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Three-Year Study on Improving Graduation Rates to Culminate with Education Summit on April 29

Why do some colleges and universities—even those with limited resources—achieve high graduation rates while others do not? Over the past three years, several Vassar administrators, a faculty member, and a student have been engaged in research designed to help answer this question. They will present their findings and continue this discussion at a symposium on April 29 at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts. About 65 representatives from more than a dozen colleges, universities, and foundations are expected to attend.

Dr. Sharon Beverly Announced as 2025 NACDA Hall of Fame Inductee

The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced the Hall of Fame Class of 2025, featuring Dr. Sharon Beverly among its inductees.

Vassar Students, Faculty, Administrators and Alums Gather to Celebrate Entrepreneurship

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.

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Vassar Acquires Powerful Quantum Computer for Use in the Classroom and Student Research

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.

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Christopher Bjork, Professor of Education, and William Hoynes, Professor of Sociology, Publish New Book

Christopher Bjork, Chair and Professor of Education on the Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. Chair and Coordinator of Teacher Education, and William Hoynes, Professor of Sociology on the Jane Baker Nord ’42 Chair in Media Studies, are the authors of the recently published More than Just a Game: How the Youth Sports Industry Is Changing the Way We Parent and What to Do About It, published by Central Recovery Press.

Vassar College Costume Collection: Hidden Treasures That Shed Light on Our History

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 19^th and early 20^th centuries.

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Vassar’s Office of Health Promotion and Education Receives New Mental Health First Aid Pilot Program Grant

Andrea Pesavento in Vassar’s Office of Health Promotion and Education received a Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Higher Ed/Harm Reduction Pilot program grant through the NYS Conference of Local Mental Hygiene Directors. This program is training MHFA instructors at five participating colleges who will then lead sessions for students, faculty, and staff.

English Professor Amitava Kumar is Author of The Green Book, a Follow-up to The Yellow Book of 2023

Amitava Kumar, Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English, is the author of The Green Book, newly recently published by HarperCollins India (December 2024), and the final volume in a trilogy that launched in 2022 with The Blue Book, a comprehensive perspective on the Covid-19 pandemic, and continued in 2023 with The Yellow Book, on overcoming adversity.

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The Loeb Awarded New Grant to Travel Rollie McKenna ’40 Photography Exhibition

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center was awarded an additional grant by The Rosalie Thorne McKenna Foundation in support of an effort with the Center for Creative Photography (University of Arizona, Tucson) to share the collaborative exhibition Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna with audiences in the southwestern U.S. The exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of the photography of illustrious Vassar alumna Rosalie (“Rollie”) McKenna, Class of 1940.