Professor Amitava Kumar Selected for Guggenheim Fellowship
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has selected Amitava Kumar, Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English, as one of its 2016 fellows. Kumar will use his Guggenheim Fellowship term to work on a project on writing and academic style, Every Day I Write the Book. Read More …
#PayMattBack More than a Success
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who helped Pay Matt Back! More than 1,200 alumnae/i, students, parents and friends doubled Matthew Vassar's original gift that founded our college – and then some – contributing more than $838,000 to the Vassar Fund. With generous matching gifts, that means the Pay Back Matt challenge has raised nearly $1.5 million in support of the everyday miracle that is a Vassar education. Thank you! Read More …
Film Explores Social Challenges of Teens on Autism Spectrum
The new HBO film How to Dance in Ohio, directed and produced by Alexandra Shiva ’95 (pictured, center), follows a group of young Columbus, Ohio, residents with a variety of developmental challenges as they prepare for their first spring formal. Shiva and other involved alumnae/i discussed the film with an audience of Vassar alumnae/i in New York City. Read More …
The Vassar Review Journal is Reborn
For three years, Alexander Raz ’16 worked toward his goal of publishing the Vassar Review, a defunct multi-arts journal that ran from 1927-1993. With the help of Palak Patel ’16, a score of students, and several faculty members, the journal was revived this spring—with the theme of “Trauma and Träume: Pain and Dreams in Art & Literature.” Read More …
