Vassar students in Hawaii developed resources to help immigrants there acclimate themselves to their new communities. Meanwhile, a student from Kenya secured funding for new water systems for schools in a Kenyan village. Both initiatives were funded through the 100 Projects for Peace program.

President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Peter Mathieson, Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of Edinburgh (Scotland), have laid the groundwork for mutually beneficial collaboration between the two institutions—the third such global partnership Bradley has established.

The fourth Brewer Fund Challenge, which kicks of October 6, will continue to fund equipment and programs that benefit all Vassar student-athletes.

Vassar has received a grant to develop more robust partnerships with community colleges that take part in the Exploring Transfer program and to engage more four-year liberal arts colleges in developing such programs of their own.

Sherrilyn Ifill ’84, former President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF), received the 2022 Thurgood Marshall Award, bestowed by the Civil Rights and Social Justice section of the American Bar Association (ABA), this August. In her acceptance speech, she implored legal colleagues to take action to stave off a crisis in American democracy.

Pulitzer Prize winner Raven Chacon spoke about his work as a composer and artist, then joined 200 spectators in a gallery at the Loeb in viewing a performance of one of his latest works, Horse Notations.

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.

Eighty-one students and 33 faculty members collaborated on 32 projects at this year’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute.

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