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Upcoming ‘Day of Giving’ Will Provide Crucial Support to Vassar Athletics

Vassar’s 29 intercollegiate athletics teams are revving up for the eighth annual Day of Giving, a 29-hour event that kicks off on October 14.

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URSI Symposium Highlights Impactful Student-Faculty Summer Research

Nearly 100 students and faculty members involved in this year’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) gathered in the Villard Room on September 17 to celebrate 10 weeks of scientific inquiry.

2025 Ford Scholars: Examining Everything from NBA Contracts to 16th-Century Spanish Texts

This year, 15 students and faculty members took part in the Ford Scholars Program, which pairs students with a faculty mentor for a deep dive into scholarly projects. We take a look at two examples.

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Vassar Hosts Delegation of Japanese Faculty and Administrators for Discussions on Women’s Leadership

A delegation of women who serve as faculty and administrators at three Japanese universities recently visited the campus for discussions on women’s leadership roles.

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Vassar Celebrates the Beginning of the Academic Year at Convocation

Seniors in caps and gowns, first-year students, and many others turned out for the annual opening ceremonies at the Chapel.

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Demetrius Eudell talks about the power of the liberal arts.

Vassar began the 2025-26 academic year with a new Dean of Faculty, Demetrius Eudell. Learn more about him in this wide-ranging Q&A.

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Thanks to URSI, Scientific Research is Going Strong at Vassar

Deep cuts in government funding for scientific research have forced many colleges and other institutions to curtail or even eliminate many research programs. This has not been the case at Vassar. The College’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) ran right on schedule this summer.

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Student Researchers and Their Professors Seek to Understand Prejudice and Empathy

Psychological science students dove into some timely issues in social psychology during Vassar’s 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Institute (URSI)—a unique program that affords closely mentored scientific exploration not typically available at the undergraduate level.

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Students and Professor Unlock Keys to Protein Function In Disease-Causing Bacteria

Thanks to a grant from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement, Associate Professor of Chemistry Krystle McLaughlin has been teaching a class and conducting research with students seeking to unlock the keys to more effective antibiotics.