Vassar College was mentioned in an ABC News 10 story about Spring Fest 2023, which is co-sponsored by the College. The College was mentioned and President Elizabeth Bradley was quoted in a Politico story about colleges that have recently adopted a test-optional admission policy. Vassar was mentioned in a Higher Ed Dive story about the test-optional admission policy and Sonya Smith, Dean of Admission and Student Financial Services, was quoted.

Freewater, a middle-grade novel about a secret community of formerly enslaved people authored by Amina Luqman-Dawson ’97, has won the John Newbery Medal for best children’s book of the year, as noted by ABC News.

Daphne Kalotay ’92 wrote a New York Times guest essay, “What Holocaust Storytellers Like Me Know About ‘Secondhand Smoke.’”

David Means, Visiting Associate Professor of English, wrote a New York Times guest essay, “A.I. Can’t Write My Cat Story Because It Hasn’t Felt What I Feel.” 

The work of director and screenwriter Jonás Cuarón ’05 was the subject of a Goa Spotlight story.

Renowned astronomer and dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin ’48 was the subject of a Scientific American story. 

Anurag Mehra, Visiting Professor of Science and Society, talked with Spectrum News about artificial intelligence.

Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair and author of Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western, gave a talk about her book, as noted by Manchester Ink Link.

Eloise Grossman ’25 was quoted in a Washington Post story about a celebration for the late novelist Philip Roth.

Vassar’s Martel Theater was mentioned in a Hudson Valley Magazine article about spring theater productions.

Attorney and author Karen Roberts Turner ’86 shared her story about surviving brain cancer on WUSA9.

The Vassar Haiti Project’s annual Art & Soul Gala was the subject of a Mid Hudson News article.

Dr. Simon S. Rabinowitz ’75 was named a Most Trusted Professional in the Medical Field for his contributions as a pediatric gastroenterologist, educator, and scientist by The Inner Circle, as noted in a Yahoo! Life article.

Photo credits: Kalotay and Turner, courtesy of the subjects; Mehra, Karl Rabe.

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