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Vassar Prof, Student, Shed Light on How Tadpoles Avoid Predators

Like many other creatures, some tadpoles are able to alter their appearance, a phenomenon called plasticity, to avoid predators. But do these tadpoles also alter their behavior depending on which predators are threatening them? That was a question Vassar Assistant Professor of Biology Justin Touchon and one of his students, Phoebe Reuben ’17, set out to answer when they conducted a study in the summer 2016 at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research was published April 14 in the scientific journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Professor Nochlin speaking to a group of students sitting at a table.

Three-Part Series Honors Groundbreaking Professor of Art History Linda Nochlin

New Miscellany News Article on The Ongoing Moment

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Miscellany News Named Top Student Newspaper in Northeast

Vassar’s Miscellany News was named the best small college student newspaper in the Northeast by the Society of Professional Journalists.

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Art Teacher Seeks Open Horizons and Collaboration in China

Will Wheeler ’14, an art teacher and artist, will travel to Asia, where he will work with artists and scientists as a Luce Scholar. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, the Luce Scholars Program pays all expenses for selected college graduates’ 14-month stay in Asia.

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Animator Jacob Rivkin ’07 Plays Key Role in Film Chronicling Resurgence of Classical Music in China

Jacob Rivkin ’07 parlayed his talent as an artist and his love of Chinese culture into his role as animator for the PBS documentary Beethoven in Beijing.

No. 2 Brewers Tame Terriers in NCAA First Round

Sophomore Andrew Kim ’23 (Rancho Santa Margarita, CA) led the No. 2 Vassar men’s volleyball team with 17 kills on the way to a 3-0 victory (25-21, 25-23, 25-22) against Hiram in the NCAA Tournament First Round.

Molly McGlennen, Associate Professor of English and Director of American Studies, talked with WAMC about the documentary Conscience Point.

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Gifting Green: The Spirit of ’71

With the class of 1971’s landmark Reunion approaching, Jill Troy Werner ’71 created an Endowment for Research and Teaching on Climate Change and Sustainability, and Mary Price ’71 along her husband, Nick Waser—both of whom are field ecologists—made a gift to support “people and programs” at the Vassar Farm and Ecological Preserve. These gifts inspired their class to fund the Class of 1971 Gateway to the Old Vassar Farm as its 50th Reunion gift.