Faculty from Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Grinnell colleges hosted a three-day conference on the Vassar campus that set the stage for a larger event that will examine ways of reforming higher education.
Alexis Pauline Gumbs discussed her new book, Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde, and led a workshop for students and faculty during a recent visit to campus.
Tony nominee Leigh Silverman, director of 60 world premiere plays and musicals, including the outstanding Broadway musical Suffs, brought inspiration to students as the 2025 Capotorto and Mulas Lecture.
Two Vassar students have been awarded scholarships from the Obama Foundation, which provided two years of college costs and $10,000 for a summer project in public service.
Architectural drawings and personal papers of the late Jeh Vincent Johnson, a renowned architect who taught architectural design at Vassar, were donated to Vassar by his family and are now housed in the College’s Archives and Special Collections Library.
The Frances D. Fergusson Good Neighbors Partnerships Committee at Vassar aims to fund projects that create and/or support ongoing relationships between the Poughkeepsie and Vassar communities. To apply for the grant, please submit an application by Mar 7, 2025.
Professor Mia Mask’s critically acclaimed book, Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western, examined the evolution of Black westerns from the 1950s to the present. Now the film professor brings a 15-film series focused on the genre to the British Film Institute.
Vassar Sustainability Director Kenneth Foster recently led a group of town and county officials on a tour of The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts to show them the building’s state-of-the-art energy conservation systems.
