Food can say a lot-not just about our tastes, but about our families, our ancestors, our histories. Vassar students will learn more about the importance of the link between food and history during a Black History Month two-day program at Gordon Commons that centers around the Netflix series High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America.

The American Academy of Religion has established the Lawrence H. Mamiya Excellence in Public Service Award that honors the legacy of the late Professor of Religion and Africana Studies Lawrence Mamiya, who taught at Vassar for more than 35 years.

Workshops on “Undoing Racism” spawned the formation of AREJ (Anti-Racism, Equity and Justice), an organization that spurs dialog on race on the campus and in the surrounding community.

Vassar has earned a Gold Seal from Civic Nation’s ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge for high student-voter turnout in the 2020 election.

Maryam Sharrieff has assumed her role as Vassar’s Advisor for Muslim Student Life.

Vassar College has received a $156,000 grant from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation that will fund faculty-mentored research projects conducted by six students over the next three years.