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July 2020

The Texas Observer on Andrea Roberts ’96’s quest to uncover more than 500 Freedom Colonies founded by independent Black Texans during the Jim Crow era. In The Media Posted 7/24/2020 Read article

The New York Post writes about an exchange between Mark Shepard ’23 and Stephen Jackson of the NBA in which the student calls out anti-Semitism. In The Media Posted 7/22/2020 Read article

WMHT profiled Albany Councilman Keith St. John ‘81, the first openly gay Black public official elected in the U.S. In The Media Posted 7/16/2020 Read article

President Bradley talks about ICE’s new policy regarding international students in an interview on Spectrum News. In The Media Posted 7/13/2020 Read article

Business Insider on how Lisa Wardell ’91, the only Black woman CEO in the S&P 400, boosted her company’s minority leadership by 50% in 4 years. In The Media Posted 7/12/2020 Read article

Nick Lee ’19 talks about holding hands as an act of resistance for same-sex couples in the Advocate. In The Media Posted 7/10/2020 Read article

President Bradley discussed fall plans for Vassar in an interview with Spectrum News. In The Media Posted 7/9/2020 Read article

President Bradley, along with other leaders of higher ed and healthcare, co-authored a piece in support of the World Health Organization for the Lancet. In The Media Posted 7/8/2020 Read article

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, president of the NAACP-LDF, talks about police accountability, memorials to the Confederacy, and more on Face the Nation. In The Media Posted 7/7/2020 Read article

President Bradley explores higher education’s role in addressing the national crises of COVID‑19 and racial injustice. In The Media Posted 7/1/2020 Read article

June 2020

Danushi Fernando, Director of Vassar’s LGBTQ and Gender Resources, speaks with The New York Times about the challenges LGBTQ youth face during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article

In a segment on the podcast Making The Call, President Bradley discusses planning for the return to on-campus learning in the fall. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article

Mrinalini Somani ’23’s efforts organizing WE concerts to benefit impoverished children in her hometown of Mumbai was covered by MTI News in India. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article

Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk was quoted in a Hubblesite announcement about her team using NASA’s Hubble Telescope to view nascent stars resembling flapping “bat wings.” In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article

Vassar Board Chair Tony Friscia ’78 grew up in a “time of hope and optimism.” Fifty years later, he asks why we’re still fighting racial and gender inequality, poverty, and more. In The Media Posted 6/24/2020 Read article

Professor of Film Mia Mask discusses racial depictions in classic films on the Hollywood Reporter’s Morning Consult. In The Media Posted 6/24/2020 Read article

Valarie Walker ’88, organizer of this year’s NYC Dyke March, is featured in a Vogue article on how the event pivoted to social justice. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article

Eric Marcus »80, journalist and founder of the podcast “Making Gay History,” reflects on the uniqueness of this Pride Month on NPR’s All Things Considered. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article

Playbill offers a look at the trajectory of actor Meryl Streep ’71, “from high school prodigy to Broadway and movie star.” In The Media Posted 6/22/2020 Read article

On the Ted Radio Hour, Huang Hung ’84 talks about China’s collectivist culture and how it helped the country battle the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article

Professor of Political Science Katie Hite was interviewed for an Americas Quarterly article about the fate of controversial statues in Latin America. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article

A panel discussion about Juneteenth with Texas A&M University professor Andrea Roberts ’96 was recommended by the New York Times. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article

Tim Koechlin, Director of International Studies, explains why the median wealth for whites is 10 times greater than that of African Americans. In The Media Posted 6/17/2020 Read article

Stacy Bingham, Associate Dean of the College for Career Development, was interviewed for a Money.com story about virtual summer internships. In The Media Posted 6/17/2020 Read article

In Newsweek, Ed Adler ’76, P’16 puts into perspective the “often silly and selfish pursuits” his peers engaged in before the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/15/2020 Read article

Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, spoke to Marketplace about the lack of Hollywood investment in projects by filmmakers of color. In The Media Posted 6/12/2020 Read article

On Bloomberg Law, President Bradley discusses the U.S. healthcare system's misuse of $4 trillion in the face of a deadly pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/11/2020 Read article

On NPR, Adam Serwer ’05, who covers politics for the Atlantic, compares today's protests with those of 1968. In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article

In the Chicago Sun-Times, Tyrone Forman ’92 writes about black Americans’ daily “struggle for human dignity in a society that devalues blackness.” In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article

On 60 Minutes, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, says George Floyd’s death is a tipping point. She talks about where to go next. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article

In The Hill, Leonard Steinhorn ’77, who teaches communication and history at American University, discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unheeded warnings about the institutionalized dehumanization of African Americans. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article

Sherrilyn Ifill ‘84, who heads the NAACP-LDF, discusses the response to the death of George Floyd on the PBS Newshour. In The Media Posted 6/3/2020 Read article

In the New York Times, Mary Retta ’20 shares her disappointment about not having an in-person graduation ceremony, but admits there are some “pros.” In The Media Posted 6/2/2020 Read article

Wendy Freedman, who directs Vassar’s counseling service, talks about helping students cope with the COVID crisis in Hudson Valley Magazine. In The Media Posted 6/1/2020 Read article

May 2020

Professor of History Rebecca Edwards’s book is quoted in New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s latest opinion piece prompted by a racially motivated incident in Central Park. In The Media Posted 5/28/2020 Read article

Andrea Roberts ’96 is quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on the challenges facing women in academia during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article

Actor, writer, and producer Dan Bucatinsky ’87 was interviewed by Backstage’s In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article

The New York Daily News wrote about “Making Gay History” podcast creator Eric Marcus ’80’s idea to keep his Chelsea neighborhood informed during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article

Deadline covered the inspiring Commencement speech by movie/television mega-producer Jason Blum ’91, delivered at Vassar on May 24. In The Media Posted 5/26/2020 Read article

Ashley Anderson Bennett ‘96 of Cain Vineyard and Winery was profiled for a Forbes article, “The Women Behind Some Of Napa And Sonoma’s Best Wines.” In The Media Posted 5/21/2020 Read article

President Bradley and Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade ’95 on how technological interventions could revolutionize mental health care in higher ed. In The Media Posted 5/19/2020 Read article

In the New York Times, Jennifer Greenstein Altmann ’91 examines the struggles of married couples who live apart in the age of COVID-19. In The Media Posted 5/18/2020 Read article

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 of the NAACP-LDF comments on the Ahmaud Arbery case and the use of violence against black citizens in the Washington Post. In The Media Posted 5/18/2020 Read article

Valerie Paley ’83, Chief Historian at the NY Historical Society, talks about unprecedented changes in NYC due to COVID on CBS This Morning. In The Media Posted 5/13/2020 Read article

Emmy-winning editor Ben Sozanski ’05 talks about his work on ESPN’s documentary “The Last Dance,” about Michael Jordan and the 1997-1998 Chicago Bulls. In The Media Posted 5/12/2020 Read article

Dr. Ethan Weiss ’91 on ABC News: Flight was scarier than volunteering in a COVID-19 ward. In The Media Posted 5/12/2020 Read article

Ken Miles ’07 on the disproportionate ways in which the COVID-19 crisis is affecting the African American population. In The Media Posted 5/11/2020 Read article

In Vogue, Matt Ortile ’14 writes about his mother’s illness and his inability to see her due to the coronavirus. In The Media Posted 5/11/2020 Read article

Huang Hung ’84 delivered a TED Talk on how Chinese and American values shaped responses to the coronavirus. In The Media Posted 5/9/2020 Read article

Screenwriters Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, both '00, were commended in a review of Brian Dennehy's last film, Driveways, on NPR's Fresh Air. In The Media Posted 5/8/2020 Read article

Clifford Krauss ’75, a national energy correspondent, spoke about the current oil glut on The Daily, a podcast by the New York Times. In The Media Posted 5/8/2020 Read article

Professor of Chinese and Japanese Peipei Qiu talked about working with Chinese families donating PPE to Vassar on WAMC’s 51% program. In The Media Posted 5/7/2020 Read article

HBO's six-part limited series I Know This Much Is True, filmed partially at Vassar, debuts on Sunday, May 10. The series stars Mark Ruffalo. In The Media Posted 5/5/2020 Read article

April 2020

Twin doctors Michael and Dennis D’Urso, both ’11, talk about fighting COVID in NYC and Miami. In The Media Posted 4/29/2020 Read article

In the Washington Post, Marc Thiessen ’89 writes about finding support through social media after his mother became ill with COVID. In The Media Posted 4/27/2020 Read article

Meryl Streep ’71 was among the all-star talent paying tribute to Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim during his live-streamed 90th birthday celebration on April 26. In The Media Posted 4/27/2020 Read article

Mega-producer Jason Blum ’91 (Get Out, The Invisible Man) discussed the post-pandemic future of the film industry on The Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special. In The Media Posted 4/24/2020 Read article

Ivanna Guerra ‘20 was interviewed for an NBC News story about students staying on college campuses during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 4/22/2020 Read article

In the Washington Post, physician Dorothy Novick '87 on what to say—and not to say—to health-care workers on the front lines. In The Media Posted 4/20/2020 Read article

Science writer Michael Specter ’77 was interviewed about the career and life of Dr. Anthony Fauci on NPR’s Fresh Air. In The Media Posted 4/17/2020 Read article

In the Detroit News, Richard Rodems ’06, post-doctoral scholar at the University of Michigan, on how stimulus checks may take longer to reach those who need them most. In The Media Posted 4/17/2020 Read article

Architizer on how the late Vassar Professor Andrew Tallon’s structural analysis of Notre-Dame in Paris could hold the key to the cathedral’s future. In The Media Posted 4/16/2020 Read article

In the Nat Geo documentary Saving Notre-Dame, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Lindsay Cook talks about the cathedral’s reconstruction. In The Media Posted 4/16/2020 Read article

Professor Louis Philippe Romer discusses “coronavirus, herd immunity, and the eugenics of the market.” In The Media Posted 4/14/2020 Read article

Psychology Professor Michele Tugade ’94 discusses resilience in the face of COVID-19 on WAMC's 51%. In The Media Posted 4/11/2020 Read article

President Bradley addresses U.S. healthcare policy and the rationing of health care in Newsweek. In The Media Posted 4/6/2020 Read article

Pediatrician Dorothy Novick ’87 considers what to do about children whose parents fall ill with COVID-19 in the Philadelphia Inquirer. In The Media Posted 4/6/2020 Read article

Bryan Ruby ’19 shares the frightening tale of traveling in Peru as the coronavirus spread in the Poughkeepsie Journal. In The Media Posted 4/6/2020 Read article

James Robinson ’97 on grieving the loss of touch in the face of the pandemic in the Forward. In The Media Posted 4/6/2020 Read article

Ishaira Nieto Rosas ’14, studying medicine in Cuba, is a part of the COVID-19 effort. In The Media Posted 4/3/2020 Read article

NJ.com profiled Liz Rotolo ’20, who started a group that helps seniors get groceries and prescriptions during the COVID-19 crisis. In The Media Posted 4/3/2020 Read article

Professor of Psychology Michele Tugade ’95 on keeping stress at bay during the COVID-19 crisis. In The Media Posted 4/1/2020 Read article

March 2020

Professor of English Amitava Kumar is interviewed on WAMC about his new book “Every Day I Write the Book,” featuring interviews with writers. In The Media Posted 3/30/2020 Read article

Carlos Espina ’20 is making a difference, providing board games to children during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 3/24/2020 Read article

Read about archaeologist Alice Leslie Walker (class of 1906), who discovered “the largest and probably still the most significant deposit of Early Neolithic pottery from Corinth.” In The Media Posted 3/16/2020 Read article

Film mega-producer Jason Blum ’91 (Invisible Man, Get Out) will revive the horror classic Dracula. In The Media Posted 3/13/2020 Read article

The work of Mira Lehr ’56, who mixes art with a concern for the planet, is reviewed in the New York Times. In The Media Posted 3/12/2020 Read article

Frances “Sissy” Farenthold ’46, P’75, the first woman to serve as a Texas State Representative, was featured on Houston Life. In The Media Posted 3/9/2020 Read article

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

Pres. Bradley and Prof. Michele Tugade penned an essay on Global Health for Thrive Global. In The Media Posted 2/27/2020 Read article

Bart Thurber, recently hired as director of the Art Center, talks about his plans for the museum on WAMC's Midday Magazine. In The Media Posted 2/26/2020 Read article

In the Diplomat, Assistant Professor of History Wayne Soon on what history can teach us about the coronavirus. In The Media Posted 2/20/2020 Read article

5 Facts about Ethan Zohn ’96, who returns to the new season of Survivor for Round 3. In The Media Posted 2/20/2020 Read article

Leslie Chihuly ’83 quoted in an Artsy article about the legacy of glass artist Dale Chihuly, her spouse. In The Media Posted 2/20/2020 Read article

In this New York Times Magazine article, Professor of History Maria Höhn talks about the Jim Crow laws that faced African American troops after WWII. In The Media Posted 2/19/2020 Read article

The art of Harry Roseman, Professor of Art on the Isabelle Hyman Chair, was the subject of a Hyperallergic story. In The Media Posted 2/18/2020 Read article

Andrew Zimmern '84 is interviewed on MSNBC about his new show What’s Eating America, which examines the intersection of migration with the U.S. food industry. In The Media Posted 2/18/2020 Read article

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

Geraldine Laybourne ’69, P’93, a groundbreaking media executive and Vassar trustee, was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. In The Media Posted 2/5/2020 Read article

Cynthia Patton ’83 made PharmaLive.com’s list of 10 Prominent African American Life Science Leaders. In The Media Posted 2/4/2020 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

Elizabeth “Barry” White ’75 of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations is profiled in a Washington Post article about the search for Nazi collaborators in the U.S. In The Media Posted 1/31/2020 Read article

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