Press Releases

 A close-up of a rustic metal sculpture with a weathered, rusted surface. A small, green-patina mask of a human face is embedded in a cutout of the rusty metal. The sculpture is outdoors, with green grass and trees visible in the background.
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Soaring 18 feet high, seven sentinels made of weathered steel surround a female bronze figure that appears to emerge from the earth. This dynamic and awe-inducing public artwork, situated at the northwest perimeter of the campus, is Vassar College’s newest public art acquisition.

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With the arrival of summer, Vassar’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is rolling out the red carpet for art lovers this season with a wide range of events and exhibitions spanning improvised performances utilizing the gestural composing language of Soundpainting to exhibitions that explore the reciprocal relationship between place and person, showcase the museum’s collection of Hudson River School art, and examine images of the body fragmented into pieces.

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Celebrating the 100th anniversary of tech pioneer Grace Hopper’s arrival on the Vassar campus, Vassar students, faculty, alums, and others in the tech field gathered at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts on April 10, 2025, trading stories about the groundbreaking work she had done to shepherd the world into the modern computer age.

Three people stand in front of a banner that says “The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts”. President Elizabeth Bradley, a person with short gray hair and a blue dress, stands between a person with gray hair and a gray suit and a person with gray hair and a blue checked suit.
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Vassar presented the findings from its nearly three years of study into why some colleges and universities—even those with limited resources—graduate their students at a far higher rate than others. The research was presented in the context of a convening of educators from a dozen institutions, foundation leaders, and policy makers at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts.