Krystle McLaughlin has become the first Vassar professor elected a Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association. She was recognized for her scientific achievements, innovative teaching, and dedication to mentoring the next generation of researchers.
Twelve Vassar students attended the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Washington, D.C. in March. One of the students, Chi Nguyen ’26,won a top award in the undergraduate poster competition.
Joshua de Leeuw, Associate Professor of Cognitive Science, received a grant from the Center for Open Science (COS) to enhance behavioral researchers’ accessibility to COS’s Open Science Framework (OSF). Josh and his team are creating an add-on for his existing DataPipe service to validate and send data directly to an OSF component, saving researchers money and time.
Vassar renamed the Winton Evans Bridge for Laboratory Sciences on October 18, 2025, honoring Rowland W. Evans ’75 for his $28 million gift, and recognizing his family’s legacy at the College.
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.
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.
Vassar and the University of Edinburgh create joint BA/MSc Program in Planetary Health and Environmental Sustainability, a unique degree that allows students to receive a bachelor’s degree from Vassar while also obtaining a Master of Science degree from Edinburgh.
Jingchen (Monika) Hu, Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, received funding to work on the creation of synthetic data for the Survey of Earned Doctorates and Development. The team of collaborators will produce a synthetic data file with tiered access for public use, explore its use for evidence-building, and test the use of verification metrics in validating estimates produced from the data.
