Dr. Margaret “Peggy” Hamburg, a nationally recognized public health expert with unique ties to Vassar College, will deliver the Commencement address at the College’s 159th graduation exercises.

Vassar College’s Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center presents the exhibition What Now? (Or Not Yet), on view now through September 10, 2023.

Vassar is embarking on an inclusive history initiative with a goal of engaging our community broadly to research, document, and make publicly accessible the history of Vassar with respect to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

MODfest, Vassar College’s annual tribute to the visual and performing arts, will be highlighted this year by “Welcome to Indian Country,” an evening of song, storytelling, and satire celebrating Native culture. The performance will be held Saturday, February 4 at Skinner Hall on the Vassar campus in the Town of Poughkeepsie. All MODfest events are free and open to the public.

Princeton University civil rights historian Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. offers his thoughts on the upcoming midterm elections and other topics as the inaugural guest on Vassar College’s Conversations @ the Salt Line podcast, which debuted today—just one week before Election Day. “We’re on a knife’s edge,” Glaude said. “Democracy is on the ballot.”

The estate of the late Mary Pick Hines, Vassar class of 1953, has bequeathed four remarkable paintings to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, and are now on display for the benefit of all visitors to view.

Vassar College’s campus was “ringing” with sounds of cheers and bells as hundreds of alums converged at the Hudson Valley school for the launch of the College’s $500 million, five-year capital campaign.

Brenda Feigen ’66, a co-founder with Gloria Steinem of Ms. magazine, will be the featured speaker at an event on the Vassar College campus on September 29.

DeltaPi, a family-owned Greek restaurant, has opened at 60 Raymond Avenue, adjacent to Vassar’s College Store.