New exhibition explores the world of poet Edna St. Vincent Millay through photographs Announcement Posted 6/16/2017
First Wave of Casting and Additional Programming Announced for Vassar & New York Stage and Film’s 2017 Powerhouse Season Announcement Posted 6/7/2017
Max Kutner '11 writes about the Posse veterans program in Newsweek In The Media Posted 5/30/2017 Read article
Vassar confers Bachelor of Arts degree to 616 students in 153rd commencement ceremony Announcement Posted 5/28/2017
Vassar College Libraries acquires a collection of papers and manuscripts of acclaimed poet James Merrill Announcement Posted 5/23/2017
Other People’s Pictures photography exhibition offers a look at the disappearing art and charm of the snapshot (7/14-9/17) Announcement Posted 5/17/2017
Consortium of liberal arts colleges—including Vassar, Bard, Bennington and Sarah Lawrence—receives Mellon Foundation grant to work on issues of forced displacement and migration Announcement Posted 5/16/2017
(Sol)art, Vassar’s first fully solar-powered event, to feature live music and art (5/9) Announcement Posted 5/3/2017
Sopranos actor Federico Castelluccio will give a talk, “Striving for Perfection: A Life in the Arts” (5/11) Announcement Posted 5/3/2017
Vassar & New York Stage and Film announce lineup for the 33rd Powerhouse Theater season (6/23-7/30) Announcement Posted 4/25/2017
SPECERE LAB (Artists Ann Burke Daly and Álvaro Marcos) to bring multichannel sound and video installation to Vassar (5/3) Announcement Posted 4/25/2017
Posse Foundation President Deborah Bial to deliver 2017 Commencement address Announcement Posted 4/19/2017
Free public walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered April 22-June 17 Announcement Posted 4/16/2017
Vassar College students organize a campus-wide interactive art installation, the Red Sand Project, to raise awareness about human trafficking Announcement Posted 4/7/2017
Vassar Haiti Project’s annual Art and Soul gala funds medical center in rural Haiti (5/4) Announcement Posted 4/6/2017
Conservation biologist Thomas Lovejoy will address “Conservation in the 21st Century” (4/19) Announcement Posted 3/31/2017
Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes to deliver the talk, “Climate Change: What Next?” (4/27) Announcement Posted 3/28/2017
Vassar announces $1.6 million initiative to advance the college’s mission as an inclusive and affirming learning community Announcement Posted 3/27/2017
“Building Food,” Vassar’s upcoming food symposium, examines the relationship between food and architecture, futuristic foods, and features celebrity sushi chef Bun Lai (4/7-4/8) Announcement Posted 3/22/2017
Preschool storytime series (3/31, 4/28, 5/19) and Family Day event (4/30) to be held at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 3/22/2017
Jerusha T. Lamptey to discuss “Islamophobia: Headlines, Hate, and Hope” (4/3) Announcement Posted 3/21/2017
Carlos Decena to deliver the lecture, “Loving Stones (Divine Indifference)” (4/3) Announcement Posted 3/21/2017
Vassar Launches Workday Information Management System for Human Resources Announcement Posted 3/20/2017
Spring Fever Family Day features workshops on gardening, bees, worms and more (4/8) Announcement Posted 3/17/2017
Economist Betsey Stevenson to discuss, “Our Changing Lives, Work, Family and Policy in a Time of Gender Equality” (4/20) Announcement Posted 3/8/2017
The Hudson Valley’s youngest artists will have their work showcased in the annual Iyoya Children’s Art Show at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery (3/26-3/31) Announcement Posted 3/8/2017
“Stars of American Ballet” performance will feature New York City Ballet principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht (4/2) Announcement Posted 3/7/2017
Religious studies expert Robert Orsi will discuss “Religious Dimensions of the Catholic Clergy Sexual Abuse Crisis" (3/29) Announcement Posted 3/1/2017
Vassar College Libraries to host colloquium, “Encountering the Digital Humanities in the Liberal Arts” (3/7) Announcement Posted 2/28/2017
First-ever exhibition dedicated to works by the last great painter of the Baroque period at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center: In the Light of Naples: The Art of Francesco de Mura (4/21-7/2) Announcement Posted 2/23/2017
Cuban early music group Ars Longa to perform at Vassar as part of U.S. tour (3/5) Announcement Posted 2/22/2017
Frances Lehman Loeb Center acquires rare medieval Limoges Eucharistic Dove Announcement Posted 2/16/2017
Newsweek quotes President-elect Bradley about Yale re-naming Calhoun College after Grace Hopper ’28 In The Media Posted 2/14/2017 Read article
Training sessions and materials now available for Workday system to launch on March 20 Announcement Posted 2/13/2017
On view at the Art Center, India in Miniature: Works from the Permanent Collection Announcement Posted 2/13/2017
Leading immigration law scholar Peter Markowitz to discuss “Protecting Immigrant Communities in the Age of Trump” (2/13) Announcement Posted 2/7/2017
The work of Hudson Valley artist Elayne Seaman will be on view in Vassar’s Palmer Gallery (2/23-3/16) Announcement Posted 2/6/2017
Award-winning screenwriter, TV writer and playwright Marcus Gardley to give talk (3/3) Announcement Posted 2/3/2017
Vassar's role in the Mid-Hudson Refugee Solidarity Alliance is noted in the New York Times article, "Refugees Welcome. Volunteers Embrace Congolese Family in the Hudson Valley.” In The Media Posted 2/2/2017 Read article
Political science scholar to discuss, “Are We Reading Russia Correctly?” (2/16) Announcement Posted 2/2/2017
Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre to perform its annual gala shows at the Bardavon (3/4 and 3/5) Announcement Posted 2/1/2017
Newsweek senior writer Max Kutner '11 writes about academics signing petition against Trump's immigration order; Interim President Jonathan Chenette is quoted. In The Media Posted 1/31/2017 Read article
Screening and discussion with documentary filmmaker Edward Burger, director of One Mind (2/8) Announcement Posted 1/30/2017
Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond to discuss his groundbreaking work on eviction and poverty in the U.S. (2/7) Announcement Posted 1/26/2017
The Poughkeepsie Journal covers the full range of Modfest 2017 events In The Media Posted 1/25/2017 Read article
Vassar makes New York Times list of elite colleges with highest percentage of low- and middle-income students In The Media Posted 1/19/2017 Read article
New exhibition at Vassar College explores the life of poet and acclaimed alumna Edna St. Vincent Millay (1/25-6/11 Announcement Posted 1/16/2017
Acclaimed author Zadie Smith will read from recent works as part of the annual Krieger Lecture (4/5 Announcement Posted 1/16/2017
Artists consider the future in the exhibition The World After January 20, 2017: Works by Contemporary Artists and Poets (2/2-2/16) Announcement Posted 1/13/2017
The New York Times writes about incoming Vassar president Elizabeth Bradley In The Media Posted 1/12/2017 Read article
Vassar College Names Elizabeth Howe Bradley Eleventh President Announcement Posted 1/10/2017 Read article
The New York Times writes about scientist Vera Rubin '48, who discovered dark matter and opened doors for women in astronomy In The Media Posted 1/4/2017 Read article
Upcoming cull to continue deer management program at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve Announcement Posted 12/26/2016
Teen Visions ’17 showcases the work of youth artists from more than 30 regional high schools (1/9-1/24) Announcement Posted 12/16/2016
Vassar College is founding member of new alliance to expand access and opportunity for 50,000 talented students from lower-income families Announcement Posted 12/13/2016
Small group of employees offers $7,500 one-week matching challenge to Vassar colleagues for giving to Community Works campaign Announcement Posted 12/9/2016
Six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald to headline the 15th annual Modfest at Vassar College (1/26 - 2/5) Announcement Posted 12/8/2016
Vassar College to receive WaveMaker Award for work to protect Hudson River water resources Announcement Posted 12/1/2016
Vassar College presents the annual “Service of Lessons and Carols” (12/4) Announcement Posted 11/29/2016
Concerts to celebrate the work of retiring music professor and composer Richard Wilson (12/10, 12/11) Announcement Posted 11/29/2016
The exhibition The Art of Devastation features rarely seen art medals and posters from World War I (1/27-4/9) Announcement Posted 11/28/2016
Interim President Jonathan Chenette has joined other college and university presidents in signing letters to President-Elect Trump and Stephen Bannon, as well as signing onto a statement supporting the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program Announcement Posted 11/21/2016
Athlete and educator Chris Mosier to discuss “Breaking Barriers: Trans Inclusion in Sports” (11/14) Announcement Posted 11/10/2016
Arts bazaar to help support nonprofit Artists for Soup in its work in Nicaragua, November 20, 2016 Announcement Posted 11/8/2016
“Centering the Lives of Black Women and Girls” lecture series runs through 12/1 Announcement Posted 11/2/2016
Hunter Lovins, sustainable business leader, to discuss “Building an Economy in Service of Life” (11/14) Announcement Posted 11/1/2016
A message from Interim President Chenette regarding the passing of biology professor Marshall Pregnall Announcement Posted 10/31/2016
Director of Safety and Security Arlene Sabo is named President of New York Women in Law Enforcement Announcement Posted 10/27/2016
Kairos Italy Theater company to perform Machiavelli’s comedy The Mandrake (11/3) Announcement Posted 10/24/2016
Acclaimed Escher String Quartet will perform works by Mendelssohn, Bartok, and Dvorak (11/6) Announcement Posted 10/24/2016
Author Jennine Capó Crucet will read from her acclaimed novel, Make Your Home Among Strangers (11/3) Announcement Posted 10/21/2016
Novelist Chang-rae Lee will deliver the annual William Gifford Lecture (11/8) Announcement Posted 10/19/2016
New York Times bestselling author Andrea Pinkney to speak as part of the “Centering the Lives of Black Women” lecture series (10/27) Announcement Posted 10/14/2016
Musician Zisl Slepovitch will give a lecture on Jewish music and perform with his celebrated klezmer band, Litvakus (11/1) Announcement Posted 10/14/2016
An exhibition of photographs by Amy Kaslow ‘81 explores life after war (10/24-11/18) Announcement Posted 10/11/2016
Screening of new documentary that examines the immigrant experience in higher education in the U.S. through first-person stories (10/27) Announcement Posted 10/4/2016
Free public walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered on three Saturdays in October Announcement Posted 10/3/2016
Expert forager Russ Cohen ’78 to give talk about native edible plants (10/13) Announcement Posted 9/30/2016
Two art-related preschool storytimes to be held at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (10/21, 11/18) Announcement Posted 9/30/2016
Two-time Grammy Award nominated fiddler Bruce Molsky to perform as part of the Art Center’s Celebrating Heroes exhibition (10/13) Announcement Posted 9/30/2016
Historian Lisa Trivedi to deliver a talk on women in 20th century India (10/6) Announcement Posted 9/30/2016
Valerie Hemingway to deliver a talk, "The Importance of Knowing Ernest: Lessons on Life and Literature I Learned from Papa” (10/11) Announcement Posted 9/28/2016
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center announces a new gallery dedicated to photography Announcement Posted 9/27/2016
National Book Award-winning poet Robin Coste Lewis to give the 2016 Elizabeth Bishop reading (10/12) Announcement Posted 9/27/2016
Lecture to explore the influences of religion on recent Black music across a range of genres, including hip hop, gospel and worship music (10/5) Announcement Posted 9/23/2016
German theater company COSTA COMPAGNIE explores themes of war in the multimedia theatrical event, Conversion/After Afghanistan (9/30, 10/1) Announcement Posted 9/20/2016
Scholar who studies the role of technology in health-care systems, to give keynote address at symposium for Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (9/28) Announcement Posted 9/19/2016
Best-selling Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi to give a free public lecture (10/10) Announcement Posted 9/16/2016
Interdisciplinary education expert Leigh Patel to address, “Intersectionality in Education: Are We Ready?” (9/26) Announcement Posted 9/16/2016
Acclaimed jazz guitarist Julian Lage to perform at Vassar’s Skinner Hall (9/24) Announcement Posted 9/16/2016
Renowned twin towers high wire artist Philippe Petit to give a talk, “Cheating the Impossible” (10/6) Announcement Posted 9/15/2016
Vassar Haiti Project presents its sixteenth annual benefit art sale (9/23-9/25) Announcement Posted 9/14/2016
The 17th annual Arlington Street Fair will include many performers, vendors, and children’s activities (9/24) Announcement Posted 9/14/2016
Vassar music department fall concert series offers 20 faculty, visiting artist, and student recital and ensemble performances (through 12/4) Announcement Posted 9/13/2016
President of the American University of Nigeria to discuss her institution’s extensive relief efforts for refugees from the Boko Haram uprising in Nigeria (9/19) Announcement Posted 9/9/2016
New library exhibition explores Shakespeare at Vassar to honor the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death (through 12/7) Announcement Posted 9/9/2016
Asian Studies expert to give a talk, “Zhuangzi on Perfect Happiness” (9/22) Announcement Posted 9/8/2016
Graphic artist Barbara Beisinghoff will be in residency and her works will be on view 9/29-10/16 Announcement Posted 9/7/2016
A new exhibition at the Palmer Gallery showcases the work of three local artists (9/22-10/13) Announcement Posted 9/1/2016
Diversity expert Yavilah McCoy to speak on “Faith, Race, Power, and Privilege” (9/15) Announcement Posted 9/1/2016
Author Rob Dunn to discuss his book The Wild Life of Our Bodies, the 2016 freshman common reading (9/12) Announcement Posted 8/30/2016
Urban Wilderness Festival and Environmental Fair to be held at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve (9/25) Announcement Posted 8/30/2016
The 660 freshmen in Vassar’s class of 2020 include students from 44 states and 30 foreign countries, and 88 first-generation college students Announcement Posted 8/29/2016
Middle East scholar Steven Cook from the Council on Foreign Relations will interview Bret Stephens from the Wall Street Journal about the columnist’s position on Israel Announcement Posted 8/25/2016
James W. Palmer Gallery exhibit If Color Could Kill: New Paintings from New York City explores the power of color in abstract paintings, August 22-September 15 Announcement Posted 8/16/2016