Faculty

Vassar students, faculty, alums, and others in the tech field gathered at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts to celebrate the 100th anniversary of computing pioneer Grace Hopper ’28’s arrival on the Vassar campus and traded stories about the groundbreaking work she had done to shepherd the world into the modern computer age.

A conversation over lunch between President Elizabeth Bradley and Chinery Foundation attorney and Trustee Jayne Kurzman ’68 led to a $1.3-million gift for a new neuroscience lab housing eight new state-of-the-art microscopes.

Students, faculty, administrators and alums gathered at the Institute for the Liberal Arts on March 11 and 12 to talk about paths—most of them non-linear—to successful entrepreneurial endeavors.

Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy enabled Vassar to acquire a powerful quantum computer that will be used as a teaching tool for physics majors and others at the College.

Hundreds of garments, some of them nearly 200 years old, are housed in the basement of the Vogelstein Center for Drama and Film. They are being used to help students gain insights into life in the 19^th and early 20^th centuries.

Professor of Physics and Astronomy Jenny Magnes kicked off her leadership of Vassar’s West Point Initiative with a visit by six members of the West Point faculty to explore how the two institutions can share their scientific equipment, including Vassar’s new quantum computer.

Local college officials met for three days of workshops with representatives of local school districts, local, government and not-for-profit-agencies to develop strategies to improve opportunities for Poughkeepsie public school students.

Faculty from Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Grinnell colleges hosted a three-day conference on the Vassar campus that set the stage for a larger event that will examine ways of reforming higher education.