President Elizabeth Bradley co-wrote a New York Times letter, along with five other college presidents, about the recent Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision. The letter was the subject of an Inside Higher Ed article. Bradley talked about globalizing the liberal arts model in a Times Higher Education article and was interviewed on the InOn Health podcast about how focusing more on the social determinants of health could transform U.S. healthcare. She also co-authored an op-ed appearing in The Hill calling for more research on long COVID.

Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 chair, is featured in the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema pre-show video A Brief Intro to Black Westerns with Mia Mask, now playing with the Jordan Peele film Nope in 39 Alamo Drafthouse theaters nationwide. 

101.5 WPDH noted that Bagel World will open near Vassar College, leaving mouths watering in anticipation.

Former Vassar men’s soccer midfielder Andrew Goldsmith ’22 is playing for the U.S. open men’s team at the 21st Maccabiah Games in Israel, as noted by Princeton Town Topics.

Alyssa Willeford ’23 wrote a College Magazine essay, “Growing Apart from a First-Semester Friend.”

Emily Frank ’21, an astronomy educator with the nonprofit Wyoming Stargazing, was the subject of a Jackson Hole News & Guide article.

Financial advisor Joe Davis ’09 questioned Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary about investment strategies on Asset TV’s Hot Seat. He was also quoted in a Morning Brew Money Scoop article about how to spend money without feeling guilty.

Longtime New York State and New York City legislator Albert Vann, an instructor in Vassar’s Black Studies Program when it began in 1969, was remembered by the New York Daily News.

“Upon My Return to Appalachia,” a poem by Gabriel Dunsmith ’15, was published in Poetry magazine. 

Art critic Shana Nys Dambrot ’93 was awarded a  $50,000 Rabkin Prize for art journalism, as announced by the Rabkin Foundation.

Actor Tanya Wright ’89 of Orange Is the New Black was the subject of an article in Harvard Ed. Magazine about leaving Hollywood to pursue a master’s degree in education at Harvard.

The Smithsonian Institution featured geologist Jean Milton Berdan ’37 in Wonderful Women Wednesday, a blog series about groundbreaking women.

Sarah Wilcox ’79 and her family’s longtime retail clothing business, the House of Logan, were featured in the Boothbay Register.

Journalist Sally Defty ’53, P’82, ’84, the first woman to be named Executive City Editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, was remembered by Gateway Journalism Review.

Artist Mira Lehr ’56 was the subject of a Miami Fashion Spotlight article.

Lawyer Mimi Laver ’87 was named Chief of the Child Advocacy Unit at the Defender Association of Philadelphia, as noted by The Imprint.

Singer-songwriter Deidre McCalla ’75 was featured on AcousticMusicScene.com.

Autumn Taliaferrow ’26 was awarded the 2022 Saugerties Lions Club Scholarship, as noted by HV1.

Political campaign manager Luke Hayes ’05, the brother of MSNBC’s Chris Hayes, was the subject of a Market Realist story.

Lori O’Leary ’80 and the music therapy nonprofit MusicWorks that she co-founded with her spouse, Jerry O’Leary, were the subjects of a Delaware County Daily Times story.

Dr. Shilpa Patel ’86 was named Chief Quality Officer of Hawai’i Pacific Health, as noted by Kaua’i Now.

Itamar Ben-Porath ’21 discussed cancel culture in a Philosophynews.com interview with their father, Sigal Ben-Porath, a philosopher and author.

Psychologist Margret Floy Washburn, class of 1891, was the subject of a Medium story.

Victims’ rights attorney Carrie Goldberg ’99 was quoted in an Insider story about the misogyny stemming from the recent Amber Heard/Johnny Depp trial.

Wendy Costa ’72, a member of the Kent County Board of Education, was interviewed by the Chestertown Spy about education in the county.

Shelly O’Neill Stoneman ’99 was appointed as Chair of the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, as noted by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, joined the Ford Foundation as a Senior Fellow, as noted by the foundation.

Dr. Sharon Thompson ’90 was named the Black Women’s Health Imperative’s inaugural National Medical Director, as noted by Yahoo! Finance.

Nicholas Lee ’19 was the subject of a United States Tennis Association story.

Mailynh Phan ’09, CEO of RD Winery, talked with Oprah Daily about running the first Vietnamese-owned winery in the U.S. and how she is helping to make wine and Napa Valley accessible to all.

Professional baseball player Bryan Ruby ’19 talked about his experiences as an openly gay athlete and more on the Today show.

Rick Lazio ’80 was named Board Chair of the Enterprise Community Partners Board of Trustees, as noted by AP.

Hilary L. Hageman ’90 was appointed Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary of Science Applications International Corp., as noted by Yahoo!.

Burt Flickinger III ’75, a retail expert and Managing Director of Strategic Resource Group, was quoted in a CNN Business story about retail stores weighing the decision on whether to have customers return unwanted items.

Author and architect Chukwudi Eze ’78 participated in the Abuja chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors event, as noted by The Sun.

Melissa Curtis ’92 was named Vice President of Student Success at Howard Community College, as noted by the Daily Record.

Actor Imani Russell ’18 will be featured in the cast of the world premiere of Superhero Clubhouse’s Mammelephant, as noted by BroadwayWorld.com.

Author Joshunda Sanders ’00 was quoted in an MV Times story about memoir writing.

Jackie Marati ’76 retired as head of the Bank of Guam’s Communications and Corporate Social Responsibility, as noted by Marianas Variety.

Photo credits: Mask, Buck Lewis; Dambrot, EMS Photo; McCalla, Irene Young; Goldberg, Samuel Stuart Photography; Ruby, Karl Rabe.

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