Stories

Jun. 3, 2021

Hudson Valley YouthMappers, the Vassar chapter of an international organization, won several awards for its work in the local community.

May. 26, 2021

More than 50 Vassar students, faculty, and administrators gathered on Zoom to take part in the first ever Grand Challenges Winter Creative Project. Participants built a massive crocheted “coral reef” to demonstrate the need to address climate change.

Apr. 14, 2021

With the class of 1971’s landmark Reunion approaching, Jill Troy Werner ’71 created an Endowment for Research and Teaching on Climate Change and Sustainability, and Mary Price ’71 along her husband, Nick Waser—both of whom are field ecologists—made a gift to support “people and programs” at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. These gifts inspired their class to fund the Class of 1971 Gateway to the Old Vassar Farm as its 50th Reunion gift.

Apr. 12, 2021

Vassar College’s ALANA Center, which provides resources and programs for students of color, will be named for Professor Jeh Vincent Johnson, the pioneering African American architect and former Vassar faculty member who designed it. President Elizabeth H. Bradley made the announcement as part of the recent African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) Triennial, which celebrates the contributions of African American alumnae/i, students, faculty, administrators, and staff of Vassar College. Johnson died in January.

Feb. 24, 2021

Students and staff in four offices – Health Promotion and Education, Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices, Counseling Service, and Student Growth and Engagement – have launched a podcast series of guided meditations called “Mindful and Reflective Moments.”

Feb. 23, 2021

Members of the Vassar community responded to the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and social injustice by donating more than $83,000 to the College’s Community Works campaign – the highest in nine years.

Feb. 5, 2021

While Vassar’s students were away from campus, the College seized the opportunity to make some upgrades and improvements that will make their lives safer and easier now that they’ve returned.

Feb. 1, 2021

Vassar College has extended its policy waiving its admission requirement that applicants submit SAT or ACT test scores, President Elizabeth Bradley announced. The pilot policy went into effect for the 2020-21 admission cycle and will continue for the 2021-22 and 2022-23 cycles.

Nov. 12, 2020

As the region faces multiple challenges during the twin pandemics of COVID-19 and social injustice, supporting Vassar’s Community Works campaign is more important than ever.

Nov. 11, 2020

Vassar’s new five-year Climate Action Plan makes the College closer to its goal of carbon neutrality by 2030.

Nov. 5, 2020

The Consortium on Forced Migration, Displacement and Education and the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center have brought an evocative quilt project to the campus and the surrounding community.

Oct. 15, 2020

Seven months after the COVID-19 pandemic changed the lives of everyone in the Vassar community, the College took a day to exhale. Classes were suspended to celebrate Community Care Day October 7 as Vassar paused to reflect on the hard work and sacrifices many had made to keep the campus safe.

Oct. 12, 2020

Vassar’s new Green Reinvestment Fund, an internal revolving loan fund for the College’s energy efficiency projects, aligns saving the earth with smart economics.

Oct. 9, 2020

More than 75 student volunteers planted 500 trees on a piece of land in Vassar’s Ecological Preserve that had once been used as a dump site.

Oct. 1, 2020

As the nation marks the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the 19th Amendment, Vassar College is presenting an online exhibit on the women’s suffrage movement, highlighting the contributions of faculty, students, and alumnae.

Sep. 25, 2020

The Vassar Haiti Project’s annual art sale continues through October 7 and will run in conjunction with several other events during Families Weekend.

Sep. 24, 2020

Vassar paid solemn tribute to civil rights champion and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg with a candlelight vigil Monday night, two days after she died of cancer at the age of 87.

Sep. 16, 2020

Vassar’s oldest student residence has 10 totally refurbished rooms. Just before the Fall Semester began, contractors finished work on rooms on the fifth floor of Main that had been out of service for the past five years.

Sep. 16, 2020

A commitment to collaboration and the willingness of leaders to cede some of their power are the keys to fostering racial justice and equitable economic progress. That was the message from academicians, philanthropists, and community activists at a two-day conference hosted by the Vassar Summer Institute for the Liberal Arts. 

Sep. 4, 2020

More than 2,100 students returned for the Fall Semester as Vassar embarked on a “new normal” on campus.