233/-32/2008 - Vassar events will join in Focus the Nation
• Created on: January, 27.464073611110283/-32/2008 - Gail Collins to give Vassar's annual Krieger Lecture
• Created on: January, 27.4555898148153123/-32/2008 - Laurie Zabin '46 to receive distinguished achievement award
• Created on: January, 24.481307407406123/-35/2008 - Democratic presidential primary forum on campus
• Created on: January, 24.467395370369333/-35/2008 - Vassar organist Gail Archer tours Manhattan's churches
• Created on: January, 23.3120597222221023/-36/2008 - Author Lydia Davis, Vassar's Writer-in-Residence, to give reading
• Created on: January, 23.305115277776853/-36/2008 - Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. to speak at Vassar
• Created on: January, 23.294501851851013/-36/2008 - "The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
• Created on: January, 22.319247222221523/-37/2008 - Bikel and Brooks to visit as Artists in Residence
• Created on: January, 23.2769092592586733/-36/2008 - Out of Shape at the FLLAC
• Created on: January, 21.3030550925921033/-38/2008 - "Teen Visions '08" at the Palmer Gallery
• 12/18/2007 - Modfest 2008