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Muneo ally loses final court appeal
Asahi.com, Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:21:00 GMTMasaru Sato, dubbed 'the Rasputin of the Foreign Ministry,' has lost his final appeal against a suspended prison term for misusing state funds and interfering in bidding for an aid... Full Story
Short on Cash, California Will Start Paying With I.O.U.s
New York Times, Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:05:00 GMTLOS ANGELES Its budget gap growing and its political process for addressing the gap unhinged, California will begin Thursday to pay vendors and taxpayers with i.o.u.s, only the second... Full Story
Corrections and clarifications
Guardian Unlimited, Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:57:00 GMTIn the editing process a line was inserted in yesterday's graphic of the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, giving the average centre-to-centre distance from Earth to the moon as 52,500 miles... Full Story
Lose the Cold War attitude, Obama tells Putin
Times Online, Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:36:00 GMTPresident Obama has scolded the Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for failing to move on from Cold War dynamics. His remarks come on the eve of a much-anticipated trip to... Full Story
Fireworks and the law
Chicago Tribune, Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:46:00 GMTEvery year on July 3 and 4, Illinois residents flock to massive fireworks displays to watch things blow up in celebration of America's independence. But many of them may find... Full Story
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An East African woman finds her voice in a new play by Deborah Asiimwe, performed by the Powerhouse Apprentice Company and directed by Emily Mendelsohn. One performance only, July 4, 2009.
The Powerhouse Apprentice Company will perform a new play, Untitled, by Deborah Assimwe, directed by Emily Mendelsohn, on Saturday, July 4. Free and open to the public, the performance will... Full Story
Powerhouse Summer Suppers at Café on the Quad available on Fridays & Saturdays, July 3 - Aug. 1, 2009.
Powerhouse Theater has joined with five Arlington restaurants and will offer "Powerhouse Summer Suppers at Café on the Quad," on Friday and Saturday evenings - July 3 to August 1... Full Story
Full casting announced for Powerhouse Musicals and Anika Noni Rose confirmed for Powerhouse gala, June 27, 2009
Casting has just been announced for Vassar & New York Stage and Film Powerhouse Theater's three musicals of the 25th anniversary season and Tony Award-winner Anika Noni Rose will join... Full Story
Atoms and elements inspire characters in new book for elementary students
In their new physics-inspired fiction for grade 3-6 readers, Adventures in Atomville: The Macroscope, two college professors first and foremost tell a story. At the same time, their characters are... Full Story
Fall Kill Watershed Committee partners with the Casperkill Watershed Alliance, through Vassar's Environmental Research Institute, to offer "Creek Week" filled with educational and fun-filled activities, July 5-12, 2009.
From the rural farms of Clinton to the City of Poughkeepsie, the Fall Kill Watershed covers a diversity of Dutchess County landscapes. To raise awareness of this important creek as... Full Story
Vassar joins with 575 other private, non-profit colleges and universities that will participate in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Yellow Ribbon Program that offers discounted tuition to student veterans.
Vassar joins with 575 other private, non-profit colleges and universities that will participate in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ Yellow Ribbon Program that offers discounted tuition to student veterans.
Full StoryVoyages: The Art of Evelyn Metzger, an exhibition of work spanning the 20th century, June 25 – July 31, 2009.
The Palmer Gallery presents Voyages: The Art of Evelyn Metzger, June 25 – July 31. Metzger’s work spans most of the 20th century and from the thousands of paintings she... Full Story
Powerhouse Theater announces casting for first Mainstage show Ninety, June 30 - July 12, 2009
Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater announces the cast for the first of three Mainstage productions of the 25th anniversary season: Ninety, by Joanna Murray-Smith, directed by... Full Story
Student filmmakers are highlighted at film festivals around the country this spring and summer
Since April, Vassar film students have seen their documentaries, works of fiction, and senior film projects fill the schedules of film festivals across the country. And often, they have scooped... Full Story
Eight Vassar students receive 2009 Fulbright Fellowships.
Six members of Vassar’s class of 2009 and two alumnae/i were recently awarded Fulbright grants for research, graduate study, or English teaching assistantships abroad. The Fulbright program is sponsored by... Full Story
The newly restored model of Eero Saarinen’s original design for Vassar’s Emma Hartman Noyes House will be on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, June 2-September 6, 2009.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will provide a view into noted architect Eero Saarinen’s original design for The Emma Hartman Noyes House (1958), part of his 1954 master plan... Full Story
The celebratory 25th anniversary of Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater season, June 26 - August 2, 2009.
Announcing the celebratory 25th anniversary of Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Theater season, including new plays and musicals by Lewis Black, Keith Bunin, Beth Henley, Joanna Murray-Smith,... Full Story
Annual summer concert series offers four concerts by world-renowned artists, June 14 - August 2, 2009.
Beginning on Sunday, June 14, the Vassar Department of Music will offer the 14th annual free summer concert series, held in the acoustically superb (and air-conditioned) Martel Recital Hall of... Full Story
New York Opera Studio participants will perform selection of 14 scenes from operas on July 5, 2009.
The New York Opera Studio will present a selection of scenes from operas during an afternoon performance on Sunday, July 5. This program is open to the public without charge... Full Story
Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, May 8–July 26, 2009.
Catching Light: European and American Watercolors from the Permanent Collection will be on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center from May 8 to July 26, 2009. Curated by... Full Story
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