News and Events News & EventsAll NewsIn the MediaEventsPress Releases Members of the Vassar community are always making news! Find the latest media mentions of alums, students, faculty, and other employees right here. In the Media Professor of English Amitava Kumar wrote an essay for The New Yorker about India’s student-led protest movement, which has focused on education and electoral reforms. The Dede Thompson Bartlett Center for Admission and Career Education was the subject of an Architectural Record article that interviewed the building’s architect about its inspiration and its intention to “uplift and inspire.” Fulbright Scholar Sebastian DiPirro ’25 wrote an essay for The Nepal Times about how infrastructure changes, such as road development, have made Nepalese municipalities more susceptible to flooding. Professor of English Amitava Kumar wrote an essay for The Wire about how the youth protests for democracy in India have given him hope. The Poughkeepsie Farm Project at Vassar was mentioned in Hudson Valley Magazine, highlighting its CSA program, which offers low-cost shares and food donation initiatives for the Poughkeepsie community. Curtis Dozier, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, wrote an opinion piece for Salon analyzing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s references to ancient Greece during his recent speech in Athens. The Chronicle of Higher Education noted that students in English 307 and Environmental Studies 307 are combating “brain rot” by building a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s Cabin at Walden Pond.* (*Article behind paywall) Professor Pasquale S. Toscano wrote a guest essay for The New York Times describing how students have been fascinated by the creation of the King James Bible as an example of cooperative intellectual struggle in a digital world. Renowned astronomer Vera Rubin ’48 and her namesake observatory in Chile, which is known for its ability to rapidly document the sky, were the subject of a Quantum Zeitgeist article quoting Vassar’s Physics and Astronomy Chair Colette Salyk. View More Items
Professor of English Amitava Kumar wrote an essay for The New Yorker about India’s student-led protest movement, which has focused on education and electoral reforms.
The Dede Thompson Bartlett Center for Admission and Career Education was the subject of an Architectural Record article that interviewed the building’s architect about its inspiration and its intention to “uplift and inspire.”
Fulbright Scholar Sebastian DiPirro ’25 wrote an essay for The Nepal Times about how infrastructure changes, such as road development, have made Nepalese municipalities more susceptible to flooding.
Professor of English Amitava Kumar wrote an essay for The Wire about how the youth protests for democracy in India have given him hope.
The Poughkeepsie Farm Project at Vassar was mentioned in Hudson Valley Magazine, highlighting its CSA program, which offers low-cost shares and food donation initiatives for the Poughkeepsie community.
Curtis Dozier, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, wrote an opinion piece for Salon analyzing Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s references to ancient Greece during his recent speech in Athens.
The Chronicle of Higher Education noted that students in English 307 and Environmental Studies 307 are combating “brain rot” by building a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s Cabin at Walden Pond.* (*Article behind paywall)
Professor Pasquale S. Toscano wrote a guest essay for The New York Times describing how students have been fascinated by the creation of the King James Bible as an example of cooperative intellectual struggle in a digital world.
Renowned astronomer Vera Rubin ’48 and her namesake observatory in Chile, which is known for its ability to rapidly document the sky, were the subject of a Quantum Zeitgeist article quoting Vassar’s Physics and Astronomy Chair Colette Salyk.
