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A group of people wearing dark graduation robes stand outside on a sunny day, tossing their hats into the air.

Despite Pandemic-Imposed Interruptions, the Class of 2023 Persisted

Three years after a global pandemic interrupted their normal college experience, members of Vassar’s Class of 2023 were lauded for their remarkable resiliency at the College’s 159th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 21.

Cluster Hire Initiative faculty members (left to right) Payton Small, Tamyka Jordon-Conlin, Ashanti Shih, and Deon Knights, and Dean of Faculty William Hoynes

New Professors Span the Intersection of Academics and Racial Justice

Assistant Professors Tamyka Jordon-Conlin, Deon Knights, Ashanti Shih, and Payton Small are members of a cohort of tenure-track Vassar faculty members who will be working together to take some aspects of the College curriculum in a new, multidisciplinary direction.

Robots and Friendships Competition Winners

Annual Tech Competition Launches Robots and Friendships

Twenty students in Assistant Professor Joshua deLeeuw’s Cognitive Science 320 class designed and built their own autonomous robots. Emmett, a robot that wasn’t working until the very end of the semester, rose to the occasion at Vassar’s annual Autonomous Robot Design Competition.

Woman in a blue dress and no hair singing on a dark stage.

Drag Artist Sasha Velour ’09 Offers a Breathtaking Performance—and Slice of Personal History

Drag artist extraordinaire Sasha Velour ’09, winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, Season 9, thrilled a packed Vassar audience with a rousing performance during a tour to promote her new memoir, The Big Reveal.

Vassar Everywhere

Professor of Religion Jonathon Kahn is interviewed by Spectrum News on whether religion and morality are one in the same.

Submitted by kschaye on Thu, 05/25/2023 - 12:30

Professor of Religion Jonathon Kahn is interviewed by Spectrum News on whether religion and morality are one in the same.

NYC Pride announces that AC Dumlao ’13 will serve as a Grand Marshal for the New York City Pride March on June 25.

Submitted by kschaye on Mon, 05/22/2023 - 09:20

NYC Pride announces that AC Dumlao ’13 will serve as a Grand Marshal for the New York City Pride March on June 25.

President Elizabeth Bradley writes in <em>The Hill</em>, “To increase the value of higher education, help more students graduate.”

Submitted by kschaye on Mon, 05/22/2023 - 09:12

President Elizabeth Bradley writes in The Hill, “To increase the value of higher education, help more students graduate.”

Philip Jefferson ’83 was nominated Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by President Joe Biden.

Submitted by eprunier on Fri, 05/12/2023 - 14:12

Philip Jefferson ’83 was nominated Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors by President Joe Biden.

<em>The Hollywood Reporter</em> highlighted Vassar’s Fearlessly Consequential campaign celebration in Los Angeles with a photo of Jason Blum ’91, Lisa Kudrow ’85, Film Professor Mia Mask, President Elizabeth Bradley, and John Gatins ’90.

Submitted by kschaye on Mon, 05/08/2023 - 10:37

The Hollywood Reporter highlighted Vassar’s Fearlessly Consequential campaign celebration in Los Angeles with a photo of Jason Blum ’91, Lisa Kudrow ’85, Film Professor Mia Mask, President Elizabeth Bradley, and John Gatins ’90.