Teams of students from Vassar and Dutchess Community College (DCC) have represented dozens of countries at the annual National Model United Nations Conference in New York City. This year, four students from Vassar and seven from DCC earned an Honorable Mention, the third highest prize.

During a campus conversation, John Cameron Mitchell shared stories from a boundary-breaking career and urged students to embrace generosity, independence, and fearless creativity.

Bekir Hodzic ’26, whose family survived genocide in Bosnia, will spend a Watson Fellowship year studying how communities and nations remember mass violence.

Vassar professors and local community leaders were determined to get Poughkeepsie-born Jane Bolin—the first Black woman appointed judge in the U.S.—the recognition she deserved. To spotlight Bolin’s life, work, and legal legacy, city officials proclaimed April 11 (Bolin's birthday) Jane Bolin Day.

Twelve Vassar students attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Washington, D.C. in March. One of the students, Chi Nguyen ’26,won a top award in the undergraduate poster competition.

Vassar’s Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center, in collaboration with Affinity Engagement, recently hosted Reunite & Restore, a two-day campus gathering focused on well-being and connection. The event, held April 10–11, encouraged alums, students, employees, and the larger Vassar community to take a moment to nourish their minds and bodies.

Shannon Holsey, President of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, visited Vassar to discuss Indigenous history, land acknowledgment, resilience, and collaboration between the College and the Stockbridge-Munsee.

Elizabeth Bishop’s Postcards began as a 2023 exhibition at Vassar’s Library, traveling to Key West last year and now in Paris, where Bishop journeyed shortly after graduating from Vassar. Some of the postcards are available to view online.

Four Vassar students took a deep dive into Mexico’s history and culture in a six-week, intensive course last fall taught by Colleen Ballerino Cohen, Professor of Anthropology and Women, Feminist, and Queer Studies and Chair of Anthropology. During Winter Break, students augmented what they had learned by taking a nine-day excursion to Mexican cities, towns, and villages, sampling the country’s rich culinary tradition and visiting museums, artists, and craftsmen.