Vassar’s second annual Summer Immersion in the Liberal Arts introduced 63 first-year students from historically underrepresented groups to virtually every aspect of campus life.
Professor of Chemistry Miriam Rossi, her husband, and two colleagues have published the results of research on a plant-based compound that could help in the treatment of COVID-19.
Vassar Professor of Astronomy on the Maria Mitchell Chair Debra Elmegreen was part of a team of scientists who have found sources of energy that help explain the workings of the early universe.
Two Vassar faculty members have secured a grant from the National Science Foundation for a study of several species of spiders that use a unique kind of glue in their webs to catch moths that are able to escape the webs of most other spiders.
More than 30 Poughkeepsie High School students took part in Exploring College and Getting Ready for High School, two programs run by the Vassar College Urban Education Initiative to help prepare community youth for their next academic challenges.
Vassar is supporting a lawsuit that seeks to block ICE from expelling from the United States international students who must take online classes because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the second half of the spring semester, Vassar’s Engaged Pluralism Initiative (EPI) launched three projects that are making life a little brighter for students and staff on campus.
