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Photo portrait of someone standing in front of a stone wall.

Yvonne Elet was awarded the Elizabeth Blair Macdougall Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians for her book Urban Landscape in the Third Rome: Raphael’s Villa and Mussolini’s Forum, which explores the twentieth-century recreation of the “Renaissance” gardens of Villa Madama, planned by Raphael, and “details how the restored villa came to be integrated into one of the most significant urban initiatives of the 20-year Fascist rule.”

Photo portrait of Michael Reyes Salas.

Michael Reyes Salas, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies, has received fellowships from the Institute for Citizens & Scholars and Camargo Foundation in support of his book project Fragments of Carceral Memory. This comparative visual and literary study examines French Antillean-Guianese, Puerto Rican, and Northern Irish photo-texts—books straddling serial photography and writing to create narratives—of prison ruins in order to interrogate why we make museums out of prisons.

Vassar College Women’s rugby team in maroon and gray jerseys celebrating on the field, holding up a large silver trophy together with excitement.

The 2024–25 season was historic for Vassar Athletics. The Brewers finished 46th in the Division III Learfield Directors’ Cup, placing in the top 11 percent nationally for the first time. Teams won championships, advanced to national tournaments, and women’s rugby earned its fourth Division II national title. Student-athletes excelled in the classroom, launched the Athletics Hall of Fame, and celebrated major facility upgrades that will boost competition and enhance their experience.