Students, faculty, administrators and alums gathered at the Institute for the Liberal Arts on March 11 and 12 to talk about paths—most of them non-linear—to successful entrepreneurial endeavors.
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy enabled Vassar to acquire a powerful quantum computer that will be used as a teaching tool for physics majors and others at the College.
Hundreds of garments, some of them nearly 200 years old, are housed in the basement of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. They are being used to help students gain insights into life in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jenny Magnes kicked off her leadership of Vassar’s West Point Initiative with a visit by six members of the West Point faculty to explore how the two institutions can share their scientific equipment, including Vassar’s new quantum computer.
Local college officials met for three days of workshops with representatives of local school districts, local, government and not-for-profit-agencies to develop strategies to improve opportunities for Poughkeepsie public school students.
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.
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.
