Lisa Kudrow ’85 discussed her time at Vassar on the podcast SmartLess with hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett.

In an Inside Higher Ed opinion essay, President Elizabeth H. Bradley and Professor of Religion Jonathon S. Kahn ask if the breakdown of dialogue on college campuses is in part a reflection of how students are taught.

Jonathan Karl ’90, Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News and the co-anchor of This Week, spoke about the presidential election on the podcast Stay Tuned with Preet.

Mackenzie Galloway-Cole ’17, who lost her wife, Megan, while still in her 20s, took a chance on attending a grief camp and talked about the experience with CNN.

Writer and author Evan Wright ’87 was remembered by numerous news outlets, including the Washington Post.

Bryan Van Norden, Professor and Chair of Philosophy Professor and Chair of Philosophy on the James Monroe Taylor Chair, was quoted in a Global Times story about a U.S. sinologists conference.

Author Amitava Kumar, Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair, was interviewed on the Lit Hub podcast Via First Draft.

The redesign of the interior of Pratt House, the home for Vassar’s Center for the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Contemplative Practices, was the subject of an Archinect article.

Joanna Pearlstein ’92 was promoted to an expanded role as Print Editor of the New York Times Opinion section, as noted by the newspaper.

Randolph Cornelius, Professor Emeritus of Psychological Science, was quoted in a Time magazine story on why people get emotional watching the Olympics.

Justin Patch, Associate Professor and Chair of Music, weighs in on Vice President Kamala Harris’s laugh—a popular topic among supporters and detractors—in the Washington Post. Patch, the author of the soon-to-be-released book The Art of Populism in US Politics: Pro-Trump DIY Popular Culture, also participated in NPR’s The Colin McEnroe Show discussing music in political campaigns.

Anirudh Tiwathia ’05, Director of Behavior Science at the Center for Behavior and the Environment, was mentioned in a Los Angeles Times story about television shows that have climate change thoughtfulness included in their scripts.

Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science and Director of Media Studies, was quoted in a BBC article about the popularity of antiheroes.

Paul Kane, Professor Emeritus of English, wrote an Australian Book Review commentary on award-winning author and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin.

Former drama professor Hallie Flanagan, who founded the Vassar Experimental Theatre and led the Federal Theater Project beginning in 1935, was the subject of a Saturday Evening Post article.

Vassar College and two students (Catherine and Gus, class of 2026) were quoted in an Elite Daily story about their award-winning dorm room decorations.

Filmmaker India Donaldson ’07 and her new film, Good One, were the subjects of a Los Angeles Times feature.

Pioneering editor Betty Prashker ’45 was remembered by several media outlets, including the New York Times.

Michele Tugade ’95, Professor of Psychological Science on the William R. Kenan Jr. Chair, was featured in a Women’s Health article about learned optimism.

Alex Bhattacharji ’92 wrote a Rolling Stone article about the unlikely friendship between Sammy Davis Jr. and Anton La Vey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan.

The book A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Susanna Ashton ’89, a Professor of English at Clemson University, was the subject of articles in The Conversation, the Hartford-Courant, and other publications.

Richard Barakat ’81 discussed art, literature, and Faust on Philosophic Dialogues from La Frontera.

Margaret Floy Washburn, class of 1891, was the subject of a Discover magazine article.

Vassar College was mentioned in a CBS News story about tight U.S. House of Representatives races.

Mattie Drucker ’22 was one of several people interviewed by the French news site Brut. on what France is like for American tourists.

Amanda Forsythe ’98 was named Best Opera Singer at the SF Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards.

Burt Flickinger III ’75, owner of Strategic Resource Group, wrote a Chicago Sun-Times op-ed titled, “Customers, union workers will lose if Kroger-Albertsons merger gets blocked.”

Astronomer Maria Mitchell, Vassar’s first professor, was the subject of a Library of Congress blog post.

Fashion designer Elizabeth Hawes, class of 1925, was mentioned in a New York Post article titled, “How politics and fascism shaped American fashion: The wave that wiped away anonymity.”

The Vassar College Observatory was mentioned in a Hudson Valley magazine article.

The famed 1982 lecture by Rear Admiral and computer pioneer Grace Hopper, class of 1928, is now available on YouTube, as noted by Ars Technica.

Jenny Romero ’01, the Ransom Center’s Robert De Niro Curator of Film, was the subject of a Ransom Center magazine article.

Matthew Moshen ’92, a volunteer at the Oyster Bay Historical Society and a member of the Long Island Sons of the American Revolution, discovered graves of five American Revolutionary War veterans in a small, often overlooked cemetery in Oyster Bay, as noted by LI Herald.com.

The Heartwood at Vassar hotel and The Salt Line Hudson Valley restaurant were the subjects of a Hudson Valley magazine story.

David Foote ’75, chief analyst and research officer with IT research firm Foote Partners, was quoted in a Computerworld article about how AI adoption is impacting IT employment in the next five years. Foote was also mentioned in a CSO article about which cybersecurity skills are earning IT security workers the most pay.

Photo credits: Kudrow, Karl Rabe; Patch, John Abbott; Tugade, Kevin Arce ’20.

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