Academics

Three adults stand smiling in front of a campus building sign that reads “Winton Evans Bridge for Laboratory Sciences”; the man in the center holds a cane, pink mums in planters flank the walkway, and fall trees are visible in the background.

Winton Evans Bridge Dedicated, Celebrating Family Legacy and Lifelong Love of Music

Vassar renamed the Winton Evans Bridge for Laboratory Sciences on October 18, 2025, honoring Rowland W. Evans ’75 for his $28 million gift, and recognizing his family’s legacy at the College.

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Vassar History Professor Mita Choudhury Begins Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study

Vassar historian Mita Choudhury, the Evalyn Clark Chair, has begun a 2025–26 fellowship at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, where she is developing a book on sexual violence in the early modern French Church within an interdisciplinary community of scholars.

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URSI Symposium Highlights Impactful Student-Faculty Summer Research

Nearly 100 students and faculty members involved in this year’s Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) gathered in the Villard Room on September 17 to celebrate 10 weeks of scientific inquiry.

2025 Ford Scholars: Examining Everything from NBA Contracts to 16th-Century Spanish Texts

This year, 15 students and faculty members took part in the Ford Scholars Program, which pairs students with a faculty mentor for a deep dive into scholarly projects. We take a look at two examples.

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Vassar Celebrates the Beginning of the Academic Year at Convocation

Seniors in caps and gowns, first-year students, and many others turned out for the annual opening ceremonies at the Chapel.

Demetrius Eudell talks about the power of the liberal arts.

Vassar began the 2025-26 academic year with a new Dean of Faculty, Demetrius Eudell. Learn more about him in this wide-ranging Q&A.

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Student Researchers and Their Professors Seek to Understand Prejudice and Empathy

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.

Two people wearing lab coats examine 3D protein structure models on a large computer monitor in a laboratory. One person points at the screen while the other operates the computer.

Students and Professor Unlock Keys to Protein Function In Disease-Causing Bacteria

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.

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Rising Senior Earns Scholarship Gold

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.