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February 2019

Dr. Deborah Ottenheimer will discuss her work with survivors of child marriage, female genital mutilation, and human trafficking. (2/26) Announcement Posted 2/19/2019

CANCELLED - Andrea Bertozzi, UCLA, presents “Mathematics of Crime,” and “Geometric Graph-based Methods for High Dimensional Data.” (3/25 and 3/26) Announcement Posted 2/19/2019

Annual Iyoya Children’s Art Show showcases work by very young artists from throughout the Hudson Valley at Vassar’s Palmer Gallery. (3/10) Announcement Posted 2/19/2019

Renowned civil rights attorney Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 to speak February 22, 2019 Announcement Posted 2/15/2019

Sophia Narrett uses embroidery to tell stories about love and desire. (2/26) Announcement Posted 2/14/2019

Film screening of “Chico & Rita” in honor of Black History Month (2/19) Announcement Posted 2/14/2019

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center offers series of art-themed story hours for children ages 3-5. Announcement Posted 2/14/2019

Alexandra Shiva ’95 will screen her documentary, “This is Home: A Refugee Story” (2/21) Announcement Posted 2/14/2019

The Vassar Haiti Project's Art & Soul Gala honors Robert Morgenthau and Lucinda Franks. (4/25) Announcement Posted 2/14/2019

A Reading by Writer-in-Residence Jenny Offill, February 19, 2019 at 6pm in Taylor Hall 203.. (2/19) Announcement Posted 2/11/2019

Nicole Fleetwood will discuss the various techniques incarcerated artists use to create portraits of family members, public figures, and other prisoners. (2/20) Announcement Posted 2/7/2019

Professor Ben Vinson III will deliver “Reflections on Afro-Mexico: Comments from the Career of an Historian.” (3/25) Announcement Posted 2/7/2019

This year's Frederic C. Wood Lecture will be given by Yale scholars Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, who will discuss their award-winning film Journey of the Universe. (3/28) Announcement Posted 2/7/2019

Miss Black America Performance Inspired by Northern Migration Announcement Posted 2/7/2019 Read article

Professor Lindsey Taylor-Guthartz will explore the relationship between popular practices and customs among Jewish women in London and magic. (2/14) Announcement Posted 2/5/2019

Vassar Repertory Dance Theatre performs at the Bardavon Mar. 2 & 3. Ballet, Jazz & Modern Dance Announcement Posted 2/4/2019

January 2019

Freehand: Drawings by Inez Nathaniel Walker on view at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, February 1–April 14, 2019 Announcement Posted 1/30/2019

Van Jones to speak at Commencement In The Media Posted 1/30/2019 Read article

Vassar’s annual giving campaign, raises nearly $77,000 for local non-profit organizations Announcement Posted 1/28/2019

Sara Hendren to talk about design and disability studies as inaugural Anne McNiff Tatlock ’61 Fellow in Multidisciplinary Studies (1/29) Announcement Posted 1/28/2019

Sandy Grande will be giving the Biennial Elaine Lipschutz Lecture “Unsettling Indigenous Erasures in K-12 Multicultural Education” (2/28) Announcement Posted 1/24/2019

Making Mirrors: Writing/Righting by Refugees, lecture will take place on Wednesday, February 20. Announcement Posted 1/21/2019

Adam Brown, “Mental Health and Forced Migration” (2/4) Announcement Posted 1/21/2019

Josh Dubler and Vincent Lloyd: "Break Every Yoke: Religion, Justice, and the Abolition of Prisons" (2/7) Announcement Posted 1/21/2019

Marta Hanson, "The Body-as-Technology in Classical Chinese Medicine" Announcement Posted 1/15/2019

Presentation About Research on Nature and Aquatic Life in Poughkeepsie Announcement Posted 1/15/2019

The Flip Side 2: Creative Practices by Members of the Vassar College Community Announcement Posted 1/14/2019

Modfest, Vassar’s Annual Arts Festival, Explores Movement in the Arts and Celebrates its 17th Year Announcement Posted 1/11/2019

December 2018

Vassar Professor Colette Salyk Part of Team Gathering New Data on Formation of Exoplanets Announcement Posted 12/14/2018 Read article

Monica Feeley ’19 Named Field Hockey All-American Announcement Posted 12/6/2018 Read article

November 2018

Soferet Julie Seltzer will be giving three lectures exploring authority, gender, and ritual calligraphy through the lens of her own experience as a female Torah scribe. Announcement Posted 11/26/2018

As We Consider the Thanksgiving Holiday, Professor Michele Tugade ’95 Writes about the Powerful Effects of Gratitude In The Media Posted 11/21/2018 Read article

Vassar College presents the annual “Service of Lessons and Carols” (12/2) Announcement Posted 11/19/2018

Joanne Greenbaum, a renowned artist, will deliver a Claflin Lecture (11/27) Announcement Posted 11/13/2018

“Imprints” will exhibit collage, painting, prints, and wood assemblage (11/1–11/15) Announcement Posted 11/5/2018

Rabbi Maurice Moskowitz Delivers Lecture “Allyship as Spiritual Practice” on November 14 Announcement Posted 11/5/2018

“Decolonizing the Exhibition” presents four perspectives on indigenous visual culture in the museum space (11/29) Announcement Posted 11/5/2018

Field hockey claims first-ever Liberty League Championship title and earns an automatic bid into the NCAA National Tournament Announcement Posted 11/3/2018 Read article

Vote on Tuesday, November 6! Announcement Posted 11/2/2018

October 2018

Past Time: Geology in European and American Art opens at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center September 21 to December 9 Announcement Posted 10/30/2018

John Ratey, MD, an internationally recognized expert in neuropsychiatry, will discuss the brain-fitness connection (11/15) Announcement Posted 10/24/2018

Professor Eiji Sekine will discuss Haruki Murakami and his persistent dialogues with the mystery of humanity (11/8) Announcement Posted 10/24/2018

Ezra Young, a nationally recognized civil rights attorney, to discuss trans rights in the era of Trump (11/12) Announcement Posted 10/24/2018

President Bradley writes in defense of the “practical humanities” in the current issue of Inside Higher Education. In The Media Posted 10/22/2018 Read article

Raquel Rabinovich: The Reading Room at Thompson Memorial Library October 25 – December 20 Announcement Posted 10/22/2018

President Elizabeth Bradley inducted into the National Academy of Medicine. In The Media Posted 10/16/2018 Read article

James Mundy ’74, the Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, will retire in June 2019. In The Media Posted 10/16/2018 Read article

Vassar College and Dutchess Community College are opening their doors to each other’s students. In The Media Posted 10/16/2018 Read article

Vassar College and Dutchess Community College Partner to Increase Options for Students Announcement Posted 10/15/2018

Discussion to feature Amy Entelis ‘71, Executive Vice President for Talent and Development at CNN Worldwide (10/23) Announcement Posted 10/12/2018

Fashion Designer Mary Ping ’00 to Speak About Her Conceptual Line, “Slow and Steady Wins the Race” (10/30) Announcement Posted 10/12/2018

Join “Labyrinth Week," featuring a canvas labyrinth for walking meditation Announcement Posted 10/11/2018

Join a distinguished lecture featuring Suzanne Preston Blier, “Picasso's Demoiselles: Africa, Sex, Origins & Creativity" Announcement Posted 10/9/2018

A celebration of Elena Cornaro Piscopia, the first woman to obtain a doctorate that includes a visiting lecture and an original theater piece by Kairos Italy Theater. Announcement Posted 10/9/2018

James Mundy, Anne Hendricks Bass Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, to Retire after Twenty-Eight Years Announcement Posted 10/9/2018

Free public walking tours of Vassar College history to be offered Saturdays in October and November. Announcement Posted 10/9/2018

The Dutchess County Historical Association and Vassar College are partnering to present the exhibit, “Over Here/Over There.” Announcement Posted 10/9/2018

Join communities across the United States in a national conversation on China with Vassar Professors and Alumni. Announcement Posted 10/8/2018

Roxane Gay, as the 2018 William A. Starr Distinguished Lecturer, will be discussing her best-selling book Bad Feminist. Announcement Posted 10/8/2018

Join a discussion with James Schamus, award-winning producer, screenwriter, director, former CEO of Focus Features, and professor of film theory. Announcement Posted 10/8/2018

Vassar Lifelong Learning Institute and Read650 present “Lessons Learned: True Stories of Work, Warmth, and Wonder" Announcement Posted 10/2/2018

September 2018

Jane Kamensky will discuss her current project, a history of the sexual revolution as revealed by the biography of feminist sex radical Candida Royalle. Announcement Posted 9/28/2018

Vassar College will be hosting a 5K Fun Run. Announcement Posted 9/28/2018

Experience some of the richness and diversity of events offered at Families Weekend Sept 28-30 Announcement Posted 9/28/2018 Read article

The Vassar Haiti Project will present its 18th annual art auction & sale Sept. 28, 29 and 30 at Vassar College. Announcement Posted 9/25/2018

Former sex-crimes prosecutor, Linda Fairstein ’69 gives her take on the allegations against Kavanaugh to The Washington Post. Announcement Posted 9/24/2018 Read article

Sarah Kendzior will discuss “Information, Data, and Power in the Era of Alternative Facts” Announcement Posted 9/21/2018

Christina Sharpe, author of In The Wake, will talk on Black. Still. Life. Announcement Posted 9/21/2018

Kathryn Lofton of Yale University will be discussing, “The Present Life of Blasphemy: Kanye West in American Popular Culture,” as part of the Annual Frederic C. Wood Lecture Announcement Posted 9/21/2018

The 2018 Elizabeth Bishop Lecture and reading will be delivered by acclaimed poet, critic and theorist Fred Moten. Announcement Posted 9/18/2018

Tipping Points a juried exhibition by Paul Mpagi Sepuya will be held at the Vassar College James W. Palmer III '90 Gallery with the 2018 Society of Photographic Educators North East Chapter Conference. Announcement Posted 9/18/2018

Lynn Povich ’65, Women’s Rights Pioneer Announcement Posted 9/17/2018 Read article

Philip Jefferson ’83, Professor of Economics at Swarthmore, talks about the economics of poverty, labor, and his new book. In The Media Posted 9/14/2018 Read article

Learn how to identify plants and animals using your smartphone! Announcement Posted 9/13/2018

Media production training will take place for the Environmental Cooperative's upcoming Fall Kill Creek Announcement Posted 9/13/2018

Geoffrey Hilsabeck '03 and Elsbeth Pancrazi '05 will be reading from their debut collections of poems. Announcement Posted 9/13/2018

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute students will present research at the annual URSI symposium. Announcement Posted 9/13/2018

The Fall Kill Aquablitz will explore the diverse aquatic life in Poughkeepsie's Fall Kill. Announcement Posted 9/12/2018

Learn about Vassar’s environmental programs at the Urban Wilderness Fair Announcement Posted 9/10/2018

Ninotte Lubin will discuss her work as a Certified Professional Midwife in Haiti and the development of her non-profit organization, Grace Community Birth Center in Grand Bassin, Haiti. Announcement Posted 9/10/2018

Vassar Ecological Preserve is partnering with the Student Conservation Association to help plant trees and remove invasive species as part of the September 11th National Day of service. Announcement Posted 9/6/2018

Tim Youd: The Hudson Valley Retyped exhibition on view at Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Announcement Posted 9/5/2018

August 2018

Vassar Music Department releases Fall Concert Series Announcement Posted 8/31/2018

Vassar gets ‘top performer’ rating in nationwide sustainability rankings Announcement Posted 8/22/2018

Scholar and social activist Barbara Ransby will present a lecture on social justice and freedom-making in the 21st Century Sept. 13 in the Villard Room in Main Building on the Vassar campus. Announcement Posted 8/22/2018

Vassar Releases New Homepage Announcement Posted 8/8/2018

Dutchess County to Host Special Olympics New York Summer Games 2019-2020 Announcement Posted 8/5/2018

July 2018

Vassar Palmer Gallery to exhibit work by creative duo BoogieREZ Announcement Posted 7/26/2018

Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced additional casting for the highly anticipated 34th Powerhouse Season in Poughkeepsie, NY Announcement Posted 7/19/2018

Arm of the Sea Theater presents “Dirt: the Secret Life of Soil” Announcement Posted 7/9/2018

College Admissions Policies Guidance Announcement Posted 7/6/2018 Read article

Vassar named one of the 2017-18 Fulbright program “top producers” Announcement Posted 7/5/2018 Read article

June 2018

Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced additional casting Announcement Posted 6/27/2018

Yale announces President Emerita Catharine Hill as the next senior trustee In The Media Posted 6/21/2018 Read article

Vassar & New York Stage and Film have announced additional casting for the 34th Powerhouse Season Announcement Posted 6/19/2018

Vassar College President Elizabeth H. Bradley Named 2018 Recipient of the William B. Graham Prize for Health Services Research Announcement Posted 6/14/2018

Photographer Eric Lindbloom’s work to be shown in Palmer Gallery exhibit from July 2–31. Announcement Posted 6/12/2018

May 2018

Vassar Held Its 154th Commencement May 27 Announcement Posted 5/27/2018

Vassar College announces new community solar project that will provide more than 15 percent of its electricity needs Announcement Posted 5/15/2018

12 Vassar students and alumnae/i awarded research and teaching fellowships Announcement Posted 5/15/2018

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