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Speaker Illuminates AI’s Increasing Role in War and Government Surveillance

During a campus lecture, Steve Feldstein, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, warned that AI surveillance and affordable technology are rapidly changing modern warfare and enabling more efficient means of government surveillance and control.

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From The Onion to AI

Vassar students, faculty members and other storytellers in the media and entertainment took part in a two-day Signature Program at Vassar’s Institute for the Liberal Arts.

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Film Screening and Panel Discussion on Domestic Violence Law Showcase the Power of Grassroots Advocacy

Members of the Vassar community and people from the local community attended a screening of Beyond Survival, a documentary about the struggle for the adoption of a law that enables judges to consider imposing lower sentences on survivors of domestic abuse who can establish that their offenses were tied to such abuse.

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New Faculty Members Bring Expertise Spanning Virology to Volcanoes

Vassar’s new tenure track faculty members bring a wealth of talent and expertise to the campus.

In the Media

The Jordan Peele documentary, High Horse: The Black Cowboy—featuring commentary by Professor Mia Mask (author of Black Rodeo: A History of the African American Western)—is streaming on Peacock.

Author Mary McCarthy ’33, best known for her novel The Group, was the subject of an article in the University of Washington's The Daily.

Phylis Klaus ’53 was named to the Prenatal Science Research Institute 2025 Hall of Honor for her work to promote compassionate care, championing the doula in women's obstetrics.

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science, discussed the benefits of aging naturally—noting Claire Danes in her latest Netflix role—in Psychology Today.

Director and screenwriter Noah Baumbach ’91 talked to the New York Times—along with George Clooney and Adam Sandler—about their latest film, Jay Kelly.