Black Hole Basics
Olivia Johnson '97
At the core of every galaxy, including our own Milky Way, is a supermassive black hole. What is its function, and how does it affect the evolution of the galaxy? Olivia Johnson '97, PPARC (Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council) postdoctoral fellow at the University of Edinburgh, aims to find out. Read more.
URSI Clips
- Robot Spotlight: CoroBots and Microsoft Robotics Studio at Vassar
Robot magazine, Spring 2008
http://www.botmag.com - Forum to look at saving stream By Michael Mayfield
Multidisciplinary URSI study of the Casper Kill, a 21-mile stream that flows through Dutchess County, is presented at a public forum.
Poughkeepsie Journal, December 21, 2006
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com - Robots' Swimming Test By Laura Blackburn
Professor John Long and his student research team evolved a population of Tadros (tadpole robots) over 10 generations in order to test some ideas about adaptation in vertebrates.
First published online November 17, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 0i (2006)
http://jeb.biologists.org
What Is URSI??
Vassar's Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) is an intensive 10-week summer program in which Vassar students explore original hands-on scientific research under faculty direction. URSI participants are engaged in the entire research process: they learn to formulate hypotheses, review scientific literature, develop experimental protocols, handle major instrumentation, gather data, analyze results, and present their findings.