News and Events Home All News In the Media Events Press Releases Featured Videos Members of the Vassar community are always making news! Find the latest media mentions of alums, students, faculty, and other employees right here. In the Media Benjamin Ho, Associate Professor of Economics, talked on the Newstalk podcast Moncrieff about the difficulty of trusting strangers. NAACP-LDF’s Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 appointed to Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court. Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined a Washington Post panel discussion on allyship between African American and Asian communities in the fight against systemic racism. Inside the Barbizon, NYC’s Glamorous Women-Hotel Associate Professor of Computer Science Marc Smith talks about the lasting legacy of the “Queen of Code,” Grace Hopper ’28, in this Honeypot Explains... video. Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, talked to WAMC about two women directors nominated for Best Director Oscars. Stranger Danger: An Economist's Guide To Overcoming Distrust Lilah Lichtman ’25 was interviewed by Bloomberg about her decision to attend Vassar. Research by Shelby Pumphrey, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in African American history at Vassar, was featured in a Washington Post article about a Virginia mental institution for black patients. View More Items
Benjamin Ho, Associate Professor of Economics, talked on the Newstalk podcast Moncrieff about the difficulty of trusting strangers.
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined a Washington Post panel discussion on allyship between African American and Asian communities in the fight against systemic racism.
Associate Professor of Computer Science Marc Smith talks about the lasting legacy of the “Queen of Code,” Grace Hopper ’28, in this Honeypot Explains... video.
Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, talked to WAMC about two women directors nominated for Best Director Oscars.
Research by Shelby Pumphrey, a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in African American history at Vassar, was featured in a Washington Post article about a Virginia mental institution for black patients.