Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Tracking Blandings turtles and monitoring nesting areas.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Evaluating the health of the Fonteyn Kill, a stream that runs through campus.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Recreating an ecological laboratory on the Vassar campus. 

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Deploying “oobinators” to combat the emerald ash borer.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Preparing a protein sample for the atomic force microscope.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Using lasers to analyze the physical properties of silicon wafers. 

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Preparing soil samples for chemical analysis.

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Building robots to study evolution. 

Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI)

Investigating the safety of “green” pesticides. 

Funding

  • Anne McNiff Tatlock ’61 Faculty Strategic Support Fund
  • Annette Minna Martha Lamousé Fund
  • Asprey Center for Collaborative Approaches to the Sciences
  • Babette S. Rogol ’61 Fund
  • Bruce Mitlak ’80 URSI Fund
  • Miriam Basek Worthing ’55 URSI Endowed Fund
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation
  • Class of 1942 Fund for Environmental Science
  • The Christina Sarstedt Schwaber ’72 and Ken Schwaber Fund
  • Data Science and Society (DSS) at Vassar College
  • Dr. Beverly Gilbert Coleman ’70 Fellowship
  • Dr. John V. Capotorto ’81 URSI Endowed Fund
  • Ellen Dickstein Kominers ’77 Family
  • The Elise Nichols Bloch ’03 and Margaret Sawyer Bloch ’36 Fellowship
  • Francis Fuoco URSI Fund for the Farm and Ecological Preserve
  • Gabrielle Snyder Beck Internship
  • The Gin E. and Fon Li Memorial Fund
  • HHMI Grand Challenges Grant
  • Joan E. Morgenthau Hirschhorn ’45-44 Fund
  • Joseph H. and Florence A. Roblee Foundation
  • The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
  • Maya Doner Goldschmidt ’67 Fund

  • Mark K. Peabody Northeast Astronomy Consortium
  • Nancy Olmsted Kaehr ’60 Fund

  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation

  • Roberta Brandenberger ’46 Fund for Chemistry Research
  • Mr. David Roe
  • The Starr Foundation

  • Stern Goldin Family Summer Internship
  • Susan Lee Stoddard ’70 Fund
  • Susan Mischler ’70 Natural Science Research Fund
  • The Endeavor Foundation

  • The Strauss/Murdoch Family Fund

  • URSI Endowed Fund for Access and Excellence in Math and Science
  • Vassar College Computing and Information Services
  • Vassar College Faculty Start-Up Fund
  • Vassar College Office of the Dean of the Faculty
  • Vassar Environmental Research Institute