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 Vassar was included in a Poughkeepsie Journal article as one of the hosts of the regional exhibition series, “Transforming Collage: Hudson Valley.” Curtis Dozier, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, was a guest on the RevDem podcast, discussing his book, The White Pedestal, which examines intersections between Greco-Roman antiquity and white nationalist symbology. Psychologist Josh Simmons ’01 published op-eds in Algemeiner and The Forward, noting that many Queer Jewish Americans who experienced Queer spaces as a refuge before Oct. 7, now face alienation and self-censorship in those spaces. The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar’s 40th anniversary season was the subject of a Hudson Valley Magazine article. Computer pioneer Grace Hopper ’1928 was the subject of a DVIDS article, highlighting her prolific career and her many contributions to computer science. Abigail Coplin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society, was quoted in an SCI article about Chinese technological advances and the resulting policy changes. A Dance Magazine article covered Vassar’s new dance major and quoted Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone, lecturer and chair of dance. Doctoral candidate Elizabeth Fetterolf ’17 received the 2026 Clayman Institute Lozoff Award for her collaborative research on the online “femosphere,” as noted by Stanford University. Zoe Hoiland ’26 was mentioned in a Chandra Digest press release for her work locating supernova remnants in a star-forming galaxy. View More Items
Vassar was included in a Poughkeepsie Journal article as one of the hosts of the regional exhibition series, “Transforming Collage: Hudson Valley.”
Curtis Dozier, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, was a guest on the RevDem podcast, discussing his book, The White Pedestal, which examines intersections between Greco-Roman antiquity and white nationalist symbology.
Psychologist Josh Simmons ’01 published op-eds in Algemeiner and The Forward, noting that many Queer Jewish Americans who experienced Queer spaces as a refuge before Oct. 7, now face alienation and self-censorship in those spaces.
The Powerhouse Theater at Vassar’s 40th anniversary season was the subject of a Hudson Valley Magazine article.
Computer pioneer Grace Hopper ’1928 was the subject of a DVIDS article, highlighting her prolific career and her many contributions to computer science.
Abigail Coplin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society, was quoted in an SCI article about Chinese technological advances and the resulting policy changes.
A Dance Magazine article covered Vassar’s new dance major and quoted Miriam Mahdaviani-Goldstone, lecturer and chair of dance.
Doctoral candidate Elizabeth Fetterolf ’17 received the 2026 Clayman Institute Lozoff Award for her collaborative research on the online “femosphere,” as noted by Stanford University.
Zoe Hoiland ’26 was mentioned in a Chandra Digest press release for her work locating supernova remnants in a star-forming galaxy.
