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Vassar Earns Recognition from Arbor Day Foundation For Land Management Efforts on Campus. Read more
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URSI Students Take a Deep Dive into Climate Science. Read more
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Arts

Creative Arts Across Disciplines (CAAD) Students Explore Design Ideas for Vassar Art Work Spaces. Read more
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Academics

Ford Scholar Probes Effect of Immigration Law on Immigrant Families. Read more
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Mitchell and Professor of Art Yvonne Elet have studied archival materials from the Library of Congress, the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in Brookline, MA, and Vassar Special Collections.

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Is Vassar an ‘Olmsted Campus?’ Ford Scholar, Prof Delving for Answers. Read more
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Community Fellows Program Gives Students an Unforgettable Summer

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Community Fellows Program Gives Students an Unforgettable Summer

Vassar Helps Community College Students Explore Transfer Opportunities

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Vassar Helps Community College Students Explore Transfer Opportunities

Nine Students Awarded Miringoff Prizes for Community Service

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Nine Students Awarded Miringoff Prizes for Community Service

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

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Garrett Goodrich ’22 (left) and Alison Carranza ’23 prepare plant specimens catalogued by naturalists at Mohonk Mountain Preserve for digitization, enabling scientists anywhere in the world to study them.

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

High School Students Explore College and a Changing Climate

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Bryan Corrigan (far right), Project Manager for Vassar’s Office of Facilities and Operations, addressed Exploring College students on the challenges the College faces renovating some of its older buildings to make them energy-efficient.

High School Students Explore College and a Changing Climate

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has been named to the 2021 TIME100, Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people.

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Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has been named to the 2021 TIME100, Time magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people.

Discover magazine highlighted research by Professor of Psychological Science Randolph Cornelius that can help explain why humans are the only animals that cry.

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Discover magazine highlighted research by Professor of Psychological Science Randolph Cornelius that can help explain why humans are the only animals that cry.

Port magazine interviewed Caleb Stein ’17 and Andrea Orejarena ’17 about their artistic collaboration, what it’s like to work with one’s “other half,” and how they met as first-year students at Vassar.

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Port magazine interviewed Caleb Stein ’17 and Andrea Orejarena ’17 about their artistic collaboration, what it’s like to work with one’s “other half,” and how they met as first-year students at Vassar.

In the Washington Post, Kelly J. Shannon ’03 lays out a blueprint for how the United States can continue to support Afghan women’s rights.

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In the Washington Post, Kelly J. Shannon ’03 lays out a blueprint for how the United States can continue to support Afghan women’s rights.

Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, spoke to the Highlands Current about the importance of making police forces more diverse.

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Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, spoke to the Highlands Current about the importance of making police forces more diverse.

Academics & Faculty

Choose from 48 departments and programs, 51 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: 2441
Faculty: 355
Student:Faculty: 8:1
Average AID Award: $56K
Majors: 51
Varsity Teams: 27

These figures are for the 2019/20 academic year.

Alumni

Bobby Kinne ’18 carved a path from Vassar to Major League Baseball with help from a fellow alum. Read more

Alumni

Fritzi Horstman ’84 and others are helping to improve the lives of the incarcerated by examining the ways in which trauma impacts the justice system. Read more

Alumni

Shaka King ’01 directed the award-winning film Judas and the Black Messiah, the story of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. Read more

Alumni

Composer Joseph Bertolozzi ’81 once turned the Eiffel Tower into a giant musical instrument. He is preparing for another live performance during the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. Read more

Alumni

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, was appointed by President Biden to the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. Read more

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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.

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Community Fellows Program Gives Students an Unforgettable Summer

Community Fellows Program Gives Students an Unforgettable Summer

Vassar Helps Community College Students Explore Transfer Opportunities

Vassar Helps Community College Students Explore Transfer Opportunities

Nine Students Awarded Miringoff Prizes for Community Service

Nine Students Awarded Miringoff Prizes for Community Service

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

High School Students Explore College and a Changing Climate

High School Students Explore College and a Changing Climate

Vassar Everywhere

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, has been named to the 2021 TIME100, <em>Time</em> magazine’s annual list of the world’s most influential people.

<em>Discover</em> magazine highlighted research by Professor of Psychological Science Randolph Cornelius that can help explain why humans are the only animals that cry.

<em>Port</em> magazine interviewed Caleb Stein ’17 and Andrea Orejarena ’17 about their artistic collaboration, what it’s like to work with one’s “other half,” and how they met as first-year students at Vassar.

In the <em>Washington Post</em>, Kelly J. Shannon ’03 lays out a blueprint for how the United States can continue to support Afghan women’s rights.

Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, spoke to the <em>Highlands Current</em> about the importance of making police forces more diverse.

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