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Modfest to Feature Online Performances, Panel Discussions, and More

Posted 1/19/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic is preventing Vassar from staging Modfest, its annual celebration of the arts, in person, but the show will go on as a series of virtual events carrying the theme “Radical Imagination.”

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Vassar Students Gain Valuable Experience Helping Teachers

Posted 1/15/2021

Fifteen Vassar students took part in a collaborative teaching program that matched the students with teachers, most of them Vassar alumnae/i, at public schools throughout the country.

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A Conversation on Women’s Rights: Present and Future

Posted 1/14/2021

Los Angeles attorney and film producer Brenda Feigen ’66 and Helen Pankhurst, OBE, a former Vassar College Clark Scholar and women’s rights activist, took part in “Reflections on Women’s Rights Present and Future,” an online panel discussion hosted by Vassar’s Office of Regional and International Programs on December 6, 2020.

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From Poughkeepsie to the Big Leagues: How Bobby Kinne ‘18 Carved His Path to the World Series

Posted 1/11/2021

Hard work and determination, traits he acquired as a Vassar student-athlete, led Bobby Kinne ’18 to a key role in the 2020 World Series.

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Former Journalist Sue Buyer ’47 Finds New Calling, Publishing Her First Novel at 92

Posted 1/7/2021

Sue Buyer ’47 found there were limited opportunities for women journalists in the 1950s. Decades later, she found a different calling, publishing her first novel at age 92.

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Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts Lays Foundation for a Great Vassar Experience

Posted 1/4/2021

Vassar’s second annual Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts introduced 63 first-year students from historically underrepresented groups to virtually every aspect of campus life.

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Faculty-Student Partnership Takes a STEPP Towards Superior Teaching

Posted 12/18/2020

Faculty and students in Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI) and Grand Challenges are collaborating on a project that matches faculty members with student partners who monitor their classes and share their observations.

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Chemistry Professor’s Research May Help Fight COVID-19

Posted 11/30/2020

Professor of Chemistry Miriam Rossi, her husband, and two colleagues have published the results of research on a plant-based compound that could help in the treatment of COVID-19.

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2020 Community Works Campaign Kicks Off

Posted 11/16/2020

As the region faces multiple challenges during the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and social injustice, supporting Vassar’s Community Works campaign is more important than ever.

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Vassar’s 2020 Climate Action Plan: Carbon Neutrality and Beyond

Posted 11/11/2020

Vassar’s new five-year Climate Action Plan makes the College closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

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Vassar Brings Evocative Quilt Project to Campus, Community

Posted 11/6/2020

The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center have brought an evocative quilt project to the campus and the surrounding community.

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Vassar in Tech-Asia Panelists Weigh In

Posted 11/6/2020

Members of Vassar in Tech-Asia recently addressed the importance of a liberal arts education in technological fields and the impact the current pandemic has had on their work.

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Halloween at Vassar: Spooktacular Stroll and Some Trick-or-Treating

Posted 11/3/2020

Vassar celebrated Halloween with greetings and giveaways from the staff and some trick-or-treating at the President’s House.

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End of Semester Recommendations from the Vassar College Libraries

Posted 10/30/2020 Feature Article

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Modfest to Feature Online Performances, Panel Discussions, and More

Vassar Students Gain Valuable Experience Helping Teachers

A Conversation on Women’s Rights: Present and Future

From Poughkeepsie to the Big Leagues: How Bobby Kinne ‘18 Carved His Path to the World Series

Former Journalist Sue Buyer ’47 Finds New Calling, Publishing Her First Novel at 92

Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts Lays Foundation for a Great Vassar Experience

Faculty-Student Partnership Takes a STEPP Towards Superior Teaching

Chemistry Professor’s Research May Help Fight COVID-19

2020 Community Works Campaign Kicks Off

Vassar’s 2020 Climate Action Plan: Carbon Neutrality and Beyond

Vassar Brings Evocative Quilt Project to Campus, Community

Vassar in Tech-Asia Panelists Weigh In

Halloween at Vassar: Spooktacular Stroll and Some Trick-or-Treating

End of Semester Recommendations from the Vassar College Libraries