Vassar students, faculty and alums gathered on campus—and virtually—on April 2 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the College’s Neuroscience program. But the event was also a celebration of how Vassar’s liberal arts curriculum empowers its students to approach science in a multidisciplinary way.
Bryan Ruby ’19, the first professional baseball player to publicly announce he is gay, returned to Vassar to thank the Vassar community for the support he received while he was here.
The family of the late renowned architectural historian and Vassar Associate Professor of Art Andrew Tallon has donated his research and teaching materials, correspondence, and other materials to the College’s Archives and Special Collections Library.
Thanks to a gift from Mary Hyde Ottoway ’59 and her husband, James, a labyrinth, a component of contemplation practices for centuries, has been built outside Pratt House.
Students enrolled in Earth Science and Science Technology and Society 323, “History of Geological Thought,” visited several venues in the United Kingdom to gain insights into how the science of geology began.
Vassar and the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE), a recently established medical school in Rwanda, have been engaged over the past three years in initiatives that benefit both institutions. The partnership has shown how the liberal arts can enhance health care.
Vassar alumna Jane Baker Nord ’42 has made a $3-million gift to the College to endow a new Chair in Media Studies, President Elizabeth H. Bradley announced.
