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Athletics

We Are the Champions—Again! Women’s Rugby Repeats at Nationals. Read more

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Conversations @ the Salt Line

The Vassar podcast Conversations @ the Salt Line, debuting Nov. 1, will be a place where diverse thought meets impassioned dialogue. Professor Eddie Glaude Jr. will be the first guest. Read more
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Meryl Streep accepting award
Alums

To rapturous applause, Meryl Streep ’71, P’08,’13 accepted the Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) Distinguished Achievement Award in October. Read more
Photo: Karl Rabe

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Fearlessly Consequential: A Campaign for Our Collective Future

Join us as we kick off Vassar's next comprehensive campaign. In addition to the official announcement, there will be panels and faculty presentations. Learn more.

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Choose from 48 departments and programs, 50 majors, plus the Independent Program (interdisciplinary “design your own” major).

The Vassar faculty is a diverse community of scholars, artists, writers, scientists, musicians, and thinkers. Learn more about the faculty and their teaching and research interests.

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Students
2500
Faculty
355
Student:Faculty
8:1
Average AID Award
$54K
Majors
51
Varsity Teams
27

These figures are for the 2021/22 academic year.

Physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63 speaking in front of a chalkboard with a microphone
Alums

Some luminaries get a building or a street named after them; others, like renowned particle physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63, get an entire planet! Read more

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Bryan Ruby ’19 sitting and smiling alone in a bank of empty stadium seats
Alums

Bryan Ruby ’19 is the first openly gay professional baseball player, having come out in 2021. Hear him talk about this experience and more on the Today show. Read more

Photo: Karl Rabe
Dramatically lit side view of Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08, alone, holding a baton while directing an orchestra offscreen
Alums

Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08, Music Director of Chicago Opera Theater and founder of the Refugee Orchestra Project, is paving the way for women conductors. Read more

Photo: Karen Almond
Director Shaka King ’01, standing behind a camera, giving direction to people off screen
Alums

The 2021 film Judas and the Black Messiah, directed and co-written by Shaka King ’01, made history when it became the first movie with an all-Black producing team ever to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar. Read more

Photo: Glen Wilson
Photo collage of Ada Ferrer ’84 on the right half and a front and back view of a medal under text reading, 2022 Pulitzer Prize, on the left half
Alums

New York University Professor Ada Ferrer ’84 was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book Cuba: An American History. Read more

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Campus Life

We at Vassar are committed to attracting, supporting, and retaining a strong and inclusive campus community.

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The Arts

There are over 1,000 campus-wide events annually. You will find arts-related events sponsored by the departments of Art, Music, Dance, Drama, and Film; exhibitions and events at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, the Palmer Gallery, and the Archives and Special Collections Library.

Background image: Detail of Score #1; Ink on paper; 22 x 30 in.;  2021; Artist: Marieken Cochius.

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