News and Events News & Events 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 The New Yorker noted the death of attorney Urvashi Vaid ’79, calling her “the most prolific L.G.B.T.Q. organizer in history.” Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, NAACP-LDF President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, was recently honored with the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, as noted by Essence. U.S. Senate confirms economist Philip Jefferson ’83 to the Federal Reserve Board, as noted by CNBC and many other media outlets. Astrophysics PhD student credits others for influential support Professor and author Ada Ferrer ’84 wins the Pulitzer Prize in history. Emmy Award winner Jessi Klein ’97, former head writer of Inside Amy Schumer and a lead voice on the Netflix series Big Mouth, discusses her new book of essays about motherhood on NPR’s Fresh Air. In a New York Times op-ed, producer Jason Blum ’91 proposes a new strategy for Netflix as “a surefire way of controlling costs while increasing quality.” The Financial Times recommends Women Picturing Women, the catalogue from the Loeb Art Center exhibition of the same name, as one of “autumn’s best art books.” Jason Wu ’07, Attorney-in-Charge at the Legal Aid Society’s Harlem Community Law Office, is interviewed by the Nation about anti-Asian violence. View More Items
The New Yorker noted the death of attorney Urvashi Vaid ’79, calling her “the most prolific L.G.B.T.Q. organizer in history.”
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, NAACP-LDF President and Director-Counsel Emeritus, was recently honored with the Thurgood Marshall Lifetime Achievement Award, as noted by Essence.
U.S. Senate confirms economist Philip Jefferson ’83 to the Federal Reserve Board, as noted by CNBC and many other media outlets.
Emmy Award winner Jessi Klein ’97, former head writer of Inside Amy Schumer and a lead voice on the Netflix series Big Mouth, discusses her new book of essays about motherhood on NPR’s Fresh Air.
In a New York Times op-ed, producer Jason Blum ’91 proposes a new strategy for Netflix as “a surefire way of controlling costs while increasing quality.”
The Financial Times recommends Women Picturing Women, the catalogue from the Loeb Art Center exhibition of the same name, as one of “autumn’s best art books.”
Jason Wu ’07, Attorney-in-Charge at the Legal Aid Society’s Harlem Community Law Office, is interviewed by the Nation about anti-Asian violence.