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, wrote a Psychology Today article, “Did Fear of COVID-19 Bring Us Closer Together?” Vassar’s Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts program makes a powerful impact, as noted by an Association of American Colleges & Universities article. Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, was interviewed on WAMC’s The Book Show about his new novel, A Time Outside This Time. Eric Marcus ’80, the creator and host of the Making Gay History podcast, spoke with NPR’s All Things Considered about his six-episode audio memoir, “Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis.” Dede Thompson Bartlett ’65 has donated $10 million to build a new admission and career education center on campus, as noted by the Poughkeepsie Journal. Professor of Political Science Richard Born spoke to Spectrum News about how New York’s redistricting process could affect key congressional races. Congrats to Neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje ’98, who is among the newest round of MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellows In a TIME100 Talk, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, provides some historical context for Texas’s recent efforts to suppress the civil rights of people of color and women. Frances “Sissy” Farenthold ’46, P’75, former Texas state legislator and AAVC Distinguished Achievement Award Winner, was remembered by the Washington Post. View More Items
Benjamin Ho, Associate Professor of Economics, wrote a Psychology Today article, “Did Fear of COVID-19 Bring Us Closer Together?”
Vassar’s Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts program makes a powerful impact, as noted by an Association of American Colleges & Universities article.
Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, was interviewed on WAMC’s The Book Show about his new novel, A Time Outside This Time.
Eric Marcus ’80, the creator and host of the Making Gay History podcast, spoke with NPR’s All Things Considered about his six-episode audio memoir, “Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis.”
Dede Thompson Bartlett ’65 has donated $10 million to build a new admission and career education center on campus, as noted by the Poughkeepsie Journal.
Professor of Political Science Richard Born spoke to Spectrum News about how New York’s redistricting process could affect key congressional races.
Congrats to Neuro-oncologist Michelle Monje ’98, who is among the newest round of MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellows
In a TIME100 Talk, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, provides some historical context for Texas’s recent efforts to suppress the civil rights of people of color and women.
Frances “Sissy” Farenthold ’46, P’75, former Texas state legislator and AAVC Distinguished Achievement Award Winner, was remembered by the Washington Post.