Jin Xu, Assistant Professor of Art, was mentioned in a New York Times story about Clubhouse, a social media platform that, for a brief time, was uncensored in China.
Throughout a wide-ranging career in the Episcopal priesthood, Rev. Canon Petero Sabune ’77 has tackled issues as global as the acceptance of women priests in Africa and as local as the food insecurity of his neighbors in Mount Vernon, NY.
Leonard Nevarez, Professor and Chair of Sociology, was quoted in a Mansion Global story about New Yorkers who moved to the Hudson Valley buying local businesses.
Abigail Coplin, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society, was quoted in an NPR article about Russia and China’s efforts to be COVID vaccine leaders.
Paula Madison '74 and a group of Black women executives, including several Vassar alumnae (Pat Jordan ’72 and Circa Yolanda Sabio ’73), meet monthly. On January 20, they watched the Inauguration and cheered as Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first "Blasian" Vice President of the United States.
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel fo the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc (LDF) accepts the award of 2020 Attorney of the Year from The American Lawyer.