News and Events News & EventsAll NewsIn the MediaEventsPress ReleasesFeatured Videos 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 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. Noah Daube-Valois ’28 and his podcast series, which raises awareness of the financial burden Massachusetts seniors in assisted living facilities face, were featured in an Athol Daily News article. Judy Jarvis ’07 talked to the New Jersey Monitor about her upcoming book, Untold Stories: Tyler Clementi's Death and Crisis Leadership in Higher Education—and her hopes of correcting the record about the incident. Vassar was ranked as one of the top liberal colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report, as noted by the Times Herald Record.* (*Article behind paywall) Payton Small, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, received a Russell Sage Foundation grant to fund research on the landscape of racially colorblind admissions, as noted by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Maryland State Senator Cheryl Kagan ’83 was a guest on the podcast Off the Rack, discussing her unique hobbies, her path to public service, and how her Jewish identity shapes how she approaches her work. Emily McNeil, Library Specialist of Collections & Discovery, was a guest on the podcast Climate Actually, detailing the process of transforming climate data into handcrafted tapestries. Noah Daube-Valois ’28 talked to Boston 25 News about his advocacy to ensure nursing home residents are provided a monthly allowance. View More Items
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.
Noah Daube-Valois ’28 and his podcast series, which raises awareness of the financial burden Massachusetts seniors in assisted living facilities face, were featured in an Athol Daily News article.
Judy Jarvis ’07 talked to the New Jersey Monitor about her upcoming book, Untold Stories: Tyler Clementi's Death and Crisis Leadership in Higher Education—and her hopes of correcting the record about the incident.
Vassar was ranked as one of the top liberal colleges in the country by U.S. News & World Report, as noted by the Times Herald Record.* (*Article behind paywall)
Payton Small, Assistant Professor of Psychological Science, received a Russell Sage Foundation grant to fund research on the landscape of racially colorblind admissions, as noted by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
Maryland State Senator Cheryl Kagan ’83 was a guest on the podcast Off the Rack, discussing her unique hobbies, her path to public service, and how her Jewish identity shapes how she approaches her work.
Emily McNeil, Library Specialist of Collections & Discovery, was a guest on the podcast Climate Actually, detailing the process of transforming climate data into handcrafted tapestries.
Noah Daube-Valois ’28 talked to Boston 25 News about his advocacy to ensure nursing home residents are provided a monthly allowance.
