The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has chosen five alums to honor for their work at Vassar and beyond. They include: two 1982 classmates who have remained devoted to the College for decades; a young alumna excelling in two divergent careers simultaneously; and two distinguished lawyers whose work has taken on particular relevance as threats against basic human rights intensify in the U.S. and around the world.
Ada Ferrer ’84, Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book Cuba: An American History.
More than 1,500 alums, friends, and family members were on campus to celebrate Reunion the weekend of June 3–5. Classes spanned 60 years (1957 to 2017) and Reunion participants hailed from an impressive 44 states and 14 countries—traveling from as far away as Vietnam, China, Iceland, and Switzerland.
Irene López ’91, a clinical psychologist and award-winning college professor, will use her Time Out Grant from Vassar to run workshops at domestic violence shelters in Puerto Rico and, she hopes, spur lasting social change.
Dream “one size too big” and make every moment count. That was the advice—dispensed with passion and plenty of humor—from award-winning actor-writer-producer John Leguizamo P’23, S’90 to the 635 members of the class of 2022 at Vassar College’s 158th Commencement on Sunday, May 22.
Since the invasion of Ukraine began, Marina Bayeva ’06 has been collecting money for shelters in her native country and coordinating rescue efforts for animals being evacuated and for those that have remained behind.
Jonathan Littman ’85, Chief Executive Producer of Jerry Bruckheimer Television, talked to a gathering of Vassar students about his life in the entertainment industry and offered some career advice.
Vassar students, faculty and alums gathered on campus—and virtually—on April 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the College’s Neuroscience program. But the event was also a celebration of how Vassar’s liberal arts curriculum empowers its students to approach science in a multidisciplinary way.
