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From Black Holes to Large Language Models

This summer, a record 95 students worked with faculty members on 44 projects in 9 disciplines as part of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).

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From Posters to Plays

Vassar’s Community Fellows program enables students to earn a stipend provided by the college while they work for local nonprofit agencies in the Poughkeepsie area.

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Students Chronicle the Lives of Immigrant Neighbors—One Story at a Time

Through Somos Vecinos, Vassar students interview local immigrants about their lives, creating an oral history archive that brings the complexities of migration into the classroom while forging unexpected connections across the Poughkeepsie community.

Collage: On left a Vassar student working with children in a classroom. At right a woman in a lab coat holding a microphone.

Peacebuilders Gather to Share Ideas

Vassar hosted educators from 32 institutions for conversations about peacebuilding, collaboration, and preparing students to become changemakers in an interconnected world.

In the Media

The latest novel by best-selling author Chloe Benjamin ’10, Under Story, was the subject of several articles and was named the Good Morning America Book Club pick for September.

Singer Willa Vincitore ’92 was interviewed by The Highlands Current about her love of performing live and the inspiration for her new music.

Lisa Kudrow ’85 was a guest on NPR’s Fresh Air, where she discussed the final season of her six-time Emmy nominated show The Comeback, and how she “fell in love with biology” as a student at Vassar.

Curtis Dozier, Professor of Greek and Roman Studies, wrote a Pittsburgh Review of Books op-ed about the Christopher Nolan film, The Odyssey, noting its varying displays of masculinity and how some mirror the values of white nationalists.

Professor of Religion Jonathon Kahn co-wrote an Inside Higher Ed article about the importance of listening to the needs of students to ensure their post-graduation successes, both in their careers and in the world.