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Carl Elsaesser, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Film, Receives 2026 Creative Capital Award

Carl Elsaesser, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Film, was awarded a 2026 Creative Capital Award for his feature-length, untitled film project that uses footage from the past decade to shape a coming-of-age narrative. Blending video diaries, ethnography and fiction, Carl’s film follows Ellis, a queer boy documenting his family’s frustrations and emerging sense of self.

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Michael Fanuele ’94: A Marketing Marvel Looks Back

Fanuele, who majored in Victorian studies at Vassar, is known for some of America’s most meme-worthy ad campaigns, including “The Most Interesting Man in the World” for Dos Equis and Arby’s “We Have The Meats.”

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Vassar Hosts Inaugural Community Breakfast

More than 50 business and political leaders and others in the local community attended Vassar’s inaugural Community Breakfast at the Institute for the Liberal Arts.

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New Library Study Commons Brings Expanded Hours and Space—Plus an Upgraded Accessible Entrance

Vassar faculty and administrators gathered in Thompson Library on February 9 to celebrate the opening of a freshly renovated space designed to enhance students’ academic experience

New Book by Vassar Professor Reveals How White Nationalists Are Co-Opting the Classics

A Q&A with Associate Professor and Chair of Greek and Roman Studies Curtis Dozier, the author of The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate.

First-Year Common Reading Author Kali Fajardo-Anstine Explores the Complex Lives of Latinas of Indigenous Descent

Kali Fajardo-Anstine, the author of Sabrina & Corina, the short story collection selected as the Common Reading for this year’s first-year students, discussed her work during the 2026 William A. Starr Lecture.

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Black History Month: Exploring Transfer Alum Dr. Mildred Johnson ’03, a Nonprofit Executive, Talks About the Transformative Power of Education

Exploring Transfer alum Dr. Mildred Johnson ’03, a nonprofit executive, talks about the transformative power of education on the Conversations @ the Salt Line podcast. After transferring to Vassar for her four-year degree, she earned two master’s degrees at Johns Hopkins and a PhD at the University of Chicago. Watch and listen to the podcast.

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Vassar Recognized as ‘Top Producer’ of Fulbright Awardees

Four recent Vassar alums are overseas this year teaching English as recipients of Fulbright fellowships. Vassar has consistently earned “Top Producer” status from the Fulbright program.

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Vassar celebrates the vibrancy and importance of African American culture with a series of events throughout Black History Month

Celebrate the vibrancy and importance of African American culture during Vassar’s Black History Month events throughout February. Events are free and open to the public. See the schedule.