Professor Mia Mask’s critically acclaimed book, Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western, examined the evolution of Black westerns from the 1950s to the present. Now the film professor brings a 15-film series focused on the genre to the British Film Institute.

Political Science major Michelle Itkin ’26 and Associate Professor of Political Science Taneisha Means hosted a daylong conference on what happened in the 2024 elections and where we go from here.

As the Cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris reopens more than five years after a devastating fire, we look back on the contributions of Vassar Professor of Art and architectural historian Andrew Tallon to its restoration.

The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts hosted EcoVisions, a three-day conference on community and global responses to climate change.

Vassar welcomes 15 new tenure-track faculty members—the largest cohort in more than 20 years—to the campus this fall.

Four members of the Vassar faculty have been awarded full professorships and six others have been granted tenure.

Five Vassar students traveled to Rwanda this summer for their first in-person learning experience with students at the University of Global Health Equity.

Vassar seniors, first-years, and hundreds of others gathered in the Chapel for the College’s 159th Convocation on September 4. Professor of Political Science Himadeep Muppidi delivered this year’s address.

The Orange County [California] Community Scholars Program (CSP) recently honored Professor of Religion Marc Epstein with its highest award, the CSP Maimonides Award for Excellence in Jewish Learning, citing his decades of presentations in adult education classes for Jewish and non-Jewish students on a variety of topics. Learn about the nurturing he and his spouse have provided to students on campus.