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Zhengren Zhu, Assistant Professor of Economics, Receives Grant Funding for Research Study Focused on Dual Enrollment

In collaboration with two colleagues from Yale University, Zhengren Zhu, Assistant Professor of Economics, received a grant from the Urban Institute’s Student Upward Mobility Initiative (SUMI) for a research study titled Dual Enrollment Courses and Upward Mobility: Which Skills, and for Whom?

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Trevor Hyde, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, Receives AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grant

Trevor Hyde, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, received the American Mathematical Society’s AMS-Simons Research Enhancement Grant for Primarily Undergraduate Institute (PUI) Faculty for his research in arithmetic dynamics.

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At Convocation, Vassar Looks to History—and the Connections That Bind Us

Mita Choudhury, Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair, drew on family history to challenge students to look beyond traditional archives during Vassar’s 162nd Convocation.

A $505,000 Grant Backs Vassar Alum’s Search for Clues to the Next Flu Pandemic

With a highly competitive $505,000 grant, microbiologist Emily Bruce ’07 will spend five years investigating how animal influenza viruses overcome barriers to infect human cells—research that could improve pandemic risk assessment and prevention.

For Emma LaPlace ’20, Math and Drama Share the Stage

From Vassar’s stages to an international mathematics conference, Emma LaPlace ’20 has built a career combining math and drama—two passions that now come together in what she calls her “dream job.”

From Black Holes to Large Language Models

This summer, a record 95 students worked with faculty members on 44 projects in 9 disciplines as part of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI).

Connecting Learning with Community Action

Vassar’s Community Fellows program enables students to earn a stipend provided by the college while they work for local nonprofit agencies in the Poughkeepsie area.

Maria Hantzopoulos, Professor of Education, Co-Edits New Book

Maria Hantzopoulos, Professor of Education, Coordinator of Secondary Teacher Education, and Director of International Studies, co-edited the recently published book Partnering for Transformation in Schools and Beyond: Community-Engaged Learning in Peace, Social Justice, and Human Rights Education (Teachers College Press, 2026).

Students Chronicle the Lives of Immigrant Neighbors—One Story at a Time

Through Somos Vecinos, Vassar students interview local immigrants about their lives, creating an oral history archive that brings the complexities of migration into the classroom while forging unexpected connections across the Poughkeepsie community.