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.

Vassar College is thrilled to announce initial casting for the 39th Powerhouse Theater Season. Past highlights from this celebrated program include works that have gone on to win Tony®, Emmy, Pulitzer and Grammy awards, and was a developmental stop for the long-running Broadway smash Hamilton.

Rowland Winton Evans ’75 has committed a generous $28 million gift to Vassar College.

New Mainstage, Workshops, Free Readings, and Training Program for Six Weeks: June 20–July 27, 2025.

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.

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.

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar has collaborated with artist and researcher, Sa’dia Rehman on a new exhibition, Water/Bodies: Sa’dia Rehman, the centerpiece of which is a massive site-responsive wall drawing that engages critically with Vassar’s founding collection of Hudson River School art.

The critically acclaimed author of fiction for young people and a public school teacher for 25 years will deliver Vassar College’s Commencement address at the College’s 161st graduation ceremony.