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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

Great Expectations, Unexpected Impact: Keith St. John ’81 Becomes the Country’s First Openly Gay Black Elected Official

Keith St. John ’81 appeared to have a life plan set by an early age—his formidable mother wanted him to be a doctor. Instead, St. John created his own path, which led him to become the first openly gay black elected official in the United States.

Feature Article Posted 2/16/2018 Read article

So You Want To Be an Engineer? The Vassar-Dartmouth Dual Degree Program

Twenty-three Vassar sophomores—a record number—are applying for admission to the dual degree program at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering. The successful candidates will spend their junior year at Thayer, return to Vassar to complete their bachelor’s, and then spend a fifth year at Thayer to earn a bachelor’s in engineering.

Feature Article Posted 2/5/2018 Read article

Sophomore Career Connections

The fourth annual Sophomore Career Connections brought 75 alumnae/i, parent, and guest mentors and 235 sophomores together for a weekend program of professional development and networking.

Feature Article Posted 2/2/2018 Read article

A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away…

Debra Elmegreen, Maria Mitchell Professor of Astronomy at Vassar, and her husband Bruce Elmegreen, IBM astronomer, recently announced the discovery of “Little Blue Dots,” a kind of galaxy never seen before, in the Hubble Frontier Fields.

Feature Article Posted 1/15/2018 Read article

Feeding “The D”

In this city that has been widely characterized as a “food desert” you will find a remarkable phenomenon: the Eastern Market. Covering 43 acres with five “sheds” where over 150 merchants and farmers sell their wares, the Eastern Market is the largest historic public market in the U.S.

Feature Article Posted 11/13/2006 Read article