Faculty News

three standing people behind a table talking animatedly and writing things down on pads

Lauding the success of a five-year experiment known as the Engaged Pluralism Initiative, President Elizabeth H. Bradley has announced the program will continue as an integral part of the campus culture.

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Students, faculty, and administrators who took part in the 2022 Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) celebrated their research projects at URSI’s annual Symposium.

Interior of Chapel with the audience for Convocation

Convocation officially kicked off the academic year on August 31. The Convocation address, “How I Got Medieval: From First Gen to PhD,” was delivered by Professor of History Nancy Bisaha.

An architectural rendering of Vassar’s new faculty housing, due to open next summer.

Construction has begun on a project that will add 40 apartments to Vassar’s faculty housing stock. The four-story, 54,000-square-foot building will be located on Watson Road between Hooker and Raymond avenues adjacent to the campus

Protestors in front of the Supreme Court on May 3, after a leaked draft opinion showed the court was preparing to overturn Roe v. Wade and push women's rights back by half a century.

One retired and two current Vassar professors hosted a webinar on June 29 to discuss the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.

Prof. Maria Höhn (center) visited the premiere of the documentary together with the filmmaker Sigrid Faltin (left) and Raymond Germany, a protagonist in the film.

A German TV mini-series and documentary based on GIs and Fräuleins, a book published 20 years ago by Professor of History Emerita Maria Höhn, has gained wide acclaim in Germany.