Vassar College’s Move-In Day was the subject of a Mid Hudson News story. Vassar was mentioned in Poughkeepsie Journal and Bleeding Cool stories about the comic book character Mary Marvel of The New Champion of Shazam! attending the College.

In Forbes, President Elizabeth Bradley writes about how four-year liberal arts institutions can provide a bridge to success for community college students.

Anabel Varghese ’24 has been awarded one of the inaugural Voyager Scholarships, as announced by the Obama Foundation.

April Beisaw, Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology, was quoted in a New York Times story about the need for colleges to return indigenous bones and artifacts.

Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, was mentioned in several articles about a celebration of the work of actor Pam Grier that she curated—including The Arts Shelf and Top 10 Films. She also discussed the project on Worldwide FM’s The People’s Breakfast podcast.

David Ambroz ’02 , author, Fostermore co-founder, and Head of Community Engagement in the West at Amazon, wrote a Newsweek article about how he went from a homeless child to a high-level executive that was picked up by multiple media outlets, including MSN.

Elizabeth Sporkin ’78 and Jan Freeman ’79 were mentioned in a MarketWatch story about the importance of longtime friendship to finding happiness in retirement.

The New York Times reviewed Two Nurses, Smoking, the latest book by David Means, Visiting Associate Professor of English.

Leonard Steinhorn ’77, Professor of Communication and Affiliate Professor of History at American University and a CBS News political analyst, wrote a Washington Post op-ed, “The fundamental flaw in ‘Make America Great Again.’”

Victor Ray ’07, author of On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters & Why You Should Care, co-wrote a New York Times guest essay, “School Is for Making Citizens.”

Casey Katims ’10, Executive Director of the U.S. Climate Alliance, talked about his organization’s work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an MSN article.

Jingchen Hu, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, co-wrote an AmstatNews article, “Prescribing Privacy: Human and Computational Resource Limitations.”

Sasha Velour ’09, a performer, writer, and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, was the subject of a Provincetown Magazine article.

Maurice F. Edelson ’85 was named Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of WWE, as noted by MarketScreener.

Urvashi Vaid ’79, a pioneering LGBTQ+ activist who died in May, was the subject of a Ms magazine article. Vaid was also remembered by The Lancet.

Shoshanah Bewlay ’92, the Executive Director of the New York State Committee on Open Government, talked about her work and the work of her organization on PBS’s Connect NY.

Chris English ’82, owner of the Vermont Lake Monsters baseball team, talked with Brave Little State on Vermont Public Radio about the team, which includes players Ezra Caspi ’23 and Andrew Kanellis ’23.

Karen Petersen ’76 was a featured American poet in The High Window.

Gina Florio ’97 was named Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at Molloy University, as noted my MSN.

Merritt Birnbaum ’00 was named President and CEO of Riverside Park Conservancy, as noted by the Spirit.

Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, wrote an Oprah Daily column about the importance of Salman Rushdie’s legacy.

Children’s book illustrator Ronni Solbert ’46 was remembered by the New York Times.

Abram Gregory ’21 was the subject of an Outsports article titled, “Fencing coach adjusts to genderqueer life in Missouri.”

Actor and producer Dan Bucatinsky ’87 talked with TV Insider about his work on multiple shows, including, Who Do You Think You Are?

Toya Lillard ’95 was named Executive Director of 651 ARTS—an organization for the African Diasporic performing arts—as noted by KULR.

Jason Blum ’91, CEO and Founder of Blumhouse Productions, talked with Deadline about his upcoming projects.

Alumna Alysia Reiner spoke to NBC New York about her role in the new Disney+ miniseries Ms. Marvel and other work.

Playwright juliany taveras ’16 was commissioned by the Atlantic Theater Company to create a one-act play as part of the company’s First Gen MixFest, as noted by Broadwayworld.com.

Broadwayworld.com highlighted staged readings at Chicago’s Artemisia Theatre of The Flower and The Fury, a new play by Alexa Juanita Jordan ’17 that follows three pregnant women as they contemplate abortion.

Joseph Nevins, Professor of Geography, wrote a Conversation article—which was reprinted by several media outlets, including Yahoo! News— about why crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is deadlier than ever for migrants.

Gerald Simons ’25 wrote an Entomology Today article about HyFlex learning during COVID.

Edith Clarke, class of 1908 and the first woman to be professionally employed as an electrical engineer in the United States, was the subject of an MSN story.

Former lieutenant governor Betsy McCaughey ’70, the founding chair of the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, talked with Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals about ways to mitigate hospital and nursing home infections.

Yaniv Segal ’03 spoke to the Salina Journal about plans for his inaugural season as Music Director and Conductor of the Salina Symphony.

An MSN story features advice from chef, author, and television host Andrew Zimmern ’84 about the best places on Earth to eat.

Author Katherine Center ’94, whose novel The Lost Husband was made into a Netflix movie, was featured on CultureMap.com.

Debra Elmegreen, Professor Emerita of Astronomy, was quoted in a Physics Today article, “Gender equality in astronomy is still a work in progress.”

Professor of Economics Benjamin Ho’s research on trust was mentioned in a Nextgov article on declining trust in government.

The Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park has awarded Maya Pelletier ’22 the inaugural Cathy and Jim Gero Acadia Early-Career Fellowship for science research, as noted by the Ellsworth American, Bangor Daily News, Mainebiz, and Mount Desert Islander.

Photo credits: Mary Marvel, courtesy of DC; Ray, Jill Tobin, University of Iowa; Bewlay, courtesy of the subject; Kumar, Don J. Usner; Jordan, Karl Rabe.

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