Congratulations to the 11 Vassar faculty members who have been granted tenure this year and promoted from assistant professor to associate professor. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/40sMMRa
In the November 16 “Women in Entrepreneurship: Female Founders” panel, we heard from women founders who challenge norms and create change: Geraldine “Gerry” Laybourne ’69, Pari Forood ’80, and Elisa Strauss ’98. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3K61etS
In this episode of Conversations @ the Salt Line, Ethan Slater ’14 reflects on his journey from Vassar student to Broadway as the lead in "SpongeBob SquarePants" and now as Boq Woodsman in "Wicked" and "Wicked: For Good." Watch here: https://bit.ly/40r5OY3 or listen wherever you get your podcasts.
What does a day in the life of a student look like? Enjoy a day in the life of Ruimei Chau '29!
We're kicking off Women's History Month by highlighting Sarah Josepha Hale, who helped shape Vassar as an early advisor to founder Matthew Vassar. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4sgRLQE (Photo credit: Alamy-Pictorial Press Ltd.)
Our alums are doing amazing things! Take researcher Alexa Mousley ’20, the lead author in a groundbreaking study revealing that the human brain rewires itself in different phases throughout a lifetime. https://nbcnews.to/3Pb4E0g
Enjoying the last days of snow on campus! (Photos by Sami Jaman '26 and Cole Smith '26)
So inspiring to share the stage with Dr. Krystle McLaughlin & Dr. Catherine Tan in the "Scholarship in Public" panel! Thank you Sree Sreenivasan for leading this rich discussion. Video to come! 🎥💫✨
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@vassar.bsky.social
@biophyskrys.bsky.social
@catherinetan.bsky.social
@sreenet.bsky.social
In her new book, "Robed Representation," Associate Professor of Political Science Taneisha Means writes about the lives, work, and impact of Black judges in the U.S. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3MXGV30 (Photo by Grace Adams Ward ’24)
Happy Lunar New Year!
Happy Valentine’s Day—with some tasty gummy bears and Q&As about the best date spot on campus (and elsewhere)! What’s your favorite date spot?
Vassar Serves is coming! Our month-long alum community service initiative in April kicks off early with an alum panel on making a difference in the arts. Join us at 1pm (ET) Feb. 28! Learn more and register at connect.vassar.edu/VassarServes_Panel2026.
Hope you'e tuning into WVKR! (Photo by Salma Muhammad Al-Sheabani '28)
That cold 100 Nights trek to the Alumnae House (Post by Sami Jaman '26)
Mohonk Mountain trip! (Post by Salma Muhammad Al-Sheabani '28)
-3 degrees? Hello Dungeon and Dragons! (Post by Sami Jaman '26)
The photography exhibition of Rollie Thorne McKenna '40 at the University of Arizona's Center for Creative Photography was a big success. "Making a Life in Photography: Rollie McKenna" was organized by the Loeb, with special thanks to Mary-Kay Lombino and Jessica D. Brier!
Remember the days when you could still see a spot of grass? 😢 (Photo by Noah Pockriss '28)
excited to screen Anxiety Club tomorrow eve, a doc by Wendy Lobel, produced by @vassar.bsky.social alum Julie Sandler ('20); comedian Baron Vaughn (via Zoom), Wendy, & Julie will join for a Q&A moderated by me and Prof @allan-clifton.bsky.social, @bv-tv.bsky.social, @marcmaron.bsky.social
Congratulations on your Best Classical Solo Vocal Album Grammy Amanda Forsythe '98!
https://bit.ly/3Z9RVgj
What did they think?
Most of us know Lisa Simpson had a soft spot for Vassar. But have you ever wondered how many films, television shows, songs, and other entertainment mediums included mentions of Vassar? Thanks to David Ezer ’95, we have more than 400 clips you can peruse.
https://bit.ly/3NPOGIo
These overnight below zero temperatures are crazy! Stay warm! (Photo by Cole Smith '26)
Snow break! (Photo by Katherine Taylor '28)
Congratulations to Oscar nominee Cassandra Kulukundis '93, who's nominated for Best Casting for her work on One Battle After Another! (Photo of Kulukundis Jay L. Clendenin/Shutterstock for Warner Bros., all other photos courtesy of Warner Bros.)
https://bit.ly/3Z5ruIB
The geese found cozy lodgings on the path to the THs. (Photo by Salma Muhammad Al-Sheabani '28)
An awesome aerial view of snowy campus from student pilot Philip Kong ‘29!
Before the snow storm, there was the peaceful Lantern Walk...
(Photos by Neha Dhakal '27)
Modfest 2026, Sounding the Visionary, has an incredible line-up—leading the way is the award-winning opera, Computing Venus, based on the life of astronomer and Vassar professor Maria Mitchell. Can't make it to campus? Watch the livestream of Saturday's performance.
https://bit.ly/49JKBg9
"...that was a profound moment in my life, just knowing that there's a different way to be." —Logan Hebner '78, Exec. Dir. of Zion Canyon Mesa, talked w/ St. George StoryCorps about a vision he and some friends had while kayaking in a Utah canyon. (Photo/St. George StoryCorps)
https://bit.ly/49OH9Ry
