Campus Calendar
Today’s Events
- Fencing (M/W) @ Boston College
- 9:00AM to 9:00PM - Away Away
- Teen Visions 2012: An Exhibition of Student Work from The Art Institute of Mill Street Loft
- 12:00PM to 6:00PM - College Center Palmer Gallery
- SWIMMING & DIVING (M/W) VS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
- 1:00PM to 5:00PM - Walker Field House Kresge Pool
- SWIMMING & DIVING (M/W) VS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
- 1:00PM to 5:00PM - Walker Field House Kresge Pool
- BASKETBALL (W) VS. CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
- 2:00PM to 4:00PM - Athletics and Fitness Center 102-Fit Center Gymnasium
- BASKETBALL (M) VS. CLARKSON UNIVERSITY
- 4:00PM to 6:00PM - Athletics and Fitness Center 102-Fit Center Gymnasium
- Movie Screening of "50/50"
- 7:00PM to 1:00AM - Students' Building 2nd Floor MPR
- Modfest Orchestral and Chamber Ensembles Concert
- 8:00PM to 9:30PM - Skinner Hall Mary Anna Fox Martel Recital Hall
- Winter Rave
- 11:00PM to 2:00AM - Susan Stein Shiva Theater Susan Stein Shiva Theater
This Week in History
- The Urban Center held a Black Film Series to celebrate Black History Month.
- —1979, February
- The trustees chose the former site of the Vassar Brothers Laboratory (1880-1938) for the new chemistry building, which required a Southern exposure for its proposed solar heating feature.
- —1982, Jan. 28
- “An airplane circled over Vassar College today and dropped a letter for Madeline Prentiss, a granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller."
- —1927, Jan. 27
A random selection of listings from
A Documentary Chronicle of Vassar College.
News & Highlights
- Vassar ranks 20th on the Peace Corps’ list of small colleges whose graduates currently serve in the program.
- The Poughkeepsie Journal highlights Modfest in a front page entertainment story (through 2/4).
- See what Athletics offers this weekend at home and on the road.
- Economics professor Ben Ho offers course through "The Faculty Project," a new free online global education initiative.
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Headlines
Peace Corps ranks Vassar among the top 20 small colleges whose graduates currently serve in the program.
Vassar College ranks 20th on the Peace Corps’ newly released list of small colleges whose graduates currently serve in the international program.
Every Vassar physics professor currently supported by a National Science Foundation grant, amidst college's larger success with federal agency.
Every Vassar physics professor currently receives grant support from the National Science Foundation, amidst Vassar’s standout funding success with the agency.
Powerhouse Theater presents a reading of playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa’s new work, Abigail/1702, on February 11, 2012.
Reading has been postponed until February 11. All reservations will be honored.
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre's 30th annual Bardavon Gala on February 25-26, 2012.
Join the Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre for its 30th annual Bardavon Gala on February 25-26, 2012. Performances will include Balanchine’s “Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux” and two new works by noted choreographers, Edwaard Liang and Larry Keigwin.
Sacred Earth Leadership Forum will explore the connections between spirituality and environmentalism, February 1, 2012.
Vassar to host Sacred Earth Leadership Forum on the connections between spirituality and environmentalism, February 1, 2011.
Celebrate the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries during the 10th anniversary celebration of Modfest at Vassar College, January 18 - February 4, 2012.
Celebrating the arts of the 20th and 21st centuries, the 10th annual Modfest will include performances of a chamber opera, new compositions, dramatic works, exhibitions, lectures, readings, and more — all on the Vassar College campus, January 18 - February 4, 2012.
Teen Visions '12 will be on view at Vassar's Palmer Gallery, January 19-February 9, 2012.
More than 100 works by students from over 30 regional high schools will be featured in the annual exhibition, Teen Visions ’12, presented by the Mill Street Loft Art Institute at Vassar's Palmer Gallery, January 19-February 9, 2012.
Comprehensive retrospective exhibition of artists’ books published over 30 years by Women’s Studio Workshop on view at Vassar, January 18– March 2, 2012.
The Vassar College Libraries present a comprehensive retrospective of artists’ books published over 30 years by the renowned non-profit Women’s Studio Workshop, January 18– March 2, 2012.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the solo exhibition "Marco Maggi: Lentissimo," January 20 – April 1, 2012.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College will present the solo exhibition "Marco Maggi: Lentissimo" from January 20 to April 1, 2012. Curated by Mary-Kay Lombino, the Art Center’s Emily Hargroves Fisher '57 and Richard B. Fisher Curator and assistant director for strategic planning, Lentissimo is an exhibition of 14 colorful new works by Marco Maggi made expressly for the occasion of this exhibition.
