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Renowned Civil Rights Attorney Sherrilyn Ifill’84 To Speak at Vassar College February 22

Posted 2/15/2019

Vassar College alumna Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, will discuss key civil rights issues in a talk on the Vassar campus on Friday, February 22.

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In Search of the Unknown: David O’Leary ’02 and His Star-Studded UFO Series

Posted 2/14/2019

David O’Leary ’02 has long been fascinated by stories about UFOs and other unexplained phenomena. Now, he’s parlayed his passion for the unknown into a new series for the History Channel called Project Blue Book, about a U.S. Air Force project that investigated reports of UFO sightings and related phenomena in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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Sophia Narrett uses embroidery to tell stories about love and desire. (2/26)

Posted 2/14/2019

On February 26th at 6pm in Taylor Hall 203, Sophia Narrett will deliver her “Artist Lecture.” Sophia Narrett uses embroidery to tell stories about love and desire.

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Oscar-winning director Fernando Trueba and Spain’s legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion and heartbreak. (2/29)

Posted 2/14/2019

In honor of Black History Month, the Hispanic Studies Department will be screening the film "Chico & Rita" on February 19th at 7pm in the Chicago Hall Screening Auditorium. Oscar®-winning director Fernando Trueba (BELLE EPOQUE, CALLE 54) and Spain's legendary artist Javier Mariscal celebrate the music and culture of Cuba with an epic story of love, passion and heartbreak

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Ms. Romero outlines how activists can address the needs of Indigenous immigrants in the US--a constituency often neglected by state institutions in the US, Mexico, and Guatemala. (4/24)

Posted 2/14/2019

On April 24th at 5:30PM in Taylor Hall 203, Odilia Romero will deliver her lecture “Indigenous Immigrants in a Time of Intolerance.”

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Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center offers series of art-themed story hours for children ages 3-5.

Posted 2/14/2019

“Storytime at the Museum” is taking place on February 15th at 2PM in the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center.

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Vassar alumna Alexandra Shiva will host a screening on Feb. 21 of her documentary about four Syrian refugee families finding their way in the United States (2/21)

Posted 2/14/2019

Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva ’95 will screen her documentary, "This is Home: A Refugee Story," on the Vassar campus on February 21. The event, sponsored by the Consortium on Forced Migration and Education, funded by the Andrew W Mellon Foundation, is free and open to the public.

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The Vassar Haiti Project's ART & SOUL GALA honors Robert Morgenthau and Lucinda Franks. (4/25)

Posted 2/14/2019

On April 25th from 5:30PM to 8:00PM in the Alumnae House (161 College Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY), the Vassar Haiti Project will honor Robert M. Morgenthau and Lucinda Franks this year for their extraordinary achievements in the fields of international social justice and literature.

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A Reading by Writer-in-Residence Jenny Offill, February 19, 2019 at 6pm in Taylor Hall 203.. (2/19)

Posted 2/11/2019

Jenny Offill, acclaimed fiction writer and recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, will read from her work on February 19, 2019 at 6:00pm in Taylor Hall, room 203. She is the author of two novels, Department of Speculation, and Last Things.

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Vassar Caps Successful #27Brew2 Giving Challenge, Smashing Targeted Goals

Posted 2/8/2019

After the success of last year’s giving challenge, the Vassar College Athletic Department, in conjunction with the Office of Alumnae/i Affairs and Development, conducted its second 27-hour crowd-funding challenge on Feb. 7-8.

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Nicole Fleetwood will discuss the various techniques incarcerated artists use to create portraits of family members, public figures, and other prisoners. (2/20)

Posted 2/7/2019

On February 20th at 5:30PM in Taylor Hall 203, Professor Nicole Fleetwood will deliver the Claflin Lecture, “Portraits by Incarcerated Artists.”

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Professor Ben Vinson III will deliver “Reflections on Afro-Mexico: Comments from the Career of an Historian.” (3/25)

Posted 2/7/2019

On March 25th at 5:30PM in Taylor Hall 203, Professor Ben Vinson III will deliver the Charles C. Griffin Memorial Lecture, “Reflections on Afro-Mexico: Comments from the Career of an Historian.”

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This years Frederic C. Wood lecture will be given by Yale scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will come to Vassar to discuss their award winning film Journey of the Universe. (3/28)

Posted 2/7/2019

On March 28th at 5:00PM in Taylor Hall 203, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim will deliver the Frederic C. Wood Lecture, “Religion, Ecology and the ‘Journey of the Universe.’”

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Miss Black America Performance Inspired by Northern Migration

Posted 2/7/2019

The migration of millions of African American families from the Deep South to northern cities in the first half of the 20th century is one of the most significant, and largely untold, stories of American history. On Saturday, February 16, harpist and Adjunct Artist in Music Ashley Jackson will relate this story, through music and the spoken word, in the performance Miss Black America.

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Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre to perform at the Bardavon March 2 and 3, 2019. Ballet, Jazz, and Modern Dance at its 37th Annual Gala Weekend

Posted 2/4/2019

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre (VRDT), the resident company at Vassar College, will perform in its 37th annual gala weekend featuring jazz, ballet and modern dance at the Bardavon 1869 Opera House in downtown Poughkeepsie on Saturday, March 2nd at 8:00pm, and Sunday, March 3rd at 3:00pm.

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Ready. Set. Go!

Posted 2/1/2019

Last year, the Brewers athletes, alumnae/i, and fans raised $190,284 in 27 hours in support of our 27 teams. We hope to reach even greater heights this year! On Thursday, February 7, Vassar will host another 27-hour fund raising challenge #27Brew2. Go Brewers!

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Vassar Celebrates Black History Month

Posted 1/31/2019

For decades, black men and women have played important roles at Vassar and beyond. As we celebrate Black History Month, we are highlighting some of those achievements and milestones, as well as some events that will take place on campus in February.

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Sophomore Career Connections: Fifth Annual Event Continues Tradition of Jump-Starting Careers

Posted 1/31/2019

More than 230 students and over 90 mentors from a wide array of fields gathered on campus to network and share information at the fifth annual Sophomore Career Connections, hosted by the Career Development Office and the Office of Alumnae/i Affairs and Development in January.

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Freehand: Drawings by Inez Nathaniel Walker opens at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center February 1, 2019

Posted 1/30/2019

Freehand, the artist’s first one-person museum exhibition, will open with a lecture on Friday, February 1, 2019, in Taylor Hall 102 at 5:30pm, followed by a reception at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at 6:30 pm

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Van Jones to speak at Commencement

Posted 1/30/2019

Political commentator, author and social justice leader Van Jones will deliver this year’s commencement address, Sunday, May 26, 2019.—The Miscellany News

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Sandy Grande will be giving the Biennial Elaine Lipschutz Lecture “Unsettling Indigenous Erasures in K-12 Multicultural Education” (2/28)

Posted 1/24/2019

Professor Sandy Grande will be giving the Biennial Elaine Lipschutz Lecture “Unsettling Multicultural Erasures in K-12 Education” on February 28, 2019 at 5:00pm in Sanders Classroom Spitzer Auditorium.

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Helping Students Cope: Counseling Service Offers 4 Workshops

Posted 1/24/2019

Based on the most common reasons students seek help from the Counseling Service, therapists there have developed a series of four-week, drop-in workshops.

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Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by Refugees, 2018 Poetry that Goes Beyond Refugee/Citizen Binaries and Illuminates Exile as a Forced/Creative Space. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 7:00pm in Rockefeller Hall 200.

Posted 1/21/2019

Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by Refugees is edited by Jehan Bseiso and Becky Thompson, and it features original and translated poetry by refugee artists, poets, and survivors, recent immigrants, as well as longtime exiles. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at 7:00pm in Rockefeller Hall 200.

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Prof. Bojana Zupan Awarded $331,000 Federal Grant for Autism Research

Posted 1/21/2019

The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded a $331,000 grant to Assistant Professor Psychological Science Bojana Zupan to continue her research into the possible causes of autism and similar disorders.

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Vassar Has Her Back—The Campus Provides Backdrop for Bobbie Lucas ’15’s Thesis Film

Posted 1/16/2019

Vassar connections—and the campus location—help a UCLA film student advance

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Marta Hanson, "The Body-as-Technology in Classical Chinese Medicine"

Posted 1/15/2019

Marta Hanson will give a lecture entitled “The Body-as-Technology in Classical Chinese Medicine” on February 21, 2019 at 5:30pm in Taylor Hall 203.

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Presentation About Research on Nature and Aquatic Life in Poughkeepsie

Posted 1/15/2019

The Environmental Cooperative presents results from Poughkeepsie's Natural Resources Inventory and the Fall Kill AquaBlitz— a community event that explored the diverse yet under-appreciated aquatic life in Poughkeepsie’s Fall Kill., will take place on February 19, 2019 at 5:30pm in the Environmental Cooperative at the Vassar Barns.

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The Flip Side 2: Creative Practices by Members of the Vassar College Community

Posted 1/14/2019

The Palmer Gallery is happy to present works by members of the Vassar College community. The exhibition, which displays a plethora of creative talent and aesthetics, is an experience where the general Vassar community can connect with staff members over shared artistic expressions. The participants—who are comprised of skilled practitioners that hold diverse work positions on campus—will present on many forms of art such as: painting, drawing, sculpture, drone photography, digital photography, and computer illustration.

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Lean Out: Connecting Outside the Ivory Tower A Multi-compartment Mathematical Model of Cancer Stem Cell Driven Solid Tumor Growth Dynamics

Posted 1/14/2019

Professor of Mathematical Sciences Suzanne Weekes will give a lecture entitled Lean Out: Connecting Outside the Ivory Tower on March 27, 2019 in Rockefeller Hall 300 at 5:00pm

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Vassar Spreads Cheer for the Holidays: Athletics Teams, Tutors, OCEL and Others Join in the Fun

Posted 12/20/2018

Vassar is a busy place in early December as the end of the fall semester approaches, but students, faculty, and staff take time every year to reach out to folks in the Poughkeepsie area who need a boost during the holiday season.

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Vassar Advances to Finals! Viewing Party 3 p.m. Sunday at Gordon Commons

Posted 11/28/2018

Vassar heads to Charlotte, NC this weekend for the USA Rugby Fall Nationals Final 4. First up: A semifinal matchup Saturday at 4 p.m. against the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. A victory propels the Brewers into the championship game Sunday at 3 p.m.

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Some of Vassar’s Top Donors Honored at Journalists’ Panel Discussion

Posted 11/27/2018

Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Bernstein P’00, CBS News Correspondent Chip Reid ’77, Atlantic magazine writer Natasha Bertrand ’14, and former Washington Post editor Peter Osnos discussed the future of democracy and the Fourth Estate at an event in New York City Monday night, Nov. 26, honoring some of Vassar’s most faithful and generous donors.

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Annual Community Works Campaign to Provide Grants to 10 Local Nonprofits in 2019

Posted 11/1/2018

Vassar’s 18th annual Community Works campaign kicks off today with a goal of $75,000 for 10 local agencies that serve families throughout the Mid-Hudson Valley.

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President Bradley writes in defense of the “practical humanities” in the current issue of Inside Higher Education.

Posted 10/22/2018

The practical humanities prepare students for the challenges they will confront in their professional, political, social and cultural lives, argues Elizabeth H. Bradley.

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