Skip to main content
Vassar Vassar College

Actions

  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Give

Roles

  • Fearlessly Consequential
  • Students
  • Families
  • Alums
  • Employees

_Main Short Navigation

  • About
  • Academics
  • Admission
  • Campus Life
  • Athletics
  • Arts
  • Sustainability
  • News & Events
Biology
  • Home
  • Courses and Requirements
  • Facilities
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Contact

News

Garrett Goodrich ’22 (left) and Alison Carranza ’23 prepare plant specimens catalogued by naturalists at Mohonk Mountain Preserve for digitization, enabling scientists anywhere in the world to study them.

URSI Student Researchers Help Expand Access to Important Botanical Data

Professor of Biology Mark Schlessman and two of his students spent part of the summer at local herbaria, helping to ensure that scientists from all over the world can study plant species that have been growing in the region for the past 150 years.


Go to
top of page
Vassar College
124 Raymond Avenue, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604

  • About
  • Academics
  • Admission
  • Campus Life
  • The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Youtube
  • TikTok
  • Threads
  • Bluesky
  • Flickr
  • Social Media Directory
  • Campus Calendar
Fearlessly Consequential: A Campaign for Our Collective Future

Learn more about our comprehensive campaign →

  • Annual Security and Fire Safety Report
  • Consumer Information (HEOA)
  • Title IX

© 2025 Vassar College