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Student Scientists Make the Most of Research Trip to Iceland

Sixteen students from a variety of science disciplines and two faculty members spent two weeks conducting a wide variety of research projects.

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Celebrating Excellence: AAVC to Honor 4 Alums and 2 Vassar Staff with 2024 Awards

The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has selected four alums and two College employees for annual awards that highlight exceptional service and professional achievement.

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Vassar Athletics Announces Hall of Fame; Accepting Nominations for Inaugural Class

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HBO’s Sieu Nguyen ’17

Sieu Nguyen ’17 talks about his job as a writer/producer of promotional materials for HBO and the role Vassar has played in his success.

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Vassar Awards Grants for Six Signature Programs to be Held at the New Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts

The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts, scheduled to open in the fall, will host a series of symposiums during the 2024–25 academic year that address multifaceted issues of local, national, and global concern, College officials announced this week.

Vassar Selected for NCAA Division III Strategic Alliance Matching Grant

This grant will support Vassar Athletics' commitment to providing more opportunities for women and ethnic minorities in Division III athletics leadership positions.

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Keri VanCamp, Director of the Field Station and Ecological Preserve, and Her Collaborators Receive a Grant from the Lower Hudson Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (LH-PRISM)

This grant award will support the continuing project of invasive species monitoring, assessment, and control this summer on Vassar’s Ecological Preserve, as well as at collaborator's sites.

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Wimpfheimer Nursery School and Toddler Center Receives a NYS Workforce Retention Grant

The Infant Toddler Center at Vassar has been awarded the workforce retention grant this year with bonuses targeted at retraining, rewarding, and recruiting early childhood professionals.

Photo collage of people speaking before a crowd with text that reads: what do you want the world to know? Frederick Douglass Day, Saturday, July 27, 2024, noon to 2:00, College Hill.

The Office of Community-Engaged Learning (OCEL) Receives Second Civic Imagination Grant in Collaboration with Celebrating The African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition

Elizabeth Cannon, Director of Community-Engaged-Learning, in collaboration with Celebrating the African Spirit and Revive College Hill Park Coalition, secured a Civic Imagination Partnership Grant from Partners for Campus-Community Engagement (PCCE). This grant will support the Frederick Douglass Day Celebration, a true community event that brings together organizations across the City of Poughkeepsie to focus on racial healing, anti-racism, and coalition-building.