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Vassar Participates in National Volunteer Week

In connection with National Volunteer Week and Earth Day, Vassar students, alumnae/i, administrators, faculty, staff, and others joined several cleanup projects in the City of Poughkeepsie.

Feature Article Posted 4/25/2018 Read article

Jewish Ethical Writing and Practices Help Students Define Their Values

Elizabeth Aeschlimann, Vassar’s Rachlin Director for Jewish Student Life, led 11 students through a half-semester course on the use of Jewish ethical writing and practice to help them “align our actions with our values.”

Feature Article Posted 4/23/2018 Read article

Tiny Bite Marks on a Golden Locket

For Emma Glickman ’18, the first clues to the story of her family’s ordeal in Nazi-occupied Poland were the tiny bite marks she found on a gold locket her grandmother, Elizabeth Hoffman Glickman, had given her a few years before she died. Since then, the Vassar senior has begun to unravel the mystery further.

Feature Article Posted 4/23/2018 Read article

WVKR: Eclectic Programming Offers Slice of Campus Culture

Vassar’s radio station, WVKR, provides a platform for music and political discussion that you just can’t hear anywhere else, say the DJs who bring programming to the campus and beyond day and night.

Feature Article Posted 4/4/2018 Read article

Representing the Liberty League at the NCAA: Five Questions for Matthew Knigge ’18

Vassar men’s volleyball player Matthew Knigge ’18, one of the most decorated student athletes in the college’s history, is one of 24 athletes across the country to be named to the NCAA Division III Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

Feature Article Posted 3/13/2018 Read article

All College Day 2018: The Practice of Community

Over the past 18 years, Vassar students, faculty and administrators have taken a day in February to reflect on ways to improve and enhance the campus community. The theme of this year’s All College Day, held Feb. 28, was “The Practice of Community.”

Feature Article Posted 3/12/2018 Read article

A Passion for Interior Design - Lynai Williams Jones ’92 Finds Her True Calling

Lynai Williams Jones ’92 thoroughly enjoyed her sales career at Reuters, marketing financial news, software, and databases to major Wall Street firms, but she found her true calling—interior design and décor—when she left Reuters to manage her family’s business, Williams Group Holdings.

Feature Article Posted 3/1/2018 Read article

The Science behind Centuries of Traditional Medicines

Two senior chemistry majors are investigating the structure of several plant-derived compounds to assess their antioxidant and anticancer properties.

Feature Article Posted 2/16/2018 Read article

The Case for Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Vassar and Italian Scientists Prove Its Benefits

After four years of testing extra virgin olive oil from groves in Italy and California, Chemistry Prof. Miriam Rossi and an interdisciplinary team of Vassar researchers and Italian scientists have shown that this staple of Mediterranean cuisine has some remarkable health benefits.

Feature Article Posted 2/16/2018 Read article

The Perfect Balance: Devan Gallagher Named All-American and All-Academic

Junior hitter Devan Gallagher is the first Vassar women’s volleyball player to earn a spot on the American Volleyball Coaches Association All-American Second Team and the sixth athlete in Vassar history to be named to the Academic All-American Team.

Feature Article Posted 2/16/2018 Read article

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Vassar Participates in National Volunteer Week

Jewish Ethical Writing and Practices Help Students Define Their Values

Tiny Bite Marks on a Golden Locket

WVKR: Eclectic Programming Offers Slice of Campus Culture

Representing the Liberty League at the NCAA: Five Questions for Matthew Knigge ’18

All College Day 2018: The Practice of Community

A Passion for Interior Design - Lynai Williams Jones ’92 Finds Her True Calling

The Science behind Centuries of Traditional Medicines

The Case for Extra Virgin Olive Oil: Vassar and Italian Scientists Prove Its Benefits

The Perfect Balance: Devan Gallagher Named All-American and All-Academic