Vassar Street Light Project Includes Donation Of 21 Energy-Efficient Fixtures to the Town Announcement Posted 11/20/2020
Panel discussion “Monuments, Memorials, Markers: In the Museum and the Community: A (Virtual) Conversation,” Announcement Posted 11/16/2020
Professor of Political Science Richard Born comments on the state of Democratic and Republican politics in Dutchess County. In The Media Posted 11/16/2020 Read article
Among other heavy hitters, Sway Group CEO Danielle Wiley '95 has been recognized as one of the top 50 social influencers. In The Media Posted 11/16/2020 Read article
Dr. Lisa Gaddis '79 has been named Director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute, according to the Universities Space Research Association. In The Media Posted 11/5/2020 Read article
Producer Jason Blum ’91, a key player in the horror film genre, was ahead of the curve, says The Verge. In The Media Posted 11/4/2020 Read article
Scientist Maggie O’Haire ’08 leads first-of-its-kind research revealing how exactly service dogs are helping veterans. In The Media Posted 11/2/2020 Read article
A team lead by attorney Amy Walsh ’87 has won a lawsuit in the Southern District of New York to stop and remedy voter suppression targeting Blacks. In The Media Posted 10/28/2020 Read article
Entertainment Executive Fritz Friedman ’74 was named one of the 75 most influential Filipino-Americans for 2020. In The Media Posted 10/27/2020 Read article
Tony Award-winning composer and sound designer Fitz Patton ’88 was nominated again, this time for Best Original Score for his work on “The Rose Tattoo.” In The Media Posted 10/20/2020 Read article
Professor of Film Mia Mask reveals how movies, TV, and food labels push racist stereotypes on Matter of Fact with Soledad O'Brien. In The Media Posted 10/20/2020 Read article
Author and poet Jubi Arriola-Headley ’91 was interviewed by PEN America about writing poetry, inspiration, getting published, and his first collection of poems. In The Media Posted 10/19/2020 Read article
Sophia Corwin ’23 was interviewed by WGBH-Boston about how clear masks can help those who are hearing impaired during COVID. In The Media Posted 10/19/2020 Read article
In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Anna Horner ’00 of the United Nation’s World Food Programme describes the moment she found out that her organization had won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. In The Media Posted 10/15/2020 Read article
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, is one of Glamour magazine’s 2020 Women of the Year. In The Media Posted 10/13/2020 Read article
Professor of Political Science Richard Born talks about ensuring the best representation in the upcoming U.S. election in this WalletHub interview. In The Media Posted 10/9/2020 Read article
Professor of Film Mia Mask discussed how movies reinforce racial stereotypes on the Matter of Fact Listening Tour hosted by Soledad O’Brien. In The Media Posted 10/9/2020 Read article
The Los Angeles Times writes about the new series Welcome to the Blumhouse and how Jason Blum ’91’s production company is opening doors for women and filmmakers of color. In The Media Posted 10/8/2020 Read article
The Yale School of Public Health website features President Elizabeth Bradley in its October Alumni Spotlight. In The Media Posted 10/8/2020 Read article
Vassar College and President Elizabeth Bradley were mentioned in a New York Times article on colleges that are successfully suppressing the coronavirus. In The Media Posted 10/2/2020 Read article
Brenda Feigen ’66, who co-directed the ACLU Women’s Rights Project with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was included in an ACLU tribute to the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice. In The Media Posted 10/1/2020 Read article
Vassar’s Exhibition on Women’s Suffrage Highlights Contributions of Students, Faculty, and Alumnae Announcement Posted 9/23/2020
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, talks to Rachel Maddow about the legacy of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. In The Media Posted 9/21/2020 Read article
Dr. Paul Lantos ’96 has co-authored a study about the racial, ethnic, and geographic disparities of COVID-19; it was published in the Oxford Academic. In The Media Posted 9/17/2020 Read article
Tim Koechlin, Director of International Studies, talks about his “not so terrible experience” with remote teaching on Common Dreams. In The Media Posted 9/16/2020 Read article
President Bradley discusses Vassar’s return-to-campus plan on WCNY’s Capitol Pressroom. In The Media Posted 9/15/2020 Read article
Emmy-nominated composer Amanda Jones ’10 talked to NPR about her career and switching majors from chemistry to music composition. In The Media Posted 9/11/2020 Read article
President Bradley talks about ways in which Vassar is keeping the campus community safe from COVID-19 in Inside Higher Ed. In The Media Posted 9/9/2020 Read article
Vassar is cited in a New York Times column on how to ethically communicate campus reopening plans. In The Media Posted 9/8/2020 Read article
The elegant work of renowned landscaper Ed Hollander ’76 is featured in Architectural Digest. In The Media Posted 9/3/2020 Read article
Creativity strategist Natalie Nixon ‘91 talks about the direct line between creativity and business results in Forbes magazine. In The Media Posted 8/31/2020 Read article
The New York Times spotlights Sabrina Surgil ‘21 who found a new way to make money after her job was disrupted by COVID. In The Media Posted 8/25/2020 Read article
In Women's Health, actor Sakina Jaffrey ‘84 on similarities between Kamala Harris's Indian and Black household and hers. In The Media Posted 8/24/2020 Read article
MSN covers composer Amanda Jones ’10’s first Emmy nomination for score on Apple TV+’s Home. In The Media Posted 8/20/2020 Read article
The New York Times covers artist Jeanine Michna-Bales’s new project, which recreates moments in the life of the suffrage leader Inez Milholland, class of 1909. In The Media Posted 8/20/2020 Read article
In USA Today, President Elizabeth Bradley and Yale’s Dr. Howard P. Forman say a vaccine is still the best path to coronavirus immunity. In The Media Posted 8/18/2020 Read article
President Bradley discusses Vassar's plans to bring students back for in-person learning on the Wall Street Journal podcast The Journal. In The Media Posted 8/14/2020 Read article
Dean of the College Carlos Alamo-Pastrana talks to News12 Westchester about Vassar’s new safety protocols. In The Media Posted 8/11/2020 Read article
President Bradley talks about plans for maintaining a safe campus environment in an NPR story on students returning to college for the fall semester. In The Media Posted 8/7/2020 Read article
President Elizabeth Bradley talks to WAMC about safely opening college campuses this fall. In The Media Posted 8/5/2020 Read article
"The Great Wonder: Violet Oakley and the Gothic Revival at Vassar" online exhibition and brochure Announcement Posted 8/4/2020
Google announces a new subsea internet cable named for computer pioneer Grace Hopper ’28 In The Media Posted 8/3/2020 Read article
JAMA Open Network publishes President Bradley's counterpoint to a new study on safely reopening colleges. In The Media Posted 7/31/2020 Read article
The Texas Observer on Andrea Roberts ’96’s quest to uncover more than 500 Freedom Colonies founded by independent Black Texans during the Jim Crow era. In The Media Posted 7/24/2020 Read article
The New York Post writes about an exchange between Mark Shepard ’23 and Stephen Jackson of the NBA in which the student calls out anti-Semitism. In The Media Posted 7/22/2020 Read article
Vassar College Unveils Campus Masking Plan in Preparation for Return to Campus in the Fall Announcement Posted 7/21/2020
Ed Pittman ’82, Senior Associate Dean of the College, writes about sustaining professional development in the midst of COVID in Diverse Issues in Higher Education. In The Media Posted 7/19/2020 Read article
President Bradley co-authored a paper on how changing the organizational culture in hospitals can improve patient outcomes and, thus, save lives. In The Media Posted 7/17/2020 Read article
WMHT profiled Albany Councilman Keith St. John ‘81, the first openly gay Black public official elected in the U.S. In The Media Posted 7/16/2020 Read article
Vassar Joins Fight Against ICE’s ‘Cruel’ Planned Expulsion of International Students Who Take Their Fall Semester Online Announcement Posted 7/13/2020
President Bradley talks about ICE’s new policy regarding international students in an interview on Spectrum News. In The Media Posted 7/13/2020 Read article
Business Insider on how Lisa Wardell ’91, the only Black woman CEO in the S&P 400, boosted her company’s minority leadership by 50% in 4 years. In The Media Posted 7/12/2020 Read article
Nick Lee ’19 talks about holding hands as an act of resistance for same-sex couples in the Advocate. In The Media Posted 7/10/2020 Read article
President Bradley discussed fall plans for Vassar in an interview with Spectrum News. In The Media Posted 7/9/2020 Read article
President Bradley, along with other leaders of higher ed and healthcare, co-authored a piece in support of the World Health Organization for the Lancet. In The Media Posted 7/8/2020 Read article
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, president of the NAACP-LDF, talks about police accountability, memorials to the Confederacy, and more on Face the Nation. In The Media Posted 7/7/2020 Read article
Vassar College Announces Plans for Students' Return to Campus for Fall Semester Announcement Posted 7/2/2020
President Bradley explores higher education’s role in addressing the national crises of COVID‑19 and racial injustice. In The Media Posted 7/1/2020 Read article
Danushi Fernando, Director of Vassar’s LGBTQ and Gender Resources, speaks with The New York Times about the challenges LGBTQ youth face during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article
In a segment on the podcast Making The Call, President Bradley discusses planning for the return to on-campus learning in the fall. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article
Mrinalini Somani ’23’s efforts organizing WE concerts to benefit impoverished children in her hometown of Mumbai was covered by MTI News in India. In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article
Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk was quoted in a Hubblesite announcement about her team using NASA’s Hubble Telescope to view nascent stars resembling flapping “bat wings.” In The Media Posted 6/29/2020 Read article
Vassar Board Chair Tony Friscia ’78 grew up in a “time of hope and optimism.” Fifty years later, he asks why we’re still fighting racial and gender inequality, poverty, and more. In The Media Posted 6/24/2020 Read article
Professor of Film Mia Mask discusses racial depictions in classic films on the Hollywood Reporter’s Morning Consult. In The Media Posted 6/24/2020 Read article
Eric Marcus »80, journalist and founder of the podcast “Making Gay History,” reflects on the uniqueness of this Pride Month on NPR’s All Things Considered. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article
Valarie Walker ’88, organizer of this year’s NYC Dyke March, is featured in a Vogue article on how the event pivoted to social justice. In The Media Posted 6/23/2020 Read article
Playbill offers a look at the trajectory of actor Meryl Streep ’71, “from high school prodigy to Broadway and movie star.” In The Media Posted 6/22/2020 Read article
On the Ted Radio Hour, Huang Hung ’84 talks about China’s collectivist culture and how it helped the country battle the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article
Professor of Political Science Katie Hite was interviewed for an Americas Quarterly article about the fate of controversial statues in Latin America. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article
A panel discussion about Juneteenth with Texas A&M University professor Andrea Roberts ’96 was recommended by the New York Times. In The Media Posted 6/19/2020 Read article
Stacy Bingham, Associate Dean of the College for Career Development, was interviewed for a Money.com story about virtual summer internships. In The Media Posted 6/17/2020 Read article
Tim Koechlin, Director of International Studies, explains why the median wealth for whites is 10 times greater than that of African Americans. In The Media Posted 6/17/2020 Read article
In Newsweek, Ed Adler ’76, P’16 puts into perspective the “often silly and selfish pursuits” his peers engaged in before the pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/15/2020 Read article
Mia Mask, Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross ’32 Chair, spoke to Marketplace about the lack of Hollywood investment in projects by filmmakers of color. In The Media Posted 6/12/2020 Read article
On Bloomberg Law, President Bradley discusses the U.S. healthcare system's misuse of $4 trillion in the face of a deadly pandemic. In The Media Posted 6/11/2020 Read article
On NPR, Adam Serwer ’05, who covers politics for the Atlantic, compares today's protests with those of 1968. In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article
In the Chicago Sun-Times, Tyrone Forman ’92 writes about black Americans’ daily “struggle for human dignity in a society that devalues blackness.” In The Media Posted 6/10/2020 Read article
On 60 Minutes, Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, says George Floyd’s death is a tipping point. She talks about where to go next. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article
In The Hill, Leonard Steinhorn ’77, who teaches communication and history at American University, discusses Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unheeded warnings about the institutionalized dehumanization of African Americans. In The Media Posted 6/8/2020 Read article
“Two Nurses, Smoking,” a short story by David Means, Visiting Associate Professor of English, was published in the New Yorker. In The Media Posted 6/4/2020 Read article
Sherrilyn Ifill ‘84, who heads the NAACP-LDF, discusses the response to the death of George Floyd on the PBS Newshour. In The Media Posted 6/3/2020 Read article
In the New York Times, Mary Retta ’20 shares her disappointment about not having an in-person graduation ceremony, but admits there are some “pros.” In The Media Posted 6/2/2020 Read article
Wendy Freedman, who directs Vassar’s counseling service, talks about helping students cope with the COVID crisis in Hudson Valley Magazine. In The Media Posted 6/1/2020 Read article
Professor of History Rebecca Edwards’s book is quoted in New York Times columnist Charles Blow’s latest opinion piece prompted by a racially motivated incident in Central Park. In The Media Posted 5/28/2020 Read article
Andrea Roberts ’96 is quoted in a Chronicle of Higher Education article on the challenges facing women in academia during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article
The New York Daily News wrote about “Making Gay History” podcast creator Eric Marcus ’80’s idea to keep his Chelsea neighborhood informed during the pandemic. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article
Actor, writer, and producer Dan Bucatinsky ’87 was interviewed by Backstage’s In the Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast. In The Media Posted 5/27/2020 Read article
Deadline covered the inspiring Commencement speech by movie/television mega-producer Jason Blum ’91, delivered at Vassar on May 24. In The Media Posted 5/26/2020 Read article
Ashley Anderson Bennett ‘96 of Cain Vineyard and Winery was profiled for a Forbes article, “The Women Behind Some Of Napa And Sonoma’s Best Wines.” In The Media Posted 5/21/2020 Read article
President Bradley and Professor of Psychological Science Michele Tugade ’95 on how technological interventions could revolutionize mental health care in higher ed. In The Media Posted 5/19/2020 Read article
In the New York Times, Jennifer Greenstein Altmann ’91 examines the struggles of married couples who live apart in the age of COVID-19. In The Media Posted 5/18/2020 Read article
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 of the NAACP-LDF comments on the Ahmaud Arbery case and the use of violence against black citizens in the Washington Post. In The Media Posted 5/18/2020 Read article