Administration

President Elizabeth H. Bradley in a purple suit stands at a podium speaking into a microphone to an audience seated at round tables at the the College’s inaugural Community Breakfast.

Vassar Hosts Inaugural Community Breakfast

More than 50 business and political leaders and others in the local community attended Vassar’s inaugural Community Breakfast at the Institute for the Liberal Arts.

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New Library Study Commons Brings Expanded Hours and Space—Plus an Upgraded Accessible Entrance

Vassar faculty and administrators gathered in Thompson Library on February 9 to celebrate the opening of a freshly renovated space designed to enhance students’ academic experience

Writer-Director Noah Baumbach ’91 to Deliver Vassar’s Commencement Address

Posted 2/9/2026

Noah Baumbach ’91, a four-time Academy Award-nominated filmmaker, will address the Class of 2026 at Vassar College’s 162nd Commencement exercises, President Elizabeth H. Bradley announced.

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Vassar Recognized as ‘Top Producer’ of Fulbright Awardees

Four recent Vassar alums are overseas this year teaching English as recipients of Fulbright fellowships. Vassar has consistently earned “Top Producer” status from the Fulbright program.

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Vassar’s Community Works Campaign: Funding Critical Services Across the Hudson Valley

Vassar’s Community Works campaign is raising essential funds for ten local agencies providing housing, food assistance, immigrant support, restorative justice programs, LGBTQ youth services, and more. With government funding declining, donations are vital to sustaining these community resources.

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From The Onion to AI

Vassar students, faculty members and other storytellers in the media and entertainment took part in a two-day Signature Program at Vassar’s Institute for the Liberal Arts.

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Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Domestic Violence Law Showcase the Power of Grassroots Advocacy

Members of the Vassar community and people from the local community attended a screening of Beyond Survival, a documentary about the struggle for the adoption of a law that enables judges to consider imposing lower sentences on survivors of domestic abuse who can establish that their offenses were tied to such abuse.

Eleven people stand in a line indoors, smiling at the camera, wearing name badges; one in a “We Salute You” T-shirt, one in a Vassar sweatshirt, one in a red sweater, with wood-paneled walls and framed art behind them.

Home Base at Vassar: Veterans Gather at the Alumnae House

Veterans who are current students as well as alums recently took a tour of one of Vassar’s “hidden gems,” Alumnae House.

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Vassar’s Learning Forest—A Place to Explore Freely

Thanks to a generous donation from alum Anne Codey ’65, A niche in the Preserve at Vassar has been converted into a place to “play and learn” about nature.