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Academics

Collaboration Initiatives in Rwanda, India, and now Scotland: Vassar Forges a New Partnership with the University of Edinburgh. Read more

Sherrilyn Ifill giving speaking on stage
Alumni

Honored by the American Bar Association, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 implored legal colleagues to help save American democracy. Read more
Photo: Courtesy of the American Bar Association

Nancy Bisaha standing at the podium
Academics

Convocation officially kicked off the academic year on August 31. The Convocation address, “How I Got Medieval: From First Gen to PhD,” was delivered by Professor of History Nancy Bisaha. Read more
Photo: Karl Rabe

Jason Blum ’91 at news conference
Alumni

Award-Winning TV/Film Producer Jason Blum ’91 Donates $10M to Vassar. Jason Blum, founder and CEO of Blumhouse, the company behind such films as Whiplash, Get Out, and BlacKkKlansman, will make a $10 million gift to Vassar College to supplement the College’s financial aid funds. Read more
Photo: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons

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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
Alumni

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
Alumni

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
Alumni

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
Alumni

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
Alumni

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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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.

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