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 Louisa Jacobson ’13, currently starring in HBO’s The Gilded Age, is featured in Vanity Fair. Roll Call quoted Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, in a story about how the upcoming nomination of a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court has prompted new discussions on equality. Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, wrote a Psychology Today article, “Four Powerful Lessons from Disney’s Encanto.” Charlie Steinhorn, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics, is the new Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, as announced by the board. Blockchain entrepreneur Olaf Carlson-Wee ’12 is featured in Forbes. In an opinion piece for Forbes, President Elizabeth Bradley examines how the pandemic is widening a gender gap in higher education. Science quoted Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair and President of the International Astronomical Union, in a story about a new IAU center that will tackle satellite interference with astronomical observations. Bryan Van Norden, Professor of Philosophy on the James Monroe Taylor Chair, discussed the short story “Kong Yiji” on the Chinese Literature Podcast. The Washington Post reports that Judge Rupa Ranga Puttagunta ’02, nominated by President Biden to a 15-year term on the D.C. Superior Court, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate. View More Items
Roll Call quoted Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, in a story about how the upcoming nomination of a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court has prompted new discussions on equality.
Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, wrote a Psychology Today article, “Four Powerful Lessons from Disney’s Encanto.”
Charlie Steinhorn, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics, is the new Director of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences, as announced by the board.
In an opinion piece for Forbes, President Elizabeth Bradley examines how the pandemic is widening a gender gap in higher education.
Science quoted Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair and President of the International Astronomical Union, in a story about a new IAU center that will tackle satellite interference with astronomical observations.
Bryan Van Norden, Professor of Philosophy on the James Monroe Taylor Chair, discussed the short story “Kong Yiji” on the Chinese Literature Podcast.
The Washington Post reports that Judge Rupa Ranga Puttagunta ’02, nominated by President Biden to a 15-year term on the D.C. Superior Court, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate.