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“NatureTime” at the Vassar Ecological Preserve on February 23, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/16/2018

Annual Iyoya Children’s Art Show to showcase work by young artists from the Hudson Valley at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery, March 11-16, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/16/2018

The Experimental Theater and the Music Department of Vassar College present “A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC” by Stephen Sondheim on March 1, 3, and 4, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/16/2018

Ashon Crawley of the University of Virginia to give lecture on “Polyphonic Intension: The Sound of the Hammond Organ in the Black Church” on April 4, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/14/2018

Environmental and Indigenous Peoples activist, Dallas Goldtooth, to give lecture on February 27, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/9/2018

Virginia Konchan to read excerpts from two recently published books, The End of Spectacle, and Anatomical Gift, on April 26, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/8/2018

Poet and professor Leonard Schwartz to discuss his recent publications, The New Babel: Towards A Poetics of the Mid-East Crises and Benjamin Fondane: Cinepoems and Others, on April 17, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/8/2018

All administrative offices are closed on 2/7 due to inclement weather Alert Posted 2/7/2018

On Thu, 2/8, all administrative offices are on a delayed opening. Administrative offices will open at 10:30am. This delay is for excused employees only. Alert Posted 2/7/2018

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre to Perform at the Bardavon March 3 and 4, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/5/2018

Professor Hilary Hoynes of UC Berkeley to speak on "Safety Net Investments in Children” on April 23, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/2/2018

American Comedian, Jesse Appell to present “The Great LOL of China” on February 19, 2018 Announcement Posted 2/2/2018

Professor Sarah Haley '01 No Mercy Here: Black Women and Punishment in U.S. History on February 6, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/31/2018

Professor Emily Wilson to discuss her experience of translating Homer's Odyssey on February 15, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/31/2018

Actress, singer, and activist, Ali Stroker headlines Modfest at Vassar February 11, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/29/2018

British Professor Kevin Bales to give a talk on the intersection of human trafficking and environmental destruction on January 30, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/26/2018

Vassar College and Dutchess County Announce Bus Partnership Announcement Posted 1/25/2018

Community Works, Vassar’s annual giving campaign, raises nearly $77,000 for local non-profit organizations Announcement Posted 1/24/2018

People Are Beautiful: Prints, Photographs, and Films by Andy Warhol opens at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, January 26 – April 15, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/19/2018

Anton Vidokle's Film Trilogy on Russian Cosmism, "Immortality for All " will be screened on Monday, January 29, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/19/2018

Administrative offices are on a 2-hour delay for Wednesday, January 17, 2018, due to inclement weather Alert Posted 1/17/2018

Vassar College Astronomy Professor Debra Elmegreen Awarded American Astronomical Society’s George van Biesbroeck Prize Announcement Posted 1/16/2018

Nicole Fabricant of Towson University to lecture on “Climate, Capitalism, and Contradictions in Bolivia” on April 5, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/15/2018

Acclaimed author Yiyun Li to deliver the 2017-18 Gifford Lecture on February 27, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/12/2018

MODFEST returns to Vassar as artists explore the theme of “Adapting” in an everchanging world through written and spoken words, visual arts and performance, February 1 - 11, 2018 Announcement Posted 1/11/2018

First Comes Love: Portraits of Enduring LGBTQ Relationships Photographs by B. Proud from January 25 – March 5, 2018; reception on February 1 Announcement Posted 1/11/2018

Due to inclement weather, Vassar College campus closing at 2pm today, Thursday, January 4, 2018 Alert Posted 1/4/2018

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center will reopen on Tuesday, January 16, 2018 Announcement Posted 12/15/2017

Vassar College Majors presents a program of accompanied and unaccompanied choral works, December 9, 2017 Announcement Posted 12/4/2017

Vassar College student, Michaela Coplen, awarded prestigious Marshall Scholarship Announcement Posted 12/4/2017

Primary Care Crisis' Alumnae/i Panel and Networking Reception, December 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/28/2017

Author and Vassar professor Wendy Graham explores the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in Victorian England in her new book, Critics, Coteries, and Pre-Raphaelite Celebrity Announcement Posted 11/28/2017

Vassar College presents the annual “Service of Lessons and Carols” (12/3) Announcement Posted 11/28/2017

Student art exhibition, “Tag Yourself,” in Palmer Gallery December 1 – 12, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/28/2017

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CRIMES OF THE HEART by Beth Henley to be performed November 30 through December 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/17/2017

Help Community Works Earn $10,000: Contributions and pledges through December 4 will help meet a matching challenge Announcement Posted 11/16/2017

Solidarity Forever: Strikes and Labor Organizing with the Burgerville Workers Union, November 20, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/14/2017

Author Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve to give the biennial Norman E. Hodges Lecture on Race in American Law, November 30, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/10/2017

Artist/educator Joel Bergner to give a talk, "Transforming Lives Through Public Art: Creating Murals with Communities in Crisis,” November 14, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/9/2017

Four Vassar alumni artists to discuss “Art After Vassar,” November 29, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/8/2017

Photojournalist and midwife Elisabeth Ubbe to give a talk, “Female Genital Mutilation, Child Marriage, and Breast Feeding Across Cultures,” November 28, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/7/2017

Poet Patience Agbabi to read from her book, Telling Tales, November 13, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/6/2017

Reading and book signing by author John Freeman, November 30, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/2/2017

Christopher MacEvitt to give talk, “Confronting Caliphs and Defeating Death: Martyrdom and Islam among the Franciscans,” November 15, 2017 Announcement Posted 11/1/2017

History and Memory in the U.S.: An American Perspective, November 9, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/31/2017

The Vassar Indoor Farmers' Market is back starting November 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/25/2017

“Remembering the Great War: Songs, Poetry, and Images of WWI,” October 28, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/23/2017

Adam Regiel to give a talk, “Physics in Medicine: Clinical Innovations and Professional Pathways,” November 8 ,2017 Announcement Posted 10/23/2017

Pablo Aslan Quintet to perform at Vassar, November 11, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/20/2017

“The Spirit of All That Is Art,” honoring President Elizabeth H. Bradley, November 5, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/20/2017

Senior recital featuring baritone Michael Oosterhout, November 4, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/20/2017

Faculty recital for viola and piano featuring Danielle Farina and Thomas Sauer, October 27, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/20/2017

A screening of the acclaimed film, Get Out, followed by a discussion with the film's producer, Blumhouse Productions CEO and founder Jason Blum '91, October 19, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/11/2017

Clayton Childress to give a talk, "Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel," December 4, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/11/2017

Internal Architecture: Paintings by Stephen Niccolls, will be on view at Vassar's Palmer Gallery, November 7-27, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/11/2017

"Them: Portraits from Iraq and Afghanistan" - Photographer Sean Hemmerle lecture and book signing, October 26, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/11/2017

Family Day event (10/22) and Preschool Storytime programs (10/27 & 11/17) to be held at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 10/10/2017

A Reading by Irena Klepfisz, Poet, Essayist, and Activist, October 18, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/9/2017

History and Memory after Charlottesville, "Contesting Memory: An International Perspective," October 17, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/9/2017

Vassar College Students Spend Summer in South Korea, India with U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program Announcement Posted 10/9/2017

Vassar College and Hudson Valley Community Celebrate the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, October 28 – 29 and November 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/6/2017

Student Art Show, “Unmasking Stigma: Ableism & Ability Through Student Art,” November 8 - 27, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/5/2017

Writer Amitav Ghosh to give a talk, “Chasing the Dragon: Traveling the Opium Route to Qing China,” October 25, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/5/2017

Professors to lead public walking tours of Vassar history on October 14, October 28, November 4 Announcement Posted 10/5/2017

Annual Elizabeth Bishop Lecture to present a reading by Kevin Young on October 4, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/4/2017

McCurry Lecture Series Presents: “Works” by Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu, October 18, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/4/2017

Where Hope Finds Home: Recognizing the Refugees of Lancaster Pennsylvania, an exhibition by photographer Kristin V. Rehder, to be shown at the Palmer Gallery October 16 - November 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/4/2017

Sami Schalk to speak about disability and the American Girl brand on October 17, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/4/2017

One-woman show explores the power of creativity in transcending sexual violence, October 25, 2017 Announcement Posted 10/4/2017

Annual Halloween Festival on October 28, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/29/2017

Artist Dawn Clements to give a talk, “Framing the Immediate Present and Other Impossibilities,” October 23, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/29/2017

Japanese Minyo Folksong Performance and Lecture on November 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/29/2017

Poet Jericho Brown to give a poetry reading themed “The Blues We Can Use" on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/29/2017

Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations to give a talk, “False Dawn: Protest, Democracy and Violence in the New Middle East” on Monday, October 30, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/28/2017

Yale University’s Wai Chee Dimock to give a talk, “Endangered Humanities and Endangered Planet,” October 26, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/27/2017

MacArthur “Genius Grant” Recipient Ellen Silbergeld '67 to Deliver a Talk, “How We Got the Agriculture We Deserve” (9/25) Announcement Posted 9/14/2017

Annual Wood Lecture in Religion to be delivered by Columbia University Professor Lila Abu-Lughod (10/03) Announcement Posted 9/14/2017

Jeffrey T. Schnapp '75 and Adam Michaels will give a lecture on the new, expanded version of the groundbreaking book, Blueprint for Counter Education (9/28) Announcement Posted 9/14/2017

Award-winning author N.K. Jemisin to discuss her acclaimed novel The Fifth Season in this year’s William Starr Distinguished Lecture, October 2, 2017 Announcement Posted 9/14/2017

Harvard Islamic expert to give a talk, “Islamic Education in Africa: The Past and the Present” (9/18) Announcement Posted 9/11/2017

Human rights expert to discuss, “Americans and the Making of the 1970s Global Human Rights Imagination” (9/12) Announcement Posted 9/8/2017

“Remix: Interdisciplinary Exploration by the 2017 Summer Multi Arts Collectives” is a new exhibition at Vassar College’s Palmer Gallery (9/12-9/17) Announcement Posted 9/7/2017

5K Fun Run and Environmental Fair at Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve (9/17) Announcement Posted 9/7/2017

Workday updates and advice: budget training, approvals, more "office hours" Announcement Posted 9/7/2017

Vassar College Music Department’s Fall Concert Series features visiting artists, college ensemble groups, and faculty performances (through 12/9) Announcement Posted 9/6/2017

A message from President Bradley to the Vassar Community - DACA Announcement Posted 9/6/2017 Read article

Exhibition of prints by acclaimed abstract artist Helen Frankenthaler makes its only northeast stop at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (10/6 – 12/10) Announcement Posted 9/5/2017

Vassar Haiti Project to hold 17th annual benefit art sale (9/15-9/17) Announcement Posted 8/30/2017

The 626 freshmen in Vassar’s class of 2021 include students from 46 states and 28 foreign countries Announcement Posted 8/30/2017

Elizabeth H. Aeschlimann to serve as Vassar College’s new Director for Jewish Student Life Announcement Posted 8/24/2017

President Bradley addresses the Vassar community regarding the events in Charlottesville, Virginia Announcement Posted 8/15/2017 Read article

Workday Steering Committee Update on Finance Functions Launching July 1 Announcement Posted 6/30/2017

Second Wave of Casting is Announced for Powerhouse Theater season Announcement Posted 6/22/2017

Workday Availability Only Midnight-7:00pm Through June 30 Announcement Posted 6/19/2017

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

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