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.
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.
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.”
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).