Faculty

Two Vassar faculty members have secured a grant from the National Science Foundation for a study of several species of spiders that use a unique kind of glue in their webs to catch moths that are able to escape the webs of most other spiders.

The virtual event will be streamed live on the Vassar Convocation website and the College’s Facebook page.

More than 30 Poughkeepsie High School students took part in Exploring College and Getting Ready for High School, two programs run by the Vassar College Urban Education Initiative to help prepare community youth for their next academic challenges.

International students will no longer be forced to leave the country if they must take online classes due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vassar is supporting a lawsuit that seeks to block ICE from expelling from the United States international students who must take online classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the second half of the spring semester, Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI) launched three projects that are making life a little brighter for students and staff on campus.

Vassar students and faculty overcame numerous challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic forced the college to transition to distance learning.

Some members of the Vassar community more than 7,000 miles from the campus have united to help the college—and the community—combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

In celebration of Black History Month, five Vassar professors discuss some of the individuals who made an impact on them.