Join us for Poughkeepsie Farm Project’s 3rd Annual Harvest Fest, our biggest celebration of the year! The Fest is a family-friendly music festival featuring food trucks, maker market, kids activities, craft beer & wine, and community on the farm! Funds raised help feed Poughkeepsie families. RAIN OR SHINE!

A keynote lecture with 2025–2026 Tatlock Fellow Dr. Kyle Whyte (enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation).

Artist Lyle Ashton Harris will give a lecture which will explore the intersections between his practice in photography and collage, examining ideas of gender, sexuality, and belonging.

This event is open to the public.

Join us for Vassar’s “College Bowl” during National Chemistry Week 2025. A fun night filled with challenging Chemistry questions, competitive teams from various schools, and prizes!

Campus community only, please.

This year marks the 650th anniversary of Giovanni Boccaccio’s passing. We explore his legacy in a interdisciplinary panel of Vassar faculty, followed by a keynote speech by Grace Delmolino (University of California, Davis) titled: “Boccaccio and Consent.” No reservation required

Campus community only, please

A gathering of Emeritae/i, Vassar College members, guests, and the public to hear a lecture followed by conversation at a reception immediately following the lecture.

This event is open to the public.

Oct. 30: 8:00 p.m. 
Oct. 31–Nov. 1: 7:00 p.m.

This lecture examines literary and historical narratives to elaborate “colonial domesticity.”

Campus community only, please.

Beyond Survival is a documentary that tells the story of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA) and the powerful leadership of currently and formerly incarcerated survivors in creating change. Through compelling interviews with legislators, judges, and advocates, including survivors of abuse and long-term incarceration, Beyond Survival narrates the 10-year Coalition for Women Prisoners campaign for the DVSJA and spotlights critical efforts to implement this groundbreaking sentencing reform.