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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Recreating an ecological laboratory on the Vassar campus.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Deploying “oobinators” to combat the emerald ash borer.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing a protein sample for the atomic force microscope.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Using lasers to analyze the physical properties of silicon wafers.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Preparing soil samples for chemical analysis.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Building robots to study evolution.
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Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)
Investigating the safety of “green” pesticides.
Contact
Undergraduate Research Summer Institute
124 Raymond Avenue Box 731
Poughkeepsie, NY 12604-0731
(845) 437-7306
Director
Hadley Bergstrom
Associate Professor of Psychological Science
Coordinator
Susan Painter
Administrative Assistant in Biology, URSI Coordinator