President Elizabeth Bradley wrote a Forbes article on how the pandemic has impacted men’s enrollment in college. Bradley was also named one of the new directors of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, as noted by Diverse Issues in Higher Education.

Leah Goodridge ’04 talked about reparations in New York with Gothamist and WNYC and was profiled by Law 360. Goodridge also wrote a Teen Vogue op-ed about the deadly Bronx apartment complex fire and how building neglect endangers low-income residents.

Louisa Jacobson ’13, who stars in the HBO series The Gilded Age, was profiled in Vanity Fair and was the subject of Vogue, Parade, ET and MSN stories. 

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, wrote a Psychology Today article, “Four Powerful Lessons from Disney’s Encanto.”

Shanlon “Shan” Wu ’80, a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, wrote a Think article about Justice Breyer’s retirement and problems with the U.S. Supreme Court.

Elias Kim ’16 was named a 2022 Bristow Fellow, as noted by Original Jurisdiction.

Olaf Carlson-Wee ’12, founder of Polychain Capital, was the subject of a Forbes story on “The Blockchain 50” and spoke to Interview magazine about cryptocurrency, the future of finance, and “infinite bliss.”

Ila Kumar ’25 was quoted in a Yahoo! News story about young love during the COVID pandemic.

Amy Entelis ’71, CNN’s Executive Vice President for Talent & Content Development, CNN Worldwide, was named an interim chief of CNN after the departure of Jeff Zucker, as noted by news outlets, including Variety.

Michelle DeFossett ’87, Chief Operating Officer at Girls Who Invest, was named to the Brooklyn Community Foundation Board of Directors, as announced by the foundation.

Alan Neuhauser ’09 was hired by Axios to cover climate deals, as noted by Talking Biz News.

Professor Charles Steinhorn, who retired from Vassar after serving as Chair of Mathematics and Statistics and Associate Dean of the Faculty, was named Director of the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences. 

The latest series by award-winning screenwriter Maggie Cohn ’03, The Staircase, is one of the most anticipated shows coming to HBO Max, as announced by Collider.

Aaron Bendich ’16, host of a weekly FM radio show, “Borscht Beat,” started a record label that celebrates Jewish music, as noted in a Jewish Telegraphic Agency article about Bendich.

Director Henery Wyand ’20 talked with DC Metro Theater Arts about the play he is directing, Blue Door.

Connor Martin ’18 was quoted in a Consumer Reports story about the discrimination that keeps gay men from donating blood.

Rupa Ranga Puttagunta ’02 was confirmed as a D.C. Superior Court judge, as noted in various publications, including the Washington Post.

Juliano Pereira ’14 talked with SportsEpreneur about the journey from professional athlete to sports psychology.

Bryan Van Norden, Professor of Philosophy on the James Monroe Taylor Chair, discussed the short story “Kong Yiji” on the Chinese Literature Podcast.

Astronomer Maria Mitchell, Vassar’s first professor, was the subject of a Boston Globe article.

Deborah Steinberg ’14 was appointed to the board of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s National Capitol Area Chapter, where she did her 2013 Tananbaum Fellowship.

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 was discussed as a possible replacement for Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, as noted by AP News.

Debra Elmegreen, Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair and President of the International Astronomical Union, was quoted in Wired and  Science stories about how astronomers are countering the threat of satellite swarms to astronomical observations.

The MODfest 2022 exhibition Women R Beautiful, by Ruben Natal-San Miguel, at the James W. Palmer III Gallery, was the subject of an Eye of Photography story.

Taneisha Means, Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair, was quoted in a 19^th News article about President Biden’s imminent nomination of a Black woman to the Supreme Court.

Writer Elizabeth Lamont ’21 penned a Smithsonian Magazine story about the letters of artist Cecilia Beaux.

Joseph Nevins, Professor of Geography, wrote a CommonWealth story about the need to downsize Logan Airport in Boston as part of a municipal Green New Deal.

Good Morning America featured Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08, who tweeted about conducting opera performances while pregnant—and the stigma and outright discrimination faced by the relatively few women in her field.

Emmy-nominated composer Amanda Jones ’10, co-founder of the Composers Diversity Collective, was one of three composers featured in an Essence article, “Meet the Black Composers Behind the Music of Today’s Biggest Films.”

Briana Serradas ’21 was named the first poet laureate of Attleboro, MA, as noted by the Sun Chronicle.

Paulina Bren, Adjunct Associate Professor of International Studies and author of The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free, was quoted in a How Stuff Works story about the history of the Barbizon Hotel.

Katherine Creelman Skrobela ’62, Director of Technical Information with Brown Harris Stevens, was recognized by Continental’s Who’s Who in the field of Music, as noted by Yahoo! Finance.

Tom Facchine ’11, the imam at Hamilton College, was the subject of a Spectator article.

Catherine “Cathy” Delneo ’98 was appointed State Librarian for Vermont, as noted by the office of Governor Phil Scott.

Dr. June Jackson Christmas ’45-4 was mentioned in Mirage and Columbia Psychiatry stories about the Dr. June Jackson Christmas Medical Student Program at Columbia.

Mélida Hodgson '85 joined Arnold & Porter’s International Arbitration practice as a partner, as noted by the firm.

Actor Jon Tenney ’84 is the subject of an E!News story about his role in the HBO series And Just Like That… 

Jennifer Holmes ’00, who was named the Executive Director of Pace University’s Pace School of Performing Arts, talked with American Theater about her new role and the future of theater.

Hindley Wang ’21 wrote a Sixty Inches From Center article about artist Hannah Levy.

Artist Samantha Rosenwald ’16 talked about her latest exhibition in a Highlands Current article.

David Ginsburg ’94 was named Chief Customer Officer of Forethought, as noted by several news outlets, including Yahoo! News.

Photo credits: Campus shot, Tamar Thibodeau; Goodridge, Stockton Photo, Inc.; Carlson-Wee, Myleen Hollero; Steinhorn and Christmas, Karl Rabe; Puttagunta and Jones, courtesy of the subjects; Elmegreen, M. Zamani.