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Vassar Professor Awarded Climate Research Grant

Associate professor of Earth Science Laura Haynes has been awarded a $500,000 federal grant to join a nationwide research project focusing on mitigating global warming.

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Ford Scholars Program 2023

More than 30 Vassar students conducted humanities research projects under the auspices of the College’s Ford Scholars program.

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A Summer of Discovery

More than 80 students engaged in research projects on the Vassar campus this summer with 33 faculty members under the auspices of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).

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Vassar Mourns Loss of Two Africana Studies Leaders

The Vassar community lost two influential leaders in the Africana Studies Program this month: Professor Emeritus Milfred Fierce, largely considered the “godfather” of Africana Studies (previously Black Studies) at Vassar and Professor Emeritus Norman Hodges, the first tenured Black professor in History and Africana Studies.

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New Faculty Apartment Building Delights College and Community Alike

Vassar College President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Town of Poughkeepsie Supervisor Jay Baisley officially opened the College’s 40-unit faculty and staff housing building in a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 12.

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Alums Explore Teaching’s Rewards and Challenges at First Education Department Reunion

Forty alums with a combined 689 years of experience in the field of education gathered on campus recently for the first Education Alumni Reunion.

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Despite Pandemic-Imposed Interruptions, the Class of 2023 Persisted

Three years after a global pandemic interrupted their normal college experience, members of Vassar’s Class of 2023 were lauded for their remarkable resiliency at the College’s 159th Commencement exercises on Sunday, May 21.

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New Professors Span the Intersection of Academics and Racial Justice

Assistant Professors Tamyka Jordon-Conlin, Deon Knights, Ashanti Shih, and Payton Small are members of a cohort of tenure-track Vassar faculty members who will be working together to take some aspects of the College curriculum in a new, multidisciplinary direction.

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Complicating Founder’s Day

The Engaged Pluralism Race and Racism in Historical Collections Working Group hosted an event three days before Founder’s Day that asked members of the Vassar community to examine the racist elements that were present during Founders Day’s in the past.