April M. Beisaw, Professor of Anthropology, is co-author of The Archaeology of American Protests, published in 2025 by University Press of Florida, that explores American protest history across four centuries to illustrate how ideals such as equality, prosperity, and self-determination have been challenged and negotiated through protest, connecting today’s protest movements to those that came long before.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center has secured a grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation for the conservation of “Lyric,” a 1951 oil on canvas by the late American artist Joan Mitchell (1925–1992).

The Dyson Foundation awarded a grant to the Wimpfheimer’s playground equipment fund drive, which in summer 2025 raised more than $40,000 from Wimpfheimer families and friends.

Terrence Cullen, Visiting Assistant Professor, and Rupinder Kaur, Assistant Professor—both from French and Francophone Studies—received an Albertine Cinémathèque Festival Grant for Vassar’s 2025–2026 French film festival. Organized around the theme of “art and artifice,” the festival will introduce students and the community to French cinema and create opportunities for intellectual exchange.

Elizabeth Bradley , President and Professor of Political Science and Science, Technology and Society, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . This tremendous honor recognizes Betsy’s pioneering public health efforts, extensive publications, higher education research, and innovative international partnerships.