Convocation officially kicked off the academic year on August 31. The Convocation address, “How I Got Medieval: From First Gen to PhD,” was delivered by Professor of History Nancy Bisaha.
Award-winning producer Jason Blum ’91, CEO and Founder of Blumhouse, responsible for such films as Whiplash, Get Out and BlacKkKlansman, will donate $10 million to Vassar College, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.
The Alumnae/i Association of Vassar College (AAVC) has chosen five alums to honor for their work at Vassar and beyond. They include: two 1982 classmates who have remained devoted to the College for decades; a young alumna excelling in two divergent careers simultaneously; and two distinguished lawyers whose work has taken on particular relevance as threats against basic human rights intensify in the U.S. and around the world.
Ada Ferrer ’84, Julius Silver Professor of History and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University, has been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for her book Cuba: An American History.
More than 1,500 alums, friends, and family members were on campus to celebrate Reunion the weekend of June 3–5. Classes spanned 60 years (1957 to 2017) and Reunion participants hailed from an impressive 44 states and 14 countries—traveling from as far away as Vietnam, China, Iceland, and Switzerland.
Irene López ’91, a clinical psychologist and award-winning college professor, will use her Time Out Grant from Vassar to run workshops at domestic violence shelters in Puerto Rico and, she hopes, spur lasting social change.
