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An 1861 oil portrait of Matthew Vassar by Charles Loring Elliott. Vassar was founded as a women's school under the name Vassar Female College in 1861. [6] Its first president was Milo P. Jewett, who had previously been first president of another women's school, Judson College; [7] he led a staff of ten professors and twenty-one instructors. [8]
The Seeley G. Mudd Chemistry Building was a chemistry laboratory and classroom building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York.The 42,000-square-foot (3,900 m 2) postmodern building stood on the north end of a cluster of other science buildings on the site of the school's first chemistry laboratory.
The 11,746 square foot [10] facility is housed on the second floor of the Vassar Ambulatory Surgery Center. The Dyson Foundation, the center's main benefactor, awarded $1 million for construction in 2014. [11] Additional donations were made from the Friends of Vassar Brothers Medical Center. The total cost for the construction was $4.2 million ...
The Vassar College Observatory is an astronomical observatory of the private Vassar College, located near the eastern edge of the Poughkeepsie, New York college's campus. . Finished in 1865, it was the first building on the college's campus, older even than the Main Building, with which it shares the status of National Historic Land
The Bridge for Laboratory Sciences (shortened to the Bridge) is a two-story laboratory and classroom building on the campus of Vassar College in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York. Designed by Ennead Architects , the 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m 2 ) structure curves 300 feet (91 m) across the Fonteyn Kill and connects to the renovated Olmsted ...
The Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film is the home to Vassar College's drama and film departments. Before its 2003 renovation, the building was known as Avery Hall, and before that, the Calisthenium and Riding Academy. It was originally designed by J.A. Wood. It has been adapted to many uses since its construction.
In 1975, a group of students interested in extracurricular theatre revived the Philaletheis Society after a 17-year absence. [24] Citing an interest in producing shows without being involved in the college's drama department (a requirement for involvement at the time), the rebooted Phil's first performance was Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap. [24]
Three Vassar Girls Abroad cover, by Elizabeth Williams Champney. Vassar College has been featured in many books, movies, and television shows. This is a partial list of references and fictional alumni. Martin Geldhart, Vassar professor of landscape architecture in The Substance of Fire; Holly Goodhead, character from Moonraker and its novelization