Payton Small, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation for his study entitled “Investigating the Impact of the 2023 Supreme Court Decision on College Admissions Decisions and Student Identity Disclosure.” His research project will explore the impact of recent Supreme Court rulings on the admissions landscape.

Vassar’s Environmental Cooperative recently received a new grant from the City of Poughkeepsie to fund transportation for both the Outing Club and this summer’s Exploring Science program. Both programs collaborate with already-established, Poughkeepsie-based youth programs, and transportation funding is vital to ensuring access for participants from across the area.

Professor of History and International Relations on the Shirley Ecker Boskey Chair Bob Brigham is the author of a new book being published by the University of Chicago Press. Brigham’s memoir, This is a True War Story, captures the improbable intertwining of his professional and personal history and the Vietnam War.

Mark Andrews, Emeritus Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, wrote the introduction, and with Professor Lizabeth Paravisini, Professor of Hispanic Studies on the Randolph Distinguished Professor Chair, co-translated the poems in their anthology, Looting Hummingbirds: Selected Poems of Daniel Thaly, Poet of Dominica. The edited volume, in French and English, is published by Papillote Press, which specializes in publishing monographs on the Caribbean.

Associate Professor of English Tracy O'Neill was honored with a 2025 Civitella Ranieri Fellowship in Writing. The Fellows are chosen through a competitive nomination and jury process for each discipline: visual arts, writing, and composing.