All members of the Vassar community are invited to submit proposals to host a Signature Program at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts during the 2026/27 academic year.
The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts—a convening space where scholars, students, and professionals from all over the world engage in meaningful work on contemporary challenges—has just announced its schedule of symposiums for the 2025–26 academic year.
Scholars who study sound in a range of disciplines gathered to exchange their findings during a Signature Program of The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts in May.
A conference convened by History Professor Robert Brigham at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts offered insights on the Vietnam War 50 years after the fall of Saigon.
Educators from Vassar and the State University of New York at New Paltz hosted a series of workshops at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts aimed at enhancing collaborations with the local community.
Students, faculty, staff, and administrators from nearly a dozen institutions recently gathered to explore questions about the future of belonging and mattering in higher education. They tackled topics ranging from ancestral intelligence to AI.
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.
