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 Deputy to the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees Wesley Dixon and Family Nurse Practitioner at Health Service Mary Paquet have been named honorees of The Hudson Valley’s 20th Annual Top Forty Under 40 Mover & Shaker awards. Kelly Shannon ’03 cowrote a guest essay for The New York Times about President Trump and his lack of involvement in human rights issues in Iran. Lawyer John McCormick ’89, a Vassar trustee and well-known leader in asset management and financial services, was appointed as Senior Advisor and Investor of Growth Credit Partners (GCP). Richard Barakat ’81 was interviewed by The Literary Collective, where he spoke about his background and his life as a writer. Associate Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk was quoted in an article for Space.com about a star consuming a planet, after the two collided, along with the mention of the observatory honoring noted astronomer Vera C. Rubin ’48. Leonard Steinhorn ’77 presented a seminar for Smithsonian Associates on the complexity of the 1950s as a decade. Literary Hub published a piece by the daughter of Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald ’42 and the legacy her family left behind. Leonard Steinhorn ’77 was quoted in a story for The Washington Post regarding President Trump's campaign to rename various locations across America. Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society Abigail Coplin was quoted in a Washington Post article about a disgraced gene scientist and his return to the lab. (*article behind paywall) View More Items
Deputy to the President and Secretary of the Board of Trustees Wesley Dixon and Family Nurse Practitioner at Health Service Mary Paquet have been named honorees of The Hudson Valley’s 20th Annual Top Forty Under 40 Mover & Shaker awards.
Kelly Shannon ’03 cowrote a guest essay for The New York Times about President Trump and his lack of involvement in human rights issues in Iran.
Lawyer John McCormick ’89, a Vassar trustee and well-known leader in asset management and financial services, was appointed as Senior Advisor and Investor of Growth Credit Partners (GCP).
Richard Barakat ’81 was interviewed by The Literary Collective, where he spoke about his background and his life as a writer.
Associate Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk was quoted in an article for Space.com about a star consuming a planet, after the two collided, along with the mention of the observatory honoring noted astronomer Vera C. Rubin ’48.
Leonard Steinhorn ’77 presented a seminar for Smithsonian Associates on the complexity of the 1950s as a decade.
Literary Hub published a piece by the daughter of Frances Scott “Scottie” Fitzgerald ’42 and the legacy her family left behind.
Leonard Steinhorn ’77 was quoted in a story for The Washington Post regarding President Trump's campaign to rename various locations across America.
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology and Society Abigail Coplin was quoted in a Washington Post article about a disgraced gene scientist and his return to the lab. (*article behind paywall)
