Mita Choudhury, Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair, drew on family history to challenge students to look beyond traditional archives during Vassar’s 162nd Convocation.

With a highly competitive $505,000 grant, microbiologist Emily Bruce ’07 will spend five years investigating how animal influenza viruses overcome barriers to infect human cells—research that could improve pandemic risk assessment and prevention.

From Vassar’s stages to an international mathematics conference, Emma LaPlace ’20 has built a career combining math and drama—two passions that now come together in what she calls her “dream job.”

This summer, a record 95 students worked with faculty members on 44 projects in 9 disciplines as part of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).

Vassar’s Community Fellows program enables students to earn a stipend provided by the college while they work for local nonprofit agencies in the Poughkeepsie area.

Through Somos Vecinos, Vassar students interview local immigrants about their lives, creating an oral history archive that brings the complexities of migration into the classroom while forging unexpected connections across the Poughkeepsie community.

Vassar hosted educators from 32 institutions for conversations about peacebuilding, collaboration, and preparing students to become changemakers in an interconnected world.

A stunning photo by Nina Fishman ’25 earned her the title of Rugby Journal’s Portrait Photographer of the Year.