Scholars Khaled Beydoun, Associate Professor of Law, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University, and Ken Stern, Director of the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, recently met for a dialogue on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and free speech, followed by discussion sessions with the campus community.

Vassar recently hosted the TMI Project for an afternoon of vulnerable storytelling, as part of the Engaged Pluralism program’s Spring 2025 series, Exploring Difficult Dialogues—a campus-wide effort to foster meaningful conversations around complex and often stigmatized topics.

Associate Professor of Education Kimberly Williams Brown, Vassar’s new Director of Engaged Pluralism, seeks to create a campus “that feels and looks inclusive to students, staff, administrators, and faculty.”

Three new administrators are collaborating to enhance and advance the goals of Engaged Pluralism on campus.

Two Vassar alums are studying in China as recipients of one of the most competitive post-graduate fellowships in the world, the Schwarzman Scholarship.