This is Vassar: The newsletter for Vassar College Alumnae/i and Families

Kathryn Dominguez ’82 Nominated to Federal Reserve Board

Kathryn Dominguez ’82 was nominated by President Barack Obama to a seat on the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. Dominguez, a professor of economics at the University of Michigan and an expert on the behavior of currency markets, would join the seven-seat board following confirmation by Congress. Read more about Dominguez in this New York Times article. Read More …

Meet the New Fulbright Scholars

According to the Chronicle of Higher Education, Vassar has been one of the top 10 colleges in the country in producing Fulbright winners every year since 2007-08. Meet the six recent Vassar graduates who accepted this year's fellowships and will continue their studies abroad—from Iceland to Hong Kong. Read More …

Vassar's New Science Building: Get a Preview

View a photo gallery highlighting the construction of Vassar’s new bridge building—a centerpiece of the new Integrated Science Center. Scheduled to open in time for the spring 2016 semester, the bridge building adjoins Olmsted Hall and complements the recent and extensive renovations of Sanders Physics and New England buildings. Read More …

One Year Out: Sharon Adongo '14, Tech Consulting Entrepreneur

A Science, Technology and Society major with a focus on computer science, Sharon Adongo ’14 and her business partner Dennis Onyango recently launched Uwazi, a company that helps nonprofits in Kenya use technology to support their goals. Read More …

August 2015


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