Stories

Jun. 22, 2021

Students in Assistant Professor of Art Christopher Platts’ Art 218 class collaborated with the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center to spotlight the design of the Alumnae House living room by artist Violet Oakley.

Jun. 15, 2021

Cara Moore, a member of Vassar College Emergency Medical Services (VCEMS), was honored with a proclamation from Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro for spearheading an effort to help helping local public health officials conduct contact tracing to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Jun. 9, 2021

The Society of Professional Journalists has named The Miscellany News the best student newspaper in the country among colleges with enrollments under 10,000.

Jun. 7, 2021

During Vassar’s 2021 Commencement Ceremony, held on Sunday, June 6, green energy technologist Jessica O. Matthews offered some profoundly unorthodox advice: You don’t need a plan to be successful. President Elizabeth Bradley marveled at the resilience of the Class of 2021. The class president assured classmates that it’s never too late to learn something new. Finally, graduates got to toss their hats and be welcomed as alumnae/i.

Jun. 3, 2021

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

May. 28, 2021

Six participants in the Exodus Transition Community, an agency that provides support services for formerly incarcerated men and women, joined seven Vassar students in an Education Class taught by Associate Professor Erin McCloskey.

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.

May. 4, 2021

Assistant Professor of Biology Justin Touchon and three of his students spent a summer in Panama observing tadpole behavior. Touchon and one of his students, Phoebe Reuben, have just published a paper that explains how these little creatures avoid predators.

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.

Mar. 8, 2021

Margot Schinella faced some unique challenges when she became Vassar’s new Director of Health Services last August in the midst of a global pandemic.

Mar. 3, 2021

The American Mathematical Society (AMS) recently awarded a $3,000 scholarship to Darling Lupe Garcia ’22, and the funds could not have arrived at a more opportune time.

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. 19, 2021

New York Magazine editor Lindsay Peoples Wagner delivered the ALANA Center’s annual Black History Month keynote address. She chronicled her campaign to make the beauty and fashion industry more inclusive.

Feb. 12, 2021

During the first-ever virtual Sophomore Career Connections program, 100 alumnae/i and/or parent mentors helped more than 250 second-year students gain insight into the networking process in general and specific fields of interest.

Jan. 19, 2021

Students in Professor of Geography Mary Ann Cunningham’s introductory Environmental Studies class used government and industry databases to compute annual carbon emissions in five local municipalities.

Jan. 14, 2021

Fifteen Vassar students took part in a collaborative teaching program that matched the students with teachers, most of them Vassar alumnae/i, at public schools throughout the country.

Jan. 4, 2021

Vassar’s second annual Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts introduced 63 first-year students from historically underrepresented groups to virtually every aspect of campus life.

Dec. 18, 2020

Faculty and students in Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI) and Grand Challenges are collaborating on a project that matches faculty members with student partners who monitor their classes and share their observations.

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.