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Vassar Receives $1 Million to Make Science Curriculum More Inclusive

Vassar is one of 57 colleges and universities to receive an Inclusive Excellence grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Peter Groffman to give lecture, “When Yards Look Alike: Ecological Homogenization and Alternative Futures for Urban America” on May 2, 2018

Peter Groffman will give a lecture titled, “When Yards Look Alike: Ecological Homogenization and Alternative Futures for Urban America” on Wednesday, May 2 at 5:30pm in the Environmental Cooperative Barn. This event is free and open to the public.

Announcement Posted 4/17/2018

Vassar to host first Global Campus event March 28; presentations by two students and four faculty members, followed by discussion by the campus community.

On Wednesday, March 28, Vassar College will host, “Global Campus,” an event that will celebrate the student government’s Sesquicentennial by focusing on the college’s current and future status as a place for global learning and dialog, President Elizabeth Bradley announced.

Announcement Posted 3/23/2018

Professor Paul Farmer of Harvard University to speak on “Structural Violence and Public Health: Reflections on the West African Ebola Epidemic” on March 1, 2018

Paul Farmer, Harvard Professor, Medical Anthropologist and Physician, and Co-Founder of Partners in Health, will speak on his research and experiences during the Ebola epidemic in West Africa between 2004 and 2016, on Thursday, March 1, at 6:00pm in The Villard Room, Main Building. This event is free and open to the public.

Announcement Posted 3/1/2018