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Michelle Walsh named the new Director of Athletics and Physical Education Announcement Posted 7/30/2015

Andrew Ashton named the new Director of the Libraries Announcement Posted 7/27/2015

Exhibition examines the work of noted African-American photographer Gordon Parks (9/25-12/13) Announcement Posted 6/23/2015

Beth Dixon and Carter Hudson Join Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Season in Keith Bunin's The Unbuilt City Announcement Posted 6/17/2015

Two free summer concerts to be held in the Villard Room of Main Building (7/22, 7/29) Announcement Posted 6/12/2015

Several special events planned for summer exhibition at the Art Center, including a screening and a garden party (7/15-9/3) Announcement Posted 6/9/2015

Vassar’s new smoke-free, tobacco-free policy takes effect 7/1 Announcement Posted 6/8/2015

Exhibition of oil paintings by artist Eric Brown '90 at the Palmer Gallery (8/25-9/16) Announcement Posted 6/4/2015

Free summer art talks at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (6/17, 7/15, 8/5) Announcement Posted 6/4/2015

Vassar College confers 611 degrees in its 151st commencement ceremony (5/31) Announcement Posted 5/31/2015

Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s Powerhouse Apprentice Company Performances Begin in July Announcement Posted 5/27/2015

Vision and Optics in Photography installation on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 5/26/2015

Walk-Through with the Collector Behind Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Dawn of Photography (5/29) Announcement Posted 5/26/2015

Vassar College celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Thornwillow Press with an exhibition at the Grolier Club in New York City (9/24-11/7) Announcement Posted 5/22/2015

President Hill and Jack Kent Cooke Foundation director Harold Levy write about the need for economic diversity at elite colleges in USA Today In The Media Posted 5/12/2015 Read article

17th century Baroque masterwork painting, The Finding of Moses, acquired by Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 5/12/2015

Convocation address and remarks, Spring 2015 Announcement Posted 5/11/2015 Read article

Rabbi Kerry Chaplin selected the new Rose and Irving Rachlin Director for Jewish Student Life Announcement Posted 5/8/2015

Vassar College and New York Stage and Film Announce the Upcoming 2015 Powerhouse Season Announcement Posted 5/4/2015

Art from the Class of 1965 is a multimedia exhibition showcasing art by Vassar alumnae (6/15-7/16) Announcement Posted 4/29/2015

Vassar’s Spring Convocation To Feature Address by Professor Kate Susman (5/6) Announcement Posted 4/28/2015

Stanford researcher Michelle Monje '98 recognized for her groundbreaking work on brain tumors Announcement Posted 4/28/2015

Free public walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be held on three upcoming Saturdays Announcement Posted 4/27/2015

Vassar awarded $997,000 grant from the Helmsley Charitable Trust to establish hub for regional environmental research, outreach, and education Announcement Posted 4/27/2015

Harvard professor to discuss “Global Environmental Crises and Asia” (4/29) Announcement Posted 4/23/2015

New exhibition spotlights the work of sculptor and painter Richard Artschwager (6/26-9/6) Announcement Posted 4/20/2015

Media icon Arianna Huffington to deliver the address at the 151st Vassar College Commencement exercises (5/31) Announcement Posted 4/14/2015

Nobel Prize-nominated writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o to deliver the address “Decolonizing the Mind: Are We There Yet?” (4/21) Announcement Posted 4/9/2015

Vassar Receives Foundation’s First $1 Million Prize for Supporting High-Achieving Low-Income Students Announcement Posted 4/7/2015

The New York Times covers the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's $1 million prize to Vassar, recognizing the college's commitment to an economically diverse student body. In The Media Posted 4/7/2015 Read article

Ten veterans are chosen to be first-year students as part of Vassar’s third “posse” Announcement Posted 4/7/2015

Renowned food safety litigator to discuss public health and the role of “agribusiness” in modern food safety (4/21) Announcement Posted 4/6/2015

A sand mandala will be created by Tibetan lamas (4/21-4/26) Announcement Posted 3/20/2015

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center announces call for applicants for summer curatorial internship Announcement Posted 3/20/2015

Vassar Earth Month schedule announced with theme “Protecting Our Water Resources” (4/2-5/3) Announcement Posted 3/19/2015

Vassar College and the Hudson Valley Writing Project host a lecture with author Ralph Fletcher (4/18) Announcement Posted 3/19/2015

In The Media Posted 3/18/2015 Read article

A new installation, Anatomy, is now on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (3/10-5/3) Announcement Posted 3/17/2015

In The Media Posted 3/17/2015 Read article

Author George Saunders, known for his dark humor, to give the annual Krieger Lecture (4/14) Announcement Posted 3/17/2015

Vassar Haiti Project presents its fourteenth annual benefit art sale and auction (4/17 – 4/19) Announcement Posted 3/16/2015

From the Miscellany News: Arianna Huffington announced as Commencement speaker In The Media Posted 3/12/2015 Read article

Concert featuring Blanca Uribe and Richard Wilson, scheduled for March 12,2015, has been postponed Announcement Posted 3/11/2015

Mathematician and educator to discuss “Equal Access to Quality Mathematics Education: A Civil Rights Issue” (4/9) Announcement Posted 3/11/2015

Feminist sociologist to examine sexual lives and identity of Latina youth (4/1) Announcement Posted 3/10/2015

Middle East expert Steven Cook ‘90 to give a lecture, “The Middle East and Us: How Did it Get So Bad?” (4/7) Announcement Posted 3/10/2015

Author of Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards Into Battlegrounds to speak (4/1) Announcement Posted 3/9/2015

Embodying Compassion is a first-of-its-kind exhibition celebrating one of the most important figures in Buddhist art (4/23-6/28) Announcement Posted 3/9/2015

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College announces availability of new eMuseum Announcement Posted 3/6/2015

Haunting Legacies: Photography and the Invisible (3/10-4/12) Announcement Posted 3/5/2015

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s president to speak about the role of higher education in an interconnected world (4/2) Announcement Posted 3/5/2015

Economist Sir Richard Blundell of University College London to discuss tax reform (4/9) Announcement Posted 3/3/2015

New Yorker’s Jon Lee Anderson to discuss “Libya and the Legacies of the Past” on March 9 at 5:30pm Announcement Posted 3/3/2015

Annual four-county math championship will be held at Vassar College, March 25, 2015 Announcement Posted 2/27/2015

English professor Amitava Kumar's new book "Lunch With a Bigot" was lauded as "an exuberantly inquisitive collection of essays" by Kirkus Reviews. In The Media Posted 2/24/2015 Read article

Annual Iyoya Children’s Art Show showcases work by very young artists from throughout the Hudson Valley (3/22-3/27) Announcement Posted 2/24/2015

Through the Looking Glass, an extensive exhibition of European and American daguerreotypes (4/10/15) Announcement Posted 2/19/2015

The New York Times praises the exhibition XL: Large-Scale Paintings from the Permanent Collection now on view at the Art Center In The Media Posted 2/16/2015 Read article

All College Days, February 16-18, 2015 Announcement Posted 2/11/2015 Read article

Graphic novel team to discuss their use of the form to explore social issues (3/3) Announcement Posted 2/10/2015

Presentation to examine role of on-camera interviews in connecting to the experiences of Holocaust survivors (2/18) Announcement Posted 2/6/2015

Announcing the Office of Student Financial Services Announcement Posted 2/4/2015

Lecture explores the connections between Spanish and Arabic (2/10) Announcement Posted 2/3/2015

Powerhouse Theater Training Program at Vassar College now accepting 2015 applications Announcement Posted 1/29/2015

Two new installations provide more reasons to visit the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 1/23/2015

Multidisciplinary artist María Magdalena Campos Pons will discuss her work in a presentation (2/26) Announcement Posted 1/23/2015

Screening of the award-winning documentary Pretty Old, produced by Josh Alexander '97 Announcement Posted 1/22/2015

Vassar collaborates with the Bardavon to present Rhapsody in Black and Through a Lens Darkly, two award-winning programs about race in America (2/6 and 2/20) Announcement Posted 1/15/2015

Macbeth to be performed by the touring Shakespeare group, Actors From The London Stage (2/26-2/28) Announcement Posted 1/15/2015

Acclaimed chamber ensemble Decoda to perform (2/21) Announcement Posted 1/13/2015

Exhibition celebrates interdisciplinary creative endeavors (2/6-3/13) Announcement Posted 1/13/2015

Military veterans to attend academic boot camp at Vassar College Announcement Posted 1/9/2015

Tournées French Film Festival brings free screenings to Vassar College (2/6) Announcement Posted 1/6/2015

Exhibition celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of Alice in Wonderland (2/12) Announcement Posted 1/6/2015

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre’s annual performances at the Bardavon Theater (3/7, 3/8) Announcement Posted 1/5/2015

Paleontologist Neil Shubin to speak (3/3) Announcement Posted 12/19/2014

Local teen artists will exhibit their work in the juried show Teen Visions ’15 (1/29-2/19) Announcement Posted 12/19/2014

Cull in January to continue deer management program at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve Announcement Posted 12/18/2014

Modfest celebrates 20th and 21st century arts with a series of free programs and performances (1/28-2/14) Announcement Posted 12/16/2014

Message from President Hill to the Campus Community (12/2) Announcement Posted 12/4/2014

Message to Alumnae/i and Parents from President Hill (12/4) Announcement Posted 12/4/2014

Music Department announces schedule of free concerts for the spring 2015 semester Announcement Posted 12/3/2014

Vassar College presents the annual “Service of Lessons and Carols” (12/7) Announcement Posted 11/24/2014

Exhibition of rarely shown large-scale works on view 1/30-3/29 Announcement Posted 11/21/2014

Classic children’s symphony Peter and the Wolf to be performed by the Mahagonny ensemble (12/13) Announcement Posted 11/19/2014

Important eighteenth-century Japanese scroll painting acquired by Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 11/18/2014

Looking Machines showcases sculptures, wall reliefs, and works on paper by J. Pindyck Miller (12/1-12/23) Announcement Posted 11/13/2014

Posse Veteran Eduardo De La Torre '17 talks about his college experiences with U.S. News & World Report In The Media Posted 11/12/2014 Read article

Ebola Information from the Office of the Dean of the College (11/6) Announcement Posted 11/6/2014

Warren Allmon's lecture, "Talking About the Marcellus Shale," has been canceled Announcement Posted 11/5/2014

Stacy Pettit '81 elected Albany County Surrogate Court Judge reports Times Union In The Media Posted 11/5/2014 Read article

Arlington Farmers' Market moves to its fall and winter location in Vassar's College center (beginning 11/6) Announcement Posted 10/31/2014

Vassar College awarded more than $600,000 in two National Science Foundation grants for significant computing infrastructure upgrades Announcement Posted 10/29/2014

The New York Times remembers Joan Quigley '47, astrologer to Nancy Reagan In The Media Posted 10/28/2014 Read article

Egyptian scholar Emad Shahin to discuss “The Middle East Beyond the Arab Spring” (11/13) Announcement Posted 10/23/2014

The Wall Street Journal praises the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center's exhibition, Imperial Augsburg In The Media Posted 10/21/2014 Read article

Historian Ellen Wu will address, “How Asians Became America’s ‘Model Minority’” (11/13) Announcement Posted 10/20/2014

Art and Soul reception to fund medical center in Chermaitre, Haiti (11/13) Announcement Posted 10/18/2014

Screening of documentary by journalist Paula Williams Madison ’74, who traced her family’s heritage to China (10/29) Announcement Posted 10/17/2014

Professor Hua Hsu pens a brief history of NYC graffiti for The New Yorker In The Media Posted 10/16/2014 Read article

New York City Ballet principal dancers to perform and be interviewed (11/8) Announcement Posted 10/14/2014

Biology and cognitive science professor John Long profiled in Science for his work on robotics In The Media Posted 10/10/2014 Read article

Scholar Patricia Ferrer-Medina to address representations of cannibalism in lecture (11/5) Announcement Posted 10/10/2014

Middle Eastern Jewish musical ensemble, Divahn, to perform (10/29) Announcement Posted 10/10/2014

NYT: Linda Fairstein '69 to serve as special advisor to SUNY as it overhauls its sexual assault policies In The Media Posted 10/9/2014 Read article

Historian to discuss U.S. human rights movement of the 1970s (10/30) Announcement Posted 10/7/2014

Benjamin Busch '91 writes about his return to Iraq in Harper's Magazine In The Media Posted 10/6/2014 Read article

The New York Times interviews Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley '71 In The Media Posted 10/6/2014 Read article

Posse veteran Carl Callender '17 and President Hill are quoted in the New York Times about vets attending highly selective colleges In The Media Posted 10/2/2014 Read article

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet to recount his struggles with dyslexia in annual Hirsch Disability Awareness Lecture (11/3) Announcement Posted 10/2/2014

Free public walking tours of the historic Vassar College campus will be held on three upcoming Saturdays Announcement Posted 9/30/2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mark Strand to give the annual Elizabeth Bishop reading (11/6) Announcement Posted 9/30/2014

Japanese history expert and Harvard professor Ian Miller to deliver talk (11/11) Announcement Posted 9/24/2014

Free Family Day event features Renaissance-inspired activities (9/27) Announcement Posted 9/23/2014

Extensive exhibition of shojo (girls) manga features art from the 1950s to the present (10/27-11/21) Announcement Posted 9/23/2014

Writers Edmund White and Michael Carroll to read from their fiction (10/14) Announcement Posted 9/19/2014

Screening of film about famed New York City ballet dancer struck down by paralysis (9/29) Announcement Posted 9/18/2014

Ribbon-cutting to kick off grand opening day for Vassar College Store in the Juliet, on September 20 Announcement Posted 9/17/2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides will deliver the annual William Gifford Lecture (10/28) Announcement Posted 9/17/2014

Minerva Tantoco '86 named New York City's chief technology officer, reports Crain's In The Media Posted 9/15/2014 Read article

Fourth annual A Day at Vassar opens the college and its beautiful campus to Hudson Valley neighbors for a day of events, including lectures, art exhibits and a concert Announcement Posted 9/12/2014

Vassar College Fall Convocation Address by Professor Peipei Qiu, 9/10 Announcement Posted 9/11/2014

The 15th annual Arlington Street Fair will include many performers, vendors, and children’s activities (9/20) Announcement Posted 9/11/2014

2014 Fall Convocation Welcoming Remarks Announcement Posted 9/10/2014

Fall Convocation to Feature Professor Peipei Qiu’s Reflections on “Life’s Twists and Turns” Announcement Posted 9/10/2014

2014 Fall Convocation Remarks by Carolina Gustafson ’15, VSA President Announcement Posted 9/10/2014

Cartoonist and writer Alison Bechdel will discuss her groundbreaking memoir, Fun Home (10/7) Announcement Posted 9/10/2014

President of the U.S.’s first Muslim liberal arts college to deliver talk (10/13) Announcement Posted 9/10/2014

Vassar tops New York Times study on enrollment of lower income students at the nation’s leading colleges Announcement Posted 9/9/2014

African politics scholar to speak about U.S.-China-Africa relations (10/2) Announcement Posted 9/9/2014

New and recent alumnae/i combine to be selected for eight Fulbright fellowships in 2014 along with other major fellowships and awards Announcement Posted 9/9/2014

Michel Kimmel '72 Co-authors New York Times article on consensual sex on campus In The Media Posted 9/8/2014 Read article

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter to give keynote address at symposium for Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (10/1) Announcement Posted 9/8/2014

Photography exhibition explores Poughkeepsie and Mexico (9/23-10/18) Announcement Posted 9/4/2014

Screening of film about climate change in the wake of Hurricane Sandy (9/29) Announcement Posted 9/3/2014

The 665 freshmen in Vassar’s class of 2018 include 36 valedictorians, students from 46 states and 31 foreign countries, and 74 first-generation college students Announcement Posted 9/2/2014

Transgender activist and author to read from and discuss her work (9/18) Announcement Posted 9/2/2014

2014 Fall Convocation Program Announcement Posted 9/1/2014

Washington Post features architectural research conducted at the Washington National Cathedral by professor Andrew Tallon In The Media Posted 8/28/2014

Scholar draws on Buddhist concepts to address value of diversity in lecture (9/25) Announcement Posted 8/28/2014

President Hill co-authors Wall Street Journal op-ed about collaboration between Vassar and West Point In The Media Posted 8/27/2014 Read article

Adam Green '95 is recognized as a CNN Hero for his Bronx youth boat building non-profit, Rocking the Boat In The Media Posted 8/27/2014 Read article

Author Jess Row to read from his new novel Announcement Posted 8/27/2014

Artist chronicles sailing around the world in the exhibition, 24,000 Nautical Miles…Photos From a Circumnavigation (9/9) Announcement Posted 8/22/2014

Fall music series to tap Vassar faculty and students as well as a variety of guest artists, September 1-December 7 Announcement Posted 8/20/2014

Vassar opening new college store on August 22 in the Juliet building, with grand opening activities on September 20 Announcement Posted 8/20/2014

Time-Out Grant applications now available online In The Media Posted 8/13/2014 Read article

Vijay Das '06 offers his thoughts on expanding Medicare for all Americans on CNN In The Media Posted 8/6/2014 Read article

Paula Madison '74 talks to Poynterabout the search for her family's Chinese roots In The Media Posted 8/6/2014 Read article

Exhibition to explore Renaissance Augsburg’s innovations in works on paper (9/19-12/14) Announcement Posted 7/30/2014

Library exhibit examines The Nuremberg Chronicle, one of the most illustrated books of the fifteenth century, 8/27-12/10 Announcement Posted 7/29/2014

Amitava Kumar writes about Harry Roseman's photography for the Paris Review In The Media Posted 7/22/2014 Read article

Art Rodriguez named the new Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Announcement Posted 7/16/2014

Almanac weekly finds much to be liked in Powerhouse's dance-play "In Your Arms" In The Media Posted 7/11/2014 Read article

Broadway World interviews dancer Ryan Steele about performing in the Powerhouse production "In Your Arms" which continues through July 13 In The Media Posted 7/9/2014 Read article

Learn how the friendship between Theodore Roosevelt and John Burroughs shaped the U.S. conservation movement Announcement Posted 7/8/2014

Checklist of objects in the exhibition Imperial Augsburg: Renaissance Prints and Drawings, 1475-1540 In The Media Posted 6/24/2014

New York Daily News notes Powerhouse as a "thriving" summer theater option outside NYC In The Media Posted 6/23/2014 Read article

Vassar’s new viewbook wins Circle of Excellence Award In The Media Posted 6/20/2014

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