Orange is the New Black author Piper Kerman to Speak
Author Piper Kerman, whose memoir Orange is the New Black: My Year in Women’s Prison inspired the award-winning Netflix television series of the same name, will deliver the annual Alex Krieger ’95 Memorial Lecture at Vassar College. The event will include a question and answer session and a book signing following the talk. Read More …
Mentors Make a Difference: Sophomore Career Connections
The second annual Sophomore Career Connections brought 65 alumnae/i and parents to campus to help provide career support to nearly 200 sophomores. The mentors—who came from 16 different industries—discussed their career paths, jobs in their fields, and the importance of networking during the three-day program aimed at encouraging second-year students to think about professional development. Read More …
Sonic Cyborgs Are Coming to Vassar
A cyborg is defined as a person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built in to the body. But what, exactly, constitutes being a cyborg? Does a hearing aid or a pacemaker make one a cyborg? Can computer enhancements make people more human? A series of free events sponsored by Vassar's Creative Arts Across Disciplines Initiative explores these questions and more. Read More …
Sylvia McLaughlin ’39: Remembering the Woman Who Saved the Bay
The late Sylvia McLaughlin ’39 saw that the San Francisco Bay was being gobbled up by development and decided to act. Co-founding Save the Bay with two other women in 1961, McLaughlin not only helped stop private development of the bay but her environmental activism helped pave the way for public parks, trails, and other spaces along San Francisco’s shoreline. Read More …
