In the Media Members of the Vassar community are always making news! Find the latest media mentions of alums, students, faculty, and other employees right here. The Poughkeepsie Journal reported on the Summer 2025 Youth Theater Arts Intensive, a new program at Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater that prioritizes at-risk teens in Dutchess County. Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade was quoted in Kiplinger for an article on Monday anxiety in retirees. WAMC reported on the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, mentioning A Trojan Woman, the closing performance of the season. The Episcopal News Service remembered The Very Reverend Sandye Wilson ’75, interim dean of the Cathedral of All Saints in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, with her ministry spanning over 40 years in The Episcopal Church. Erik Szwed ’17 was mentioned in the Benzie County Record Patriot after receiving his PhD in physics from the University of California San Diego. Forward reported on the first test images out of an observatory in Chile named after Vera Rubin ’48, as well as highlighting her life accomplishments as a trailblazer of astronomy. The Poughkeepsie Journal mentioned both The Heartwood and Vassar College after Poughkeepsie was named among one of the best cities in the US, calling it “small but mighty.” Assistant Professor of English Pasquale Toscano wrote an op-ed for Dayton Daily News about his experience as an educator, and how he uses literature as a vehicle for approaching polarizing topics with his students. Hannah Bos ’00 and Paul Thureen ’00, co-creators of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. View More Items
The Poughkeepsie Journal reported on the Summer 2025 Youth Theater Arts Intensive, a new program at Vassar’s Powerhouse Theater that prioritizes at-risk teens in Dutchess County.
Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade was quoted in Kiplinger for an article on Monday anxiety in retirees.
WAMC reported on the Powerhouse Theater at Vassar, mentioning A Trojan Woman, the closing performance of the season.
The Episcopal News Service remembered The Very Reverend Sandye Wilson ’75, interim dean of the Cathedral of All Saints in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, with her ministry spanning over 40 years in The Episcopal Church.
Erik Szwed ’17 was mentioned in the Benzie County Record Patriot after receiving his PhD in physics from the University of California San Diego.
Forward reported on the first test images out of an observatory in Chile named after Vera Rubin ’48, as well as highlighting her life accomplishments as a trailblazer of astronomy.
The Poughkeepsie Journal mentioned both The Heartwood and Vassar College after Poughkeepsie was named among one of the best cities in the US, calling it “small but mighty.”
Assistant Professor of English Pasquale Toscano wrote an op-ed for Dayton Daily News about his experience as an educator, and how he uses literature as a vehicle for approaching polarizing topics with his students.
Hannah Bos ’00 and Paul Thureen ’00, co-creators of the HBO series Somebody Somewhere, were nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series.