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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

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

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

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

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

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

Vassar College Costume Collection exhibit Uncovering Dress in the Palmer Gallery, May 24-June 22, 2018 Announcement Posted 5/7/2018

Professors to lead free public walking tours of Vassar College history, May 12-June 23 Announcement Posted 5/4/2018

Vassar college awarded gold rating for sustainability initiatives and policies by the association for the advancement for sustainability in higher education. Announcement Posted 5/4/2018

Announcement Posted 4/26/2018 Read article

Vassar & New York Stage and Film announce lineup for the 34th Powerhouse Theater season Announcement Posted 4/25/2018

Professor Elissa Bemporad to give Annual Lawrence and Suzanne Fishman '55 Lecture in Jewish Studies on April 26, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/23/2018

Senior clarinet recital by Pietro Geraci ‘18 on April 21, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/19/2018

Tim Youd: Retyping "The Group" by Mary McCarthy from April 19 – May 4, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/18/2018

Special exhibition and self-guided campus tour for the Buildings and Belonging project available through October 2018 Announcement Posted 4/17/2018

Peter Groffman to give lecture, “When Yards Look Alike: Ecological Homogenization and Alternative Futures for Urban America” on May 2, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/17/2018

Margaret McCurry Lecture Series in Architecture presents “Systematic Realism” by Konstantinos Pantazis on April 25, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/17/2018

Second Annual She Is Gala hosted by the Vassar Haiti Project on April 20, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/17/2018

Sculptor Tom Friedman to lecture on his work on April 24, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/12/2018

Climate Change Specialist Angela Burnett to give lecture, “Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Stories from the Frontline of Climate Change” on April 16, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/12/2018

Holocaust survivor Judith Altmann shares her story on April 18, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/11/2018

New Focus Gallery exhibition at the Art Center, Reflections: Portrayals of and by African Americans, on view 4/10–8/19 Announcement Posted 4/11/2018

Author Bob Holmes to discuss his book, “Flavor: The Science of Our Most Neglected Sense” on April 19, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/10/2018

Vassar’s fourth annual International Dance Festival on April 13, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/10/2018

History Faculty and Alumni Panel, “Using Government Documents in Teaching and Research” on April 18, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/10/2018

Actor Harry Lennix to speak on “Art and Spirituality” on April 14, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/6/2018

“The Story of the Bitten Locket: Holocaust Remembrance,” senior thesis presentation by Emma Glickman ‘18 on April 11, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/5/2018

5K Fun Run and Walk at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve on April 7, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/3/2018

Puerto Rican artist Antonio Martorell to give Annual Antonio Marquez Lecture on April 11, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/3/2018

Carlos Henríquez Consalvi to give lecture titled "Museum of the Word and the Image (MUPI): Spaces of Identity and Memory in Post-War El Salvador” on April 23, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/3/2018

Award-winning projection designer Wendall K. Harrington to give lecture with video on April 27, 2018 Announcement Posted 4/2/2018

Professor William D. Johnston of Wesleyan University to give lecture, “Disasters Fast and Slow: Photography, History, and the Environment,” on March 31, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/29/2018

Michael Kosterlitz of Brown University to give lecture, “A Random Walk Through Physics to the Nobel Prize,” on April 23, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/29/2018

Martin Klimke of NYU Abu Dhabi to give lecture, “Tearing Down Walls, Building Bridges: Dr. King’s Visit to Cold War Berlin” on April 8, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/29/2018

Winter Tree ID Nature Walk at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve on March 30, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/29/2018

Heather McGhee, president of Demos, a progressive public policy organization, will deliver Vassar College’s 154th Commencement address May 27 Announcement Posted 3/29/2018

Actors from the London Stage perform THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, April 5 – 7, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/28/2018

Neile Miller ‘79 to give lecture, “Why Donald Trump May Find His Nuclear Button is Smaller than He Thinks” on April 4, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/27/2018

A reading by Writer-in-Residence, Kiran Desai, author of The Inheritance of Loss, winner of the Man Booker Prize, on April 10, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/27/2018

Alex Krieger '95 Memorial Lecture with Junot Díaz, New York Times bestselling author and 2008 Pulitzer Prize winner, on April 18, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/27/2018

Master Class: Northern European Art 1500–1700 from the Permanent Collection, on view at The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, April 27–September 2, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/27/2018

"Legitimizing 'iel'," French and Francophone Studies Symposium, April 6-7, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/26/2018 Read article

Adriance Memorial Library to host “Hello, Dear Enemy!” exhibit from March 31 to April 8, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/26/2018

Vassar to host first Global Campus event March 28; presentations by two students and four faculty members, followed by discussion by the campus community. Announcement Posted 3/23/2018

Jennifer Doudna of UC Berkeley will give this year's Pauline Newman '47 Distinguished Lecture in Science, Technology, and Society. Doudna will speak on “CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing: Biology, Technology and Ethics” on April 5, 2018. Announcement Posted 3/16/2018

Tim Kane named Vice President of Alumnae/i Affairs and Development Announcement Posted 3/12/2018

Lien-Hang Nguyen of Columbia University to give lecture, “The Tet Offensive Revisted” on April 11, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/9/2018

Administrative offices will open at 11am on 3/8 due to inclement weather Alert Posted 3/8/2018

Bestselling Author David Shields in Conversation with English Professor Amitava Kumar on March 28, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/8/2018

Vassar professor Sarah Kozloff to help organize “March for Our Lives” Hudson Valley protest against gun violence on March 24, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/8/2018

"Legitimizing iel,” French and Francophone Studies Symposium on Language in the Trans Community, on April 6 and 7, 2018 Announcement Posted 3/8/2018

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