In the Media–March 2023 Roundup
Vassar College was mentioned in a Toronto Star story about author Owen King ’99, whose latest novel, The Curator, was inspired by a Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center exhibition that featured a cabinet of curiosities. President Elizabeth Bradley was named to City & State’s list of the 100 most influential college and university leaders.
Jon Read ’09, a Co-Producer of the Oscar-winning film Everything Everywhere All at Once, was featured in a Daily Voice story and mentioned in a WIBX article about the Hudson Valley town in which Academy Award statues are made.
Charlotte Gullick, Program Manager of Vassar’s Exploring Transfer Together Initiative, wrote a Community College Daily article, “Holding two truths: ‘Thickening’ the narrative on community college students.”
Estefanía Fadul ’10 was named Co-Artistic Director of the Ensemble Studio Theatre, as noted by Playbill, Deadline, and BroadwayWorld.com.
Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, class of 1928, was named one of the five top women in technology by Lifewire.
Author and Town & Country Editor-in-Chief Stellene Volandes ’93 wrote a Town & Country article about the Bulgari Serpenti.
Heather Deichler ’02 was named Senior Vice President of Group Benefit Product and Underwriting at Lincoln Financial Group, as noted by Yahoo! Finance.
Tessa Kaganoff ’88 joined the Board of Directors for the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara, as noted by Noozhawk.
The Gilded Years, a novel by Karin Tanabe ’02, was one of three books recommended to celebrate Women’s History Month in a Yahoo! News story.
The Group by Mary McCarthy, class of 1933, was one of the books included in an MSN story, “The 15 Best Books About Friendship to Read Alongside Your Bestie.”
Dr. Zoe Adams ’15 wrote a Guernica article, “Doctors, Not Dealers: Punishment, not care, characterizes opioid addiction treatment.”
Attorney, reporter, and author Elisabeth Petry ’70, daughter of famed author Ann Petry, was remembered by the Middletown Press.
Jason Blum ’91, Founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, was named to the American Cinematheque Board of Directors, as noted by Yahoo! Entertainment.
Oakland Zoo CEO Nik Dehejia ’94 and his work to improve the zoo was the subject of a San Francisco Business Times story.
Andrew Zolli ’95 and his reporting on the relationship between technology and emotion was the subject of the WNYC Studios Radiolab podcast episode “The Trust Engineers.”
Ellen Swallow Richards, class of 1870, was mentioned in an iHeartRadio podcast, Stuff You Missed in History Class.
Kara Voght ’11 joined the Washington Post as a political reporter, as noted by the newspaper in an article.
David Naidu ’90, a law firm partner and former Summit Common Council member, is running for mayor of Summit, N.J., as noted by Tap Into Summit.
Architect Phyllis Lambert ’48 appeared on the podcast The Current with Matt Galloway to talk about how to build better cities.
Astronomer Maria Mitchell, Vassar’s first professor, was the subject of a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration story. A children’s book about Mitchell was the subject of a Space.com story.
Carmen Reinicke ’14 joined Bloomberg News as a reporter on the equities team, as noted by TalkingBizNews.com.
Ben Demers ’08, Audience Engagement Manager and Kiplinger.com, wrote a Kiplinger article about a new email scam.
Author Mariah Fredericks ’88 will discuss her book The Lindberg Nanny at the Mercer County Library, as noted by mercerme.com.
Photo credits: Read, Allison Rose Carter; Tanabe and Lambert, Karl Rabe; Dehejia, courtesy of Oakland Zoo.
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