Vassar College News

The through line in her work is her pained gaze telegraphing that she's alone in the world, and she wouldn't expect otherwise.

On stage at the Bowery Ballroom, Lizzy Plapinger, the enchanting frontwoman of the New York-based pop band MS MR , has the crowd eating up her every hip shake, stomp, and soulful wail.

On Saturday, June 1, the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation and The Galena Territory Association's Greenspace Committee are co-hosting a free tree identification workshop from 9 a.m. to noon at the Owners' Club Lounge in the Galena Territory.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City.

Knowing Lawrence S. Wittner's background and current position -- he's executive secretary of the Albany County Central Federation of Labor AFL-CIO -- it's no surprise that the blue collar workers at fictional UAardvark in Indiana in Wittner's "What's Going On at UAardvark?" are among the heroes in the novel.

Ali Kavadlo, retired principal violist with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, endowed an orchestra chair to honor her late mother, Zoe Bunten Merrill.

Sophomore Siobhan Pokorney cleared 1.35 meters, taking top honors in the high jump to lead the Marist College women's track team at the Matthew Vassar Twilight Meet, held at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie on Friday night.

From Axial Theatre : Axial Theatre will present the premiere performance of playwright Howard Meyer's Radiance , starring Obie Award-winner Chris McCann and directed by Christopher Grabowski, chair of the Theatre Department at Vassar College and a frequent guest director at regional theatre companies nationwide.

Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City.

The Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley said the anonymous grant is to be distributed in annual installments of $100,000 split evenly between operating expenses and an endowment fund.

Just after his appointment as the 20th president of the University, Christopher Eisgruber '83 will lead the search for another key administrator, Executive Vice President Mark Burstein's successor.

Can coaching a bunch of teenage girls on a soccer field make you a better teacher? A new book co-authored by Clark University professor Eric DeMeulenaere, "Reflections from the Field: How Coaching Made Us Better Teachers" , argues just that.

"I'm such a nerd, and I'm proud of it," says Urvashi Vaid, laughing. The title of her new book, , sounds a little nerdy.

When you're the youngest son of Stephen King, the master of literary horror, and your first novel is about a famous father and a rebellious, resentful son, you know the questions you'll be asked.

During April vacation, 14 Oceanside High School juniors and three adult mentors boarded the Trekkers bus for a 10-day exploration of colleges and universities.

Can coaching a bunch of teenage girls on a soccer field make you a better teacher? A new book co-authored by Clark University professor Eric DeMeulenaere, "Reflections from the Field: How Coaching Made Us Better Teachers" , argues just that.