Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon spoke about his work as a composer and artist, then joined 200 spectators in a gallery at the Loeb in viewing a performance of one of his latest works, Horse Notations.

Convocation officially kicked off the academic year on August 31. The Convocation address, “How I Got Medieval: From First Gen to PhD,” was delivered by Professor of History Nancy Bisaha.

Eighty-one students and 33 faculty members collaborated on 32 projects at this year’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute.

Construction has begun on a project that will add 40 apartments to Vassar’s faculty housing stock. The four-story, 54,000-square-foot building will be located on Watson Road between Hooker and Raymond avenues adjacent to the campus

Andrew Goldsmith ’22, Jake Kaplan ’22, and Eli Weise ’25 represented the United States at the 21^st Maccabiah Games this summer in Israel.

Ford Scholar Carissa Kolcun’s keen interest in the works of art created at the Women’s Studio Workshop will be on display this fall at an exhibition they curated in the Loeb’s Spotlight Gallery.  

Vassar students Sufana Noorwez ’24 and Dariana Serrano ’25 have launched scientific research projects under the auspices of the Beckman Scholars program.

Nine Vassar students were enrolled for 10 weeks in the College’s Community Fellows Program under the auspices of the Office of Community-Engaged Learning (OCEL). The program matches students’ skills and interests with the needs of not-for-profit and government agencies.

Thirty-two students from Vassar, Mercy College, Wheaton College and the University of Massachusetts gathered on the Vassar campus last month to trade ideas on how to make STEM curricula more inclusive.