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2008
- Metropolitan Museum of Art loans Hudson River School paintings to the FLLAC
- Jewish Federation, Vassar College to commemorate the Holocaust, Sun., 5/4
- We did it ... and then some!
- Emma Hartman Noyes House
- Free walking tours of Vassar College history, Sat., 4/26 & Sat., 5/10
- Jeffrey Sachs on the implications of rising global poverty, Thu., 4/24
- Bill T. Jones to discuss his creative process, Mon., 4/21
- Earth Week's, "Green for All: Race, Class, and Environmentalism," Sat, 4/19
- Vassar College launches enhanced YouTube channel
- Dorm Energy Challenge, April 2008
- Daniel Mendelsohn to discuss "The Lost," Tue., 4/15
- Princeton religion and black studies scholar Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Wed, 4/9
- Author Mohsin Hamid to read from his best-selling novel, Wed., 4/9
- Seventh annual Vassar Haiti Project art auction and sale, 4/7-4/13
- Prison Focus Week to culminate in Vassar-Green Haven Reunion, Sat., 4/5
- The Aftermath: Living with Memories of the Holocaust, Tue., 4/8
- Discussion on how the press covers environmental health risks, Tue., 4/8
- Powerhouse Theater announces preview of 24th season
- Robert Brooks to discuss child resiliency and learning disabilities, 4/3
- Free outdoor film series at the FLLAC, 3/27 - 6/5
- Exhibit to celebrate local children's art, 3/30 - 4/5
- Renee Gladman '93 to discuss urban fiction, Thu., 3/27
- World Trade Center redevelopment events, 3/27 & 4/3
- John and Abigail Adams correspondence to be exhibited, 4/7-4/30
- Kiplinger's names Vassar No. 18 among best private college values
- Vassar College further strengthens commitment to access and affordability
- Vassar Haiti Project excursion will help impoverished village
- Elizabeth Samet on teaching literature to future soldiers, Wed., 3/26
- Randy Cohen will give the 2008 commencement address at Vassar College
- Lecture to explore friendship between Burroughs and Whitman, Thu., 3/6
- Works from the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center go on tour in Japan
- Powerhouse Theater Apprentice Training Program now accepting applications
- Anthropology professor Tom Porcello featured on NPR program Only A Game
- One-woman show will celebrate Zora Neale Hurston, Sat., 3/1
- Panel on diversity in education to feature Troy Duster, Tue., 3/4
- Architect Paul Byard to discuss "Vassar's Modernism", Tue., 2/26
- 26th annual VRDT gala concerts, Sat., 3/1 and Sun., 3/2
- Joseph Berger will speak about his new book, Mon., 2/25
- Michael Dirda will discuss his work and life, Thu., 2/28
- Jamshed Bharucha on relationships between the arts and sciences, 2/21
- All College Day encourages Vassar community to "Be the Change" in 2008
- The Vassar Community Shuttle
- President Hill announces "no loan" initiative for Poughkeepsie High grads
- "Valentine's Konzert" to celebrate German love songs, 2/14
- Historian Barbara Weinstein to speak on modern Brazilian history, 2/13
- Students and alumnae/i work to Mind the Gap
- All Together Now
- Local book-signing events for the FLLAC's new Prestel Museum Guide, Spring 2008
- Come celebrate "Late Night at the Lehman Loeb's" one-year anniversary!
- Dean Judy "J.J." Jackson selected for University of Kentucky diversity post
- Vassar events will join in Focus the Nation
- Gail Collins to give Vassar's annual Krieger Lecture
- Laurie Zabin '46 to receive distinguished achievement award
- Democratic presidential primary forum on campus
- Vassar organist Gail Archer tours Manhattan's churches
- Author Lydia Davis, Vassar's Writer-in-Residence, to give reading
- Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. to speak at Vassar
- "The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism"
- Bikel and Brooks to visit as Artists in Residence
- Out of Shape at the FLLAC
- "Teen Visions '08" at the Palmer Gallery
- Modfest 2008
2007
- Vassar College will reinvent and expand its bookstore
- Vassar libraries establish archive of WSW artists' books collection
- Memorial Service to honor Winifred "Tim" Asprey
- Tennis champ to be featured on ESPN2 cable TV
- Contemporary architect Deborah Berke to discuss her work
- Photography from Hispanic cultures to be exhibited at Palmer Gallery
- Poet Peter Kane Dufault to read from his collection of poetry
- Sing Sing Chaplain Reverend Petero Sabune to discuss his work in Rwanda
- Frank H. Wu to discuss affirmative action
- The Community Works Benefit Dinner
- Vassar celebrates Hip Hop History Month
- New book champions the role of liberal arts colleges in educating teachers
- Kevin Howley to speak on "Understanding Community Media"
- Pre-Thanksgiving Fast Will Raise Awareness of Local Hunger
- See Thomas Cole's Prometheus Bound at Late Night!
- Election Day is today
- Vassar Trustee Paula Madison receives top journalism prize
- FLLAC celebrates new Prestel Publishing Museum Guide
- Neal H. Shultz to discuss roles and misconceptions of women in history
- Photography and artwork from China and Japan at Vassar's Palmer Gallery
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre presents its Final Showings performances
- Pumpkin Carving Contest to Benefit Dutchess Outreach
- Discussion on Dutchess County immigration
- The history and future of nuclear weapons
- Native American authors to join in poetry roundtable
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Family Day
- Poetry in Stone: Jenny Holzer's tribute to Elizabeth Bishop
- Winifred "Tim" Asprey, computer pioneer and longtime professor at Vassar College, dies at 90
- Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer to speak about the art of being funny
- BITTER-SWEET exhibit at Palmer Gallery to use Casperkill Creek plants as art
- Nobel Prize-winning physicist to deliver Matthew Vassar Lecture
- Two free walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered
- Noted economist to speak about "Econometrics and Magical Thinking"
- Author Josh Swiller of Cold Spring to discuss his memoir
- Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre program
- Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient, to deliver William Gifford Lecture
- John Amaechi will speak about his life and new book
- Coming Out Week, October 2007
- Author Simon Armitage to read from and discuss his work
- Just Coffee: Caffeine with a Conscience
- Fall Music Series 2007
- Late night at the FLLAC: open until 9pm Thursdays
- Terry Gross will speak to Vassar students about her life and career
- Native American leader Winona LaDuke to discuss environmental justice
- Farmers Market, Thursdays through October
- Hudson River School Trilogy
- Ninth Annual Arlington Street Fair
- Bestselling author Tim O’Brien to speak about the writing life and the experience of war
- Vassar College Student Receives Hometown Hero Award
- Photographer Rick Miller captures flavor of Cuban life
- Return to Need Blind Admissions
- Fall Convocation 2007
- New Dean of Planning and Academic Affairs
- Vassar Welcomes Class of 2011
- We got wheels!
- Vassar's virtual Sistine Chapel
- Panel of foreign affairs experts to examine future of Korea
- Award-winning poet Harryette Mullen to deliver Elizabeth Bishop Lecture
- Antislavery History Group Plans "History Harvest," Seeks Community Participation
- Class of 1951 Observatory
- Finance 101: What Exactly Is a Hedge Fund?
- Religion and sociology experts to discuss role of faith on college campuses
- Casperkill Assessment Project to share new research on watershed at public forum
- History Department and Earth Science and Geography Department explore legacies of slavery in the U.S.
- History sets sail
- Constitution Day – Sept. 17
- Congratulations!
- A Fish Tale
- Gays of Our Lives
- Vassar kicks off new local foods partnership that will benefit area farmers
- About our new design
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