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.
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.
In a profoundly challenging time for higher-education funding characterized by federal retrenchment and disappearing grants, Mae Buck ’26 has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship worth $35,000.
Amid the cheers of over 3,000 guests and words of wisdom from fellow alums, College administrators—and even Yoda—more than 600 graduates celebrated Commencement on May 25.
Four Vassar students and two students from Dutchess Community College competed as a team at the National Model United Nations (MNUN) conference in New York City in April.
Over the past two summers, five Vassar students completed initiatives that have promoted literacy, brought clean water to communities in Africa, and combated homelessness in California.
Vassar presented the findings from its nearly three years of study into why some colleges and universities—even those with limited resources—graduate their students at a far higher rate than others. The research was presented in the context of a convening of educators from a dozen institutions, foundation leaders, and policy makers at The Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts.
Students, faculty, alums and scholars from several colleges and universities took part in a celebration of more than 50 years of teaching and learning in Science, Technology and Society at Vassar.
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.
