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Reunion 2025 Highlights

Wet weather posed a challenge, but alums say spending more time indoors spurred meaningful connections!

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Phyllis Klaus ’57: Doyenne of Doulas

A naturally curious alum, Phyllis Klaus ’57, P’82, played a key role in starting the modern doula movement, combining research with a lot of heart. From her days taking childhood development classes at Vassar to her early work in Guatemala—and earning her doctorate in psychology in her 80s—she has remained committed to learning and supporting others.

Vassar Celebrates Eight Faculty Members Granted Full Professorships

Vassar’s Board of Trustees has voted to award full professorships to eight members of the faculty, Dean of Faculty Brian Daly announced.

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Graduates—all 630 of them—Celebrate Four Years at Vassar

Amid the cheers of over 3,000 guests and words of wisdom from fellow alums, College administrators—and even Yoda—more than 600 graduates celebrated Commencement on May 25.

In the Media

Thomas Beller ’87 wrote a piece for The New Yorker on navigating grief through basketball, years after his father’s death.

E.A. Hanks ’05 was profiled in Vanity Fair about her new book, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road, detailing her intense childhood and life as the daughter of a celebrity.

Smithsonian reported on a new quarter that honors notable astronomer Vera Rubin ’48.

Visiting Associate Professor of English David Means was awarded the 2025 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the Short Story.

The New York Times listed Making Gay History, a podcast by Eric Marcus ’80, as one of the five podcasts that are “revisiting the past through oral histories.”