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In the Media

Quadriplegic Walks with Brain-Controlled Suit, Advancing Neuroprosthesis

—The Great Courses Daily News

Who Inspires Me

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

New Perspectives on Christian Texts in Indigenous Languages in New Spain

Presentation (starting at 2:01:00 in video) delivered at an international conference, In teoamoxtli in teotlahtolli, at the Biblioteca Nacional de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, August 2019.

Pres. Bradley and Prof. Michele Tugade penned an essay on Global Health for Thrive Global.

What History Teaches About the Coronavirus Emergency

Wayne Soon, Assistant Professor of History, co-authored a Diplomat story about the coronavirus emergency and the history of Chinese public health.

Associate Professor of Economics Ben Ho talks about the falling cost of solar energy on NPR’s Planet Money.

A new study by Dr. Candido Diaz ’11, an adjunct assistant professor of biology and post-doctoral researcher at Vassar, on how some spiders trap moths with a special glue was covered by Inside Science and UPI.

The Red Dot

David Means, Visiting Associate Professor of English, wrote the story “The Red Dot” for Harper’s Magazine.

Opinion: Recognize black soldiers as part of the Greatest Generation

Maria Höhn, Professor of History on the Marion Musser Lloyd ’32 Chair, was quoted in a Detroit News op-ed about World War II and post-war service of Hillard Holland Sr., a black man who spent his career in the U.S. Army.