Stories

Aug. 11, 2017

On August 21, 2017, North America was the site of an eclipse of the Sun, the first in our hemisphere since 1979. Assistant Professor of Astronomy Colette Salyk answered a few questions about the eclipse and how to prepare for it.

Aug. 1, 2017

Assistant Profs. of Biology Justin Touchon and Megan Gall and their URSI fellows are exploring how tadpoles from the same family differentiate and how adult frogs choose a mate.

Jul. 14, 2017

Take a brief video tour of Eastern California geological formations starting at Zabriskie Point and ending at Rainbow Basin. The video, with awesome drone footage, was taken during a spring break study trip with students in Jeff Walker’s Volcanoes and Civilization class and Kirsten Menking’s Geomorphology class.

Jul. 11, 2017

More than 2,800 miles away from the college, environmental studies students gained an understanding of Icelandic ecology that no textbook could have bestowed.

Jun. 19, 2017

As a scientific program analyst at the National Human Genome Research Institute, Julia Baker ’16 gained insight into how the funding review process contributes to scientific advances.

May. 5, 2017

Emma Roellke ’16 didn’t decide until junior year that she wanted to become a doctor, but she says she has no regrets about the trajectory of her Vassar career. She has spent her first year out as a post-baccalaureate researcher.

May. 5, 2017

Sarah Muskin ’16, who majored in Environmental Studies, spent her first year out as an AmeriCorps volunteer monitoring the water quality of streams in California and overseeing  environmental education programs in Nevada. 

Mar. 10, 2017

Five Vassar students and their teams walked away with three of the top six prizes awarded at the 2017 Yale Healthcare Hackathon. More than 175 undergraduates, medical students, and healthcare professionals competed on 35 teams in the event that took place January 20-22 in New Haven, CT.

Feb. 24, 2017

Andrew Willett ’17 worked with Dr. Warren Mansell, a leading Perceptual Control Theory researcher at Manchester University, on a study that showed how inept we are at gauging other people’s intentions.

Feb. 10, 2017

Now living on opposite coasts, Aaron Hill ’16 and Jake Brawer ’16 recently had a nice surprise—news that a paper they coauthored based on their research at Vassar has been published in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, a top-ranking open-access journal.

Nov. 1, 2016

Vassar's new science facility, the Bridge for Laboratory Sciences, supports collaborations between the sciences by bringing the college’s various science departments and programs into closer physical proximity with shared access to state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities.

Oct. 5, 2016

Computer science/Japanese double major Eliot Cowley designed his first game at Vassar; now he’s living the dream as a gaming programmer at Microsoft.

Sep. 26, 2016

After a year of getting some hands-on experience at an urgent care center as well as a neurobiology lab, Yefri Baez ’15 is in his first year at one of the nation’s top medical schools.

Sep. 9, 2016

When Elizabeth Balter ’15 enrolled at Vassar, she planned to go to medical school after she graduated. But those plans shifted after her family’s dog, a Bernese mountain dog named Samson, was diagnosed with cancer.

May. 15, 2013

According to Professor Jill Schneiderman, “There’s a saying among geologists that you go where the rocks are—there’s no substitute for being there.” Schneiderman and her sedimentology class explored Death Valley and the Mojave Desert over Spring Break.