President Hill Leaving to Direct ITHAKA Research and Strategy Group
President Catharine “Cappy” Hill announced on July 20 that she has accepted the position of Managing Director of Ithaka S+R, the research and strategy arm of the respected educational not-for- profit organization ITHAKA. Hill will conclude her Vassar presidency on August 15 and begin her new role at Ithaka S+R in early September. This follows her March announcement that she would complete her presidency in the coming year. Read More …
Alysia Reiner ’92: Bringing Equity to Wall Street
In her latest film, Equity, Alysia Reiner ’92 shows audiences something we haven’t seen before—a female-driven Wall Street film. The thriller stars Reiner—who is also one of the film's producers—as a prosecutor and Anna Gunn as a financial genius who is taking a social media company public. Read More …
Professor's Documentary Examines Minnesota Reservation Gang Life
Assistant Professor of Film Shane Slattery-Quintanilla’s recent documentary The Seventh Fire has been screened at the White House and reviewed by several media outlets. Here, Vogue examines the film that delves into the rarely seen gang and drug culture at a Minnesota Native American reservation. Read More …
Reclaiming the Edith Roberts Ecological Laboratory
Since 2010, biology professor Meg Ronsheim and her Undergraduate Research Summer Institute fellows have been working to restore the Edith Roberts Ecological Laboratory, c. 1920s, an outdoor lab that contained more than 600 plant species native to Dutchess County. Read More …
