This summer, 22 students explored everything from medieval samurai diaries to human rights as part of the Ford Scholars Program—a unique opportunity Vassar offers students to work closely with faculty mentors on research in the social sciences and humanities.
Mita Choudhury, Professor of History on the Evalyn Clark Chair, drew on family history to challenge students to look beyond traditional archives during Vassar’s 162nd Convocation.
With a highly competitive $505,000 grant, microbiologist Emily Bruce ’07 will spend five years investigating how animal influenza viruses overcome barriers to infect human cells—research that could improve pandemic risk assessment and prevention.
