Vassar College was mentioned in News12, Poughkeepsie Journal, Times Union,  WAMC and several other publications about a lawsuit based on the lack of a polling place on the College’s campus. The College was mentioned in several articles, including Mid Hudson News, the Daily Freeman, and Raw Story, after the lawsuit succeeded and a polling place was created on campus. Vassar was mentioned in a Medium post about Poughkeepsie tackling food waste and hunger and was included in an MSN slideshow of the most beautiful college campuses. 

President Elizabeth Bradley co-wrote an Inside Higher Ed article about the impact of the lack of abortion care.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center was included in a Hudson Valley magazine story about museums and cultural centers to visit in the Hudson Valley.

The Midco Sports network featured former Brewers soccer standout and Special Forces Staff Sergeant Robb Rolfing ’00, who was killed while serving in Iraq in 2007. 

The work of Abigail Baird ’91, Professor of Psychological Science on the Arnhold Family Chair, regarding the adolescent brain was included in Bloomberg and  Washington Post articles about the issues facing Gen Z.

Karen Petersen ’76 has won the Wil Mills Poetry Award, judged by Annie Finch, for her chapbook, Trembling, as noted by West Chester University. Petersen also received the Douglas Preston Travel Grant, awarded by the New Mexico Writers Association for travel to AWP Seattle in 2023.

Qi Ge, Assistant Professor of Economics, took part in an NPR conversation about how individuals with names that are more difficult to pronounce can be negatively impacted in the job market.

Jason Blum ’91, Founder and CEO of Blumhouse Productions, is in advanced talks about merging his company with producer James Wan’s company, Atomic Monster, as noted by the New York Times.

Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, wrote an Oprah Daily article about the auction for the estate of author Joan Didion.

Author Michael Wolff ’75 wrote a New York Times guest essay, “The Chaos Inside Donald Trump’s Mind.”

David Ambroz ’02, a foster care and homeless children advocate talked about his new book, A Place Called Home—which chronicles his own journey through homelessness and foster care—on Good Morning America.

Jonathan Feingold ’07, Associate Professor at Boston University School of Law, co-wrote a Boston Globe op-ed about the affirmative action cases before the Supreme Court. Feingold also wrote an amicus brief and spoke with BU Today about the case.

Professor Christine Howlett, Director of Choral Activities, talked with WAMC about a Bardavon concert that featured the Vassar College Choir, faculty members Courtenay Budd and James Ruff, and alumna Jacquelyn Matava ’09.  

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science and Director of Media Studies, wrote a Psychology Today article about why it’s so meaningful to see yourself in media narratives.

Lawyer Carrie Goldberg ’99 was quoted in a Mother Jones story about online predators and the chat platform Omegle, which is the focus of a lawsuit.

A study of hot, dense water vapor found in a protoplanetary disk led by Colette Salyk, Associate Professor of Astronomy, was the subject of an Astrobiology article.

Astronomer Maria Mitchell, Vassar’s first professor, was the subject of a PRINT article, “Monday Marginalian: Astronomy and the Poetry of the Cosmic Perspective.”

Award-winning author Mariah Fredericks ’88 was included in an NJ.com story about a panel discussion at the Hoboken Historical Museum.

Tony Award-winning set designer Beowulf Boritt ’93 talked with Playbill about his work and inspiration.

Randolph Cornelius, Professor of Psychological Science, discussed how crying is seen less as a weakness now than in decades past on CBS Sunday Morning.

Kayla Vasquez ’20 is the Artist in Residence at Twin Parks Montessori School in New York City this fall, as noted by ilovetheupperwestside.com.

Actor Ariana Venturi ’08 was mentioned in a BroadwayWorld.com story about the world premiere production of the play Montag.

Katherine “Gig” Babson ’69 spoke with the Swellesley Report about her new picture book, Tails with Gig.

Margaret Norsworthy-Edghill ’26 wrote a Study Breaks article about the impact of inflation on Halloween.

Matthew Frankel ’90 was named Chief Medical Officer of Chemomab, as noted by Yahoo! finance.

Bruce Mendelsohn ’90 was honored at the Worcester Jewish Community Center Veteran’s Day Tribute and spoke to Spectrum News 1 about the importance of the event. Mendelsohn was also recognized as a “local hero” by Patch for helping job seekers in central Massachusetts as Resource Development Coordinator at MassHire Central Region Workforce Board. 

Photo credits: Rolfing, courtesy of the Rolfing family; Petersen and Mendelsohn, courtesy of the subjects; Kumar, John Abbott Photography; Matava and Cornelius, Buck Lewis; Salyk, Karle Rabe.

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