Celebrating 50 Years of Watson Fellows
The Thomas J. Watson Foundation fellowship, which offers "college graduates of unusual promise the freedom to engage in a year of independent study and travel abroad following their graduation," turns 50 this year. We checked in with a few recipients (including Amy Vogelaar ‘92, Asia Alman ’17, James Dodington ’05, and Sarah Zarrow '04, pictured) to ask how the Watson experience affected their lives. Read More …
URSI: Exoplanets, Neandertals, and More!
For nine weeks this summer, Vassar students and faculty engaged in independent research projects under the auspices of the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute. They studied distant solar systems, analyzed 130,000-year-old fossils, and investigated microplastics in coastal sands. Read More …
Vassar Named a Top Fulbright Producer
Vassar was named a 2017-18 Fulbright program “top producer” in light of the college’s dedication to “prepare students for an interconnected world and dynamic global economy.” This year, nine alumnae/i—graduates from years 2012-2018—received Fulbright Fellowships. Read More …
Physicist Sau Lan Wu ’63 Talks About Her Discoveries
Sau Lan Wu ‘63, Enrico Fermi Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an experimental high-energy physicist at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, talked with Quanta Magazine about her work, including her part on the team that discovered the Higgs boson. Read More …
