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March 2020

Biology professor John Long, who teaches robotics, comments on the DARPA Grand Challenge, which tests the efficacy of robotic driving. In The Media Posted 3/6/2020 Read article

Cathy Tempelsman ’79 illuminates historical inaccuracies in the film 1917 in the New York Times. In The Media Posted 3/5/2020 Read article

February 2020

Elizabeth Perkins ’23 describes a typical day in the life of a Vassar drama student for Broadway World. In The Media Posted 2/14/2020 Read article

Associate Professor of Economics Ben Ho talks about the falling cost of solar energy on NPR’s Planet Money. In The Media Posted 2/13/2020 Read article

The Orlando Sentinel profiles ecofeminist Mira Lehr ’56, whose artwork advocates for saving the earth. In The Media Posted 2/11/2020 Read article

In Forbes, President Bradley discusses how leaders in higher education can deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak. In The Media Posted 2/10/2020 Read article

Matthew A. Wilson ’99, an Emmy winner and founder of Vassar’s Barefoot Monkeys, delivered a TED Talk on the health benefits of clowning around. In The Media Posted 2/10/2020 Read article

A new study by Dr. Candido Diaz ’11, an adjunct assistant professor of biology and post-doctoral researcher at Vassar, on how some spiders trap moths with a special glue was covered by Inside Science and UPI. In The Media Posted 2/3/2020 Read article

January 2020

On WAMC, Vassar Modfest lecturer and Tony-winning actor Celia Keenan-Bolger (To Kill a Mockingbird) reflects on her life and art. In The Media Posted 1/28/2020 Read article

Ahead of his upcoming Modfest performance, experimental composer Jeff Snyder talks to WAMC about making new forms of music. In The Media Posted 1/28/2020 Read article

President Bradley explores diversity, inclusive leadership, and health outcomes in the International Journal of Health Policy and Management. In The Media Posted 1/27/2020 Read article

In American Prospect, President Bradley on how engaged pluralism can help preserve civil discourse in a deeply divided era. In The Media Posted 1/27/2020 Read article

Hudson Valley One looks at the life and times of brewery magnate Matthew Vassar. In The Media Posted 1/24/2020 Read article

The Hindu covers President Bradley’s trip to India, where she discussed the country’s emerging focus on the liberal arts. In The Media Posted 1/22/2020 Read article

President Bradley discusses free speech, engaged pluralism, and political inequality on The Open Mind. In The Media Posted 1/20/2020 Read article

Anthropologist Bill Maurer ’89 is featured in “Emotional Currency: How Money Shapes Human Relationships” on NPR. In The Media Posted 1/20/2020 Read article

Marriage Story, directed by Noah Baumbach ’91, was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress, and Best Actor. In The Media Posted 1/15/2020 Read article

MTI News on President Bradley’s recent trip to India, where she discussed that country’s emerging focus on the liberal arts. In The Media Posted 1/10/2020 Read article

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, wrote a Psychology Today article about the benefits and drawbacks of celebrity crushes. In The Media Posted 1/8/2020 Read article

The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope under construction in Chile will be named after renowned astronomer Vera Rubin ’48. In The Media Posted 1/7/2020 Read article

Making Gay History, created and hosted by Eric Marcus ’80, made The Atlantic’s list of the best podcasts of 2019. In The Media Posted 1/6/2020 Read article

Shoshanah Bewlay ’92 was named Executive Director of the New York Committee on Open Government. In The Media Posted 1/6/2020 Read article

Hope Blinkoff Lynch ’10, Executive Director of the nonprofit 716 Squash, talked to the Buffalo News about her work and the organization. In The Media Posted 1/6/2020 Read article

The actors in films by Jason Blum ’91 and Noah Baumbach ’91—The Loudest Voice and Marriage Story—were recognized at the Golden Globes. In The Media Posted 1/6/2020 Read article

An interview with Meryl Streep ‘71 appeared on the year-end show Fresh Air Favorites, NPR. In The Media Posted 1/2/2020 Read article

December 2019

KBTX in Central Texas spotlights Carlos Espina ’20, who is spreading Christmas cheer to ICE detainees. In The Media Posted 12/20/2019 Read article

New Jersey Monthly profiles crisis manager Karen Kessler ’78, who salvages the reputations of celebrities and moguls alike. In The Media Posted 12/20/2019 Read article

Tight by Torrey Maldonado ’96 was named a best book of 2019 by NPR. In The Media Posted 12/12/2019 Read article

Trustee Geraldine Laybourne ’69 will be inducted into the 25th Television Academy Hall of Fame Class. In The Media Posted 12/4/2019 Read article

Filmmaker Noah Baumbach ’91 talked with the New York Times about his latest film, Marriage Story. In The Media Posted 12/3/2019 Read article

November 2019

In a New York Times op-ed, psychologist Dave DeSteno ’90 argues that gratitude is "wasted" on Thanksgiving. In The Media Posted 11/27/2019 Read article

Kariane Calta, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, teaches in the Bard Prison Program featured in a recently aired Ken Burns/PBS doc. In The Media Posted 11/27/2019 Read article

Professor Candice Lowe Swift was the subject of a “Professor Spotlight” in Private University Products and News, which detailed the birth of Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative. In The Media Posted 11/22/2019 Read article

David Means’s short story “The Red Dot” appears in the November 22 issue of Harper’s Magazine. In The Media Posted 11/22/2019 Read article

Film professor—and science fiction fantasy writer—Sarah Kozloff talks about the types of mother-daughter relationships in the genre. In The Media Posted 11/22/2019 Read article

President Bradley talked with the New York Times about a study she co-created that measured the importance of leadership training for clinicians. In The Media Posted 11/21/2019 Read article

President Bradley untangles the relationship between social service/health care spending and health outcomes in Health Affairs. In The Media Posted 11/20/2019 Read article

Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08 talked with Chicago Classical Review about her career and the theater's new season. In The Media Posted 11/14/2019 Read article

In Inside Higher Ed, Vassar trustee Mark Burstein ’84, President of Lawrence University, talks about a trend toward consolidation in higher ed. In The Media Posted 11/14/2019 Read article

Law.com's The Recorder refers to oral arguments about the border wall delivered before the 9th Circuit in San Fransico by Dror Ladin ’05. In The Media Posted 11/13/2019 Read article

Vassar Veteran Nicholas West ’21 talks about his Non-Traditional Route to Higher Ed in Forbes. In The Media Posted 11/12/2019 Read article

Vassar history professor Maria Höhn talks about acknowledging the contributions of Black WWII veterans with the Detroit News. In The Media Posted 11/12/2019 Read article

Chronogram magazine touts Alumnae House as a “house of a thousand treasures” and a “welcoming hearthstone.” In The Media Posted 11/12/2019 Read article

October 2019

EuropeNow, published by the Council for European Studies, highlights Vassar's many efforts to address forced migration. Feature Article Posted 10/30/2019 Read article

Movie producer Jason Blum '91 talks about "horror with a message" on the New Yorker Radio Hour. In The Media Posted 10/28/2019 Read article

WAMC reports on Vassar Trustees' approval of a bold plan to move the college toward carbon neutrality. In The Media Posted 10/28/2019 Read article

Leslie Chihuly ’83, married to famed artist Dale Chihuly, talks to the Boston Globe about combating the stigma around mental illness. In The Media Posted 10/23/2019 Read article

Terri Cheney ’82 is interviewed by the New York Times about the new Amazon series Modern Love, in which she is portrayed by Anne Hathaway ’04. In The Media Posted 10/21/2019 Read article

“Are You Experienced?” a short story by David Means, Visiting Associate Professor of English, was just published in the New Yorker. In The Media Posted 10/18/2019 Read article

“Down by the Hudson,” a photography collection by Caleb Stein ’17, was featured in Vogue’s Italian edition. In The Media Posted 10/17/2019 Read article

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, who heads the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, spoke about the passing of U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings on NPR’s Morning Edition. In The Media Posted 10/17/2019 Read article

Author Daphne Kalotay ’92 talks about the personal nature of war and her family’s history as Holocaust survivors and refugees with WBUR Boston. In The Media Posted 10/15/2019 Read article

The Poughkeepsie Journal showcases the Art Center’s extraordinary photography exhibition Shape of Light In The Media Posted 10/9/2019 Read article

Variety reports on Lyle Gamm ’96’s appointment as CNN's VP for Original Series. In The Media Posted 10/8/2019 Read article

The New York Times showcases a Hamptons house designed by Nina Anker ’93, founder of the eco-friendly design firm Nea Studio. In The Media Posted 10/7/2019 Read article

Open Table COO Andrea Johnston ’93 talks to Thrive Global about the things she wishes she'd known before becoming an executive. In The Media Posted 10/2/2019 Read article

Jacob Moses ’07, a PhD student in the history of science at Harvard, discusses his research on issues surrounding biotech like CRISPR. In The Media Posted 10/2/2019 Read article

In Forbes magazine, President Bradley supports admission policies like those at Harvard, whose affirmative action stance were recently affirmed in court. In The Media Posted 10/2/2019 Read article

September 2019

In Psychology Today, Andrew Solender ’20, Editor of the Vassar Political Review, takes on pundits who “infantilize” Greta Thunberg. In The Media Posted 9/27/2019 Read article

Grace Ashford ’14, who helped New York Times reporters break the Harvey Weinstein story, was mentioned in Susan Faludi’s review of She Said in the Times Book Review. In The Media Posted 9/24/2019 Read article

Kaia Stern ’94 tells Radcliffe Magazine how an internship at a maximum-security prison while a student at Vassar changed her life. In The Media Posted 9/20/2019 Read article

Transitions director Capria Berry talks to U.S. News about helping low-income and first-generation students find community. In The Media Posted 9/19/2019 Read article

WAMC reports on a new Vassar-Columbia University partnership enabling students to earn a master’s degree in public health. In The Media Posted 9/18/2019 Read article

WAMC interviewed dancer and photographer Steve Caras about his upcoming gallery show and residency at Vassar. In The Media Posted 9/18/2019 Read article

Brewmasters Carlisle Schaeffer ’14 and Sam Wagner ’13 are profiled in Connecticut magazine. In The Media Posted 9/18/2019 Read article

Lila Nordstrom ’06 is featured in a documentary about 9/11 and Stuyvesant High students who were blocks away when the towers fell. In The Media Posted 9/9/2019 Read article

In Forbes, President Elizabeth Bradley writes that gun violence is a critical public health issue—and its impact is being felt in the classroom. In The Media Posted 9/6/2019 Read article

NBC reports that “Bad Habit,” written and performed by songwriter Zach Sorgen ’11, was the winning tune on the Sept. 4 episode of its show Songland. In The Media Posted 9/5/2019 Read article

August 2019

CNN recently profiled conductor Lidiya Yankovskaya ’08, Music Director of the Chicago Opera Theater and founder of the Refugee Orchestra Project. In The Media Posted 8/28/2019 Read article

Did Vassar students have a hand in sparking a fudge craze in the 1800s? This Chowhound article says yes! In The Media Posted 8/27/2019 Read article

Professor of History Mita Choudhury discusses the Jeffrey Epstein case and the broader societal issues on WAMC. In The Media Posted 8/27/2019 Read article

An article by Assistant Professor of History Wayne Soon earned the Zhu Kezhel Junior Scholar Award from an international society focused on East Asian science and tech. In The Media Posted 8/26/2019 Read article

Mid Hudson News writes about a Poughkeepsie natural resources inventory compiled over three years by Vassar students, staff, and faculty. In The Media Posted 8/21/2019 Read article

The Hollywood Reporter announces Eddie Gamarra ‘94’s new role as a studio head at Nickelodeon. In The Media Posted 8/21/2019 Read article

Jamshed Barucha ’78, Vice Chancellor of SRM Amaravati University, wrote about the benefits of active learning in India Today. In The Media Posted 8/15/2019 Read article

Vassar’s Urban Education Initiative received a generous $2.25 million gift, as noted by the Mid-Hudson News. In The Media Posted 8/15/2019 Read article

The Guardian spoke with lawyer Carrie Goldberg ’99 about her work representing sexual assault and revenge porn victims, and her new book, Nobody’s Victim. In The Media Posted 8/14/2019 Read article

Tanya Odom ’92, a global consultant, coach, and writer, talked with Entrepreneur about her work and her life. In The Media Posted 8/14/2019 Read article

Bryan W. Van Norden, James Monroe Taylor Chair in Philosophy, won the American Philosophical Association’s 2019 Public Philosophy Op-Ed Contest for his New York Times essay “The Ignorant Do Not Have a Right to an Audience.” In The Media Posted 8/14/2019 Read article

Vassar Trustee Mark Burstein ’84, President of Lawrence College in Wisconsin, talks to WISC-TV about higher education and its role in the world. In The Media Posted 8/7/2019 Read article

Francis Smith ’87’s photographic journey to capture the nation’s diversity was featured in a Washington Post Magazine article by Cari Shane ’87. In The Media Posted 8/7/2019 Read article

WAMC focuses on the Art Center exhibition honoring Director Emeritus James Mundy ’74, P’13 and memories of his acquisitions. In The Media Posted 8/7/2019 Read article

On PBS’s Nova website, Professor of Astronomy Debra Elmegreen discusses findings that the Milky Way is curved, not flat as previously thought. In The Media Posted 8/2/2019 Read article

The photography project of Francis Smith ’87, “America by Another Name,” was featured in the Washington Post Magazine. In The Media Posted 8/1/2019 Read article

July 2019

The National Association of Women Lawyers honors Inez Mullholland, class of 1909, for her leadership in suffrage and gender-equality. In The Media Posted 7/31/2019 Read article

The House passed a bill to rename the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in Chile for astronomer and dark matter pioneer Vera Rubin ’48. In The Media Posted 7/30/2019 Read article

Vassar made Kiplinger‘s list of the “20 Best College Values in the U.S.” In The Media Posted 7/30/2019 Read article

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, talks to the Miami Times about algorithmic biases in the technologies we use. In The Media Posted 7/17/2019 Read article

Jonathan Karl ’90, ABC Chief White House Correspondent, named White House Correspondents’ Association President, reports Adweek. In The Media Posted 7/15/2019 Read article

Poughkeepsie and Vassar spotlighted in the New York Times article “8 Day Trips From New York, No Car Needed” In The Media Posted 7/12/2019 Read article

Barron’s talks to famed architect Phyllis Lambert ’48 about her career and award-winning projects. In The Media Posted 7/3/2019 Read article

The Guardian offers a sparkling review of “Making Gay History,” a podcast by Eric Marcus ’80. In The Media Posted 7/3/2019 Read article

June 2019

Norma Newton ’00 writes about talking to her light-skinned daughter about the beauty and history of dark-skinned people in the New York Times. In The Media Posted 6/28/2019 Read article

The New York Times writes about Poughkeepsie’s revival. In The Media Posted 6/12/2019 Read article

Distinguished physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63 talks about her life, from a childhood in the slums of Hong Kong, to becoming a celebrated scientist who helped discover the Higgs boson. In The Media Posted 6/11/2019 Read article

Fitz Patton ’88 Won the 2019 Tony Award for Best Sound Design of a Play. In The Media Posted 6/10/2019 Read article

Tony-nominated actress Lilli Cooper ’12 talked with Backstage about her work on the musical, Tootsie, and how to find success on Broadway. In The Media Posted 6/4/2019 Read article

May 2019

Bryan Rubin ’19 played all nine positions in a single baseball game—a rare feat—this spring. In The Media Posted 5/24/2019 Read article

Vassar Historian Colton Johnson discusses some unique Commencement events with the North Jersey Record. In The Media Posted 5/21/2019 Read article

Davidson College (NC) names Philip Jefferson ’83 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty. In The Media Posted 5/16/2019 Read article

CNN writes about Michael Wolff ’75’s latest book Siege, a sequel to his bestselling book Fire and Fury. In The Media Posted 5/16/2019 Read article

President Bradley talks about Commencement speaker Van Jones with the Poughkeepsie Journal. In The Media Posted 5/15/2019 Read article

Seamus Carey ’87, formerly of Transylvania University, named ninth president of Iona College. In The Media Posted 5/14/2019 Read article

Susan Wadsworth ’58, founder of NYC’s Young Classical Artists series, was featured in the New York Times on the eve of her final concert as director. In The Media Posted 5/13/2019 Read article

President Bradley discusses her own memories of graduating from college in LoHud.com commencement story. In The Media Posted 5/10/2019 Read article

The Gazette on the success of the hit TV franchise Bachelor/Bachelorette, produced by Bennett Graebner ’94. In The Media Posted 5/3/2019 Read article

April 2019

Actress Tai Verley ’05 talked to the Philadelphia Tribune about her work and being bitten by the acting bug at Vassar. In The Media Posted 4/30/2019 Read article

The film Driveways by Hannah Bos ’00 and Paul Thureen ’00, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival this year, will screen at Tribeca April 30. In The Media Posted 4/26/2019 Read article

Professor Marc Michael Epstein on his “secret mission” to examine one of the very few high-medieval Haggadahs in private hands. In The Media Posted 4/23/2019 Read article

Atlantic Staff Writer Adam Serwer ’05 examines the roots of white nationalism in the U.S. on NPR. In The Media Posted 4/16/2019 Read article

MidHudson News reported on Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul’s visit to campus to introduce Governor Cuomo’s 2019 Women’s Justice Agenda. In The Media Posted 4/12/2019 Read article

The UC Santa Cruz Newscenter reports on podcaster Barry Lam’s residency in the humanities. In The Media Posted 4/11/2019 Read article

Alumna Lucinda Franks and Vassar Haiti Project cofounders were interviewed about VHP’s upcoming Art & Soul Gala to support healthcare in rural Haiti. In The Media Posted 4/11/2019 Read article

WNYC’s “All Things Considered” Interview Professors Mia Mask and Hiram Perez about Passing, Identity and Conference on the Topics. In The Media Posted 4/10/2019 Read article

ARTnews article highlights T. Barton Thurber’s appointment as new director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center In The Media Posted 4/4/2019 Read article

Emma Fiona Jones ’19 shares her opinions on the Green New Deal in the Nation. In The Media Posted 4/4/2019 Read article

Broadway World reports on Lilli Cooper ’12’s role in the new Broadway musical Tootsie. In The Media Posted 4/4/2019 Read article

Men’s volleyball player Ben Brody tells Special Olympics College how volunteering alongside VC athletes at the Special Olympics “sold” him on Vassar. In The Media Posted 4/4/2019 Read article

Mariah Caballero ’19 leads study finding link between herbicides and Parkinson’s disease. In The Media Posted 4/4/2019 Read article