Vassar College was included in a CNBC article about colleges with the most generous financial aid. President Elizabeth Bradley spoke to WAMC about her latest research on college graduation rates. Bradley also wrote an opinion piece for The Hill urging policymakers to increase the value of higher education by helping more students graduate.

Philip Jefferson ’83, a member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, was nominated Vice Chair of the board, as noted by the White House and numerous media outlets.

Catherine Drennan ’85, Professor of Biology and Chemistry at MIT, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, as noted by MIT News.

The 39th Powerhouse Theater Season was the subject of a Playbill story.

Vassar Haiti Project’s Art & Soul Gala was the subject of a WAMC discussion.

Confetti Cakes owner and cake designer Elisa Strauss ’98 will be featured on the premiere season of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars, as noted by Variety.

Filmmaker and producer Cannon Hersey ’99 gave the Commencement address for the University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media, as noted by Ole Miss.

Award-winning author Dawn Hathaway ’91 wrote a Saturday Evening Post contemporary fiction story, The Culling.

South Carolina Judge Alison Lee ’79 announced her retirement from the bench, as noted by The Herald.

Michelle Monje ’98, a physician and research scientist at Stanford University School of Medicine, received the 2023 Richard Lounsbery Award, as noted by the National Academy of Sciences.

Leah Goodridge ’04, Managing Attorney for Housing Policy at Mobilization for Justice, discussed the affordable housing crisis and evictions in an interview with The Body.

Melody Smith Johnson ’85, P’14, an entrepreneur and founder of the Beverly L. Smith Empowerment Initiative, was the recipient of a New York State Senate’s annual Women of Distinction Award, as noted by FingerLakesDailyNews.com.

Benjamin Ho, Professor of Economics, and his book, Why Trust Matters, were mentioned in a Washington Post article, “Inflation is Thriving in Our Era’s Lack of Trust.”

Randolph Cornelius, Professor of Psychological Science, was quoted in a Vox story, “Crying can teach you a lot about yourself.”

The Archivists, a collection of stories by Daphne Kalotay ’92, was included in the New York Times’s The Shortlist.

NYC Pride announced that AC Dumlao ’13 will serve as a Grand Marshal for the 2023 New York City Pride March.

Dr. Valentino “Tino” Cooper ’00, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was appointed to the DOE’s Basic Energy Science Advisory Committee, as announced by the laboratory.

Cynthia Patton ’83 was named General Counsel and Secretary of Tessera Therapeutics, a biotechnology company, as noted by Yahoo! Finance.

Eugene Lee ’27, a high school champion tennis player who committed to Vassar, was the subject of an Action News Now story.

Lawyer Carolyn Demougeot ’11 was named to Maryland Governor Wes Moore’s Montgomery County Trial Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, as noted by the Maryland state government.

Judah Schept ’01, author and professor in the School of Justice Studies at Eastern Kentucky University, was a guest on the Everywhere Radio podcast in an episode titled, “’Building Prison Cells Over Homes’ in Central Appalachia,” as noted by the Daily Yonder.

Engineer and chemist Ellen Swallow Richards, class of 1870, the first woman admitted into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was the subject of a Chip Chick story.

Photo credits: Jefferson, Karl Rabe; Monje, courtesy of the MacArthur Foundation; Dumlao, courtesy of the subject.

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